Food As Medicine Summit: Treating Disease

Join us at the Food As Medicine Summit: Treating Disease, an online event that explores the powerful healing potential of food.

Wednesday, November 15 · 9:30am - 1:30pm EST

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Food As Medicine Summit: Treating Disease

Join us for an exciting online event where we explore the incredible power of food and dietary supplments in treating diseases. Discover how nutrition can be a powerful tool to heal the body and prevent illness. This summit brings together renowned experts in the field of food as medicine, who will share their knowledge and insights on the best dietary practices for various health conditions. From cancer to diabetes, heart disease to autoimmune disorders, learn how to harness the healing potential of food. Panels include: Food and Dietary Supplements treatment for Depression; What is Food as Medicine?; Strategies for Food as Medicine Policy; Food and Cancer: Separating Fact from Fiction: Culinary Medicine Training For Healthcare Providers

Introduction

Charles Platkin, Ph.D., JD, MPH, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Food as Medicine

Keynote

Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, MPH, Cardiologist, Dean and Jean Mayer Professor, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, Director, Tufts Food is Medicine Institute

Food and Dietary Supplements Treatment for Depression

Uma Naidoo, MD - Psychiatrist, Professional Chef, and Nutrition Specialist

Drew Ramsey, MD, Psychiatrist, Author, and Farmer, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University

Charles Platkin, Ph.D., JD, MPH, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Food as Medicine (Moderator)

What is Food as Medicine?

Robert Graham, MD, MPH, Internal and Integrative Medicine Physician, Chef, Co-Founder of FRESH Med

Alexina Cather, MPH, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Wellness in the Schools (Moderator)

Food and Cancer: Separating Fact from Fiction

Stacy D. D'Andre, MD, Integrative Oncologist at Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Neil M. Iyengar, MD, Medical Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Healthy Living Program Lead, Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Associate Attending Physician, Rockefeller University Hospital

Urvi A. Shah, MD, Myeloma Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Charles Platkin, Ph.D., JD, MPH, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Food as Medicine (Moderator)

Strategies for Food as Medicine Policy

Brenda Ayers, MD, Medical Director of Health Equity at Nuvance Health/Vassar Brothers Medical Center, NYS Food as Medicine Steering Committee

Representative Jim McGovern, D-MA, 2nd District

Natasha Pernicka, MPA, ED, Executive Director, Alliance for a Hunger-Free New York and Member, NYS Food as Medicine Steering Committee

Annette Nielsen, MA, Executive Director, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center (Moderator)

Culinary Medicine Training For Healthcare Providers

Christina Badaracco, MPH, RD, LDN, Registered Dietician and Nutritionist and Co-Author, “The Farm Bill,” Research Scientist II, Avalere Health

David Eisenberg, MD, Director of Culinary Nutrition, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Michael Fenster, MD, Cardiologist, Chef, Professor of Culinary Medicine, University of Montana College of Health, and Author

Charles Platkin, Ph.D., JD, MPH, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Food as Medicine (Moderator)

Closing Remarks

Alexina Cather, MPH, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Wellness in the Schools

Annette Nielsen, MA, Executive Director, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center

Charles Platkin, Ph.D., JD, MPH, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Food as Medicine