About

Dr. Nicolas
Maalouf

Board-certified Internal Medicine physician. Founder of Elios Wellness. A practice built on the idea that modern science and ancient wisdom belong in the same room.

Dr. Nicolas Maalouf, Internal Medicine physician and founder of Elios Wellness
Background

Medicine, reimagined.

Dr. Maalouf trained in Internal Medicine at Valley Hospital Medical Center, where he developed a deep respect for the complexity of chronic disease — and a quiet frustration with a system that offered little time to address its roots.

He founded Elios Wellness to practice differently: fewer patients, longer visits, and an evidence-based lifestyle medicine framework grounded in the best available science. His work focuses on sustainable weight loss, cardiometabolic health, and the lifestyle foundations that make lasting change possible.

When he isn't with patients, Dr. Maalouf is likely doing handstands, cooking, or at the beach.

Credentials

Rigorous training. Steady hands.

Board-certified in Internal Medicine, with a practice focus on lifestyle medicine and nutrition.

MEDICAL DEGREE

Doctor of Medicine

Midwestern University

RESIDENCY

Internal Medicine

Valley Hospital Medical Center

CERTIFICATION

Board Certified

Internal Medicine

PRACTICE FOCUS

Lifestyle Medicine

Evidence-based lifestyle and whole-food nutrition care

What I believe

A physician's practice, not a product.

I believe the doctor-patient relationship is sacred, and deserves more than seven minutes. I believe food is medicine — and also that medicine is medicine, and that the two should work together. I believe in humility, in honesty about what we know and don't, and in genuinely listening to the person in front of me.

Elios exists because that kind of practice is possible — it just has to be built on purpose.

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