Tara M Henagan, MD, PhD, CSCS
Physician, Exercise Physiologist, Nutritionist and Owner
At 24Sculpt, our goal is to help you SCULPT the person on the outside that you’ve always been on the inside. Our goal is to provide convenient appointments and scientifically and medically sound treatments for overweight, obesity and aesthetics. Let us help you make the transformation and love your skin and figure again!
Dr. Henagan is a Board Certified Family Medicine Physician specializing in injectables and aesthetic procedures. She is professionally trained and certified in aesthetic services. Her passion for aesthetics and skin care is evident in her work as she focuses on patient satisfaction, results, and quality treatment.
Dr. Henagan obtained her Degree of Medicine from LSUHSC-Shreveport and is a native of Baton Rouge, LA. Prior to medical school, Dr. Henagan was an Assistant Professor in Nutrition Science at Purdue University where she also served as the Director of the Nutrition, Fitness and Health major. Dr. Henagan ran her own research laboratory at Purdue that focused on obesity and type 2 diabetes, specifically researching how diet and exercise epigenetically regulate mitochondrial adaptations in skeletal muscle to prevent or reverse obesity and insulin resistance. Dr. Henagan also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Neurosignaling prior to becoming an Assistant Professor, where her research focused on the effects of dietary protein on liver and skeletal muscle function. Dr. Henagan has 60+ scientific publications, including peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and abstracts, and has given talks focused on nutrition and exercise as national and regional conferences and various universities across the United States.
In addition to her expertise in aesthetics and Nutrition, Dr. Henagan obtained her PhD in Exercise Physiology from LSU in 2013 and has been a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) since 2010. Dr. Henagan has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at various universities, including LSU, that focused on weight training to improve hypertrophy, strength, endurance or performance.
Given her background in Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Medical and aesthetics training, Dr. Henagan is excited to start this weight loss and aesthetics journey with you!
Dr. Henagan’s scientific publications can be found here.