Dr. Cefalu is a lifelong resident of Morgan City, Louisiana. He graduated with honors from Central Catholic High School in 2001. Dr. Cefalu then pursued his undergraduate degree at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science, cum laude honors.
He attended medical school at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans Louisiana. During this time Dr. Cefalu was awarded the Rural Scholars Track Scholarship given his commitment to return to rural Louisiana and provide high-quality patient care . He then pursued an internal medicine residency at Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Cefalu has been extensively involved in community service. He currently serves as the assistant chairman of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee and chairman of the patient’s safety and quality committee at Teche Regional Medical Center. Dr. Cefalu was recently honored by the Saint Mary Parish Foundation as the 2016 role model for medicine.
Dr. Cefalu joined the preventionPlus team in December 2015. His interests include obesity/weight management, diabetes reversal, and cardiovascular disease risk reduction.
In addition to his interests in preventative medicine, Dr. Cefalu offers a wide variety of services in internal medicine. These services include acute care, minor surgical procedures in-office and management of patients with multiple complex medical issues.
Dr. Cefalu currently serves as the physician director of Nursing Care Home Health and as a hospice physician with Heart of Hospice.
