Pronouns

She/Her/Hers

Educational History

B.S., George Mason University; M.P.H., Loma Linda University; M.S.P.A.S., Shenandoah University

Professional Highlights

• Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional (American College of Lifestyle Medicine)
• Fellow, American College of Lifestyle Medicine (FACLM) since 2023
• Special Recognition Award, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, 2023
• American Academy of Physician Associates – Member, Lifestyle Medicine PAs Special Interest Group leader, and selected by AAPA to represent the physician associate profession on the interdisciplinary Clinical Practice Guideline Development Panel for Lifestyle Interventions for Managing Obesity and Overweight in Adults, 2026
• PA Education Association – Member, and AI Special Interest Group member
• Virginia Academy of PAs – Member, and Reimbursements Committee member
• Virginia Academy of PAs Physician/PA Partnership of the Year Award, 2021
• Certified Health Education Specialist (National Commission for Health Education Credentialing)

Research

Textbook chapters:

Hautbois, S., & Spadafore, J. M. (2025). Lifestyle Approaches for Preventing and Improving Cardiovascular Disease. In L. Downes & L. Tryon, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Advanced Practice: Integrating Evidence-Based Lifestyle Concepts (First edition, pp. 515–534). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Young, J., Hautbois, S., & Morales, N. (2025). Move Often. In L. Downes & L. Tryon, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Advanced Practice: Integrating Evidence-Based Lifestyle Concepts (First edition, pp. 333–364). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Fields of Expertise

• Lifestyle medicine
• Health behavior change
• Cardiometabolic disease management
• Shared medical appointments for obesity and chronic disease
• Interprofessional models of obesity and lifestyle care
• Reimbursement, billing, and coding
• Population health and public-health approaches to chronic disease prevention

Recommended Link

www.lifestylemedicine.org

Quote

Change is the end result of all true learning.”

– Leo Buscaglia