- Healthcare Rebel - Susan Wilder, MD, IFMCP is the founder and CEO of LifeScape. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and her medical degree from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Wilder completed her specialty training in Family Medicine as a commissioned Air Force officer at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland where she was then retained as a faculty member and Assistant Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine. Later, Dr. Wilder served in Africa in support of US and international forces in the Somali conflict. Following her honorable discharge at the rank of major, Dr. Wilder relocated to Arizona where she founded the Mayo Clinic’s Family Medicine Residency, served as its first Director of Clinical Genomics Education, and received several Clinic honors.Dr. Wilder is Board-Certified in Family Medicine and a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. She earned a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine, has advanced training in Clinical Genomics, completed a fellowship in Faculty Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and attended the Air Force’s School of Aerospace Medicine. She studied meditation with Deepak Chopra, brain health with Dr. Daniel Amen, human motivation with Tony Robbins, and Functional Medicine with Dr. Mark Hyman. Dr. Wilder has served on the faculty of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. She currently teaches medical students from The University of Arizona and Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences.Dr. Wilder grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, the sixth of seven siblings. She attended Punahou School with a young Barak Obama, does a lovely hula, surfs poorly, and was a triathlete until blindsided by a wayward Golden Retriever. Dr. Wilder met her husband on her first day of college and has three beautiful daughters, including twins. Dr. Wilder revels in inspirational books and even published her own, “Mouths of Babes: Everything I Learned in Medicine, I Learned from My Kids.” When not working (never), Dr. Wilder enjoys yoga, hiking, healthy cooking, and singing to the car radio. She is passionate about transforming health.