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Michael Greger, MD FACLM, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, among countless other symposia and institutions; testified before Congress; has appeared on shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show; and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous “meat defamation” trial. In 2017, he was honored with the ACLM Lifestyle Medicine Trailblazer Award.
Dr. Greger’s most recent scientific publications in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Family and Community Health, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture.
Dr. Greger is also licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition and is a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He was featured on the Healthy Living Channel promoting his latest nutrition DVDs and honored to teach part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell’s esteemed nutrition course at Cornell University. Dr. Greger’s nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charity.
He is the author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America’s Low Carb Craze. Two of his latest books, How Not to Die and the How Not to Die Cookbook, became instant New York Times Best Sellers. On December 10, 2019, Dr. Greger released How Not to Diet, and in the summer of 2020, he published How to Survive a Pandemic.
Dr. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Douglas J. Lisle, PhD, is the founder of a new method of approaching human psychology and wellbeing. He describes this approach as Esteem Dynamics–its core insights adapted from a revolutionary biological approach to psychology. Central figures having major influence on Dr. Lisle’s thinking include Richard Dawkins, John Tooby, and Leda Cosmides, David Buss, Steven Pinker, and Geoffrey Miller. All of these individuals are considered academic A-list thinkers in evolutionary theory and human psychology. Somewhat surprisingly, insights from these trailblazers have yet to reach mainstream clinical psychology, and thus major advances stemming from some of the world’s greatest thinkers have yet to be systematically applied to problems of helping people improve their lives. Esteem Dynamics is the first such effort–born of Dr. Lisle’s 25-years of clinical experience wedded to the deep insights into human nature now available via evolutionary psychology.
Dr. Doug Lisle received his undergraduate education from the University of California, San Diego (summa cum laude). He completed his PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he was awarded the Presidents Fellowship and was a DuPont Scholar. He was then appointed Lecturer in Psychology at Stanford University, and worked on the research staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs at the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Palo Alto, California. His research and clinical interests have broadened to include health and wellness, self-esteem, relationship satisfaction, the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression, and optimizing achievement motivation. In addition to his work with Esteem Dynamics, he is currently the Director of Research for the TrueNorth Health Center and also serves as the psychologist for the McDougall Wellness Program, both located in Santa Rosa, California. He is author of the book The Pleasure Trap.
Wayne Dysinger, MD, is a lifestyle, preventive, and family medicine physician who currently serves as Chief Executive Officer for Lifestyle Medical, a new model primary care concept that is built around Lifestyle Medicine principles. He is also Chair of both the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine, and Medical Director of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP). He is an active faculty member at Loma Linda University and consults, teaches, and participates in research on Lifestyle Medicine issues around the world. Dr. Dysinger is a past President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and has worked in various capacities with the American Medical Association, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. He was previously Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University, and faculty/co-founder of both the Family and the Preventive Medicine residencies at Dartmouth. He has also worked in faculty, patient care, and service capacities in Atlanta and Guam. Dr. Dysinger earned his MD degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine (1986), and his MPH from Loma Linda University School of Public Health (1990). He is a Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Cyrus Khambatta, PhD, is a cofounder of Mastering Diabetes and is an internationally recognized nutrition and fitness coach who has been living with type 1 diabetes since 2002. Using an evidence-based approach to nutrition and fitness, he first reduced his own insulin usage by more than 40% and has educated thousands of people with all forms of diabetes how to reverse insulin resistance using food as medicine.
Cyrus earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003, then earned a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 2012. He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at the Plant-Based Nutrition and Healthcare Conference (PBNHC), the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Conference, Plant Stock, and has been featured on Forks Over Knives, NPR, PBS, KQED, Fast Company, and is the author of the upcoming book Mastering Diabetes.
