WELCOME to the first national medical specialty society for clinicians emphasizing the use of lifestyle interventions in the treatment and management of disease.

Members of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine are clinicians engaged in lifestyle medicine practice, teaching or research.  Many serve on College committees and contribute to the organization's role as a resource of expertise.

Specialists in lifestyle medicine are uniquely trained in both the clinical practice of medicine and in public health principles. They must have the skills necessary to understand the risk factors and etiology of disease as it relates to lifestyle and related factors in individuals and population groups. Lifestyle medicine clinicians work in almost every health care setting including managed care organizations, the workplace, public health and government agencies, and in academia.

Vision Statement

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine provides leadership and assistance, facilitating lifestyle medicine clinicians’ pursuits of continuing medical education, practice knowledge, leadership skills, and research information needed to provide quality patient care and best counsel patients with respect to lifestyle-related diseases.

Mission Statement

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine serves its members by advancing the field of lifestyle medicine, promoting excellence in clinical practice and advocating on behalf of medical and public policy issues related to the practice and promotion of lifestyle medicine.

T. Colin Campbell, PhD
Co-director & Professor Emeritus,
Cornell-Oxford-China Diet and Health Project,
Cornell University

David Jenkins, MD, PhD, DSc
Professor,
Research Chair, Nutrition and Metabolism,
Director, Risk Factor Modification Centre,
University of Toronto

Dean Ornish, MD
Founder & President,
Preventive Medicine Research Instititute,
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco

James Prochaska, PhD
Director,
Cancer Prevention Research Consortium,
Professor, Clinical and
Health Psychology,
University of Rhode Island

Walter Willett, MD, DrPH
Chair,
Department of Nutrition,
Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology,
Harvard School of Public Health,
Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Complete Board of Advisors