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Welcome To The 6th Malaysian Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2026

Malaysia's Leading Annual Lifestyle Medicine Conference

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Conference :24th and 25th Oct 2026

Registration: 8.00am
Conference 8.30am to 5.30pm

Post Conference Workshop: 26th Oct 2026

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Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

About The Conference

Populations worldwide are ageing rapidly. By 2050, the global population aged 60 and older is projected to nearly double to 2.1 billion people since 2020. This demographic shift will herald a situation for the first time in history where older people will outnumber children, with one in five people in Asia and the Pacific projected to be over 60. While life expectancy has increased significantly, these additional years are not always lived in good health.

Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for 74% of all deaths, driven by conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. As populations age, healthcare systems face escalating pressures from multimorbidity, frailty, disability, and rising healthcare expenditure.

Malaysia mirrors this global transition. The Department of Statistics Malaysia projects that Malaysia will officially become an aged nation by 2030, when 15% of the population will be aged 60 years and above. This demographic shift marks a rapid transition within 20 years making Malaysia one of the fastest nations to reach this status  According to the Ministry of Health Malaysia, NCDs contribute to over 70% of deaths nationally, with high prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolaemia among adults.

Malaysia’s healthcare system is now standing on the brink of a systemic crisis, driven by a tidal wave of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and intensified by a rapidly aging population. Our medical conversation must urgently evolve to address the perfect storm that our healthcare system is facing. While modern medical advancements have successfully increased our lifespan, the focus must now shift to healthspan—the period of life spent in optimal health, free from the debilitating chronic diseases associated with aging.

While longevity medicine seeks to extend lifespan, evidence consistently shows that lifestyle factors are the dominant determinants of both life expectancy and healthspan. Lifestyle Medicine is the vital cornerstone of this transformation to improve healthspan. It provides an evidence-based approach that utilizes therapeutic lifestyle changes to prevent, manage, and even reverse many chronic diseases with behavior modification.

This year, the Malaysian Society of Lifestyle Medicine invites healthcare professionals, policymakers, researchers, and wellness advocates to explore how lifestyle medicine serves as the scientific and clinical foundation of longevity medicine.

The conference this year with the theme Lifestyle Medicine: The Foundation Of Longevity Medicine aims to explore   transformative strategies that are   practical and scalable that can improve health outcomes, reduce disease burden, and extend not only lifespan but also healthspan.

With insights from leading experts, interactive workshops, mindfulness practices, and networking opportunities, this two-day conference and post-conference workshop   is an unparalleled platform to learn, share, and collaborate in reshaping the future of longevity medicine

Conference Highlights

Decoding Ageing

The Longevity Blueprint: Lifestyle Medicine In The 21st Century

Transforming Lifespan Into Healthspan

Lessons From The Blue Zones

Metabolic Modulators of Ageing

Mitochondria Function And Ageing

Stress, Resiliency And Longevity

Key Connection Between Microbiome And Healthspan

The Longevity Switch: Fasting, Caloric Restriction And Longevity

Circadian Rhythm Dictates Healthspan and Lifespan

Physical Activity For Healthspan Optimization

Hidden Years Lost: The True Cost of Smoking and Alcohol

Social Connections, Happiness and Longevity

Lessons from The Harvard Grant Study

Comparative Analysis of Dietary Patterns in promoting Healthspan

Thriving In The Golden Years

Culinary Strategies For Longevity

Menopause As A Window To Future Health With Lifestyle Medicine

Welcome  Message

On behalf of the Malaysian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 6th Malaysian Lifestyle Medicine Conference, taking place from 24–26 October 2026.

One of the greatest achievements of modern public health has been the remarkable extension of human life expectancy. However, this success is accompanied by a pressing challenge: many of these additional years are increasingly marked by chronic diseases, disability, frailty, and a decline in quality of life.

Malaysia is approaching a significant demographic milestone. By 2030, our nation will officially become an ageing society, with 15% of the population aged 60 years and above. Yet, according to the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2025, only 14.7% of older Malaysians are ageing well. This reality presents a critical opportunity to rethink and transform our approach to healthcare.

The theme of this year’s conference, Lifestyle Medicine: The Foundation of Longevity Medicine, reflects both a pivotal shift in global healthcare and an urgent call to action. Our goal must extend beyond merely increasing lifespan to optimizing healthspan—the years of life spent in good health, vitality, and independence, free from the burden of preventable chronic disease.

