Clinicians can turbocharge the effectiveness of food as medicine initiatives by helping patients recognize the potency of dietary interventions and by making strategic referrals. Nevertheless, health professionals have historically not received the nutrition education required to fully assume this role. At the Food As Medicine Network’s Live 2025 event, learn from Gaples Institute Executive Director Stephen Devries, MD, about the exciting progress in bringing nutrition education into medical training and the remarkable ways that engaged clinicians can transform the food as medicine movement.
Dr. Stephen Devries, Executive Director of the Gaples Institute, was featured in a community lecture on how to use a healthy diet to lower blood sugar levels. The event was part of Northwestern Medicine’s series of Culinary Medicine workshops for the public.
As part of Northwestern Medicine’s series of Culinary Medicine workshops for the public, Dr. Devries was featured in an event focusing on preventing hypertension through better nutrition. His presentation, “Eat Your Way to Better Blood Pressure,” included evidence of how quickly dietary changes can lower blood pressure, practical tips for reducing sodium, and the Gaples Institute’s interactive guide to accurate blood pressure readings.
Dr. Devries was the featured speaker at Cardiology Grand Rounds for a presentation entitled “Interventional Cardiology Delivered with a Fork.” Feedback from Grand Rounds organizer: “The highest our cardiology grand rounds sessions [attendance] has seen in years.”
Dr. Devries spoke at Internal Medicine Grand Rounds at Beaumont Hospital where he presented a talk on “Nutrition and Heart Health.”
Dr. Devries, Executive Director of the Gaples Institute, presented a plenary session entitled “Nutrition Beats Attrition: The Low-Hanging Fruit for Cardiometabolic Health.”
More than 1,300 health professionals attend this conference each year, with talks from national leaders in lifestyle medicine, as well as experts in pharmacologic advances for the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic disorders.
