About the Gaples Institute
The Gaples Institute is an educational nonprofit dedicated to advancing the role of nutrition and lifestyle in medicine through education and advocacy.
How We Do It
We deliver high-impact, actionable learning programs for the public, and dynamic, award-winning continuing medical education programs for health professionals.
How We’re Different
We don’t accept corporate funding or adhere to any predetermined ideology. So we can offer the very best, unbiased, evidence-based information presented in a uniquely engaging format.
The work of our nonprofit is strengthened by our Gaples Institute board members who are nationally recognized leaders in science, education, and health care policy.
From Our Executive Director
When I was preparing to be a cardiologist, I trained at some of the top medical centers—yet nutrition and lifestyle were completely missing from the curriculum.
Sadly, very little has changed. To this day, most physicians and health professionals encounter the same gap.
Clinicians feel ill-equipped to help patients with diet and lifestyle because they haven’t received the training they need—meanwhile, the public expects and needs trustworthy advice from their healthcare providers.
Taking the right medicine is critically important, but drugs alone can’t deliver optimal health.
Stephen Devries, MD
Executive Director of the
nonprofit Gaples Institute