Dr. Daphne Bascom

Daphne Bascom, MD, PhD, is a health coach and Chief Operating Officer with The Vegan Gym. Before joining The Vegan Gym,, Daphne was the Vice President of Population Health for St. Luke’s Health System in Kansas City. As part of her multifaceted career, Dr. Bascom was a senior vice president and the medical director at the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. In 2018, Dr. Bascom also served as Y-USA’s Chief Health Officer. In this role, she helped local Ys define and operationalize local clinical integration strategies while leveraging existing evidence-based health programs. Dr. Bascom was previously a Vice President and Chief Medical Officer with Cerner Corporation. Before re-joining Cerner, Dr. Bascom was Chief Clinical Systems Officer for Cleveland, Ohio's Cleveland Clinic Health System. Dr. Bascom completed her fellowship in microvascular and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck at Oregon Health Sciences University; and her medical degree, internship and residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She earned her PhD in physiological sciences at the University of Oxford, Laboratory of Physiology, in the United Kingdom. Daphne is recognized for her contributions on the Women of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics.