Arkadianos Ioannis, MD
Dr. Ioannis Arkadianos is the Vice President and co-founder at the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO).
He graduated from Athens University Medical School. He is certified in General Medicine with extra Post Graduate studies in Obesity, Nutrition and Nutrigenomics.
He holds the SCOPE Certification (Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education) from “World Obesity Federation” (WOF). He is a pioneer Medical Doctor of Lifestyle Medicine in Europe, having practiced in this field for the last 30 years and was the President of the Organizing Committee of the “1st European Lifestyle Medicine Congress” (Geneva 10-11 November 2018) and the “2nd European Lifestyle Medicine Congress” (Rome 8-10 November 2019)
Instructor in the Postgraduate Program of the University of Athens - Medical School (2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021- 2021) "Arterial hypertension and concomitant cardiovascular disease"
Instructor in The European Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine organized by the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO)
Instructor in the Postgraduate Program of the University of Aegean – Department of Environment (2020-2021) " Nutrition, Well-being and Public Health " with the topic “Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and its importance in health”.
Lecturer in the University Certificate for Lifestyle Medicine, organized from the University of Ricardo Palma (Lima, Peru) / Catedra de Medicina Del Estilo De Vida and the Latin American Lifestyle Medicine Association of the academic year 2020 -2021 on the subject: "Obesity and Lifestyle Medicine".
He is an active member of the: Hellenic Medical Association for the study of Obesity, World Obesity Federation, European Association for the study of Obesity, American Society for Nutrition, International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics, Obesity Canada, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine and European Association of Preventive Cardiology.
He is a Council Member of the True Health Initiative. He has over 100 attendances at conferences dealing with Obesity, Nutrition, Internal Medicine, diabetes, metabolic diseases, Lipids Disorders, hypertension, nutrigenomics, etc.
He also has participations with speeches, oral presentations, posters, presidency at many Greek and International scientific Congresses and Conferences. Member of the Organizing Committees of the Congresses of the “Hellenic Medical Association for the study of Obesity”
(2014-2020)
He graduated from Athens University Medical School. He is certified in General Medicine with extra Post Graduate studies in Obesity, Nutrition and Nutrigenomics.
He holds the SCOPE Certification (Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education) from “World Obesity Federation” (WOF). He is a pioneer Medical Doctor of Lifestyle Medicine in Europe, having practiced in this field for the last 30 years and was the President of the Organizing Committee of the “1st European Lifestyle Medicine Congress” (Geneva 10-11 November 2018) and the “2nd European Lifestyle Medicine Congress” (Rome 8-10 November 2019)
Instructor in the Postgraduate Program of the University of Athens - Medical School (2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021- 2021) "Arterial hypertension and concomitant cardiovascular disease"
Instructor in The European Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine organized by the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO)
Instructor in the Postgraduate Program of the University of Aegean – Department of Environment (2020-2021) " Nutrition, Well-being and Public Health " with the topic “Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and its importance in health”.
Lecturer in the University Certificate for Lifestyle Medicine, organized from the University of Ricardo Palma (Lima, Peru) / Catedra de Medicina Del Estilo De Vida and the Latin American Lifestyle Medicine Association of the academic year 2020 -2021 on the subject: "Obesity and Lifestyle Medicine".
He is an active member of the: Hellenic Medical Association for the study of Obesity, World Obesity Federation, European Association for the study of Obesity, American Society for Nutrition, International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics, Obesity Canada, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine and European Association of Preventive Cardiology.
He is a Council Member of the True Health Initiative. He has over 100 attendances at conferences dealing with Obesity, Nutrition, Internal Medicine, diabetes, metabolic diseases, Lipids Disorders, hypertension, nutrigenomics, etc.
He also has participations with speeches, oral presentations, posters, presidency at many Greek and International scientific Congresses and Conferences. Member of the Organizing Committees of the Congresses of the “Hellenic Medical Association for the study of Obesity”
(2014-2020)
Mesko Bertalan, MD
Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD is The Medical Futurist and the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute analyzing how science fiction technologies can become reality in medicine and healthcare. As a geek physician with a PhD in genomics, he is also an Amazon Top 100 author. He is also a Private Professor at Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
With 500+ presentations including courses at Harvard, Stanford and Yale Universities, Singularity University's Futuremed course at NASA Ames campus and organizations including the 10 biggest pharmaceutical companies, he is one of the top voices globally on healthcare technology.
Dr. Mesko was featured by dozens of top publications, including CNN, the World Health Organization, National Geographic, Forbes, TIME magazine, BBC, and the New York Times. He publishes his analyses regularly on medicalfuturist.com.
