2026 Expo Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lauren Powell, MD
The Culinary Doctor® · Where Medicine Meets Kitchen & Wellness
A board-certified family medicine physician, national speaker, and media personality, Dr. Powell believes the most powerful medicine is the one we make in our own kitchens. She is bringing that message to Oklahoma City as a keynote speaker at the 6th Annual Second Half Expo on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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Meet The Culinary Doctor
Meet Dr. Lauren
Medicine You Can Taste, Science You Can Use
Known to peers and patients alike as The Culinary Doctor®, Dr. Lauren Powell is a distinguished board-certified family medicine physician, corporate wellness facilitator, and renowned national speaker. Local and national television, print, radio, and online media outlets regularly seek her out for her fresh perspective and innovative insights on nutrition and health, because she translates real science into something people can actually use at the dinner table, in the boardroom, and in their communities.
Board-Certified Physician
A board-certified family medicine physician who blends practical, evidence-based medicine with an infectious sense of humor and high-energy delivery.
National Speaker
From churches and colleges to conventions and Fortune 500 companies, Dr. Powell travels the country teaching disease prevention and cure through the transformative power of food.
Media Personality
Featured on CBS, FOX, ABC, and NBC, and co-host of UrbanMD TV, the first and only national TV show sharing health education through a multicultural lens.
Corporate Wellness Expert
She designs holistic wellness solutions that reduce absenteeism, boost engagement and productivity, and cultivate healthier, happier workforces.
About Dr. Lauren
Some doctors hand you a prescription. Dr. Lauren Powell hands you a plan you can actually live with, and probably a recipe to go with it. A board-certified family medicine physician, she earned the nickname The Culinary Doctor® from her own peers and patients because of how often the answer to a health question starts in the kitchen instead of the pharmacy.
That approach has taken her far beyond the exam room. She speaks in churches, boardrooms, college halls, and convention centers across the country, and television, radio, and print outlets from your local news to the national networks keep inviting her back for one simple reason: she makes the science of preventing disease feel doable, and she is genuinely fun to listen to while she does it.
Companies bring her in for the same reason families do. Her corporate wellness programs are built to keep people healthier, happier, and more engaged at work, which also happens to keep healthcare costs down. It is practical medicine applied to everyday life, whether that life happens in a break room or around a dinner table.
Off stage, her food-as-medicine mission keeps growing. She built the Live Well, Now app to help people track their health markers and follow physician-led education and recipes between visits, and she teamed up with her mother to create The Doctor's Everything Seasoning, a clean, small-batch blend with no sugars, colors, MSG, or additives. You can also catch her as co-host of UrbanMD TV, the first national television show delivering health education through a multicultural lens.
Food As Medicine
Health That Starts in the Kitchen
Dr. Powell built a growing metabolic health ecosystem around one conviction: wellness should be accessible, culturally relevant, and rooted in everyday life. She created the Live Well, Now app, a digital companion that helps people track key health markers, access physician-led education and recipes, and build sustainable habits that support long-term metabolic health beyond the clinic visit.
Alongside her mother, she also developed The Doctor's Everything Seasoning: crafted in small batches with the highest quality ingredients and free from colors, sugars, MSG, and additives, a doctor-approved blend that makes healthy cooking flavorful and accessible.
At the 2026 Expo
Prevention, Food as Medicine, and Your Best Second Half
Dr. Powell's keynote brings practical, evidence-based strategies for prevention and food as medicine to the Second Half Expo stage. Expect the same science-backed, plain-language guidance that has made her a favorite with audiences nationwide, delivered with the energy and humor that earned her the title The Culinary Doctor® in the first place.
She joins a full day of expert talks, live panels, and dozens of trusted local exhibitors at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Admission is free.
