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In Person Networking

In Person Networking

  • Saturday, October 28, 2023
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Sleep Pillar Clinical Skills

    Presenter: Mark G. Goetting, MD – Western Michigan University School of Medicine

    Co-Presenter: Michael Grandner, PhD

    Co-Presenter: Tom Rifai, MD FACP DipABLM – Reality Meets Science® Inc

  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Therapeutic Lifestyle Medicine Interventions for Sarcopenia and Osteoporosis: A Multifaceted Team Approach

    Presenter: Nola S. Peacock, PT, DSc, NBC-HWC, DipACLM – St. John's Health

    Co-Presenter: Aruna Nathan, MD, DipABLM – Aruna Nathan MD

    Co-Presenter: Sally Duplantier, MS

  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Trauma-informed Lifestyle Medicine Care

    Presenter: Steve Sugden, MD, MPH, MSS, DipABLM – University of Utah

    Co-Presenter: Karen Burke Lane, MSW

    Co-Presenter: Monica L. Foster, PhD, TTS

  • Sunday, October 29, 2023
  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Lifestyle Medicine and Women’s Mental Health Across the Lifespan

    Presenter: April Hirschberg, MD, DipABLM

    Co-Presenter: Kristi R. VanWinden, MD, FACOG, DipABLM – The Permanente Medical Group

    Co-Presenter: Nancy Isenberg, MD, MPH, DipABLM – Providence Swedish

  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Improving Brain Health: The Effect of The Lifestyle Medicine Pillars on Cognition

    Presenter: Ecler E. Ercole Jaqua, MD, MBA, DipABLM, DipABOM, FAAFP, FACLM – Loma Linda University Health

    Co-Presenter: Mai-Linh Tran, MD, DipABLM, DipABOM – Loma Linda University Health

    Co-Presenter: Monica Gupta, DO – Loma Linda University Health

  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Resistance Training Programming 101 for the Lifestyle Medicine Clinician: – Evidence-based Theory and Application

    Presenter: Jeffrey Young, CSCS, ACSM-EIM – JYKinesiology, LLC

    Co-Presenter: Michael Stack, ACSM-EP, ACSM-EIM, ACSM-PAPHS, CSCS – University of Michigan School of Kinesiology

    Co-Presenter: Andrew Mock, MD MPH – Loma Linda University Health - Department of Preventive Medicine

  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Implementation of Shared Medical Appointment: Nuts and Bolts

    Presenter: Deepa Sannidhi, MD – UC San Diego Department of Family Medicine

    Co-Presenter: Jacob Mirsky, MD, MA, DipABLM – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Co-Presenter: Carolyn F. Vollmer, MD, DipABLM – Corewell Health and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital

  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference Virtual Workshop: A Roadmap to Bringing Lifestyle Medicine into Workplaces

    Presenter: Valeria S. Tivnan, MPH, MEd

    Co-Presenter: Nathan Jones, MD, MPH

    Co-Presenter: Rosandra Daywalker, MD

  • 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Health Systems Council Meeting (Private Event)
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Lifestyle Medicine for Personal and Planetary Health

    Presenter: Neha Pathak, MD, FACP – ACLM Global Sustainability Committee

    Co-Presenter: Ali Saad, MD, DipABLM – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Implementing a Stress and Anxiety Program in Primary Care with Shared Medical Appointments

    Presenter: Liana Abascal, PhD, MPH, DipACLM – California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University

    Co-Presenter: Nancy C. Lasson, DO, DipABLM, FACP – Womens Medicine Collaborative a Lifespan Affiliate

    Co-Presenter: Alyssa Norris, PhD

  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine to Endocrinology Practice

    Presenter: Mahima Gulati, MD, FACLM, FACE, Dip ABLM – Middlesex Health/ Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

    Co-Presenter: Elizabeth Beale, MD, MRCP (UK) DipABLM – Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California

    Co-Presenter: Rajasree Nambron, MD, FACE, DipABLM – UT Houston

  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference In-Person Workshop: Nuts & Bolts of Implementation: Building a Successful Lifestyle Medicine Outpatient Practice

    Presenter: Sheila Hautbois, PA-C, MPH, CHES, DipACLM – Shenandoah University/Morris Cardiovascular and Risk Reduction Center/Inova Health System

    Co-Presenter: Brad Biskup, PA-C, MHS, MA – Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at UCONN Health

    Co-Presenter: Clifford Morris, MD (he/him/his) – Morris Cardiovascular & Risk Reduction Center

  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Pre-Conference Virtual Workshop: Evaluating and Managing Psychiatric Symptoms and Vague Constitutional Symptoms from a Lifestyle Medicine Perspective

    Presenter: Wendi Waits, MD, DipABLM – Talkiatry

    Co-Presenter: Megan Marumoto, MD, DipABLM – Talkiatry

    Co-Presenter: Jocelyn Kilgore, MD – DoD

  • 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM MST
    Opening Remarks & Dean Ornish
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM MST
    Opening Reception
  • Monday, October 30, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM MST
    Breakfast
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM MST
    Break
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM MST
    A History of Nutrition in Diabetes: Learning from the Past to Nourish in the Present