He is a Certified Superforecaster for Good Judgment, Inc
With 500+ presentations including courses at Harvard, Stanford and Yale Universities, Singularity University's Futuremed course at NASA Ames campus and organizations including the 10 biggest pharmaceutical companies, he is one of the top voices globally on healthcare technology.
Dr. Mesko was featured by dozens of top publications, including CNN, the World Health Organization, National Geographic, Forbes, TIME magazine, BBC, and the New York Times. He publishes his analyses regularly on medicalfuturist.com.
He is a Certified Superforecaster for Good Judgment, Inc
Gopchuk Elena, MD
Dr. Elena Gopchuk, PhD, is a gynaecologist and sexologist, Practitioner of Lifestyle Medicine in Cyprus. She has an extensive practical and academic experience, authoring & co-authoring more than 100 scientific and health-popularizing publications. Founder of Women's Healthcare Studio online (gopchuk.com) where she is offering sexual health consultations. Since 2020, as graduate of the ELMO Lifestyle Medicine Certificate, she is developing direction of The Lifestyle Medicine in Cyprus (@lifestyle.medcy). She is speaker on international scientific conferences as well as sexual health educator in her personal public projects in Greece, Ukraine and Cyprus for adults and adolescents.
Anca Hancu, MD
Dr. Anca Hâncu graduated medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. A diploma in management, at Open University Milton Keyness complete the profile of a dynamic and optimsitic person. Many years in pharma industry – marketing developed her managerial skills and strategic vision. During the latest years Dr. Hâncu designed and implemented many healthy lifestyle projects in cooperation with the food industry.
Her passion for healthy lifestyle made her complete her medical studies with a masters in nutrition and PhD in nutrition at Carol Davila University, Bucharest. The masters in nutrition gave her knowledge to to provide nutritional advice and the PhD reflects her passion and ambition to study. The PhD was about body composition bioimpedance measurements and relation with obesity/ diabetes diagnosis.
She is Medical Director and Associate in a private clinic- Nutriscience in Bucharest , Romania, where she is changing lives changing peoples mentalities through lifestyle medicine techniques. With comprehensive lifestyle interventions she has spectacular results in obesity but also in medical nutrition therapy.
One year ago, Dr. Hâncu founded Medical Association for Prevention through lifestyle medicine, which serves as a tool for education for healthy nutrition, physical activity, correct sleep, alcohol in moderation or without and no smoking integrated in midfulness mentalities. With passion and enthusiasm, Dr. Hâncu was able to create a strong network of medical personalities, willing to provide their knowledge, to commit with their scientific backround and deliver important edcuational webinars on the topic of a healthy lifestyle. Around 5000 medical doctors have been registered at 6 medical meetings, with strong messages for lifestylemedicine.
Finally for the first time in Romania, 12 specialities have been coordinated to create a lifestylemedicine book. This book is about prevention and treatment through lifestylemedicine, was coordinated by Dr. Hâncu and a Romanian proffesor in pneumology and went on to become the first European manual for lifestylemedicine. The English version was completed together with ELMO and will be published on the ELMO website.
Her passion for healthy lifestyle made her complete her medical studies with a masters in nutrition and PhD in nutrition at Carol Davila University, Bucharest. The masters in nutrition gave her knowledge to to provide nutritional advice and the PhD reflects her passion and ambition to study. The PhD was about body composition bioimpedance measurements and relation with obesity/ diabetes diagnosis.
She is Medical Director and Associate in a private clinic- Nutriscience in Bucharest , Romania, where she is changing lives changing peoples mentalities through lifestyle medicine techniques. With comprehensive lifestyle interventions she has spectacular results in obesity but also in medical nutrition therapy.
One year ago, Dr. Hâncu founded Medical Association for Prevention through lifestyle medicine, which serves as a tool for education for healthy nutrition, physical activity, correct sleep, alcohol in moderation or without and no smoking integrated in midfulness mentalities. With passion and enthusiasm, Dr. Hâncu was able to create a strong network of medical personalities, willing to provide their knowledge, to commit with their scientific backround and deliver important edcuational webinars on the topic of a healthy lifestyle. Around 5000 medical doctors have been registered at 6 medical meetings, with strong messages for lifestylemedicine.
Finally for the first time in Romania, 12 specialities have been coordinated to create a lifestylemedicine book. This book is about prevention and treatment through lifestylemedicine, was coordinated by Dr. Hâncu and a Romanian proffesor in pneumology and went on to become the first European manual for lifestylemedicine. The English version was completed together with ELMO and will be published on the ELMO website.
