drlisabelisle.com

Lisa
Belisle

MD  ·  PhD  ·  MPH  ·  MBA
Physician  ·  Writer  ·  Host  ·  Teacher

Lisa Belisle works at the intersection of medicine and the human spirit: in the clinic, on the air, on the page, and in conversation with artists, healers, and thinkers who believe that how we live matters as much as how long we live. Lisa is the host of Radio Maine, creator of The Bountiful Path, and a board-certified family physician whose practice integrates Western medicine with acupuncture and Five Phase theory. She lives and works off the coast of Maine.

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Lisa Belisle, MD
Maine coast
“How we live matters as much as how long we live.”
The Bountiful Path
Newsletter
The Bountiful Path
The Bountiful Path
Writing and conversations where medicine, art, and seasonal wisdom meet. Published weekly on Substack.
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Video podcast
Radio Maine
Radio Maine
Conversations exploring creativity and the human spirit with artists, physicians, writers, and community leaders.
Watch on YouTube → The Bountiful Path series →
Course
The Life That’s Asking to Be Lived
Five lessons for anyone who senses something more is possible. Self-paced, grounded in medicine and seasonal wisdom.
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Reflection toolkit
Your Seasonal Wellness Companion
Guided companions for each season, grounded in Five Phase theory and circadian science.
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Life story tool
The Shape of Your Days
A gentle reflection tool for seeing the patterns already present in your life: what strengthens you, what costs you, and what wants to grow.
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Gatherings
Join the Conversation
Live events, virtual book circles, and gallery conversations throughout the year.
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Speaking
Invite Lisa to Speak
Presentations at the intersection of medicine, creativity, leadership, and seasonal wellbeing.
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More writing
Beyond the Newsletter
Peer-reviewed articles, essays, and other writing from across Lisa’s career.
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Lisa has presented at national medical conferences and cultural gatherings on the intersections of medicine, creativity, leadership, and seasonal wellbeing. Her talks draw on more than three decades of clinical experience, Five Phase theory, and the stories that emerge when medicine and art share a room.

Lisa Belisle presenting
AAFP FMX Learning 2024
American Academy of Family Physicians
Leading into the Future: Ready or Not, Here We Go!
AAPL Vanguard Meeting, 2023
American Association for Physician Leadership
Generative AI in Healthcare: One Year Later
DocExecutive, 2024
Leadership Building for Women in Medicine
A comprehensive virtual 5-part series on leadership development for women physicians.
Hanley Center, 2023
Women in Health Leadership Seminar Series
Empathetic Leadership & the Value of Vulnerability
Radio Maine Live Series
Portland Art Gallery, Portland, Maine
Quarterly live panel conversations exploring emergence, creativity, and community.
Artful Escapes Series
Portland Art Gallery, Portland, Maine
Intimate conversations on intentional travel, place, and the art of paying attention.
Apr 16, 2026
Radio Maine Live: Emergence and Light
Portland Art Gallery, Portland, Maine  ·  5–7 pm  ·  Free, limited seating
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Apr 21, 2026
Bountiful Path Spring Virtual Book Circle
Online  ·  Free  ·  No required reading
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Ongoing
Artful Escapes Series
Portland Art Gallery  ·  Seasonal conversations on intentional travel
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A Bountiful Path gathering
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Lisa Belisle is a board-certified family physician and preventive medicine specialist whose clinical work integrates Western medicine with acupuncture, Five Phase theory, mindfulness-based stress reduction, qigong, and herbalism. Across more than three decades of practice, she has understood health as something that unfolds within relationships, rhythms, and time.

Lisa's career has never moved in a single direction. Alongside clinical practice, she has served in medical executive and advisory roles within health systems, founded and led her own practice, directed digital health initiatives, and taught in residency and medical education for more than a decade. Simultaneously, she built a parallel career in media, working as a wellness editor and editor in chief for a regional publication.

Lisa is the host of Radio Maine, a video podcast exploring creativity and the human spirit. She co-hosts A Healthy Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Barkin on WGAN. She publishes The Bountiful Path, a weekly Substack newsletter at the intersection of medicine, art, and seasonal wisdom.

A Healthy Conversation studio

A Healthy Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Barkin. Listen on WGAN →

Lisa is a collaborator with The Portland Art Gallery in Portland, Maine, where the Radio Maine Live panel series and the Artful Escapes conversation series take place.

The Old Meetinghouse by Page Eastburn O'Rourke
The Old Meetinghouse by Page Eastburn O’Rourke
The Portland Art Gallery

Lisa holds a PhD in Community Leadership from the University of Central Arkansas. She is working on a memoir, Daughter, Doctor, Mom, centered on her relationship with her late father, Charles Belisle, MD, a family physician who practiced for nearly fifty years at Maine Medical Center’s Family Medicine Residency Program. She and her husband have six children between them. They live on Littlejohn Island, off the coast of Maine.

Degrees
MD, PhD, MPH, MBA
Board certifications
Family Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Health Care Administration, Leadership and Management (HALM)
Fellowships
Fellow, AAFP
Certified Physician Executive, AAPL
Based on
Littlejohn Island, off the coast of Maine
Medical education
Tufts University School of Medicine (current)
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency (preceptor)
St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine
Selected publications
Our Daily Tread (editor). Aerie River Press, 2008
Leading Through Change in a Healthcare Delivery Setting. HALMJ, 2025
Doctoral Dissertation. University of Central Arkansas, 2023
Honors
Doximity Op Med Fellow, 2023–2024
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, 2023
Faculty Teaching Award, St. Matthew’s
Resident Teaching Award, Maine Medical Center
Medical executive, educator, researcher, entrepreneur, and media editor across a career in medicine and public life.
Our Daily Tread: Thoughts for an Inspired Life
A founding project  ·  Nonprofit philanthropy
Our Daily Tread:
Thoughts for an Inspired Life
Editor  ·  Aerie River Press, 2008

This perpetual calendar of quotations, essays, and photographs was born from a friendship. Hanley Denning, a Bowdoin classmate and Maine native, moved to Guatemala City and founded Safe Passage, a nonprofit dedicated to serving children and families living beside the city garbage dump. Her life’s work there became the foundation for this project.

Lisa brought together a community of supporters, gathering images, words, and stories to create a book that could serve as a fundraiser for Safe Passage. The result was a collection that reflected the breadth of people moved by Hanley’s mission. Safe Passage continues that work today.

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Sunrise over the Maine coast
Speaking inquiries
Interested in inviting Lisa to present at a conference, symposium, institutional event, or gallery program? Please reach out with event details and we will respond promptly.
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General contact
Questions about the course, the seasonal toolkits, Radio Maine, or The Bountiful Path? We’d love to hear from you.
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