The leading introductory medical nutrition training program in the nation, providing a semester’s worth of nutrition curriculum for physicians, registered dietitians and other health professionals.
Program founded: 2001
Created as an elective at Georgetown University Medical School by Susan Lord, MD and James Gordon, MD (see Program History for full story)
Susan Lord, MD – Course Director, 2001 – 2007
Kathie Swift, MS, RD – Co-Course Director, 2008 – 2009; Co-designer, expert curriculum consultant, 2001 – present
James Gordon, MD – Co-Course Director, 2008 – present
Jo Cooper – Program Manager, 2004 – present
Dates & location the program has been held:
- 2001 – Jackson Hole, WY
- 2003 – Panama City, FL
- 2004, 2005 – Berkeley, CA
- 2006, 2007, 2008 – Baltimore, MD
- 2009 – San Francisco, CA
- Washington, DC
- Miami, FL
- 2010 – Washington, DC
- 2011 – Bethesda, MD (Washington, DC area)
- 2012 – Bethesda, MD (Washington, DC area)
Graduates to date: 2588
Medical Schools represented to date: 68 (see list here)
Food As Medicine Seminars (for both health professionals & non-professionals):
- The Art of Eating – 2008, Washington, DC
- Mind, Mood & Food: Optimal Nutrition for the Brain – 2012, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Community Nutrition: Read about our work in community nutrition & find resources we created for the Baltimore Nutrition Group, a network of health professionals working in inner city Baltimore, 2006 – 2009.
The last year we had a 4” thick paper course binder: 2006
Trees we have saved since: priceless
- Recent Food As Medicine blog posts
- Community Nutrition Resources
Questions? Contact fam@cmbm.org