Ioan Hanes, MD
Certified Nutritionist and Clinical Sexologist- Scientific Director of the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate
Dr. Ioan Hanes is a medical doctor who lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. He is a clinical practitioner in lifestyle medicine, being the head of the Obesity Department of the Military Hospital (MeNuFit- Brussels) where he works as a certified medical nutritionist. He is also a clinical sexologist and medical expertise physician (alcohol and drugs driving license jurisdiction). He completed different lifestyle medicine courses in US and Belgium. He has a strong interest in the field of sexual health and lifestyle medicine.
His multicultural background is reflected by the five languages he speaks fluently: English, French, Romanian, Hungarian and Dutch. He is the founder and president of the “Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization” (BELMO).
Dr. Ioan Hanes is a medical doctor who lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. He is a clinical practitioner in lifestyle medicine, being the head of the Obesity Department of the Military Hospital (MeNuFit- Brussels) where he works as a certified medical nutritionist. He is also a clinical sexologist and medical expertise physician (alcohol and drugs driving license jurisdiction). He completed different lifestyle medicine courses in US and Belgium. He has a strong interest in the field of sexual health and lifestyle medicine.
His multicultural background is reflected by the five languages he speaks fluently: English, French, Romanian, Hungarian and Dutch. He is the founder and president of the “Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization” (BELMO).
Ana Jorge, MD
Ana is an international Master Coach specializing in Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle. After a disease diagnosis in 2013, she became a Master Nutrition Consultant and she graduated from the first session of the European Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine - Health and Fitness Lifestyle Advisor (2019). Founder of NutriHealth Coaching, a Lifestyle Medicine project in Portugal, and also of the Ana’s Healthy Kitchen, a Culinary Medicine program created to spread the art of cooking for Better Health. Recently obtained the Culinary Coaching Certificate from Harvard University and following her passion for Lifestyle Medicine for Children and Families she developed the Healthy Base Healthy Raise® community with her son aiming to inspire and motivate children around the world to learn and follow a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Robert Kelly, MD
Dr. Robert Kelly is a consultant in Cardiology & Lifestyle Medicine at UCD Beacon and Senior Lecturer in Lifestyle Medicine RCSI, Dublin, Ireland. Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and American College of Cardiology, runs a busy lifestyle medicine cardiology practice in Dublin. He has an MBA at Henley Business School UK and obtained the International Board Certification in Lifestyle Medicine. Offers group coaching program online to help patients change behaviours and to make lasting improvements in lifestyle.
Kharagjitsing Aan, MD
Dr. Aan Kharagjitsing is a Clinical Professor of Endocrinology/Diabetology at the University Hospital Brussels (UZB/VUB). He trained and worked as a clinician in the Netherlands for several years (Erasmus University Hospital EMC, Rotterdam and Leiden at the University Hospital LUMC, and Haaglanden Medical Centre, The Hague). His fascination with lifestyle as an important part of the treatment schedule started early on esp. while treating patients with chronic disease, as diabetes. He advocates the important role of lifestyle medicine to be an integral part of the treatment and guidance of patients with chronic diseases.
John La Puma, MD, FACP
John La Puma, MD, FACP is the New York Times best selling author of seven books, translated into 10 languages, with over a million copies sold. Co-founder of ChefMD, a consumer-health media company, he is considered the founder of culinary medicine, now taught in 40% of U.S. medical schools and worldwide. He is also Founder of EcoMedicine.org, a nature-based approach to optimal well-being and optimal aging.
Dr. La Puma has lectured on nature therapy and culinary medicine at Harvard, the University of Chicago, Stanford, TEDMED, Kaiser Permanente and aboard The World. With Leeza Gibbons and Joan Lunden, Dr. La Puma co-hosted the national cable weekly series “Health Corner”, underwritten by Walgreenʼs, for Lifetime TV for five years and 120 episodes. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, three medical books and hundreds of other works. His first general-audience book, with Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute Founder Michael Roizen, M.D, RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat became a NYT bestseller, as did his ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine.
Dr. La Puma focuses on helping patients connect with nature as a way of enhancing wellness, preventing and treating medical problems, and creating more joy in their lives. He has identified Nature Deficit Disorder as a clinical problem and created ComfortNatureQuiz.com to help people identify their comforting places in nature. He considers outdoors to be an outpatient clinic, with the ability to help people live, feel and look years younger. Dr. La Puma currently stewards a certified organic educational and sensory farm in Santa Barbara, California.
