The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Course Director

James S. Gordon, MD

James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; Dean of the Graduate School of Mind-Body Medicine at Saybook University; Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Family Medicine; Georgetown University School of Medicine; former Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy; Author of Manifesto for a New Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Care, and Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven Stage Journey out of Depression

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Curriculum Designer

Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RD, LDN, leading educator, innovator, and practitioner in the field of integrative nutrition; curriculum consultant for Food As Medicine since 2001; author with Gerard Mullin, MD, of The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health

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Brenda Davis, RD, registered dietitian; public health and clinical nutritionist; academic nutrition instructor; past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association; co-author of seven books: Becoming Vegan, Becoming Vegetarian, The New Becoming Vegetarian and Defeating Diabetes, Dairy-free and Delicious, and Becoming Raw and Raw-food Revolution Diet

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Sheila Dean, DSc, RD, LD, CCN, CDE, registered and licensed dietitian, board certified clinical nutritionist, certified diabetes educator and exercise physiologist; private practice, Palm Harbor, Florida; adjunct nutrition science professor, St. Petersburg ; editor of the ADA publication The Health Professional’s Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements ( 2011); contributing author of the medical textbook Integrative Gastroenterology and the clinical nutrition textbook Krause’s Food & Nutrition Therapy

Read more at www.DrDeanNutrition.com

Joel Evans, MD, board certified OB/GYN; Founder and Director of The Center for Women’s Health, Stamford, CT; author of The Whole Pregnancy Handbook; Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Cynthia Geyer, MD, Medical Director, Canyon Ranch in Lenox; Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Clinic; previous emergency room physician, and Associate Director of the Neighborhood Health Center/Berkshire Medical Center

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Mark Hyman, MD, Family Physician; Founder and Medical Director ofThe UltraWellness Center, Lenox, MA; four-time New York Times bestselling author ; Chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine; Board of Directors, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; Board of Advisors, Memhet Oz’s HealthCorps; volunteer in Haiti for Partners in Health; featured on 60 Minutes for his work in Haiti

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Rebecca Katz, MS, chef and culinary translator; Executive Chef , Food As Medicine; author , The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery and One Bite at a Time: Nourishing Recipes for Cancer Survivors and their Friends; consultant and speaker for leading health care institutions including UCSF, Stanford Cancer Center, Cornell Medical Center, Johns Hopkins; Senior Chef , Commonweal Cancer Help Program, Bolinas, CA

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Daphne Miller, MD, Family Physician; Founder of Whole Family MD, San Francisco, CA; Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco where she teaches nutrition and integrative medicine; awarded a two-year Bravewell Scholarship at Andrew Weil’s Program in Integrative Medicine which is based at the University of Arizona; author, The Jungle Effect

Read more at www.drdaphne.com

Gerard Mullin, MD, MS, CNSP, internist, gastroenterologist and nutritionist; Director of Integrative Nutrition Services at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD; co-author with Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RD, of The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health; President-Elect of the Maryland Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Read more at www.thefoodmd.com

Derek Neal, BS, CHHC, Case Manager and Intake Specialist for the Jericho Re-entry Program of the Episcopal Community Services of Maryland, a job training and placement program for male ex-offenders interested in returning to the community; Co-Coordinator of the Baltimore Nutrition Group, a network of nutrition professionals; health and wellness consultant in private practice in Baltimore; in Certification with the Center’s Mind-Body Medicine program; avid gourmand and cook

Victoria Proctor, RN, MS, Registered Nurse; Holistic Health Counselor; Massage Therapist; Exercise Physiologist; Founder, Victoria’s Touch a Life; Co-Coordinator of the Baltimore Nutrition Group, a network of nutrition professionals; leads mind-body wellness groups and health education & fitness workshops and seminars

Read more at www.victoriastouchalife.com

Jeanne M. Wallace, PhD, one of the nation’s most prominent experts in nutritional oncology; Founder of Nutritional Solutions Consulting Group which provides consulting to cancer patients throughout the US and abroad about evidence-based dietary, nutritional and botanical support to complement conventional cancer care; independent consultant to oncologists, naturopaths and other health care providers; author “Holistic Oncology Update”, a multi-media newsletter for health care providers; locavore, gardener and gourmet cook

Read more at www.nutritional-solutions.net

Course Advisors

John Bagnulo, MPH, PhD
Jeffrey Bland, PhD
Suzanne Dixon, MPH, MS, RD
Collen Fogarty Draper, MS, RD
Janice Joneja, PhD, RD
Liz Lipski, PhD, CCN, CHN
Jennifer Lovejoy, PhD
David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD
Dean Ornish, MD
Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., ND
Chef Nora Pouillon
Asma Sadiq, MD
Thomas G. Sherman, PhD
Walter Willett, MD, DrPH
Thomas M. Wnorowski, PhD

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