Caroline Trapp, DNP, is the director of diabetes education and care at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and is a nurse practitioner with more than 30 years of experience, specializing in the care of people with diabetes. Her degrees are from the University of Michigan (BSN), University of Pennsylvania (MSN), and Madonna University (DNP). She is board-certified in adult primary care nursing, diabetes education, and lifestyle medicine. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Michigan School of Nursing.
Dr. Trapp’s work with the Physicians Committee has taken her to China, the Northern Republic of Macedonia, Canada, the Marshall Islands, all over the U.S., and to Native American tribal lands and Pueblos. Across these diverse settings, she has found tremendous interest from health professionals and the public on the potential for evidence-based nutrition for diabetes prevention, treatment and reversal.
Dr. Trapp was awarded Oakland University’s Nightingale Award for Education and Research in 2012 and inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in 2013. She is a founding board member of Plant-based Prevention of Disease (P-POD) and an active volunteer with the Plant Based Nutrition Support Group (PBNSG) of Michigan. Dr. Trapp helped to establish and leads the Nurses Nutrition Network of the Physicians Committee.
Jolene Bowers, PhD, is a public health scientist, specializing in the study of microbes as pathogens and as symbionts. She studies the common “opportunistic pathogens” that plague us and that are often antibiotic resistant, and has shown that they are often part of our microbiome before they cause infection. It’s the dysbiosis, or imbalance of homeostasis and the microbiome, that results in disease and infection.
Dr.Bowers knows what influences our different microbiota and the remarkable number of ways our microbiome influences us, including the choices we make. She knows the power of our microbiome and that we are just beginning to understand how it is an integral part of who we are.
Beth Baughman DuPree, MD, transitioned her primary practice to The Cancer Centers of Northern Arizona in the fall of 2017, where she has been recruited to lead the creation of an accredited center of excellence and destination cancer center. She continues to serve as Vice President of Holy Redeemer Health System through this transition. She also holds an academic appointment as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at The University of Pennsylvania. She is a board-certified general surgeon specializing in diseases of the breast and obtained additional board certification in Integrative and Holistic Medicine.
Dr. DuPree, who received her medical degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, is the author of The Healing Consciousness: A Doctor’s Journey to Healing. It is the true story of her journey as a surgeon who awakens to the healer that resides within her. Proceeds from the book are donated to The Healing Consciousness Foundation, a nonprofit organization Dr. DuPree founded in 2007 to fund holistic and wellness therapies for women and men living with a breast cancer diagnosis. She has attained board certification in Integrative Medicine, which enhances her ability to care for the “whole” patient on their cancer journey.
Dr. DuPree, a renowned breast cancer surgeon, has won numerous awards for her medical work and humanitarian endeavors. Dr. DuPree’s skin-sparing mastectomies, performed in conjunction with plastic surgeon Robert Skalicky, DO, were featured live on the Internet in October 1999. The mastectomy webcast and subsequent television documentary received a coveted Gracie Allen Award in New York City in April 2000.
Dr. DuPree was awarded the Clara Barton Humanitarian Award from the American Red Cross for her ongoing contributions to the treatment of breast cancer in March 2000. In December of 2002, she received The Vision of Hope Award, and in March 2003, Governor Rendell recognized her as one of seven recipients of the Women Pioneering the Future Award.
Dr. DuPree is a prominent keynote inspirational speaker at many national events, primarily addressing women’s health issues, women’s empowerment, breast cancer, healing, and wellness. She has been a frequent expert on NBC Nightly News and The Today Show. Dr. DuPree was previously a co-host of Women to Watch, a live radio show, on WWDB 860 AM, which showcases amazing women and shares their personal success stories.
Shipra Bansal, MD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of Osteopathic and Lifestyle Medicine at A.T. Still University – School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA). In this capacity she is leading the implementation of a fully integrated lifestyle medicine curriculum at the university. Previously she was the Regional Director of Medical Education (RDME) for North Country Healthcare, where she was responsible for running the second year program at the Flagstaff satellite campus.
