21/11/2025
This session spotlights how lifestyle medicine is transforming healthcare across New York City—from large hospital systems to community initiatives—through collaboration, innovation, and evidence-based care.
Leaders from NYC Health + Hospitals, Montefiore, the Hospital for Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan Kettering share how they are integrating lifestyle medicine into patient care.
Dr. Michelle McMacken highlights NYC Health + Hospitals’ groundbreaking system-wide implementation of lifestyle medicine across all five boroughs, emphasizing cardiometabolic health and equity. Dr. Heidi Prather explores lifestyle approaches to musculoskeletal health and pain reduction, while Dr. Robert Ostfeld shares “Confessions of a Reformed Cardiologist,” illustrating the life-saving potential of a plant-based diet. Dr. Urvi Shah discusses clinical research on diet and exercise interventions in cancer care at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Together, these experts reveal how lifestyle medicine is reshaping care delivery in one of the world’s largest and most diverse cities—and what other health systems can learn from NYC’s model.
Ideal for: Clinicians, policymakers, public health professionals, and advocates working to advance equitable, evidence-based care through lifestyle medicine.
This session spotlights how lifestyle medicine is transforming healthcare across New York City—from large hospital systems to community initiatives—through c...