Plant-Based Nutrition for Life Group
June 24, 2015 | Highland Park, IL
Dr. Devries teamed up with gourmet chef and integrative nutritionist Carol D’Anca for a unique presentation: “Medicinal & Culinary Use of Spices.”
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Food As Medicine Network: Live 2025
May 8, 2025 | Chicago, IL
Clinicians can turbocharge the effectiveness of food as medicine initiatives by helping patients recognize the potency of dietary interventions and by making strategic referrals. Nevertheless, health professionals have historically not received the nutrition education required to fully assume this role. At the Food As Medicine Network’s Live 2025 event, learn from Gaples Institute Executive Director Stephen Devries, MD, about the exciting progress in bringing nutrition education into medical training and the remarkable ways that engaged clinicians can transform the food as medicine movement.
Past Events
Panel at Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Event
May 30, 2014 | Chicago, IL
This event included a screening of the documentary “Fed Up,” highlighting the food industry’s marketing of sugar-filled foods and the impact on childhood obesity. Panel discussion followed, including Stephen Devries, Executive Director of the Gaples Institute; Margo Wootan, Director of Nutrition Policy for CSPI; and Representative Robyn Gabel, Co-Sponsor of the Illinois Soda Tax Bill.
Issues raised by the movie and panel included…
Dr. Andrew Weil’s Nutrition Conference
May 8, 2014 | Dallas, TX
Dr. Stephen Devries, Gaples Institute Executive Director, gave a talk at Dr. Weil’s Nutrition Conference in Dallas. The presentation, entitled “Don’t Put All Your Fats in One Basket,” included a discussion highlighting some surprising new information about the health value of nuts.
Some nice comments from Dr. Weil…
Dr. Roizen’s Preventive and Integrative Medicine Conference
December 7, 2012 | Las Vegas, NV
This conference on integrative medicine presented by the Cleveland Clinic and UC Davis included two lectures by Dr. Devries:
- “Putting the ‘Heart’ Back in Cardiology: Focus on the Mind/Heart Connection”
- “The Spiritual Dimension to Heart Healthy Nutrition: Insights from an Integrative Cardiologist”
Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology
February 21, 2013 | Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH), Pattaya, Thailand
This conference is a global event for health sciences professionals to learn and share best practices and latest advances in preventing and treating cardiovascular disease across the Asia Pacific region. Dr. Devries delivered two lectures on integrative cardiology.