She is also a family physician at North Country HealthCare, a federally qualified health center in Flagstaff, AZ. Dr. Bansal has been working with patients on whole-food, plant-based eating patterns since 2014 and now conducts group visits in nutrition designed to help patients stabilize or reverse disease. Dr. Bansal focuses on making healthy lifestyles, particularly nutrition, accessible to underserved populations.
Dr. Bansal completed her training at Harbor-UCLA in 2008.
HNC 2019 Speakers
Joel Kahn, MD, of Detroit, Michigan, is a practicing cardiologist, a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine and an Associate Professor at Oakland University/Beaumont Hospital medical schools. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Michigan Medical School and trained in interventional cardiology in Dallas and Kansas City.
Known as “America’s Holistic Heart Doc,” Dr. Kahn is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and maintains sub-specialty board certification in Cardiovascular Medicine. He was the first physician worldwide to complete the Metabolic Cardiology curriculum in conjunction with A4M/MMI and the University of South Florida.
Dr. Kahn has authored scores of publications in his field, including articles, book chapters, and monographs. He writes articles for MindBodyGreen, Thrive Global, and Reader’s Digest, and has five books in publication, including Your Whole Heart Solution, Dead Execs Don’t Get Bonuses, and The Plant Based Solution. He has made regular appearances on Dr. Phil, The Doctors Show, and Fox 2 News. He has been awarded a Health Hero award from Crain’s Detroit Business. He owns three health restaurants in Detroit and Austin, Texas. Dr. Kahn can be found at www.drjoelkahn.com.
As Co-Directors of the the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, MDs, through research and their extensive collective medical backgrounds, work to demystify the steps to achieving long-term brain health and the prevention of devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. With their Healthy Minds Initiative project, they host local workshops in community centers, churches, or other places where members of the community are known to congregate, to arm people with knowledge to improve brain health. They involve local community leaders across all industries–government, civic, business, faith–and equip them with the best strategies to approach brain health education and implementation for their communities. Learn more at teamsherzai.com.
Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD, is co-director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University. Dean trained in Neurology at Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed fellowships in neurodegenerative diseases and dementia at the National Institutes of Health and UC San Diego. He also holds a PhD in Healthcare Leadership with a focus on community health from Andrews University.
Ayesha Sherzai, MD, is a neurologist and co-director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University, where she leads the Lifestyle Program for the Prevention of Neurological Diseases. She completed dual training in Preventative Medicine and Neurology at Loma Linda University and a fellowship in Vascular Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University. She is also a trained plant-based culinary artist.
Saray Stancic, MD, is a board certified physician and the founder of Stancic Health and Wellness, LLC, where she practices Lifestyle Medicine.
She received her MD degree from New Jersey Medical School, completed an Internal Medicine residency and served an additional year as Chief Medical resident at University Hospital in Newark, NJ. She completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases and served as Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Hudson Valley Veterans Administration Hospital in New York, treating hundreds of patients with viral hepatitis and HIV, as well as other infectious diseases, with a multidisciplinary approach to support her patients’ overall well-being. She directed the MOVE program, a federal VA initiative to encourage healthy lifestyles in veterans. She has conducted clinical studies for new, more efficacious treatments for hepatitis infections and has authored several research papers in peer-reviewed medical journals.
While a medical resident, Dr. Stancic was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This unforeseen health challenge changed the course of her life, both professionally and personally. In 2003, after eight years of unsuccessful conventional treatment, she started incorporating plant-based nutrition into her life. In 2010, she completed a marathon.
She founded a Lifestyle Medicine practice to empower and educate others to take control of their personal health and is a producer of the documentary film “Code Blue,” which she hopes will inspire our community to demand better education of our medical professionals. And she has followed up that message with a book, What’s Missing From Medicine: Six Lifestyle Changes to Overcome Chronic Illness. Dr. Stancic envisions a world where all doctors will regularly speak of the power of plant-based nutrition and the adoption of optimal behaviors.
