Dr. Stephen Devries
Executive Director
Dr. Stephen Devries is a preventive cardiologist, co-founder, and Executive Director of the educational nonprofit Gaples Institute. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Devries attended medical school at the University of Michigan where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He received Cardiovascular subspecialty training at Washington University in St. Louis and later completed a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona with Dr. Andrew Weil. He previously served as the Director of the Outpatient Heart Center at the University of Illinois and later, as Associate Professor at Northwestern University.
Dr. Devries lectures internationally on the importance of nutrition and lifestyle in medicine, with nutrition and health presentations in venues that range from communities to the Royal Society of Medicine in London. His work in nutrition and integrative care have been featured on National Public Radio and PBS.