Biography

Dr. Natalia J. Southerland is an assistant professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.

She earned her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Dr. Southerland completed her family medicine residency at University of Maryland Medical Center.

Additional Certification and Training:

Certified Personal Training via the American Council on Exercise (Functional Training and Weight Management Specialist), 2016-Present

Certified Health Coach via the American Council on Exercise, 2018- Present

Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach via the Institute of Integrative Nutrition 2020

Certified Metagenics First Line Therapy, 2022

Body Composition and Analysis

Certified Bioidentical Hormone Optimization and Replacement, 2022

Dr. Southerland’s Clinical interest include Behavioral Science in Behavioral Change, Lifestyle Medicine, Clinical Application of Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice for Underserved Communities, Functional Nutrition, Body composition Analysis, Health Coaching, Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Hormone Optimization. Functional Personal Training

Education

Medical School
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency
University of Maryland Medical Center

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

Health Education and Health Promotion

Functional Medicine / Functional Nutrition

Application of Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice for Underserved Communities

Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine

Behavioral Science in Behavior Change

Body Composition Analysis

Hormone Optimization

Functional Personal Training

Publications

R.G.F. Leke, R. Ndansi, NJ Southerland, I.A. Quakyi, and D.W. Taylor, Identification of Anti-Plasmodium Falciparum Antibodies in Human Breast Milk, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 36, Supplement 11, 17-22, 1992