Portrait of Dr. Gina Pritchard, DNP, RN, CNS, ACNP-BC

    Peptide University Faculty

    Dr. Gina Pritchard

    DNP, RN, CNS, ACNP-BC

    • Faculty, Cardiometabolic Prevention and Peptide Therapy, Peptide University
    • Owner & Medical Director, The Prevent Clinic

    Faculty, Cardiometabolic Prevention and Peptide Therapy

    Peptide University

    Owner & Medical Director

    The Prevent Clinic

    Clinical Program Director

    BaleDoneen Method

    Biography

    About Dr. Gina Pritchard

    Dr. Gina Pritchard is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a board certified Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (DNP, RN, CNS, ACNP-BC). She earned her doctorate from Belmont University. Her title of Doctor reflects her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. She practices as a nurse practitioner, not as a physician.

    She is the owner and Medical Director of The Prevent Clinic in Texas, where she applies her PREVENT! Protocols for cardiovascular disease prevention and health optimization. Her clinical work centers on preventing heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and vascular dementia, using biomarker and imaging driven assessment rather than risk estimates alone.

    Dr. Pritchard serves as Clinical Program Director for the BaleDoneen Method, a scientifically validated approach to the regression and stabilization of arterial disease. Through that role she trains clinicians in the diagnostic sequencing, biomarker interpretation and long term follow up that arterial disease reversal requires.

    She is a Board Member of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health, a member of the Board of Directors of The Airway Revolution Foundation, and Vice President and Medical Director of the Integrative Dental Medicine Scholar Society. Her work in these organizations centers on the oral systemic connection: how airway, periodontal and inflammatory findings inform cardiovascular and metabolic risk.

    She co-hosts the Ask Why Medicine podcast with Dr. Witt Wilkerson and Lora Hooper, RDH, a root cause medicine program for clinicians and patients, and has spoken at RDH Under One Roof in 2023 and 2024 and at an AAOSH workshop in 2020. She is listed on the Peptide University adjunct faculty and clinical advisory team.

    Dr. Gina Pritchard, owner and Medical Director of The Prevent Clinic

    Her clinical work centers on preventing heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and vascular dementia.

    Focus

    Areas of Expertise

    • Cardiovascular disease prevention and reversal
    • The BaleDoneen Method for arterial disease
    • Heart attack and stroke prevention
    • Type 2 diabetes and vascular dementia risk reduction
    • Oral systemic health and airway medicine
    • Biomarker and imaging driven risk assessment
    • Acute care nurse practitioner scope
    • Clinician education and program direction

    Clinical education built for practitioners in practice.

    Faculty

    Gina at Peptide University

    Dr. Gina Pritchard teaches cardiometabolic prevention and peptide therapy at Peptide University, translating arterial-disease prevention into protocols practitioners can run in a general clinic.

    Her focus in the Peptide University curriculum is risk stratification and metabolic repair: what to measure, how peptide therapy supports vascular and metabolic outcomes, and how to follow patients over years rather than visits.

    Clinicians learn with Dr. Pritchard through Peptide University's live clinical classes and Inner Circle membership, alongside the Clinical Peptide Therapy Certification.

    Qualifications

    Credentials and Licensure

    DNP

    Doctor of Nursing Practice, Belmont University

    ACNP-BC

    Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified

    CNS

    Clinical Nurse Specialist

    RN

    Registered Nurse

    BaleDoneen

    Certified Provider and Clinical Program Director

    Training

    Education and Training

    1. Doctorate

      Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

      Belmont University

      Completed after her 2020 doctoral candidacy.

    2. Board certification

      Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP-BC)

      Board certified

    3. Advanced practice

      Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and Registered Nurse (RN)

      Licensed advanced practice nursing

    4. Method training

      BaleDoneen Method Certified Provider

      BaleDoneen Method

      Now serving as Clinical Program Director.

    Teaching

    Clinical Focus at Peptide University

    Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

    Preventing heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and vascular dementia through structured, protocol driven prevention rather than reactive care.

    Arterial Disease Reversal

    The BaleDoneen Method: identifying arterial disease early with imaging and biomarkers, then stabilizing and regressing it over time.

    Oral Systemic and Airway Health

    How periodontal pathogens, inflammation and airway dysfunction contribute to cardiovascular and metabolic risk.

    Biomarker Driven Metabolic Care

    Reading insulin, lipid, inflammatory and genetic markers together to build an individualized prevention plan.

    Biomarker and imaging driven assessment sits at the centre of the BaleDoneen approach to arterial disease.

    Practice

    Where She Practices

    Owner & Medical Director

    The Prevent Clinic

    Her Texas practice, where the PREVENT! Protocols are applied to cardiovascular disease prevention and long term health optimization.

    Visit The Prevent Clinic

    Co-host

    Ask Why Medicine

    A root cause medicine podcast co-hosted with Dr. Witt Wilkerson and Lora Hooper, RDH, translating prevention science for clinicians and patients.

    Visit Ask Why Medicine

    Stage

    TEDx and Speaking

    AAOSH Workshop 2020

    Presenter

    Questions

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What are Dr. Gina Pritchard's credentials?

    She holds DNP, RN, CNS and ACNP-BC credentials, making her a doctorally prepared, board certified adult acute care nurse practitioner.

    Is Dr. Pritchard a physician?

    No. Her doctorate is a Doctor of Nursing Practice. She practices as a nurse practitioner, not as a medical doctor or board certified cardiologist.

    Where did she earn her doctorate?

    She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Belmont University.

    What clinic does she run?

    She is the owner and Medical Director of The Prevent Clinic in Texas.

    What is her clinical focus?

    Preventing and reversing cardiovascular disease, specifically heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and vascular dementia.

    What method is she known for?

    She is Clinical Program Director for the BaleDoneen Method of arterial disease prevention and stabilization.

    What boards or organizations is she part of?

    She is a board member of AAOSH and The Airway Revolution Foundation, and Vice President and Medical Director of the Integrative Dental Medicine Scholar Society.

    Does she host a podcast?

    Yes. She co-hosts Ask Why Medicine with Dr. Witt Wilkerson and Lora Hooper, RDH.

    Has she spoken at conferences?

    Yes. She spoke at RDH Under One Roof in 2023 and 2024 and presented at an AAOSH workshop in 2020.

    Is she affiliated with Peptide University?

    Yes. She is listed on the Peptide University adjunct faculty and clinical advisory team.

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    Clinical peptide education for licensed practitioners, taught by the faculty shaping how peptides are prescribed in practice.

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