What is Lifestyle Medicine?

Description: There is preventive medicine, integrative medicine, functional medicine, alternative medicine, holistic medicine, naturopathic medicine…. and then there is Lifestyle Medicine. What are the key differences and what makes Lifestyle Medicine unique? Join us for this webinar as ACLM’s president-elect, Dr. Dexter Shurney, defines Lifestyle Medicine, differentiates Lifestyle Medicine from other types of medicine, and […]

How to Expand Lifestyle Medicine Interest Groups to Unite Professionals in Training

Description: Creating Lifestyle Medicine Interest Groups (LMIGs) within health profession schools and training programs serves as a method to increase awareness and understanding of Lifestyle Medicine at the student and trainee level. LMIGs also unite students, interns, residents, and fellows across all healthcare fields and medical specialties worldwide. This webinar will discuss the important functions […]

The Critical Role of Nursing in the Burgeoning Specialty of Lifestyle Medicine

Join us for a unique webinar featuring board-certified lifestyle medicine nurses and advanced practice nurses to hear why they chose this field, what training is required, career opportunities and future roles of nurses in this fast-growing specialty focused on treating the root-cause of chronic illness. 1. Explore opportunities within the field of lifestyle medicine for […]

ACLM Corporate Roundtable

As we find ourselves in the midst of a seismic shift in healthcare, transitioning from a fee-for-service to a value and outcome-based healthcare delivery model, there’s growing recognition that lifestyle medicine is the solution: it can deliver exceptional value and dramatically improved outcomes. ACLM is convening leading individuals and organizations to be recognized as members […]

Lifestyle Medicine Midland Texas

Midland Health Cardiothoracic Surgeon Staton Awtrey and his wife, RN Blythe Awtrey, watched the documentary Forks Over Knives in 2012. This ignited the initial lifestyle medicine spark. Flash forward, at the invitation of Dr. Awtrey, ACLM Member and Co-Founder of The Plantrician Project Scott Stoll, MD was showcased as a lifestyle medicine / food as […]

Blue Shield of California and Lifestyle Medicine

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine was fortunate to recently sit down with executives of Blue Shield of California to explore the use of lifestyle medicine in their programs and with their employees. This new video is the latest installment in the Lifestyle Medicine Story Project, which captures the application of lifestyle medicine in the […]

Lifestyle Medicine–A Powerful Paradigm Shift for Employers

ACLM is fortunate to partner with a number of large organizations, working steadily to integrate Lifestyle Medicine strategies into their companies, to improve employee health and productivity, reduce absenteeism, cut health care costs and, as they have told us, because it’s also the right thing to do. This video captures some recent discussions we had […]