OUR PURPOSE – WHY WE EXIST
The rationale for creating a Lifestyle Medicine (LM) certification is:
- To educate interested physicians, health and allied health professionals about Lifestyle Medicine
- To set a common standard/language for Lifestyle Medicine protocols globally
- To differentiate between the evidence based Lifestyle Medicine professionals and the non-evidence based Lifestyle Medicine practitioners
- To set a global Lifestyle Medicine benchmark
- To attract health insurance funding for evidence based Lifestyle Medicine (by requiring that any fund receivers be formally certified)
- To “legitimize” Lifestyle Medicine and have the ABLM certification eventually fall under the umbrella of board certification in Preventive Medicine or another ABMS board
EXAM QUESTION WRITERS
Jill Waalen MD – Exam Writing, Coordination and Proctoring
Associate Professor, Scripps Research Institute
Family Medicine Physician, Psychometric Expert
Associate Professor, Scripps Research Institute
Family Medicine Physician, Psychometric Expert
Gregory L. Steinke MD – Exam Writing
Family Medicine, Tillamook Regional Medical Center
Family, Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine Specialist
Family, Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine Specialist
Elizabeth Frates MD – Exam Writing
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Physician, Wellness Coach and Researcher
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Physician, Wellness Coach and Researcher
Darren Morton PhD – Exam Writing
Senior Lecturer, Avondale College of Higher Education, Lifestyle Medicine Researcher and Presenter
Karen Studer MD – Exam Writing
Program Director, Population Medicine
Associate Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program Loma Linda University
Program Director, Population Medicine
Associate Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program Loma Linda University
BOARD MEMBERS
Wayne Dysinger, MD, ABLM Board Chair
CEO, Lifestyle Medicine Solutions
Past President, ACLM
CEO, Lifestyle Medicine Solutions
Past President, ACLM
Dexter Shurney, MD, ABLM Treasurer
Chief Medical Director, Cummins Inc.
Chief Medical Director, Cummins Inc.
President-elect, ACLM
Past Board Member, ACLM
Past Board Member, ACLM
Eddie Phillips, MD, ABLM Board Member
Founder/Director, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine
(ILM) at Harvard Medical School
Founder/Director, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine
(ILM) at Harvard Medical School
Stephan Herzog, ABLM Executive Director, ex-officio
Director, Duke & Co
Past General Manager, Lifestyle Medicine Institute (CHIP)
Director, Duke & Co
Past General Manager, Lifestyle Medicine Institute (CHIP)
Liana Lianov, MD, ABLM Vice Chair
CEO, Health Type
Past President, ACLM
CEO, Health Type
Past President, ACLM
David Ferriss, MD, ABLM Board Member
Vice President & Medical Director, Healthways
Board Treasurer, ACLM
Vice President & Medical Director, Healthways
Board Treasurer, ACLM
Susan Benigas, ex-officio
Executive Director, American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)
Founder, The Plantrician Project; Co-Founder,
Executive Director, American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)
Founder, The Plantrician Project; Co-Founder,
Int’l Plant-based Nutrition Healthcare Conference
Donna Grande, ex-officio
Executive Director American College of Preventive Medicine (ex-officio)
Executive Director American College of Preventive Medicine (ex-officio)