Lifestyle choices, particularly food choices, are responsible for the majority of disabilities and death in the world today. Food choices also play an important role in helping to prevent ecological disasters like pandemics and climate change.

Vision

Transform healthcare by incorporating lifestyle medicine principles into the care of all patients

Mission

The Lifestyle Medicine Action Group (LMAG) of Plant Powered Metro New York seeks to create a vibrant network of healthcare professionals to influence and promote evidence-based lifestyle choices in education, clinical practice, research, and public health.

Upcoming Events

Offered exclusively for healthcare professionals, administrators, and faculty
Pharma vs. Farma: Diet-Based Treatment for Reflux and Other Head and Neck Disease
​with Craig Zalvan, MD
Tuesday, June 6, 7:00 - 8:00 PM ET - Online
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LMAG Strategies

  • Promote a diet largely or exclusively comprised of minimally processed whole plant foods, in accordance with the scientific evidence to date and the traditional diets of the longest-lived populations around the world
  • Foster networking opportunities for potential collaboration between members on the potential of lifestyle medicine to prevent or treat a variety of chronic diseases
  • Providing support and resources for communication strategies including speaker’s bureau, OpEds, and research
LMAG Steering Committee
Rebecca Boas, MD, MBA
​internal care/primary medicine
Robert Ostfeld, MD, MSc, FACC cardiology
Urvi A. Shah, MD hematology/oncology
Michelle McMacken, MD, FACP, DipABLM – internal medicine​
Shilpa Ravella, MD
​gastroenterology
Hooman Yaghoobzadeh, MD, FACC ​– cardiology
Gia Merlo, MD, MBA, MEd
​psychiatry
Sapana Shah, MD, MPH
​internal medicine
Craig Zalvan, MD
​otolaryngology/ENT
Plant Powered Metro New York empowers people to find better health and overcome chronic disease through whole food, plant-based nutrition. We offer evidence-based education, resources, and support to catalyze awareness and dietary change throughout the New York metropolitan area. Plant Powered Metro New York, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (tax ID #83-4639916), incorporated in the state of New York.