Cancer Connection Docs - Speak with Dr. Lederman

Welcome

You have taken the next step and have landed on this page.

You have definitely found the right place, but we don’t want you to take our word for it.

On our testimonials page, you will find a few testimonial videos from our actual patients. We put a really pretty thumbnail on them to make them look good for you, but it is very important that you know that these are real people.

This might sound strange,

but we (my wife, Alona and I) are in this to help as many people as possible, all inspired by our friend AJ. Let me explain…

You might know AJ as she goes by “Chef AJ” in the real world and has thousands and thousands of followers. (FYI, she is happy to give us permission to mention her by name and share her story).

AJ built her entire following on being “SOS free.” Salt, oil, and sugar. She promoted a whole-food, plant-based diet as the only way to go. She did this for decades and is still to this day one of the most prominent influencers in the space.

But one day she got cancer.

Lung cancer. And it rocked us to our core.

See, we were working with patients already. We had done the Forks Over Knives film on Netflix and we were doing just fine raising our little family…but we felt a stronger calling. We created the Connection Docs and even started a small company and podcast that helped parents with young children deal with anxiety. But something was still missing.

When AJ called us to tell us about her diagnosis, she simply said one thing “I don’t know what to do and I am extremely upset.” It was then that something went off in my head like a lightbulb. This was our calling.

This was what culminated from years of Eastern and Traditional Western medicine training. A chance to help our friend not only survive, but to thrive in what looked like the face of an insurmountable task of navigating cancer.

And that might be why you are here today.

I know this was quite a lot of reading for you to even get to this part of the page, but I felt it was important that I write this for you to let you know that we are here for you just like we were for AJ.

For our Connection Call, you will meet with just me, Dr. Matt Lederman. You can be on camera or off camera. But I want you to be comfortable and know that not only am I here to listen. I am here to actually help. I am a medical professional and board-certified medical doctor who has all the tools needed to be able to point you in the next right direction for you specifically.

You will leave the meeting feeling refreshed and you will have a ton of free resources and tangible tools to help you along your next step down this journey.

I look forward to talking soon. You can see those patient testimonials I mentioned below. You can also see the link to pay for and book a call with me.

Connection Call

A private, thirty-minute conversation with Dr. Matt Lederman, board-certified physician and co-founder of The Connection Docs. Come with your questions, your diagnosis, or just where you're stuck; you can be on camera or off. You'll leave with clarity, real next steps, and free resources to support you moving forward.

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"My oncologist appointments are 15 minutes — and I leave with more questions than I came in with."

The system isn't built for explanation. It's built for throughput. That doesn't mean you have to accept it.

"Google is terrifying. Friends mean well. None of it actually helps."

Conflicting information at 2 a.m. is not a strategy. You need someone who can separate signal from noise — for your specific case.

"No one has talked to me about nutrition, sleep, stress, or what I can actually do."

Your oncologist treats the cancer. We help you care for the whole person — and the biology underneath everything.

"I'm a capable person, but I can't think straight about my own body right now."

That's not weakness. That's what fear and urgency do to the nervous system. We help you stabilize so you can decide clearly.

The team you wish your friends had.

Alona Pulde, MD

When facing cancer or serious illness, many people focus entirely on the disease itself while overlooking the factors that influence how well the body can heal, recover, and tolerate treatment. Dr. Pulde helps patients strengthen their body's internal environment through nutrition, sleep, movement, hormonal balance, stress reduction, and metabolic health. Drawing from both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine, she helps patients build resilience, improve quality of life, and create the strongest possible foundation for healing.

Matthew Lederman, MD

A serious diagnosis often brings overwhelming amounts of information, conflicting opinions, and difficult decisions. Dr. Lederman helps patients understand their options, make sense of complex medical information, and navigate important treatment decisions with greater clarity and confidence. He serves as a trusted medical partner throughout the journey, helping patients think through new developments, prepare for appointments, and make decisions that align with what matters most to them.

Paris Williams, PhD

Dr. Williams is a Clinical Psychologist specializing in trauma, grief, relationships, and emotional healing. He helps patients process unresolved trauma, chronic stress, grief, and relationship challenges that often surface during serious illness. Because these experiences can influence sleep, nervous system regulation, inflammation, immune function, and overall resilience, his work supports both emotional well-being and the physiological foundations that contribute to healing and quality of life.

Mark Ideta

Living with serious illness can leave the body and mind stuck in a constant state of stress, worry, fear, or emotional overwhelm. Mark helps patients develop practical tools for calming the nervous system, processing difficult emotions, and responding to challenges with greater steadiness and self-compassion. As fear and emotional reactivity decrease, many people experience improved resilience, greater clarity, and a stronger ability to follow through with the decisions and health practices that support healing.

Lisa Rice

Knowing what to do is often much easier than actually doing it, especially when you're dealing with treatment, fatigue, symptoms, and the demands of everyday life. Lisa helps patients turn recommendations into practical daily habits by providing support with nutrition, meal planning, lifestyle changes, accountability, and problem-solving. Her goal is to help healthy choices become realistic, sustainable, and easier to maintain during challenging times.

Jessica Maruri

Serious illness can quickly become overwhelming, with appointments, records, test results, questions, and decisions coming from multiple directions at once. Jessica helps keep everything organized and moving smoothly. She coordinates communication, tracks important information, helps address concerns between visits, and ensures that nothing falls through the cracks so patients can spend less energy managing logistics and more energy focusing on healing.

Things every patient deserves — and rarely gets.

Physician Expertise

Board-certified physicians with deep medical knowledge who translate the complexity, build your decision-making literacy, and give you the biological understanding to navigate cancer with confidence.

Connection

You're never figuring this out alone. Direct access to your physician team, coordinated communication with your oncology providers, and a relationship built to meet you where you are and move at your pace.

Holistic Approach

Cancer affects more than cells. It affects sleep, nutrition, stress, relationships, and meaning. We address the complete biological terrain — giving you the tools to make your body as inhospitable to cancer as possible.

Real transformations, real people.

"Working with Matt helped me realize that connection isn't just a concept — it's something you can live in your body. Through my cancer journey, he gave me tools that brought calm to moments that once felt overwhelming."

Chef AJ

"Dr. Lederman created a space where I felt safe, heard, and understood. Through his guidance, I've learned how to understand my emotions and begin to heal. I finally feel like I'm on the right path."

David S.

"Dr. Pulde helped me achieve milestones of recovery that had eluded me for years. She approaches healing as a mind-body-life-world process and listened deeper than any doctor I've ever worked with."