Adj.Prof. Dr. Siva Poobalasingam, MD, Dip IBLM,FIBLM
Founder and President, Malaysian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

While the science of longevity continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, the most effective, accessible, and cost-efficient strategies for extending healthspan remain rooted in lifestyle-based interventions. Lifestyle Medicine provides the essential foundation for longevity medicine. Through its six core pillars, it addresses the underlying cellular, metabolic, and behavioral factors that drive the growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases and accelerated ageing.

This year’s scientific program has been carefully curated to equip healthcare professionals with the latest evidence, practical insights, and clinical tools needed to implement this paradigm shift. Together, we will explore how targeted lifestyle interventions can prevent, manage, and in some cases reverse chronic diseases, while promoting healthier ageing across the lifespan.

This conference is more than an academic gathering—it is a call to action. Let us work together to redefine longevity, not simply as adding years to life, but as adding life to years.

I look forward to welcoming you in October 2026 as we come together to build the foundation for a healthier, longer, and more resilient future.

Best regards,
Adj. Prof. Dr Siva  Poobalasingam MD, Dip IBLM, FIBLM

Adjunct Professor In Lifestyle Medicine, University Of Cyberjaya
Founding President, Malaysian Society Of Lifestyle Medicine
Chair, Advisory Board, Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance
Lifestyle Medicine Expert Consultant, WHO (WHO-MOH Lifestyle Medicine For Remission Of Diabetes)
Advisory Board,International Journal For Disease Reversal And Prevention
Council, True Health Initiative
Advisory Council, Global Positive Health Initiative

Keynote Speaker

Dr Rabindra Abeyasinghe

WHO Representative And Head Of WHO Country Office to Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore

Meet Our Speakers

Dr.Ravinder Mamtani

Vice Dean For Population Health And Lifestyle Medicine,Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

Vice Chair,Advisory Board,Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance

Adj.Prof. Dr Sivaneswaran Poobalasingam

Founder And President, Malaysian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

Chair,Advisory Board,Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance

Dr Liana Lianov

Founding President, Global Positive Health Institute

Assistant Professor, Center for Positive Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland – RCSI University of Medical and Health Sciences.

Prof Andrea Maier

Co-Founder and Director, NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity, National University of Singapore

Professor of Gerontology, Vrije University,Netherlands

Prof . Brian Kennedy

Director of the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme and the Bia-Echo Asia Centre for Reproductive Longevity and Equality

Director of the Centre for Healthy Longevity, National University Health System

Dr Elizabeth Frates

Director Of Lifestyle Medicine And Wellness, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Harvard Medical School

Immediate Past President , American College Of Lifestyle Medicine

Dr.Tim Shi

President,Asia Pacific Longevity Medicine Society

Dr Uma Naidoo

Director Of Nutritional & Lifestyle Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Harvard Medical School

Dr.Amit Gupta

Chair, International Diabetes Federation, School of Diabetes

Executive Director GMHA (Global Metabolic Health Alliance)

Mr Stephan Herzog

Executive Director, American & International Board of Lifestyle Medicine

Dr.Edward M. Phillips

Director, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Dr Nadir Bilici

Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology Mount Sinai Health System Founder & Director Bilici Preventive Neurology and Lifestyle Medicine

Dr. Vincenzo Sorrentino

Assistant Professor, Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine NUS

Dr.Zainab Wassim

Oncology Specialty Doctor and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Princess Alexandra Hospital, UK

Ms Nisha Lakshmanan

Director, Mind Body Medicine, Amrita Integrative And Lifestyle Medicine Centre

Dr Siobhan McCormack

Lifestyle Medicine Physician

Dr. Tashiya A Mirando

Menopause Lead & Lifestyle Medicine Co-Lead, Osler Health Group, Singapore

Advisory Board of the NUHS Centre for Healthy Longevity Medicine Clinic

Assoc Prof Fadzilah Hanum

MBBS,MMed,MD,Dip IBLM
Primary Care Consultant,University Malaya

Dr Faridah Mohd Zin

Deputy Dean,Graduate School Of Medicine,KPJ Healthcare University

Conference Rates

In Person Event Pricing

Categories Sub- Categories Conference only (RM) Post- conference workshop only (RM) Conference + Post Conference Workshop (RM)
Early Bird- Up to 31st August 2026 (for Local Delegates and MSLM members only) – 650 – 950
MSLM Members – 700 450 1150
Non- Members Local Delegates 750 450 1200
Tier 1 (Including Singapore, Korea, Japan and Taiwan) 1500 750 2250
Tier 2&3 (Including China, Sri Lanka and ASEAN countries excluding Singapore) 750 450 1200
Affiliates – 750 450 1200
Students – 500 – 780