Jen Drost, MS, PA-C, graduated from Yale University and is an Internal Medicine Physician Assistant at Mayo Clinic. She has been at Mayo for fifteen years, and in the last three years she has been a Co-Principle Investigator on a study looking at the effect of a whole food, plant-based diet on diabetes for patients undergoing surgery.
Besides her medical certification, Jen is a Mayo Certified Health Coach. In addition, through her company, Evidence Based Health Coaching, she provides customized coaching for individuals, families, and companies to help them achieve their health goals. She also facilitates CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Program), which helps people achieve lifestyle changes.
Jen serves on the board of directors of NutritionFacts.org. One recent highlight of Jen’s healthy lifestyle journey was helping edit Dr. Michael Greger’s New York Times bestselling book, How Not to Die. Another activity she enjoys is hiking through our beautiful National Parks with her family.
Charles Katzenberg, MD, is a board-certified cardiologist who practices at Banner University Medical Center and is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center. After he completed his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1982, he went into private practice as co-founder of Pima Heart Associates and was co-director of Pima Heart Cardiac Rehabilitation. He served as medical director of the Tucson Heart Hospital from 1997-2004.
Dr. Katzenberg was the 2013-14 president of the Pima County Medical Society and has been a board member since 2008. He is also a board member of the Arizona Employer Healthcare Alliance, a member of Physicians for a National Healthcare Program, and the American Society for Preventative Cardiology. Among other outside activities, he helped develop Arizona’s first Medicare-approved community cardiac rehabilitation program not in a hospital, co-founded the Fitness & Health Institute of Tucson (FIT) as well as the Heart Series, Arizona’s first intensive cardiac rehabilitation program. In 2010, he formed the Foundation for Cardiovascular Health, focused on coronary heart disease prevention. He volunteers for St. Elizabeth’s Health Center, Clinica Amistad, and Mended Hearts.
Shipra Bansal, MD, is a board-certified Family Physician at North Country HealthCare, a community health center in Flagstaff, Arizona. In addition to practicing patient care, she is a Regional Director of Medical Education with AT Still University School of Medicine in Arizona, where she leads the second year student program. She strongly believes we must bring nutrition to the forefront in medical education in order to improve the health of our communities.
Over the past four years Dr. Bansal has led a nutritional workshop series for patients interested in treating their chronic disease with diet. The classes focus on making healthy eating available to a community health center based population. Some prior participants have been able to shift to healthier eating while actually saving money! She has had a lifelong passion for health and nutrition and feels fortunate to now be able to share this critical information with patients and students alike.
Dr. Bansal completed her residency in Family Medicine at Harbor-UCLA in 2008 and obtained her medical degree from New Jersey Medical School in 2005.
Jay Sutliffe PhD, RD, has been a member of the Northern Arizona University Health Sciences faculty since 2011. Prior to NAU, he taught at Chadron State College in Nebraska. His teaching and research interests are related to disease prevention and reversal using non-invasive lifestyle practices, wellness across the lifespan, and lifestyle habits of college students.
In addition to his academic experience Jay has extensive experience in restaurant and health food store ownership and operation, years of experience in community and residentially-based health promotion programs, and broad experience working with athletes and those interested in wellness. Jay earned his doctoral degree in Public Health from Walden University, his Master’s degree in Health Education from University of Nebraska, and his Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition/Dietetics from North Dakota State University. Jay is a Registered Dietitian.
HNC 2018 Speakers
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., received his BA from Yale University and his MD from Western Reserve University. In 1956, pulling the No. 6 oar as a member of the victorious United States rowing team, he was awarded a gold medal at the Olympic Games. He was trained as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and at St. George’s Hospital in London. In 1968, as an Army surgeon in Vietnam, he was awarded the Bronze Star.
