Planning Committee Members

Aleah Mainzer, MPT, CPT - HED - aleah.r.mainzer@kp.org - 415-833-7836
Katarina Matejkova - katarina.e.matejkova@kp.org - 415-299-3724

Faculty Members

Heather D’Eliso Gordon, RD, CSSD and Certified in Plant Based Nutrition - Nutrition Services in HED
Linda Shiue, MD, DipABLM, Director of Culinary Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco - AFM
Naina Limbekar, MD – Sleep/Neurology
Tim Regan, LCSW, Certified Health Educator - HED
Ryan Guinness, MD - AFM
Aleah Mainzer, MPT, CPT, DipACLM - HED
Luba Abascal, MD, DipABLM - AFM
Murtuza Ghadiali, MD, Chief of Addiction Medicine and Recovery Services
Lori Furbush, Health Education Instructor III, Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher - HED
Gayatri Khanna, MD, DipABLM - Geriatric Medicine

What: 6 sessions brought to San Francisco Kaiser Permanente by the Personal Health Coach Program in the Health Education Department and Employee Wellness Department to promote Lifestyle Medicine (LSM). There are 6 “pillars” of LSM. 

▪ Mon May 8 - Nutrition – Whole Food Plant Based - Heather D’Eliso Gordon, RD, CSSD and Certified in Plant Based Nutrition. Intro and discussion by Linda Shiue, MD, DipABLM, Director of Culinary Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco

Session Objectives:

Nutrition-Whole Food Plant Based:

Explain the health significance of eating whole food plant-based. 
Discuss how and why to emphasize plant protein over animal protein. 
Pass on the key messages of eating whole food plant-based to All people*

Target Audience: To promote Lifestyle Medicine within San Francisco Kaiser Permanente to Employees and Physicians.

Disclosure: All the presenters and the CME chief, Dr. Ingrid Lim have disclosed no financial relationships with any ineligible companies related to this conference.