Dr. La Puma has lectured on nature therapy and culinary medicine at Harvard, the University of Chicago, Stanford, TEDMED, Kaiser Permanente and aboard The World. With Leeza Gibbons and Joan Lunden, Dr. La Puma co-hosted the national cable weekly series “Health Corner”, underwritten by Walgreenʼs, for Lifetime TV for five years and 120 episodes. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, three medical books and hundreds of other works. His first general-audience book, with Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute Founder Michael Roizen, M.D, RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat became a NYT bestseller, as did his ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine.
Dr. La Puma focuses on helping patients connect with nature as a way of enhancing wellness, preventing and treating medical problems, and creating more joy in their lives. He has identified Nature Deficit Disorder as a clinical problem and created ComfortNatureQuiz.com to help people identify their comforting places in nature. He considers outdoors to be an outpatient clinic, with the ability to help people live, feel and look years younger. Dr. La Puma currently stewards a certified organic educational and sensory farm in Santa Barbara, California.
Peixoto Roberta, MD
Dr Roberta Peixoto is a medical doctor from Brazil. She is specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2005, and a recently passionate about Lifestyle Medicine.
She has been in the ELMO’s Certificate this year, and also participated in the Harvard’s course “Tools for promoting health change”. Dr Peixoto is currently doing a postgraduation in Lifestyle Medicine at Albert Einstein Hospital (São Paulo, Brazil).
She has been in the ELMO’s Certificate this year, and also participated in the Harvard’s course “Tools for promoting health change”. Dr Peixoto is currently doing a postgraduation in Lifestyle Medicine at Albert Einstein Hospital (São Paulo, Brazil).
Pijl Hanno, MD
Hanno Pijl is an internist-endocrinologist at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). He is professor of Diabetology at the same institution since 2007. He practices internal medicine, and co-authored over 300 papers in peer reviewed scientific journals, primarily related to obesity and type 2 diabetes. He has been a member of the Dutch Health Council (standing committee on nutrition) from 2008-2016. He is former president (2014-2017) of the Dutch Obesity Partnership, an umbrella organization connecting all stakeholders involved in obesity care in the Netherlands. He is co-founder and member of the Management Team of the Dutch Innovation center for Lifestyle Medicine (www.lifestyle4health.nl), a joint effort of LUMC and the Dutch Organisation of Applied Science (TNO), focusing on lifestyle interventions in health care. His main scientific interest concerns the myriad relationships between our way of life and the pandemic of chronic disease that we are faced with.
Roman Gabriela
Gabriela Roman is senior physician and head of the Clinical Center of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic diseases, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is specialist in diabetes, nutrition and metabolic diseases, with an experience of over 30 years. The medical activity is addressed to people with diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome. She is the regional coordinator, Transylvania area, of the diabetes national program on insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems. At academic level, Gabriela Roman is professor and head of the “Diabetes and nutrition diseases“ Department, at the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca. The scientific activity includes the PhD Thesis “Structured education in metabolic syndrome”, over 12 books and 35 chapters as editor and author, published in national and international publishing houses and over 60 scientific papers published in peer reviewed international journals. Between 2009-2016, she served as vice-president of the Middle Europe Region of European Association for the Study of Obesity, chair of EASO-Nutrition Working Group, and member of the EASO-Obesity Management Task Force. Currently Gabriela Roman is the president of the Romanian Federation of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic diseases, that brings together all scientific societies in the field.
Susta Davide, MD
After more than 20 years of practice as a sports physician providing the full range of clinical services to professional athletes, Dr Susta has translated his expertise into chronic patients active lifestyle management.
Dr Susta has a special interest in rehabilitating chronic diseases patients’ with a particular focus on prescribing exercise and empowering them towards healthy lifestyle.
His research focuses include developing new strategies to improve cardio-respiratory fitness, to adopt healthier habits and to improve patients’ quality of life. He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications.
Dr Susta earned his Medical Degree at University of Milan, School of Medicine, Italy, where he also completed his Sport and Exercise Medicine specialty training and subsequently worked as Post-doc at the Department of Human Physiology, Universite’ de Geneve, Switzerland. He currently holds the academic rank of Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Medicine at Dublin City University, Ireland.
Dr Susta has a special interest in rehabilitating chronic diseases patients’ with a particular focus on prescribing exercise and empowering them towards healthy lifestyle.
His research focuses include developing new strategies to improve cardio-respiratory fitness, to adopt healthier habits and to improve patients’ quality of life. He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications.
Dr Susta earned his Medical Degree at University of Milan, School of Medicine, Italy, where he also completed his Sport and Exercise Medicine specialty training and subsequently worked as Post-doc at the Department of Human Physiology, Universite’ de Geneve, Switzerland. He currently holds the academic rank of Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Medicine at Dublin City University, Ireland.
