Endocrinologist Dr. Mahima Gulati was dissatisfied and on the path to burn out until a discovery that transformed how she lived and practiced medicine. Mahima Gulati, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, was at her lowest point when a chance encounter transformed how she approached medicine — and her own life. It was…

By Jamal Lawrence, MD, DipABLM If you asked me in college what I would be if I didn’t become a doctor, I would have said a social activist. As I pursued medicine, bridging the gap between the two was not clear to me until learning about the terms “health equity” and “social determinants of health”…

How one health system is eliminating barriers to self-efficacy — Serving on the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Board of Directors as Young Director is a full-circle achievement for Hugo Ortega, MD. Hugo Ortega, MD, an internist at Northwell Health, was recently elected to the ACLM Board of Directors as Young Director. Serving in this leadership role is a full-circle…

Trailblazer Awards recognize individuals who provide leadership in lifestyle medicine, helping strengthen the foundation laid by others, while advancing it through innovation. — Lifestyle medicine was still a little-known medical specialty and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine a fledging medical professional organization when the July 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association went to print.

“The everyday things that we all do in our lives — the way we eat, the way we move, the way we think — have so much of a bigger impact on our health and wellbeing than we are often led to believe,” Dr. Simran Malhotra says. — Simran Malhotra was 26, close to finishing her medical residency training and preparing to marry the man of her dreams, a fellow doctor. Life was good, but one worry lingered.

“Jack LaLanne, Elaine LaLanne and Dr. Kenneth Cooper inspired millions of people to take control of their health and embrace physical activity and nutrition to live healthier and longer lives,” said ACLM President Cate Collings. Jack LaLanne, aka “the Godfather of fitness,” twice swam handcuffed from Alcatraz to Fisherman’s Wharf…

Dr. Qadira Huff grew up in a medically under-resourced neighborhood known as “East of the River” in Washington D.C. Today the pediatrician is using lifestyle medicine to help families there break cycles of chronic disease. For Qadira Ali Huff, MD, MPH, DipABLM, pediatrics is at the center of prevention, education…

A hospital system in Appalachia believes lifestyle medicine could be key to making the Medicare payment model Primary Care First successful. An Ohio hospital system has included lifestyle medicine in its strategy for a recently introduced primary care model that rewards physicians for making patients healthy. Marietta’s Memorial Health System…

Inflation is straining household budgets but there are many low-cost, nutritious and tasty food options that health clinicians can explore with patients as part of a lifestyle medicine treatment plan. Inflation is forcing more people to make difficult decisions about how to spend their money. Food prices rose by 10…