Welcome New Members
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in alphabetical order
by month:
JUNE 2014
Maria Anderson, MD, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Western Slope Cardiology
Denver, CO
William Beckworth, MD, Physician, Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Thomas Bruff, MD, MPH, Physician, Thomas Bruff, MD Inc.
San Diego, CA
Ronald Carey, MD, Assistant Professor, Christian Medical College
Vellore, India
Vanessa Castin, MD, MPH, Physician
Los Angeles, CA
Catherine Collings, MD, MD Partner/Board Member, Advanced Cardiovascular Specialists
Los Altos Hills, CA
Christina Cummings, MD, MPH, Physician, "Let Food be thy Medicine"
Beverly Hills, CA
Cherise Dyal, MD, Medical Director, Synergy Fitness and Wellness
Wayne, NJ
Stephanie Hodges, RN, BSN, MSN-FNP Candidate, Duke University School of Nursing
Durham, NC
Kristi Hughes, ND, Associate Director of Medical Education, Insitute for Functional Medicine
Alexandria, MN
Jengyu Lai, DPM, Chief Manager, Rochester Clinic
Rochester, MN
Stephanie Lind, MBA, Director of Healthy 100 Enterprise, FL Hospital
Apopka, FL
William Nields, MD, Senior Physician, FL Department of Health
Jacksonville, FL
William Pritchett, BS, DDS, Owner, GBD
Pismo Beach, CA
Maryam Sanjari, MD, MPH, Preventive Medicine Resident, LLU
Loma Linda, CA
Deepa Sannidhi, MD, Resident Physician, Hunterdon Family Medical Center
Flemington, NJ
Amy Sheer, BS, MPH, MS4, Medical Student, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Heather Sowell, MD, President, The Sheldon Sowell Center for Health, PC
Denver, CO
Nkem Thompson, MBBS, General Contractor
Borehamwood, United Kingdom
Amanda, Zelek, Pharm.D., Pharmacist, LMHS
Fort Myers, FL
JULY 2014
Abena Akufo Opoku, MD, Resident, GPMR- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Toledo, OH
Ijeoma Azonobi, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Ryan Bailey, MSOT, Graduate Student, Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Marguerite Beaudoin-Curtis, Owner, Juvenescence
Pittsford, VT
Diana Berger, MD, MSc, Clinical Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Brooklyn, NY
Rebecca Chung, MD, Resident Physician, LLU Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA
Sunday Clement, BSc, Lifestyle Expert, HealthyLifestyleAfrica
Calabar, Nigeria
Terry Dunlop, Community Educator, ASU - Alzheimer's Org.
Minden, NE
Sadaf Farasat, MD, Resident, Griffin Hospital / Yale School of Public Health
Hamden, CT
Debbie Gillespie, MS, Instructor/Program Director, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX
Stephen Herrick, BS, OMS IV, Touro University California
San Jose, CA
Andrew Klonecke, MD, MS, Physician, TPMG, Inc.
Roseville, CA
Karen LaVine, RN, Clinical Nurse Consultant, StayWell Health Management
Albuquerque, NM
Wendy Martin, MD, President, Modern Medical Associates
Weed, CA
Hannah Mirzakhani, Medical Student
Lakewood, OH
Rajiv Misquitta, MD
Physician, Permanente Medical Group
Sacramento, CA
Farhad Modarai, DO, Family Medicine Resident, Duke University
Durham, NC
Spencer Nadolsky, DO, Physician, GetLeanRx
Suffolk, VA
Tracey Oliver, CNM, NP, MSN, Certified Nurse Midwife/Nurse Practitioner, John R. Oliver, M.D.
Wasilla, AK
Valerie Pierre, Medical Student
Montgomery Village, MD
Heather Shenkman, MD, FACC, Cardiologist, Lakeside Community Healthcare
Sherman Oaks, CA
Joan Swanson, MMSc, PA-C, Physician Assistant Student, Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Tamara Taber, DO,
Physician, Family Healthcare of Clarion
Clarion, PA
Bassam Tahir, MD, MPH, PGY4 Internal Medicine Resident,
Yale / Griffin Hospital
New Haven, CT
Susan Tuttle, PharmD, Clinical Specialist Pharmacist, Lee Memorial Health
Ft Myers, FL
David Vazquez, Ob-Gyn, Physician, Beaver Medical Group
Redlands, CA
Stephen Waterbrook, MD, General Surgeon, General Surgery
Centerville, OH
Yohannes Woldeamanuel, MD, PostDoctoral, Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Francis Yoo, DO, Resident Physician, Southampton Hospital
Southampton, NY
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Lifestyle Medicine in Action
August 2014
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David L. Katz, MD, MPH
Only Enough is Enough
For any medicine, timing and dose matter. For lifestyle medicine, with our national conference coming up fast, a double dose of high-profile commentaries about the medicine we have versus the medicine we need is a timely opportunity for reorientation.
The initial provocation was delivered by the British Medical Journal in June. A commentary published on the BMJ blog site asserted, in essence, that lifestyle medicine is ineffective. Specifically, it said that screening for chronic disease risk factors in the general population, and addressing them with lifestyle counseling in the clinical setting, is of no value. The commentary was in response to a paper published in the BMJ that reached essentially the same conclusion. An accompanying editorial was entitled: "General health checks don't work" and began with "it's time to let them go."
The trial that provoked these responses randomized a large sample of Danish adults either to screening for chronic disease risk factors with tailored lifestyle counseling, or usual care. After 10 years, the two groups did not differ for the rate of heart disease or all-cause mortality.
