Course Information
Food As Medicine for Women's Health
Course Directors
Confirmed Course Faculty
About the Training
This program offers everything you need to know about using food to promote health and prevent and treat illness. Integrative nutritionist Kathie Madonna Swift and physician James S. Gordon team up with leaders in the worldwide movement for women’s health to present the most powerful, up-to-date nutrition science.
Enjoy a whole-body nutritional system tune-up, kitchen wisdom, lively cooking demonstrations, and nourishing spirituality that make healthy eating and vibrant living a reality for women of all ages.
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine will be presenting this training at the world-renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.
One of the ingredients for health is purpose and meaning, and life doesn’t make sense without it.
Mark Hyman, MD
Kathie Madonna Swift on Food As Medicine
Course director, Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND shares why she is excited to introduce you to Food As Medicine for Women’s Health.
Tuition
Schedule
Day 1: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
- 1:30 PM
- Registration Begins
- 5:30 – 7:00 PM
- Dinner
- 7:30-9:00 PM
- Welcome to Food As Medicine: Nutrition & the Art of Self-Care
Jim Gordon, MD & Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
Day 2 – Thursday, November 3, 2016
- 7:00 – 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- 8:30 – 8:45 AM
- Announcements & Meditation
- 8:45 – 9:45 AM
- Ancestral Wisdom and Nutrition Today
John Bagnulo, MPH, PhD - 9:45 – 10:00 AM
- Break
- 10:00 – 11:00 AM
- DISH up Health: A Nutritional Systems Approach
Cindy Geyer, MD - 11:00 – 11:15 AM
- Break
- 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
- Understanding Hormones: Just the Basics
Joel Evans, MD - 12:15 – 1:45 PM
- Lunch
Optional: Cooking Class with Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef[Registration required: FAMW-161: THU-PM-01] - 1:45 – 2:45 PM
- Prenatal Care: Window of Opportunity
Aviva Romm, MD - 2:45 – 3:00 PM
- Break
- 3:00 – 4:00 PM
- Vitamins for Women’s Health
John Bagnulo, MPH, PhD - 4:00 – 4:15 PM
- Break
- 4:15 – 5:00 PM
- Faculty Q&A
- 5:30 – 7:00 PM
- Dinner
Day 3: Friday, November 4, 2016
- 7:30 – 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- Announcements & Meditation
- 8:45 – 9:45 AM
- Gut Bliss Robynne Chutkan, MD
- 9:45 – 10:00 AM
- Break
- 10:00 – 11:00 AM
- Nutrition Rx for Gut Health & Healing Robynne Chutkan, MD
- 11:00 – 11:30 AM
- Break
- 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
- Mindful Eating Experience Jim Gordon, MD
- 12:00 – 1:30 PM
- Lunch
Optional: Cooking Class with Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef
[Registration required: FAMW-161: FRI-PM-01] - 1:30 – 2:30 PM
- Women and Autoimmunity Susan Blum, MD
- 2:30 – 2:40 PM
- Break
- 2:40 – 3:20 PM
- Mind-Body Experience Jim Gordon, MD
- 3:20 – 3:30 PM
- Break
- 3:30 – 4:30 PM
- Tired All the Time: Adrenal and Thyroid Health Aviva Romm, MD
- 4:30 – 5:00 PM
- Faculty Q&A
- 5:30 – 7:30 PM
- Dinner
- 7:30 – 9:00 PM
- “Saturday Night Live” Food Demo Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef
[Registration required; FAMW-161:FRI-PM-02
Day 4: Saturday, November 5, 2016
- 7:30 – 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- Announcements & Meditation
- 8:45 – 9:45 AM
- Cancer and Nutition Elizabeth Boham MD, RDN
- 9:45 – 10:00 AM
- Break
- 10:00 – 11:00 AM
- Body Talk: Hair, Skin, Nails & More Kathie Madonna Swift MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 11:00 – 11:15 AM
- Break
- 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
- Our Children, Our Selves Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD
- 12:15 – 1:45 PM
- Lunch
Optional: Cooking Class with Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef
[Registration required: FAMW-161: SAT-PM-01] - 1:45 – 2:45 PM
- Popular Diets: Trends and Truths Kathie Madonna Swift MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 2:45 – 3:00 PM
- Break
- 3:00 – 4:00 PM
- Vitamin Zzzz’s: Women and Sleep Cindy Geyer, MD
- 4:00 – 5:00 PM
- Faculty Q&A
- 5:00 – 7:30 PM
- Dinner
- 7:30 – 9:00 PM
- “Saturday Night Live” Food Demo Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef
[Registration required; FAMW-161:SAT-PM-02
Day 5: Sunday, November 6, 2016
- 7:30 – 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- Announcements & Meditation
- 8:45 – 9:45 AM
- Creating a Personalized Plan for Optimal Health: Part 1 Cindy Geyer, MD
- 9:45 – 10:00 AM
- Break
- 10:00 – 10:45 AM
- Creating a Personalized Plan for Optimal Health: Part 2 Kathie Madonna Swift MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 10:45 – 11:00 AM
- Break
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Integrating FAM in your Life and Practice! FAM Faculty
- 12:00 – 1:00 PM
- Lunch
- Farewell!
