Medical Staff - Internists

Terry Schaack, M.D.

Medical Director

Dr. Terry Schaack has devoted his medical career to the highest levels of patient care and cutting-edge medical research. For more than 15 years, Dr. Schaack was in private practice, providing primary and preventive care to patients in Southern California. He maintains hospital privileges at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California where he was recently elected secretary of the medical staff. Before going into private practice, Dr. Schaack served as a hospital intensivist and as a Director of Emergency Services. At California Health & Longevity Institute, Inc. he is a Medical Director.

After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester, New York, Dr. Schaack received his medical education at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Additionally, he trained in internal medicine at Ohio State University and did sub-specialty training in Rheumatology at UCLA. Currently, Dr. Schaack is the primary investigator for a National Genetics Institute study on DNA breakdown and repair. Dr. Schaack received a Senior Rheumatology Scholar Award by the American College of Rheumatology and in 2006 he was nominated as one of the “Best Doctors in America.”

Jonathan R. Cole, M.D.

Medical Director

Dr. Jonathan Cole, a board-certified internist, comes to California Health & Longevity Institute, Inc. with extensive experience in the areas of preventive and internal medicine. As Medical Director, he provides a 360 degree approach to patient health and wellness with an emphasis on preventive medicine so that patients live better, longer. Before joining California Health & Longevity Institute, Inc., Cole was a clinical instructor at the prestigious University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, with responsibility for teaching medical students the art of history-taking and physical diagnosis. During his career, he also served as the Vice President of Medical Staff for Saint John’s Health Center, where he was recently elected by the medical staff to the hospital’s Executive Board.

A graduate of the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Cole holds degrees in Biology and English Literature. He attended the Chicago Medical School, where he graduated with highest honors in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. His medical training in internal medicine was completed at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas as well as the Texas Medical Center, where he received the award for “Most Outstanding Resident in Primary Care.”

Philip Barr, M.D.

Internal Medicine

With over two decades of clinical experience, Dr. Philip Barr has developed a medical philosophy that integrates internal and mind/body medicines. Dr. Barr is devoting his full-time clinical practice to patients at California Health & Longevity Institute, Inc. where he focuses on rebalancing a patient’s health in a proactive manner. Using a team approach, Dr. Barr brings together complementary modalities that address a patient as a “whole person” for true optimal health and wellness.

Dr. Barr graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in biology. His medical training is from the University of Maryland, where he received honors in family medicine, and he completed his internal medicine training at the University of Massachusetts. At Harvard Medical School, Dr. Barr was selected for a prestigious research fellowship in behavioral cardiology and mind/body medicine. Dr. Barr deepened his medical approach with a master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Upon graduation, he joined the USM faculty. Dr. Barr’s career has included providing care on multiple Native American reservations, serving as medical director at Boulder Community Hospital in Colorado, clinical faculty appointment at the University of Colorado, and serving on the physician staff at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona.

Lisa Vasak, M.D.

Internal Medicine

Dr. Lisa Vasak has extensive experience in preventive medicine and women’s health issues. Currently, she is chief of the Department of Medicine at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. In her role at California Health & Longevity Institute, Inc., Dr. Vasak performs complete history and physical exams. She also counsels patients on the diagnosis and treatment of any medical conditions and lays the foundation for healthy lifestyle choices.

Dr. Vasak holds a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology from UCLA and her medical degree is from New York Medical College. Following graduation, she completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at St. Mary’s Medical Center, a UCLA affiliate program in Long Beach, California. Previously, she was associate clinical professor of medicine at UCLA, a vice president of the fifth District of the Los Angeles County Medical Association and a member of the physician staff for the 1999 Women’s Soccer World Cup. Towne and Country magazine has named Dr. Vasak as one of the Top 500 Primary Care Physicians in the U.S.