Tariq Wani, MD
A Public Health Specialist and pioneer of Lifestyle Medicine in Kashmir, India, he has authored 22 publications on different lifestyle medicine chapters, with a recent publication on technology and lifestyle medicine in the prestigious British Medical Journal.
His studies at the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), John Hopkins University (US), University of Kashmir and his work in the public health and clinical practice have contributed to him being an authority in the field of lifestyle medicine. This is also confirmed by his position as a diplomate of the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine. He is actively involved in the “European Lifestyle Medicine Organization”, contributing to the development of the lifestyle medicine field in Europe.
His studies at the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), John Hopkins University (US), University of Kashmir and his work in the public health and clinical practice have contributed to him being an authority in the field of lifestyle medicine. This is also confirmed by his position as a diplomate of the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine. He is actively involved in the “European Lifestyle Medicine Organization”, contributing to the development of the lifestyle medicine field in Europe.
Ubaldi Stefania, MD, PHD
Dr. Stefania Ubaldi is the President of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO). She graduated summa cum laude in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Bologna (Italy) and holds a specialization in Internal Medicine from the University of Naples Federico II. She was awarded her PhD in Clinical Pathophysiology and Experimental Medicine, for research on Carotid Atherosclerosis (University of Naples Federico II). During these years, she has gained significant experience in the fields of lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis.
Additionally, she is currently working on her second specialization in Psychotherapy at the "European School of Functional Psychotherapy" (Napoli, Italy), investigating the association between stress and illness.
Since the beginning of her clinical practice, more than 20 years ago, she has been dedicating herself to the promotion of Healthy Lifestyle applying evidence-based medicine in her internal medicine practice focusing primarily on behavior change and interdisciplinary approaches. She is an expert in Clinical Nutrition for prevention and therapy of metabolic syndrome, obesity and metabolic disorders. She also has a broad experience in the clinical application of genetics for prevention and healthy ageing.
In 2014, she founded MedinVita, in Geneva (Switzerland), a company dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of the clinical application of Lifestyle Medicine, made up of an interdisciplinary team of expert consultants in Nutrition, Physical Activity, Stress Management, Environmental Medicine, Toxicology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
In 2015, she established the first Lifestyle Medicine Course for the healthcare staff of a public Hospital in Italy where she co-founded the first Service for Lifestyle Medicine in Uro-Andrology in the italian public health care system.
She is currently participating in a project with the Ministry of Health of Italy on Infertility and Lifestyle Medicine in Adolescents.
Dr. Ubaldi is a frequent speaker and lecturer at medical conferences and Universities.
She practices Lifestyle Medicine in Geneva and Gstaad (Switzerland) and in Italy.
Additionally, she is currently working on her second specialization in Psychotherapy at the "European School of Functional Psychotherapy" (Napoli, Italy), investigating the association between stress and illness.
Since the beginning of her clinical practice, more than 20 years ago, she has been dedicating herself to the promotion of Healthy Lifestyle applying evidence-based medicine in her internal medicine practice focusing primarily on behavior change and interdisciplinary approaches. She is an expert in Clinical Nutrition for prevention and therapy of metabolic syndrome, obesity and metabolic disorders. She also has a broad experience in the clinical application of genetics for prevention and healthy ageing.
In 2014, she founded MedinVita, in Geneva (Switzerland), a company dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of the clinical application of Lifestyle Medicine, made up of an interdisciplinary team of expert consultants in Nutrition, Physical Activity, Stress Management, Environmental Medicine, Toxicology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
In 2015, she established the first Lifestyle Medicine Course for the healthcare staff of a public Hospital in Italy where she co-founded the first Service for Lifestyle Medicine in Uro-Andrology in the italian public health care system.
She is currently participating in a project with the Ministry of Health of Italy on Infertility and Lifestyle Medicine in Adolescents.
Dr. Ubaldi is a frequent speaker and lecturer at medical conferences and Universities.
She practices Lifestyle Medicine in Geneva and Gstaad (Switzerland) and in Italy.
Van Miegem Carlos, MD
Professor Dr Carlos Van Mieghem, MD, PhD, FESC is former staff member of the department of Interventional Cardiology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, former staff member and director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the department of Cardiology OLV Hospital Aalst, Belgium and currently staff member at the Cardiology department AZ Groeninge Kortrijk, Guest Professor at the Department of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the Catholic University of Leuven, consultant at Cardea Lifestyle Medicine Clinic Merelbeke, Belgium.
