#32- SSD interviews Dr. Stephen Devries | Gaples Institute | Nutrition for Optimal Health

Join Dr. Sandra Cammarata and Dr. Giovanni Campanile as they interview Dr. Stephen Devries, a preventive cardiologist and Executive Director of the Gaples Institute, an educational nonprofit with the mission of advancing the role of nutrition and lifestyle in medicine. Dr. Devries has also been appointed Adjunct Associate Professor of Nutrition in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

In his primary role as Executive Director of the nonprofit Gaples Institute, Dr. Devries is the course director for a condensed online nutrition course for health professionals—a groundbreaking educational tool that is now required in the curriculum of leading medical schools and residency programs and is a widely acclaimed CME resource for practicing physicians. The course has been taken by over 4,000 medical students and clinicians. In pursuit of the Gaples Institute mission to advance public nutrition education, Dr. Devries has also authored the award-winning patient nutrition learning program, Nutrition for Optimal Health.

Dr. Devries teaches a course at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “Integrating Nutrition into Clinical Medicine: The Role of Health Professionals as Change Agents.” He is also the co-leader, along with Dr. Walter Willett, of the Nutrition Education Working Group, a multidisciplinary cohort of leading scientists, nutrition educators, and policy experts. The group meets regularly at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for the purpose of exploring ways to strengthen nutrition education in all levels of medical training.

Dr. Devries is a trusted expert on nutrition in medicine, and in addition to authoring the courses mentioned above, he has written numerous peer-reviewed articles on the need to enhance nutrition education and practice in health care. Links to some of his recent publications appear below. He also authored What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Cholesterol and co-edited the textbook Integrative Cardiology with Dr. James Dalen. He is an invited author to both the most widely read textbook in conventional cardiology as well as the leading textbook in integrative medicine.

Dr. Devries has lectured on nutrition and lifestyle in medical care in venues from Thailand to the Royal Society of Medicine in London, and his work has been featured on PBS and NPR.

Find more of Dr. Devries here:
https://www.gaplesinstitute.org/nutrition-cme

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