Dr. Esselstyn has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1968. During that time, he has served as President of the Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. He chaired the Clinic’s Breast Cancer Task Force and headed its Section of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
His scientific publications number over 150. In 1995 he published benchmark long-term nutritional research on arresting and reversing coronary artery disease in severely ill patients. That same study was updated at twelve years and reviewed beyond twenty years in his book, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, making it one of the longest longitudinal studies of its type. In July of 2014 he reported the experience of 198 participants seriously ill with cardiovascular disease. During 37 years of follow up of the 89% adherent to the program, 99.4% avoided further major cardiac events.
Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have followed a plant-based diet since 1984. Dr. Esselstyn presently directs the cardiovascular prevention and reversal program at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute.
Michael A. Klaper, MD, is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and has practiced acute care medicine in Hawaii, Canada, California, Florida, and New Zealand.
Far more fulfilling to him was his practice for the past nine years at True North Health Center in Santa Rosa, California, focusing on health-promoting food and lifestyle choices to help people stay out of hospitals and off of operating tables. He has authored numerous articles on plant-based nutrition and is authoring a book on using plant-based medicine to arrest and reverse disease.
A long-time radio host and a pilot, Dr. Klaper has served as nutrition advisor to NASA’s programs for space colonists on the Moon and Mars and on the Nutrition Task Force of the American Medical Students Association. To improve the health of his patients as well as his own, and to minimize suffering of sentient beings, Dr. Klaper adopted a plant-based diet in 1981. In January 2018, he left 46 years of primary care practice to devote full-time efforts to creating courses for doctors on incorporating plant-based nutrition into their own practices, to writing a book on plant-based healing, lecturing in medical schools, teaching medical students, and producing webinars for the public on raising healthy children, optimizing athletic performance, and aging healthfully, among many other subjects.
He makes the latest information on health and nutrition available through his website, DoctorKlaper.com, where visitors can find the numerous videos and DVDs he has produced, as well subscribe to his free newsletter, “Medicine Capsule.”
Brenda Davis, a registered dietitian, is a leader in her field and an internationally acclaimed speaker. She has worked as a public health nutritionist, clinical nutrition specialist, nutrition consultant, and academic nutrition instructor. Brenda is the lead dietitian in a diabetes research project in Majuro, Marshall Islands. She is a featured speaker at nutrition, medical, and health conferences throughout the world.
Brenda is co-author of nine award-winning, best-selling books – Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition (2014), Becoming Vegan: Express Edition (2013), Becoming Vegan (2000), The New Becoming Vegetarian (2003), Becoming Vegetarian (1994, 1995), Becoming Raw (2010), The Raw Food Revolution Diet (2008), Defeating Diabetes (2003) and Dairy-free and Delicious (2001). She is also a contributing author to a tenth book, The Complete Vegetarian (2009). Her books are vegetarian/vegan nutrition classics, with over 750,000 copies in print in eight languages. Brenda has authored and co-authored several articles for peer-reviewed medical and nutrition journals and magazines.
Brenda is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. In 2007 she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. Brenda lives in Kelowna British Columbia with her husband, Paul Davis. She has two grown children, Leena Markatchev and Cory Davis.
Shipra Bansal, MD, is a board-certified Family Physician at North Country HealthCare, a community health center in Flagstaff, Arizona. In addition to practicing patient care, she is a Regional Director of Medical Education with AT Still University School of Medicine in Arizona, where she leads the second year student program. She strongly believes we must bring nutrition to the forefront in medical education in order to improve the health of our communities.
Over the past four years Dr. Bansal has led a nutritional workshop series for patients interested in treating their chronic disease with diet. The classes focus on making healthy eating available to a community health center based population. Some prior participants have been able to shift to healthier eating while actually saving money! She has had a lifelong passion for health and nutrition and feels fortunate to now be able to share this critical information with patients and students alike.
Dr. Bansal completed her residency in Family Medicine at Harbor-UCLA in 2008 and obtained her medical degree from New Jersey Medical School in 2005.
