Yolanda Lewis-Ragland, M.D., is a community pediatrician at the Children’s National Health System (CNHS) in Washington, D.C., and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University. Dr. Lewis-Ragland is also board-certified in bariatrics and has conducted research in child and adolescent obesity.
For the past decade, Dr. Lewis-Ragland has worked with organizations like the United Way, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to help develop and advance public health initiatives.
Dr. Lewis-Ragland discusses how the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique can benefit families, communities, and our rapidly changing world.
Mario Orsatti, the host of TM Talks and Executive Director of the Center for Health and Wellness, a division of the David Lynch Foundation, interviewed Dr. Lewis-Ragland on August 16, 2020.
Watch the discussion with Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland (50:37)
Dr. Lewis-Ragland discusses how the Transcendental Meditation technique can benefit families, communities, and our rapidly changing world.
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