    Presenter: Lauren Plunkett, RDN, LD, CDCES – LP Nutrition Consulting

    The Allied Health Professionals Track

  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM MST
    Healthcare in the Kitchen: A Culinary Medicine Approach to Improving Diet Quality in Families and Accelerating Nutrition Education in GME

    Presenter: Elizabeth J. Suvedi, Other – Corewell Health

    Presenter: Kristi Artz, MD dipABLM – Corewell Health

    The How of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM MST
    Lifestyle Medicine’s role in Common Hormonal Disorders

    Presenter: Mahima Gulati, MD, FACLM, FACE, Dip ABLM – Middlesex Health/ Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

    The Science of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM MST
    Oral Poster Session Presentations
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM MST
    Reimbursable Multidisciplinary Group Visits to Treat Obesity with No Patient Copay

    Presenter: Steven Fox, MD – University of Tennessee Family Practice

    The Business of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Break
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Health benefits of a plant-based dietary pattern and implementation in healthcare and clinical practice

    Presenter: Matthew J. Landry, PhD, RDN, FAND, FAHA (he/him/his) – University of California, Irvine

    Presenter: Catherine P. Ward, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

    The Science of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Oral Poster Session Presentations
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    PAs and NPs in Outpatient Lifestyle Medicine Clinical Practice

    Presenter: Lauren Bock, PA-C, DipABLM – Oracle Heart and Vascular

    Presenter: Mollie E. Dwivedi, PA-C, DipACLM, PA – SEMM: Sleep, Eat, and Move Mindfully, LLC

    Presenter: David Donohue, MD – Progressive Health of Delaware

    The Business of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    Small Bites: How 30 Minutes Can Raise Patient Activation and Increase Participation in Lifestyle Medicine

    Presenter: Stella Fagbemi, MD – SUNY Downstate Primary Care Residency Program

    Presenter: melissa lee, md – NYCH+H/Kings County

    The How of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
    The Heart of Mindful Living - Integrating Mindfulness Research Into Practice

    Presenter: Patricia O'Hagan, Hons.BA, MA, PhD. – Vancouver Island Uiversity

    Presenter: Cynthia A. Powell, MA, CHWC, IWLC, Other – University of North Texas Health Science Center

    The Allied Health Professionals Track

  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MST
    Lunch
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MST
    Dopamine Nation Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

    Keynote Speaker: Anna Lembke

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM MST
    Keynote Session
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Break
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Developing Outcomes-based, Financially Sustainable Models within the Population Health Framework

    Presenter: Kristi Artz, MD dipABLM – Corewell Health

    The Business of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Nurses in Action: How nurses operationalize Lifestyle Medicine in modern settings, and you can too!

    Presenter: Susan G. Spell, FNP-BC – Headwaters Health & Vital Transformations LLC

    Presenter: Deborah Chielli, MSN – Optum

    Presenter: Krista Grutz, DNP – Lifestyle Health and Wellness

    The Allied Health Professionals Track

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Oral Poster Session Presentations
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Strengthening neuroplasticity in substance use recovery through lifestyle intervention

    Presenter: Steve Sugden, MD, MPH, MSS, DipABLM – University of Utah

    The Science of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Tailoring lifestyle medicine to underserved communities

    Presenter: Christina Wells, MD – Self

    The How of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM MST
    Break
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MST
    Keynote Session

    Keynote Speaker: Christina Economos

  • 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM MST
    Institutional Innovators in Lifestyle Medicine Networking Event (Private event)
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MST
    Breakfast
  • 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM MST
    Keynote Session
  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM MST
    Break
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    A Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery

    Presenter: Katrina Monti, DMSc, PA-C, DipACLM (she/her/hers) – CICONIX LLC in support of Defense Health Agency Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence

    Presenter: Jami Skarda-Craft, MS (she/her/hers) – TBI & Intrepid Spirit Center, Madigan Army Medication Center

    Presenter: Lisa O'Block, Other – Intrepid Spirit Center/TBI Clinic

    The Allied Health Professionals Track

  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Bringing cardiac rehab into the home - a lifestyle medicine approach to virtual disease management - Case Study with Kaiser Permanente

    Presenter: Columbus D. Batiste, II, MD – Kaiser Permanente

    The Business of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Empowering Families and Providers with a Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Pediatric Obesity

    Presenter: Erin l. Brackbill, MD, Diplomate ABLM – University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville/Prisma Health

    Presenter: J. Blakely Amati, MD, FAAP, DipABLM – University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville/Prisma Health

    The How of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Impact of lifestyle medicine on the management of systemic hypertension in primary care: a Canadian randomized controlled trial.

