Dr. Madge Zacharias

Meet Our Founders

Zacharias Ganey Health Institute was founded Madge Zacharias, MD, and Dr. Rodney Ganey, non-managing partner and principal investor. As a practicing pediatrician in the ‘90s, Madge became alarmed at the sudden rise of Type 2 Diabetes in teens, mostly lifestyle related, and was determined to do something about it. Madge started Zacharias Ganey in 2002, first for teens, but eventually addressing the preventive health and weight management needs of over 13,000 ZG Program grads, who by attending the ZG Healthy Lifestyle Change Program, made significant positive changes in their health and towards their weight loss goals. Today, Dr. Zacharias continues to teach most of the in-depth informative ZG Key 10 week lecture series, runs many of the ZG 100 Keys weekly support groups, and is always available by email or phone to answer members nutrition and fitness  questions. 

Mary Jane Zacharias Ganey, joined her sister Madge in 2008, as co-managing partner, and remains as Managing partner today. Mary Jane is a former educator, CPA, regional financial Controller of a fortune 500 company, and business/marketing strategist. Mary Jane recognizes that ZG’s unique health care model provides an affordable, "all under one roof" approach to preventive health, and also provides an affordable way to reverse or mitigate the many health issues and diseases associated with overweight, abnormal eating, and the sedentary, American lifestyle. Mary Jane is involved in the day to day operations of ZG as well as marketing, customer service and adding new services and refining the program as the needs of the Richmond community evolve. 
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Dr. Rodney Ganey, non-managing founding partner of ZG and principal investor, is also co-founder of Press Ganey, an international company specializing in hospital customer satisfaction surveys and consulting. Madge and Mary Jane have been fortunate to have the support of this outstanding leader in the healthcare industry. 

​ Mary Jane Zacharias Ganey