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
Short Curriculum Vitae available soon
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
Short Curriculum Vitae available soon
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
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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 Stephania, 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, M.P.H. degree in Health Promotion and Health Education from the University of South Carolina and her Ph.D. in Epidemiology, with a concentration in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has a rich experience in teaching epidemiology, research methods and evidence-based medicine to medical, pharmacy, Master’s and PhD degree students. Currently, Dr. Vaidean is involved in research projects and 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
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Sakkas Giorgios, MD
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Todea Doina, MD
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Nguyen Anh, PHD
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Siva Poobalasingam, MD
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Brazova Jitka, MD
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