David Sabgir, MD

David Sabgir, MD,  is a Columbus, Ohio-based cardiologist and founder of the global nonprofit Walk with a Doc. The organization started in 2005 when Dr. Sagbir was looking for more effective strategies to get his patients to make healthy lifestyle changes. On a whim, he invited them all to go for a walk with him in a local park on a spring Saturday morning. To his surprise, many patients and community members showed up, energized and ready to move. By 2009, Dr. Sagbir and many of his colleagues were leading participants on a walks. Walk with a Doc now has over 500 chapters worldwide, including Walk with a Future Doc chapters led by medical students and Just Walk chapters led by other licensed healthcare providers. 

Trained at Ohio State University, Dr. Sabgir is a full-time cardiologist with OhioHealth in Columbus. He’s married with two kids and two poodles—and he still leads a Walk with a Doc chapter on Saturday mornings at a local park.