He studied medicine magna cum laude at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and obtained board certification in internal medicine, cardiology and intensive care medicine. He then trained in cardiovascular research, interventional cardiology and cardiac CT imaging at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
He is an active general and interventional cardiologist with a broad clinical scope and large experience in prevention, coronary heart disease, cardiac intensive care, cardiac imaging and percutaneous coronary interventions.
He has a broad clinical interest in the entire field of cardiovascular medicine from prevention (subclinical atherosclerosis, hypertension, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, diabetes) to coronary artery disease (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction) to interventional cardiology and cardiac intensive care medicine.
He is an expert in cardiovascular disease prevention, cardiac imaging (CT and MRI) and percutaneous coronary procedures (balloon angioplasty and stenting).
He is an active member of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO).
His research focuses on vascular disease, specifically:
Cardiac imaging
Hypertension
Atherosclerosis
Lifestyle medicine
Publications
Dr Van Mieghem has published extensively, authoring or co-authoring over 100 original research articles and multiple reviews, book chapters and monographs. He is a reviewer for many international cardiology journals, including European Heart Journal and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
He studied medicine magna cum laude at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and obtained board certification in internal medicine, cardiology and intensive care medicine. He then trained in cardiovascular research, interventional cardiology and cardiac CT imaging at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
He is an active general and interventional cardiologist with a broad clinical scope and large experience in prevention, coronary heart disease, cardiac intensive care, cardiac imaging and percutaneous coronary interventions.
He has a broad clinical interest in the entire field of cardiovascular medicine from prevention (subclinical atherosclerosis, hypertension, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, diabetes) to coronary artery disease (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction) to interventional cardiology and cardiac intensive care medicine.
He is an expert in cardiovascular disease prevention, cardiac imaging (CT and MRI) and percutaneous coronary procedures (balloon angioplasty and stenting).
He is an active member of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO).
His research focuses on vascular disease, specifically:
Cardiac imaging
Hypertension
Atherosclerosis
Lifestyle medicine
Publications
Dr Van Mieghem has published extensively, authoring or co-authoring over 100 original research articles and multiple reviews, book chapters and monographs. He is a reviewer for many international cardiology journals, including European Heart Journal and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Vaidean Georgeta, MD
Dr. Georgeta Vaidean received her M.D. degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and followed with a M.P.H. degree in Health Promotion and Health Education from the University of South Carolina and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology, with a concentration in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently full professor, Dr. Vaidean has a rich experience in Academia, teaching epidemiology, research methods and evidence-based medicine to medical, pharmacy, Master’s and PhD degree students. Dr. Vaidean is currently involved in cardiovascular epidemiology research as well as clinical research projects using Lifestyle interventions in Preventive Cardiology in New York City.
Vernes Reka, MD
Reka Vernes is a medical doctor, specialized in Family Medicine, trained and with an extensive work experience in Hungary and US. She is a prominent member of Lifestyle Medicine movement in Hungary and in Europe, teaching and practicing in Budapest the management of chronic non communicable diseases. Her recent certifications in Sports Medicine and Hypertension Medicine complete her expertise related to lifestyle medicine.
Starchenko Polina
Polina Starchenko is in charge of projects and communications at the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP). She has been working in tobacco control for 5 years focussing on public health policies with particular interest in the field of smoking cessation, both from the advocacy and treatment perspectives.
She is a specialist in tobacco dependence treatment and have participated in the organisation and conduction of EPACTT trainings (European Accreditation Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment, named Best Practice by the European Commission in 2020) for health care professionals around Europe since 2018.
During her employment at ENSP Polina has been also engaged in several European projects on tobacco research and policy: Tob-G, Silne-R, EUREST-PLUS and TackSHS. As a result, she is a co-author of various academic and policy papers with a subject of tobacco use and health.
She holds an MBA degree focused on International Relations (KU Leuven, Belgium) and diplomas in Crisis Management and in Public Relations (St. Petersburg). In 2017, she completed Johns Hopkins University Leadership Training in the field of tobacco control. Polina also received Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification from Mayo Clinic, US, (2019), and has recently completed the ELMO European Health & Fitness Lifestyle Advisor Certification Program (2021). She previously worked for several European NGOs in the field of environment, health, social innovation and entrepreneurship.
She is a specialist in tobacco dependence treatment and have participated in the organisation and conduction of EPACTT trainings (European Accreditation Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment, named Best Practice by the European Commission in 2020) for health care professionals around Europe since 2018.
During her employment at ENSP Polina has been also engaged in several European projects on tobacco research and policy: Tob-G, Silne-R, EUREST-PLUS and TackSHS. As a result, she is a co-author of various academic and policy papers with a subject of tobacco use and health.
