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Food as Medicine Summit

November 15, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

@ 9:30am – 1:30pm EST

Food As Medicine Summit:

Treating Disease

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In partnership with the Center for Food As Medicine

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 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

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Date:
November 15, 2023
Time:
9:30 am - 1:30 pm