Dr. Ference graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed her family practice residency training at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret. She has always had a passion for lifestyle medicine and became board-certified in 2018. She practices family medicine with a focus on helping patients find their motivation to make healthy lifestyle choices in order to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic disease. She encourages a whole food, plant-based diet and helps her patients make the transition by providing resources and support, with the help of a registered dietitian trained in plant-based nutrition. Dr. Ference also encourages and assists her patients in staying active, getting restorative sleep, managing stress, avoiding risky behaviors, and staying connected to others in order to help patients thrive and live the life they were meant to live!