About Us

Using a multidisciplinary team approach, Beyond Care clinicians offer cutting-edge medical and nutrition solutions combined with fitness, cognitive and performance psychology methods to help clients reach their health goals.

A core staff of medical doctors and nurses, dietitians and personal trainers work as a team with psychologists and massage therapists to manage the clients’ specific lifestyle needs and challenges and provide clients with all the support they need to implement healthy habits and behaviors.

Reza Yavari, MD

Reza Yavari, MD, is a renowned endocrinologist and Clinical Faculty at the Yale School of Medicine who has trained many healthcare professionals throughout the US. Dr. Yavari is an active speaker to various medical and consumer audiences and teaches medical students and specialty fellows at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is the author of the first mass-market self-care book on metabolic syndrome, It Must Be My Metabolism (McGraw-Hill; 2007).

Michael Brines, MD, PhD

Mike Brines was a professor at Yale, where he served as Co-Director of the Yale Pituitary Center and the Molecular Core of the Yale University Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center.

Dr. Brines has been the inventor or co-inventor on numerous U.S. patents and their foreign counterparts, which include novel drug delivery devices and several tissue protective compounds now in Phase 2 clinical trials. He has authored over 100 scientific and clinical publications.

He co-founded Warren and Araim Pharmaceuticals where as Chief Scientific Officer he led an international research team in the development of novel treatments of tissue injuries, such those caused by uncontrolled diabetes. He currently serves on the board of directors of Warren Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Brines is board certified in internal medicine as well as endocrinology and metabolism, with special expertise in neuroendocrine and adrenal medicine.

Jean Henry, MD

Jean Henry is Board Certified in Internal Medicine as well as Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. She accepts patients for endocrinology consultation, and is also working with patients in our Therapeutic Lifestyle Change Programs. Her special interests include Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Diabetes Mellitus, Disorders of the Thyroid and Parathyroid, and Osteoporosis.

Latest News

The Yavari Indicator: Significant Milestones

  • The  Revolutionary Yavari Indicator (Yi) Diabetes Screening and Weight Loss Software Application showcased on NPR, Faith Middleton show on July 5th. Download this exciting interview at: www.cpbn.org/program/faith-middleton-show
  • Yi’s results also accepted for publication in PLoS – a prestigious peer-reviewed open access medical journal.
  • Yi presented at the 93rd Endocrine Society meeting in Boston on June 5th.
  • Yi is proving to be a formidable tool for non-invasive risk profiling of employees and for providing scientific bench-marks for weight loss.

    Interested companies can either contact Beyond Care directly or check www.beyondweight.com, the company’s worksite division.

    Beyond Care’s Programs Go Online

    Together with HealthFleet.com – a new interactive web-based private health coaching company, Beyond Care’s lifestyle change programs are offered by video conferencing online. The official clinical launch will take place on August 1st, 2011. See HealthFleet.com for more information.

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    Dr. Reza Yavari M.D. is a Board Certified Endocrinologist and founder of Beyond Care®, a leading preventive care and obesity center located in Guilford, CT. Learn More

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    It Must Be My Metabolism

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