She holds an MBA degree focused on International Relations (KU Leuven, Belgium) and diplomas in Crisis Management and in Public Relations (St. Petersburg). In 2017, she completed Johns Hopkins University Leadership Training in the field of tobacco control. Polina also received Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification from Mayo Clinic, US, (2019), and has recently completed the ELMO European Health & Fitness Lifestyle Advisor Certification Program (2021). She previously worked for several European NGOs in the field of environment, health, social innovation and entrepreneurship.
Mocanu Karina
Born and Raised in Romania, Karina Mocanu is currently the Communication Assistant at the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP). Her work focuses on communication in the field of tobacco control and youth advocacy within ENSP, with a previous experience in cancer prevention and youth advocacy in the field of education, experience gained within other international NGOs.
She holds a BA diploma in Political Science and a MA diploma in Corporate Communication, both from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. With an international, young and dynamic perspective, she is a very determined public health advocate with a special patient approach, as she has also received the certificate delivered under the ELMO European Health & Fitness Lifestyle Advisor Certification Program (2021).
She holds a BA diploma in Political Science and a MA diploma in Corporate Communication, both from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. With an international, young and dynamic perspective, she is a very determined public health advocate with a special patient approach, as she has also received the certificate delivered under the ELMO European Health & Fitness Lifestyle Advisor Certification Program (2021).
Sakkas Giorgos, MD
My scientific career began at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens where I was awarded a BSc in the field of exercise sciences. Earning a meritorious Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation award for 4yr allowed me to move to Manchester Metropolitan University, to study for a PhD in clinical exercise physiology with A.J. Sargeant. I trained in muscle physiology / molecular biology and in the organisation and implementation of exercise for health interventions. I capitalised on my PhD training by moving to the University of California San Francisco as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Medicine – Division of Endocrinology under the mentorship of M. Schambelan. I returned to Europe in 2005 with a European repatriation programme, while in 2008 I became a Researcher at the Centre for Research and Technology Greece until 2013 where I took a faculty position at the Department of PE and Sport Science at the University of Thessaly. From 2016 to 2019 I served as Associate Professor in Clinical Exercise Physiology at the University of St Mark and St. John, in Plymouth, UK. Since January 2019, I hold the position of Ass. Professor in Exercise in Clinical Populations at the Dept of PE and Sport Science at the University of Thessaly and direct the "The Lifestyle Medicine" lab at the Center (http://www.pe.uth.gr/index.php/en/research/laboratories/item/118). Since August 2019, I hold a Professor of Lifestyle Medicine chair at the Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales, United Kingdom. My research focuses on the effect of therapeutic exercise on patients with chronic diseases. My pioneering research on patient rehabilitation has been included in various international guidelines, while in 2018 I received the first prize award for the “Best Health Researcher” from the European Federation of Neurological Associations – EFNA for my contribution to the understanding and treatment of Brain Diseases. Since 2020 I am the General Secretariat for the “Exercise is Medicine-Greece” association for promoting the benefits of exercise in various clinical populations and from 2022 the Vice President of the European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group.
Todea Doina, MD
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Siva Poobalasingam, MD
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Jitka Brázová, MD., Ph.D.
My job and my hobby is to be a pediatrician, allergist and clinical immunologist at Concierge Medicine Europe where I work as sort of a family doctor for my patients (starting from birth with newborn children regarding general developmental check-ups, vaccination, acute problems and sometimes I also look after their parents and grandparents regarding their allegies and immunology complaints). I am very much interested in education and new knowledge, esp. EBM, and I try to participate in many Czech and also international conferences.
After 15 years working for one private clinic in Prague, I decided to join a great group of people lead by Wolfram A. Schleuter and Jana Yanová and started from May 2021 at Concierge Medicine Europe – the center of excellence for prevention, and first lifestyle medicine clinic in Czech Republic.
I am a wife and a mother of two great sons, Jim, who is 13 years old and Filip, who is 10 years old. I love life, I love to spend time with my family, travelling in Czech Republic and abroad, hiking in the mountains, cycling and dancing esp. latino-american dances.
After 15 years working for one private clinic in Prague, I decided to join a great group of people lead by Wolfram A. Schleuter and Jana Yanová and started from May 2021 at Concierge Medicine Europe – the center of excellence for prevention, and first lifestyle medicine clinic in Czech Republic.
I am a wife and a mother of two great sons, Jim, who is 13 years old and Filip, who is 10 years old. I love life, I love to spend time with my family, travelling in Czech Republic and abroad, hiking in the mountains, cycling and dancing esp. latino-american dances.
