Dalal Akoury, MD, FAARFM, ABAARM

Dr. Dalal Akoury, MD is the founder of AWAREmed Institute and the director of the Wellness U program at Cinzia the Spa at North Beach Plantation. Dr. Akoury is board certified in anti-aging medicine, functional medicine and regenerative medicine, as well as having accumulated more than twenty years of experience in emergency medicine and pediatrics, and a master's degree in public health. Dr. Akoury has also served several fellowships in pediatrics, Pediatrics hematology/oncology and preformed research in leukemia at the CDC and the effects of smoking at LSUMC Shreveport . This lifetime of experience, along a unique sensitivity, genuine compassion, and a driving passion to inspire health in everyone, has prepared "Dr. Dolly" to be in this place at this time. About her dream, AWAREmed and Wellness U, Dr. Akoury says, "my mission is to ignite the spark of health deep within everyone, and to allow this sparkle of wellness to shine through everyone's eyes, becoming one with the universe, and aligning body, mind, and spirit."

Aging is an inevitable part of life; so many of us try to resign ourselves to accepting it with grace. The truth is, although growing older is unavoidable, many of the effects of aging are preventable.

We invite you to consider that time affects us all and that the choice between graceful and productive older years or a period of slow decay and deterioration is within our reach. It is truly up to us to make that decision.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is a landmark concept in health management and is certainly wiser and more cost-effective.