Meet Dr. Alexandra Sowa

For more than a decade, Dr. Alexandra Sowa has practiced at the intersection of internal medicine and obesity science — long before GLP-1 medications became front-page news. Trained at Johns Hopkins and NYU School of Medicine, she built her career on a simple conviction: that metabolic health deserves the same rigor, nuance, and compassion as any other field of medicine.

What she saw in traditional practice wasn't working. Patients were handed prescriptions with no guidance, no nutritional strategy, no follow-through. The system treated weight as a willpower problem, not a medical one. So she built something different — a structured, physician-led approach that would eventually become the SoWell Method.

She is the author of The Ozempic Revolution, the first comprehensive patient guide to GLP-1 medications, and a regular contributor to outlets like CNN, Good Morning America, The New York Times, and CNBC.
Background & Training

One of the first physicians in the country to build a dedicated GLP-1 metabolic health practice.

Johns Hopkins University
Graduated with honors · Bachelor of Science
NYU School of Medicine
Medical degree and residency training
American Board of Internal Medicine
Board-certified in Internal Medicine
American Board of Obesity Medicine
Diplomate, ABOM — among the first wave of physicians to earn this specialization
Background & Training

Keynote Speaker. Medical Expert. National Voice.

Dr. Alexandra Sowa brings clinical authority and real-world clarity to every stage. As one of the nation's leading voices on GLP-1 medications and metabolic health, she speaks to medical organizations, health conferences, corporate wellness programs, and national media audiences — translating complex science into actionable understanding.

The GLP-1 Revolution
What physicians, patients, and the public need to know about the most significant shift in obesity medicine in decades.
The GLP-1 Revolution
What physicians, patients, and the public need to know about the most significant shift in obesity medicine in decades.
The GLP-1 Revolution
What physicians, patients, and the public need to know about the most significant shift in obesity medicine in decades.
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Everything I've built comes back to one philosophy.

The research. The book. The national conversations. The clinical practice. All of it leads to the same place: the SoWell Method.

A physician-led, whole-person approach to metabolic health — treating you as a complete human being, not just a patient with a prescription. Nutrition, behavioral science, and sustainable lifestyle design, grounded in over a decade of clinical evidence.

This is what I built because it's what my patients deserved. And it's what I want for you.

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