Biographical summary
Pamila K. Brar, M.D., is the medical director of the Longevity Program at Mayo Clinic in Florida’s pioneering new Longevity Center. As medical director of the Longevity Program, Dr.
Brar will create and implement a strategic vision for a best-in-class longevity practice while managing clinical care for patients. She will engage with subspecialty thought leaders throughout Mayo Clinic to refine the program. Her role also includes educating the key stakeholders about the field of longevity medicine and contributing to development of an evidence-informed educational and research effort.
Before joining Mayo Clinic in February 2025, Dr. Brar served as senior physician at Human Longevity (HLI) in San Diego, California, having been with the company since its inception in 2015. She joined HLI as founding medical director where she oversaw the development of a precision preventive health platform and its evolution into a membership model for longevity practice while serving as
the principal investigator of the research protocol. While at HLI, she also served as chief medical officer of the trailblazing J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, California. In addition to her clinical practice at HLI, she
focused her attention on external relationships with corporations and business partners and was a spokesperson for the platform.
Prior to her roles at HLI, Dr. Brar had a solo concierge medicine practice in La Jolla and served as the president of the American Academy of Private Physicians. Her previous
research efforts have been directed toward precision prevention. Ultimately it was her love for science and innovation as well as the business of empowering patients that led her to the world of precision medicine
longevity.
Dr. Brar earned her B.S. at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana, and her M.D. at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She continued her training at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California, where she completed her internal medicine residency and also served as the Ellen Browning Scripps Chief Medical Resident.
Interests
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2026
MD - educational presentation as part of the Family Medicine Core Didactics Series on longevity as as an evidence informed practice. Included overview of clinical applications of whole genome sequencing, whole body MRI, epigenetic clock testing and multimodal approachFamily Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
- 2025
MD - Designed and delivered educational sessions for Executive Health providers at Mayo Clinic Florida on the clinical interpretation and patient delivery of whole-body MRI findings, building provider competency in an emerging precision imaging modality.Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida
- 2025
Specialist Medical Officer - Designed and implemented a novel multidisciplinary curriculum at Human Longevity, Inc. to train internal medicine physicians and advanced practice providers in the clinical interpretation of precision medicine data — whole-body MRI, whole genome sequencing, metabolomics, and microbiome analysis. The curriculum trained over 20 practitioners at the San Diego site and was subsequently adopted at the San Francisco site. Separately developed the educational framework and content for patient-facing genomic reports, translating complex genomic findings for lay audiences.Human Longevity
- 2015
CertificateInnovation and Entrepreneurship, Center for Professional Development
- 1999
Chief Resident - Designed and directed core educational programming for the Internal Medicine residency at Scripps Clinic as Chief Resident, including daily case-based morning report, monthly Morbidity and Mortality conferences, and quarterly individualized career development advising for residents and internsThe Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital
- 1998
Internship/Residency - Internal MedicineScripps Clinic
- 1995
Doctor of MedicineLouisiana State University School of Medicine
- 1991
BSSoutheastern Louisiana University
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 1998
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Professional memberships
- 2015 - 2017
PresidentAmerican Academy of Private Physicians
Publications