    Presenter: Elisa Marin Couture, Other (she/her/hers) – Université Laval

    Presenter: Caroline Rhéaume, MD, MSc, PhD, B.kin., FCFP, DipABLM – Université Laval

    The Science of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM MST
    Break
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM MST
    Building your Tailored Business Case for Lifestyle Medicine-A Template for Success

    Presenter: Lisa Mauch, MBA Dip ACLM – Kaiser Permanente

    The Business of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM MST
    Implementing lifestyle medicine competencies in didactic and clinical settings for allied health professionals

    Presenter: Zipporah Brown, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CNS, DipACLM – Western University of Health Sciences

    Presenter: Anu M. Räisänen, PhD – Western University of Health Sciences

    The Allied Health Professionals Track

  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM MST
    The MGH Healthy Lifestyle Program: Scaling Lifestyle Medicine Virtual Group Visits

    Presenter: Jacob Mirsky, MD, MA, DipABLM – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Presenter: Barbara Canada, MBA – MGH

    The How of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM MST
    The Role of Nutritional, Pharmacological, and Surgical Approaches in the Management of Obesity

    Presenter: Vanita Rahman, MD (she/her/hers) – Barnard Medical Center, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    The Science of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM MST
    Innovators Council Luncheon & Meeting (Private event)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM MST
    Lunch
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM MST
    Keynote Session
  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM MST
    Break
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Evidence Based Lifestyle Medicine Treatment of Adults with Obesity: Essential Skills for Lifestyle Medicine Clinicians

    Presenter: Deepa Sannidhi, MD – UC San Diego Department of Family Medicine

    Presenter: Michelle Hauser, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine

    Presenter: Kelley Hagerich, MD, MPH – VA Palo Alto Healthcare System

    The How of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Lifestyle Medicine Approach to Wound Management

    Presenter: Jengyu Lai, DPM, DipACLM – Rochester Clinic, PLC

    The Allied Health Professionals Track

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST
    Thriving through Menopause and for Decades to Come with Lifestyle Medicine

    Presenter: Michelle D. Tollefson, MD, FACOG, DipABLM – MSU Denver

    The Science of Lifestyle Medicine Track

  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM MST
    Break
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM MST
    Transforming Primary Care to Deliver High-Value, Equitable Whole-Person Care

    Moderator: Padmaja M. Patel, MD, FACLM, DipABLM – Midland Health

    Panelist: Wayne Stephen Dysinger, MD, MPH, FACLM, FACPM, DipABLM – Lifestyle Medical

    Panelist: Bharati Kolte, MD

    Panelist: Kameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

    Panelist: Greg Weidner, MD, FACP, DipABLM

  • 7:45 PM – 9:00 PM MST
    ACLM Awards Celebration
  • Wednesday, November 1, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM MST
    Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM MST
    Keynote Session
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM MST
    Break
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM MST
    Keynote Session
  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM MST
    Break
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM MST
    Keynote Session
  • 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM MST
    Closing Remarks
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Post-Conference In-Person Workshop: Advocating for Health Care Change in Pediatric Practice: from the Practice Level to Health Care Policy

    Presenter: Neeta B. Agarwal, MD, FAAP, DipABLM – Eskenazi Medical Group/Indiana University

    Co-Presenter: Michelle Dalal, MD, FAAP, DipABLM – Reliant Medical Group/ University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

    Co-Presenter: J. Blakely Amati, MD, FAAP, DipABLM – University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville/Prisma Health

  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Post-Conference In-Person Workshop: The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Cancer Care: From Risk Reduction to Survivorship, and Beyond

    Presenter: Amy Comander, MD, DipABLM – Mass General Cancer Center at Waltham

    Co-Presenter: Amber Orman, MD, DipABLM – Advent Health Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology

    Co-Presenter: Sami Mansfield, BA, ACSM-CET – Cancer Wellness for Life

  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Post-Conference Virtual Workshop: Adapting Culinary Medicine Workshops into a Medical Practice/Community

    Presenter: Colin Zhu, DO, DipABLM, Chef – TheChefDoc, LLC

  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Post-Conference Virtual Workshop: Navigating the Reimbursement Landscape for Optimal Lifestyle Medicine

    Presenter: John E. Gobble, DrPH, RDN, FACLM, DipACLM – Lifestyle Medicine Group

    Co-Presenter: Arwin Soetanto – Poplar Care Network

    Co-Presenter: Carl Erickson, DO (he/him/his) – Cascade Family Practice

  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MST
    Post-Conference Virtual Workshop: Provider Wellbeing Workshop: Harnessing Individual and Organizational Strategies

    Presenter: Liana Lianov, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACLM, DipABLM – Global Positive Health Institute

    Co-Presenter: Prachi Garodia, MD, ABIHM, DipABLM, NBC-HWC – Veterans Health Administration

    Co-Presenter: Benita W. Varnado, MD, FACOG, DipABLM – PR Wellness, LLC