Stephen Hopson BDS, MDS, Dip. BSLM/IBLM
I’m a Dentist with a specialist postgraduate qualification in Orthodontics. I completed my Diploma in Lifestyle Medicine in 2020. This year, I complete a year long Health Coaching course with foundations in Functional Medicine and the ancestral diet. I have also undertaken a 12month chef’s course in naturopathic cooking. I’m excited about my future in Lifestyle Medicine and Health Coaching. I’m very keen to bring the dental profession into the Lifestyle Medicine family.
Elizaveta Kuznetsova, MD, PhD
• MD, PhD cardiologist, general practitioner and rehabilitation specialist from Moscow
• Intensive care and cardiology unit physician
• Outpatient care specialist of various nosology in private clinic
• ESC, EAPC and ELMO member
• Intensive care and cardiology unit physician
• Outpatient care specialist of various nosology in private clinic
• ESC, EAPC and ELMO member
Anh Nguyen RNT, DGM, FBANT, CNHC
University of Stirling, UK
Anh Nguyen is a registered Nutrition Practitioner and certified consultant in genomic medicine who works in the intersection of nutrition and genomics to treat and prevent chronic diseases. He’s served as chief nutrition consultant to Children & Women Health Service in Edinburgh. His research work at Stirling focuses on nutrition for children and mothers’ health. He has a particular interest in personalised nutrition and genomics. He is also known for the efforts to explain profound concepts in personalised nutrition and lifestyle medicine between Europeans and Asians in the UK. He has joined as a country-scoping reviewer for an ODA-funded international project regarding stroke rehabilitation for the Greater Mekong sub-region.
He has been honoured as a Fellow of the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine. He is also elected for Ambassadorial Scholar to the Genetics Society, one of the oldest learned societies in the UK devoted to genetics, in order to promote education and research on nutritional genomics for healthcare professionals in the UK and Asia. He is a member of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors, and the British Society of Genetic Medicine. Outside of research and practice, he is the author or co-author of peer-reviewed publications and books in the field. Most recently in the book “Complications of Pregnancy”, edited by Professor Hassan, he features pregnancy nutrition therapy for Asian women.
Anh Nguyen is a registered Nutrition Practitioner and certified consultant in genomic medicine who works in the intersection of nutrition and genomics to treat and prevent chronic diseases. He’s served as chief nutrition consultant to Children & Women Health Service in Edinburgh. His research work at Stirling focuses on nutrition for children and mothers’ health. He has a particular interest in personalised nutrition and genomics. He is also known for the efforts to explain profound concepts in personalised nutrition and lifestyle medicine between Europeans and Asians in the UK. He has joined as a country-scoping reviewer for an ODA-funded international project regarding stroke rehabilitation for the Greater Mekong sub-region.
He has been honoured as a Fellow of the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine. He is also elected for Ambassadorial Scholar to the Genetics Society, one of the oldest learned societies in the UK devoted to genetics, in order to promote education and research on nutritional genomics for healthcare professionals in the UK and Asia. He is a member of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors, and the British Society of Genetic Medicine. Outside of research and practice, he is the author or co-author of peer-reviewed publications and books in the field. Most recently in the book “Complications of Pregnancy”, edited by Professor Hassan, he features pregnancy nutrition therapy for Asian women.
Andrée Rochfort, MD
Family Physician for 30 years, County Wexford Ireland.
Academic GP & Staff member Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, for 20 years
Director of Doctors Health in Practice program ICGP and
Director of Quality Improvement ICGP www.icgp.ie
Member of EQuiP, WONCA Europe. www.equip.woncaeurope.org
Academic GP & Staff member Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, for 20 years
Director of Doctors Health in Practice program ICGP and
Director of Quality Improvement ICGP www.icgp.ie
Member of EQuiP, WONCA Europe. www.equip.woncaeurope.org
Anna Lengyel MD, Hungary, Pécs
Participant of the second session of the European Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine - Health and Fitness Lifestyle Advisor (2020). Guest speaker of the later sessions and Mentor in the 2021. ELMO Mentorship Program.
Graduated at the Medical Faculty of University of Pécs, started postgraduate scholarship as an orthopedic surgeon and traumatologist, but because of family went back to the University for 11 years to teach the next generation biochemistry and pathophysiology.
By learning about Lifestyle Medicine found a new love and target as a medical doctor and now working as occupational health physician. Helping the employees improve their health with lifestyle interventions.
By learning about Lifestyle Medicine found a new love and target as a medical doctor and now working as occupational health physician. Helping the employees improve their health with lifestyle interventions.
