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Robert Israel, M.D., leads a cooking demonstration for meeting participants at the teaching kitchen. |
The event brought together a diverse group of practitioners and topics, including:
Errol Crook, Sr., M.D., associate dean for clinical affairs and chief medical officer at Morehouse School of Medicine, who emphasized the importance of using genetics and social factors to provide individualized care that would improve outcomes for patients, especially those from underserved communities.
Antwan Hogue, M.D., an assistant professor of internal medicine at the Whiddon College of Medicine, senior hospitalist and medical director of the Johnson Haynes, Jr., Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, who shared insights on using precision medicine to treat sickle cell disease.
Brian Persing, M.D., a hematologist/oncologist with Singing River Health System, which serves the Mississippi Gulf Coast, discussed the evolving role of personalized treatments in cancer care.
Robert Israel, M.D., director of USA Health’s Integrative Health and Wellness Program and internal medicine physician, covered how to advise patients on what to eat.
The meeting ended with an optional hands-on cooking demonstration at the University Commons Teaching Kitchen led by Israel, who emphasizes the power of food as medicine. He regularly shares how plant-forward diets relate to culinary medicine, a relatively new, evidenced-based field that helps people understand how what they eat can help prevent and treat disease.
Specifically, studies show a plant-forward diet can help decrease the risk of many health conditions and diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, dementia, and many cancers.
Founded in 1915, ACP is the largest medical specialty organization in the world with 161,000 members in more than 172 countries. It promotes the science and practice of medicine, and it supports internal medicine physicians in their quest for excellence. ACP and its physician specialist and subspecialists members lead the profession in education, standard-setting, and the sharing of knowledge to advance the science and practice of internal medicine.
