Chris Magryta, MD or Dr. M to his patients is a husband, father, pediatrician, writer and podcaster. In truth, an onion peeler of the why our species has become disease prone. He has been practicing medicine in North Carolina for twenty-four years and sees each child as an incubator of change for human health. Thirteen years ago, he started a newsletter to disseminate concrete ever evolving science to help parents and young adults navigate the modern world in a healthful way. This weekly newsletter has been the cornerstone of patient education at his practice. A few years ago, a podcast called Dr. M’s Women and Children First came into existence whereby Dr. M interviews guests on topics related to maternal and child health with an upstream anthropological bend and a root cause analysis for change. Now, he is onto new projects with the formation of a clinically integrated network called Children First of North Carolina. As Chairman, he is tasked with guiding a new Medicaid delivery model for the children of North Carolina. This model is data driven and prevention focused. The company is currently employing in office based social workers, care managers, nutritionists and soon to be therapists to help children with strong risks of social determinant to navigate a better more healthful path. Whole child care delivery in a cost-effective manner is the main goal.
The passion to change the trajectory of a child’s health has never been stronger and coupling the business side of medicine to the science of whole child health is taking shape.
The educational journey for Dr. M began at Vassar College with a BA in physics with honors. Emory University and the University of Virginia completed medical school and pediatric residency requirements. Then in 2008, he received a fellowship degree in Integrative Medicine attending the University of Arizona’s Center for Integrative Medicine. Finally, taking deep dives into the curriculum of the Institute for Functional Medicine and Cogence Immunology, the educational journey entered the thirty first year in pediatric medicine.
