Faculty

James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; founding Dean of the College of Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook 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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Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, is a leading educator, innovator and practitioner in the field of integrative medical nutrition. She has been the Education Director of Food As Medicine since the programs founding in 2001. She is co-author with Gerard Mullin, MD, of The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health.

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John Bagnulo, MPH, PhD, Naturalist and nutritionist; organic farmer, author and lecturer; former professor University of Maine; nutrition lecturer Healthy Living Programs, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health; passionate mountain climber who summitted Mt. Everest in 2006.

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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 eight books: Becoming Vegan, Becoming Vegetarian, The New Becoming Vegetarian and Defeating Diabetes, Dairy-free and Delicious, and Becoming Raw, Raw-food Revolution Diet and The New Becoming Vegan

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Kathy Freston, New York Times best-selling author with a concentration on healthy living and conscious eating; regular contributor to The Huffington Post. Her books include The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan for Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss and Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World.

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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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Sandeep Gupta, MD, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine/Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health; author of over 170 journal articles and other academic publications.

Patrick Hanaway, MD, board-certified family physician and co-founded Family to Family: Your Home for Whole Family Health with his wife in Asheville, NC. Past President of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine and former Chief Medical Officer at Genova Diagnostics for ten years.

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Mark Hyman, MD, Family Physician; Founder and Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center, Lenox, MA; five-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, educator and culinary translator; Executive Chef, Food As Medicine; award-winning author, The Longevity Kitchen: Satisfying, Big-Flavor Recipes Featuring the Top 16 Age-Busting Power Foods, 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, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Healing Kitchens Institute at Commonweal, Bolinas, CA

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Jay Lombard, DO, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Genomind; Associate Professor of Neurology at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine; author, Balance Your Brain, Balance Your Life: 28 Days to Feeling Better Than You Ever Have and The Brain Wellness Plan: Breakthrough Medical, Nutritional and Immune-Boosting Therapies.

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Catherine McConkie, NC, Natural Chef Instructor and Nutrition Consultant; core faculty for the Healing Kitchens Institute at Commonweal; founder of The Caregivers Table, a cooking program designed for nourishing caregivers who work in hospital and clinical settings; co-founder of Cooks On Call; chef instructor at San Francisco General Hospital’s Wellness Center.

Coco Newton, MPH, RD, CCN, owner, Lifetime Nutrition, LLC, Plymouth, MI, focused on the use of integrative and functional nutrition therapy in treating chronic disease; co-founded and served, Institute for Functional Medicine’s Nutrition Advisory Board, 2007-2011; co-founded the University of Kansas’ Nutrition Fellowship Program; co-founded the Michigan Nutrition Association, which works to support fair licensing laws that do not discriminate against nutrition practitioners; board member, Michigan Board of Dietetics & Nutrition, 2007, 2011-2015.

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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