Northern Arizona University/Northern Arizona Healthcare Research Team: Jay Sutliffe, PhD, Michelle Gorman, RD, Wendy Wetzel, NP
Presenting research findings on the use of nutrient-dense, whole food plant-based nutrition to address cardiovascular health and overall quality of life.
Jay Sutliffe PhD, RD, has been a member of the Northern Arizona University Health Sciences faculty since 2011. Prior to NAU, he taught at Chadron State College in Nebraska. His teaching and research interests are related to disease prevention and reversal using non-invasive lifestyle practices, wellness across the lifespan, and lifestyle habits of college students. In addition to his academic experience Jay has extensive experience in restaurant and health food store ownership and operation, years of experience in community and residentially-based health promotion programs, and broad experience working with athletes and those interested in wellness. Jay earned his doctoral degree in Public Health from Walden University, his Master’s degree in Health Education from University of Nebraska, and his Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition/Dietetics from North Dakota State University. Jay is a Registered Dietitian.
Michelle Gorman, RD, currently works as a program manager, Lifepath and Wellness for Northern Arizona Healthcare. She has more than a decade of food science and nutrition experience. Prior to her current position, she worked as a Senior Coordinator on the Performance Innovation Team at Exos, designing innovative wellness solutions in Human Performance for Elite Athletes, Military, Tactical, and Corporate clients. She also served as a Health Promotion Executive for Arizona’s largest Independent Health Insurance Company, providing 1.1 million members access to personal wellness programs. In addition, she directed the nutrition communication program as the Corporate Dietitian for Albertsons and Fry’s Food Stores. She received her Plant-Based Nutrition Certification from eCornell and is passionate about sharing the benefits of a whole-food, plant-based diet. She earned a bachelor’s degree in food science nutrition from Northern Arizona University.
Wendy Wetzel, RN, MSN, FNP, has served in a number of private group practice settings, most recently as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the Northern Arizona University Student Health Center. Throughout her career she has been active in research, and has authored a number of publications. She was a lecturer and clinical preceptor in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Sonoma State University and an instructor in the California State University BSN program. Wendy earned her BSN in Nursing Degree from California State University and her MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Sonoma State University.
HNC 2017 Speakers
Ted Crawford is a board certified family practice physician who believes that most of our health problems are caused by what we choose to put into our bodies. He also believes that even if you have been treating your body horribly for years, you can reverse most, if not all, of the deleterious effects you have caused by poor lifestyle choices. Dr. Crawford practices family medicine in Tucson, AZ. He is featured in the 2016 film “Eating You Alive.”
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Dr. McDougall places a strong emphasis on prevention and treating problems at their cause and reserves prescribing medications and surgeries as a last resort. He believes diet is the cause of most common diseases, including overweight, high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol, and diabetes. He recommends that his patients eat a starch-centered diet, supplemented with fruits and vegetables. Dr. McDougall also encourages his patients to eat less meat and dairy foods, and to limit refined oils.
Dr. McDougall was instrumental in developing ZOOM+Prime, a primary care model in Portland, Oregon, featuring personalized health coaching to help patients get off medications for conditions such as diabetes and high cholesterol. ZOOM+Prime prevents and reverses chronic disease using food, movement, and relationships as medicine. It includes health coaching and classes at a Health Training Center, and in addition to in-person care, provides medical care via video and email. The signature ZOOM+Prime 90 plan helps patients get off their medications in 90 days or less.
McDougall is a board-certified internist and formerly worked as a primary care doctor at Kaiser Permanente in Portland, where he developed a Healthy Living Program.
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Northern Arizona University/Northern Arizona Healthcare Research Team: Jay Sutliffe, PhD; Michelle Gorman, RD; Wendy Wetzel, NP
Presenting research findings on the use of nutrient-dense, whole food plant-based nutrition to address cardiovascular health and overall quality of life.