The "intervention" consisted of 3 individualized lifestyle counseling sessions of 15-45 minutes each, spread over the first 3 years of the 10-year study period. If you will, the intervention was itself a tidbit of lifestyle counseling. An additional 6 group sessions were available, but that means even for the rare participants who took advantage of all offerings, less than one counseling session per year of observation. The sessions were made available to those study participants with overt chronic disease risk factors, including smoking, high alcohol intake, poor diet, and/or lack of physical activity.
I invite you to pause and consider whether you would expect that between 45 minutes and two hours of clinical counseling over 3 years would meaningfully change health outcomes over 10 years for people who potentially smoke, drink, eat badly, and avoid exercise.
Read complete article at lifestylemedicine.org
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ACLM Members Leading the Charge for Change!
With 75% or more of our nation's healthcare dollars devoted to the treatment of conditions directly related to "lifestyle," is there any question that Lifestyle Medicine must become the foundation of our healthcare system?
You, our ACLM members, are helping to lead the charge. It's true that ACLM is a professional membership organization, but ACLM members have joined this trailblazing organization because you understand what's at stake, and you have a burning desire to be part of the solution in ensuring sustainable human health and a sustainable healthcare system. The solution: Lifestyle Medicine driven by a fearless and dedicated army of practitioners devoted to our shared mission.
ACLM exists to serve its members and advance the cause of Lifestyle Medicine. In order to better meet your needs, we're in the midst of our strategic planning process, with one of the most important Strategic Planning Teams, led by Executive Committee Member Ingrid Edshteyn, DO, focused on analyzing ACLM membership levels and benefits.
To this end, we would appreciate you taking a few minutes to answer this brief six question survey. Your responses will help shape the future of ACLM's membership benefits, providing us with vital feedback on how we, as the premier Lifestyle Medicine professional society, can best meet your needs as you integrate Lifestyle Medicine into your personal life and into your practice. Please take a few minutes to share your vision with us; click here for the survey.
From a strategic planning perspective, ACLM's other key areas of focus include:
- Identifying the needs of our membership as it relates to Lifestyle Medicine education-for practitioners themselves and for their patients. What tools and resources do those who practice or desire to practice Lifestyle Medicine need? How can ACLM aid our members in implementing a viable and profitable clinical practice model that may include group practice components? We want to hear from you and will be reaching out to you in the coming weeks seeking your input and suggestions. We're pleased that, through our business partnership with n1Health, members of the n1Health team will be assisting us in this research project. More details coming your way soon!
- A team is evaluating ACLM's brand, communication and marketing strategies. We are embarking on a mission to "refresh" the look, feel and functionality of ACLM's website, newsletter and other communications vehicles, while also evaluating our strategies for most effectively promoting both ACLM and the cause of Lifestyle Medicine.
Read the entire article on our website - click here
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October 19-22, 2014, San Diego, CA
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Lifestyle Medicine Leadership Grants Awarded for 2014
This year marks our Second Annual Lifestyle Medicine Leadership grant, which is substantially helping fund 10 ACLM Professionals in Training members to attend the Lifestyle Medicine 2014 conference.
 "The grant support of $500 per recipient makes attendance possible for our Trainees, enabling participation in this inspiring professional experience," said Ingrid Edshteyn, DO, Chair of ACLM's Professionals in Training.
Award recipients have expressed their gratitude for ACLM's significant expansion to 10 grants this year, made possible through generous support from The Martin Companies:
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Stephen Herrick, OMS-IV
Touro University
| Valerie Pierre, MS-II
Creighton School of Medicine
| Justin Jones, MS-IV
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
| Rani Polak, MD, MBA
Institute of Lifestyle Medicine Fellow
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Parissa Massahikhaleghi, MD, MPH
CHIP Program
| Deepa Sannidhi, MD, PGY-3
Hunterdon Medical Center
| Farhad Modarai, DO, PGY-2
Duke University Medical Center
| Amy Joy Sheer, MS-IV, MPH
University of Florida
| Elizabeth Morris, MD, PGY-1
Greenville Health System - USC
| Kerri Zemko, RN, BSN, OCN
Wellness Forum Institute
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Please continue your commitment to the College by supporting ACLM's Professionals in Training at the conference - they have developed an incredible line up of complimentary activities.
Show your support with an official LM2014 conference t-shirt! (All proceeds directly support the grant) If you'd like to purchase a shirt, contact [email protected].
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Become a CHIP Facilitator
October 22nd, 2014 @ Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Hotel, immediately following Lifestyle Medicine 2014
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The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine Presents:
Leading Active Lives: Transforming Ourselves and Our Patients One Step at a Time
When: December 5 - 6, 2014
Where: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center @ Harvard University: Boston, Massachusetts
Most practices grapple with the challenge of enabling patients to be drivers of their own wellness regimen. This course offers proven strategies to counsel and motivate patients, and gives participants evidence-based tools and techniques to prescribe individualized exercise programs.
For the complete agenda and registration information for Leading Active Lives click here: www.bit.ly/1nAHEQ9.
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Real Food, Just Food
Food Day inspires Americans to change their diets and our food policies.
 Join Food Day in their nationwide celebration and movement for healthy, affordable, sustainable food! In 2014, Food Day seeks to inspire community action in every city and state in the country, with individuals and organizations coming together on and around October 24th to learn, debate, and mobilize to create a just food system, improve the American diet, and raise awareness about the critical importance of food education in schools. Visit www.FoodDay.org to find more resources, email us at [email protected], or call 202-777-8392.
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