Continued Education Credits
Approved Continuing Education Credits
Physicians
For questions regarding physicians credits please email fam@cmbm.org.
Nurses
For questions regarding nurse continuing education credits please email cec@kripalu.org.
Social Workers
For questions regarding social worker continuing education credits please email cec@kripalu.org.
Registered Dietitians
For questions regarding registered dietition continuing education credits please email cec@kripalu.org.
Location & Travel
Venue Information
Hotel Details
Food As Medicine for Women’s Health is being held at the beautiful Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health located in Stockbridge, MA. Room reservations may be made when you register for the training course at their website kripalu.org. If your preferred accommodation is not available, you can get daily commuter passes and stay at one of the inns or bed and breakfasts in the area. Contact us at fam@cmbm.org to get lodging options.
Room Rates
Total housing costs for all program nights; meals included:
Dormitory: $372.00
Standard: $492.00 and up
Standard Plus: $748.00 and up
Transportation Details
Please schedule your flights so that you will not miss any of the lectures!
FAQs
I don't appear to fall into any of the tuition categories, how much should I pay?
If your profession is not listed clearly in one of the tuition categories on the registration page, you should register using the second category for Health Care Professionals.
Can I attend half / part of the program?
We encourage participants to attend the course in its entirety. Food As Medicine is not a conference, but a carefully planned training program. If you miss one lecture, you miss a large part of the key message. The tuition is for the whole training program, and we do not charge a per day rate.
What does my tuition cover? Does the tuition include accommodations?
Tuition covers all lectures. The tuition does not include accommodations or meals. Please contact 1440 Multiversity directly to learn more about accommodations and meals.
Do I have to be health professional to take the program?
The course is designed for healthcare professionals and requires a basic level of comfort with biochemistry. That said, our faculty do a great job at explaining concepts and answering follow-up questions. Students in medical and nutrition fields are encouraged to attend! Others are welcome to attend with the awareness that there may be concepts they may not grasp, and that there is no special pricing available for non-health professionals and no refunds will be issued because of this issue.
I need a visa invitation. How should I proceed?
Upon registration and payment in full, please email fam@cmbm.org to obtain your invitation letter.
We are interested in exhibiting. Whom should we contact?
For more information on exhibiting at Food As Medicine, please email fam@cmbm.org.
Can I purchase conference recordings since I can't attend?
Currently, program materials are only available for sale to attendees, but we are reviewing future opportunities. Sign up for CMBM’s e-newsletters to hear about our future program offerings!
How is your program different than other nutrition conferences?
While there are many respected nutrition conferences available today, Food As Medicine stands out among the ranks due to its offering of an entire semester’s worth of nutrition curriculum in four days. It is a fully-integrated, introductory training program in medical nutrition therapy, not a conference where individual speakers present their material. We fully embrace a whole-foods based approach to nutrition, and we commit ourselves to “walk the talk” throughout the program as well as in our daily lives.
Many participants’ lives are forever changed after attending our program and learning about our comprehensive science-based approach to medical nutrition. To view testimonials from participants, click here.
How can I apply this information to my practice?
Food As Medicine is the nation’s leading nutrition training program for healthcare professionals that offers comprehensive curriculum and clinical practice pearls taught by an outstanding faculty. The program provides the latest in science-based nutrition education and is designed to give graduates the knowledge, confidence, compassion and skills required to integrate food as medicine into their clinical practice. To view more information and topics covered during this course, please click here.
I have taken the training before: Will this program be different?
Each Food As Medicine is similar to the previous course, but offers new lectures, a variety of new speakers and includes updated information in the medical nutrition field. Many alumni attend our trainings multiple times, and some have likened it to reading a great book a second, or even third, time. Depending on the participants’ current knowledge and perspective, there is always valuable information to gain and new questions that will arise.