Food As Medicine Success!

Here’s what some of our graduates had to say about Food As Medicine 2009 San Francisco:

“The best medical conference I have ever attended. The level of informational integrity was outstanding. Thank you so much.”
Abby Caplin, MD, MA, Mind-Body Medicine and Counseling, San Francisco, CA

“This course was the most inspiring course I have attended in the 20 years I been practicing nutrition!”
Silvina Cox, MPH, RD, Private Practice, Thousand Oaks, CA

“Wow! This workshop presents an exquisite symphony of functional medicine, the biochemistry of food, the foundations of therapeutic nutrition, and a culinary experience to support the learning.”
Don Moss, PhD, Director, Integrative Health Studies, Saybrook Graduate School

“Every dietitian should be required to attend this course! Dietitians need Food as Medicine in their bag of tricks. Food as Medicine brings together the emotional, physical, and spiritual components of food beautifully.”
Becky Overholt, RD, Goshen Center for Cancer Care, Goshen, IN

“This has been one of the best conferences I have attended. It will change my life as you taught me how food can reach my soul and heal.”
Aryeh Charene-Gupta, MD, Absolute Health Medical Center, Fairfield, CA

“This conference rejuvenated my interest in the field of nutrition. I highly recommend it to you all RDs.”
Diane Whelan, MPH, RD, Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA

“I feel like I’ve gotten a glimpse into the future of medicine- and I finally feel some optimism!”
Heidi Olander, MD, Kaiser Permanente, San Jose, CA

“A gourmet program of 5-star quality. A joy to consume and digest.”
Karen Ortiz, MD, Pediatrician, Christus St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Santa Fe, NM

“This was truly the best professional conference I have ever attended. The presenters were consistently excellent, and the material was consistently inspiring, affirming, challenging and useful. Each presentation was uniquely powerful, yet they blended together to create a whole much larger than the sum of its parts. Though the audience was a mix of professions and backgrounds, it was apparent that we all left feeling enriched.”
Nina Grubin, RN, MS, BFA, UltraWellness Center, Lenox, MA

“Thank you for assembling an ‘all star’ line-up of the best minds in nutrition and wellness. FAM was a treat for my palate and my mind!”
Pankaj Vij, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Pleasanton, CA

“Excellent, state of the art classes in nutritional medicine.”
Jim Kwanko, MD, Santa Barbara, CA

“This is, by far, the best conference I have attended in twenty years. I can’t wait for my next FAM conference.”
Cyndi Weis, RD, Breathe Yoga, Rittsford, NY

And praise from past years:

“Absolutely fantastic and motivational conference with realistic, simple and powerful approaches for multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals and every human being!”
Rita K. Batheja, MS, RD, CDN, Medical Nutrition Therapist, Private Practice, Baldwin Harbor, NY

“This is the best medical conference I have ever attended. The most practical. The most relevant!!”
Maxine Thomas, MD, Solo Family Practice, Greenville, TX

“If only they could incorporate this into the medical school curriculum, the health of our country would drastically change.”
Laura Lefkowitz, MD, New York, NY

“Practical evidence-based information one can easily integrate into your practice and transform your life. Fabulous experience and wonderful, generous people.”
Sylvia E. Morris, MD, MPH, ABHM, Emory, Atlanta, GA

“Phenomenal experience giving me a whole new perspective on promoting wellness. I have heard or learned many parts of this before, but the integration of the information and added depth helped me understand.”
Cynthia Ackrill, MD, Well Spark, Asheville, NC

“I love this program! Every healthcare provider needs this training: Food As Medicine is the keystone to bringing vitality and quality of life to our patients / clients.”
Maryclaire O’Neill, BFA, DO, Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice & Integrative Medicine Residency, Augusta, ME

“Excellent overview of the importance of a whole foods diet as foundational for health and healing. Inspiration and information on the therapeutic use of nutrition in clinical practice.”
Peter Wilhelmsson, MA, ND, IFM Falun, Falun, Sweden

“Food As Medicine is an incredibly fundamental concept that every healthcare practitioner should utilize as the basis of practice, because what you eat and how you fuel your body is fundamental to how your body functions.”
Mary Louise Kranyak, PhD, MBA, RD, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY

“Outstanding. In 40 years of nursing, 18 of those as a nurse practitioner practicing in a cardiology setting, I have learned more about diet and nutrition in 4 days than the previous 40. Thank you.”
Judith A. Potter, MSN, CRNP, Maryland Heart, PC, Bethesda, MD

“This is one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended. This information is a must for all physicians.”
Amy Locke, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

“Grateful to attend a conference that practices what it preaches in terms of food/meals/snacks—whole foods are the way to go! Thank you.”
Wendy Watson, RD, LDN, BSc Nutrition of Dietetics, Oncology Dietitian, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

This is the single best training for clinicians who want to integrate nutrition into their practice and for medical school faculty who want to teach the subject.

- Leo Galland, MD, Director of the Foundation of Integrated Medicine, New York, NY




This was the most outstanding educational experience of my medical career. It has changed not only my work, but my life!

- Sharon Reisen, MD, Director of the Pediatric Residency Program, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, CA