Virtual Event Pricing

CategoriesSub- CategoriesConference + Post Conference Workshop (RM)
Members–450
Non- MembersLocal Delegates550
Tier 1 (Including Singapore, Korea, Japan and Taiwan)990
Tier 2&3 (Including China, Sri Lanka and ASEAN countries excluding Singapore)550
Affiliates–550
Students–400

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Virtual Sessions - Registration

Dr Rabi Abeyasinghe is the WHO Representative to Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore. Prior to that, he was the WHO Representative to the Philippines. He was acting Director Health Security and Emergencies at the World Health Organizations Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) based in Manila, Philippines from 30th April 2020 to 21st June 2020, supporting the regional response to COVID-19. He was Coordinator, Malaria Other Vectorborne and Parasitic Diseases at WPRO from 2015 – 2019 and has served WHO since 2011 in various capacities including acting Director Communicable Diseases WPRO (May to October 2018, May to July 2019), Regional Entomologist WPRO and Technical Officer Malaria in Papua New Guinea.

Rabi is a Medical Specialist MD (Community Medicine) from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Additionally, he has a MSc in Biology & Control of Disease Vectors from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene from the Royal College of Physicians, London. Earlier he held several senior positions in the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka including Director National Malaria Control Programme and Project Director, GFATM Projects. He is a Fellow of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka and a past President of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka.

Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, MD is a Professor of Population Health Sciences, Professor of Medicine (Center for Global Health) and Vice Dean for Population Health and Lifestyle Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). He is also a Professor of Community and Family Medicine (adjunct) at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
Prior to joining WCM-Q, Dr. Mamtani was a Professor of Clinical Community and Preventive Medicine and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York Medical College, and a physician in occupational medicine and complementary medicine at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York. He has many years of clinical experience utilizing integrative and lifestyle medicine to treat chronic diseases such as chronic pain, arthritis, mental health conditions, gastrointestinal problems, obesity, dyslipidemia and diabetes. Dr. Mamtani has published in peer-reviewed journals and written a monthly column for a local newspaper in New York on contemporary health issues.
Dr. Mamtani serves or has served on many government, hospital and medical school committees in the US and Qatar. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine in the specialties of Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine, and is US board certified in Lifestyle Medicine and Integrative Medicine.

Dr. Sivaneswaran Poobalasingam was appointed as the Lifestyle Medicine Expert Consultant with the World Health Organisation for the Lifestyle Medicine For Diabetes Remission Project(WHO-MOH). Dr. Siva is the Founder and President of the Malaysian Society of Lifestyle Medicine which is affiliated to the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance. He is on the Advisory Board of the International Journal for Disease Reversal and Prevention. He also sits on the US based True Health Initiative Council and Global Positive Health Institute’s Advisory Council and the National Coalition for Mental Wellness in Malaysia He is one of two Asian Physicians to be appointed as Exam Question Writers for the Lifestyle Medicine Board Certification examination. Dr Siva is the Country Representative for the International Council of Integrative Medicine and the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance.

Dr. Siva is CEO of Amrita Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine Center and Amrita Lifestyle Medicine Academy, a wellness academy. He is a Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician. He is frequently invited to speak on Lifestyle Medicine by government institutions. He has also conducted workshops on Lifestyle Medicine for programs jointly organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Malaysian Ministry of Health and University Era Ketiga (University Putra Malaysia). He is a published author and has written books on a mind-body approach to wellness and on the importance of herbs and nutrition in healthy ageing. Dr Siva is also the Adjunct Professor of Lifestyle Medicine at University of Cyberjaya.

As an innovative global leader in lifestyle medicine, Liana Lianov, MD, MPH, FACLM, FACPM, DipABLM has advanced the movement for integrating positive psychology into health care. She led the development of the original lifestyle medicine core competencies for physicians and health professionals, which have recently been expanded to include positive psychology-based knowledge and skills. She serves as the President of the Global Positive Health Institute, chair of the Happiness Science and Positive Health Committee of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), lead faculty for the ACLM Physician and Health Professional Wellbeing Program, and vice-chair of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Lianov is the immediate past president of the Positive Health and Wellbeing Division of the International Positive Psychology Association, A few of her notable past roles include president of the ACLM, director for the Healthy Lifestyles Division of the American Medical Association and board regent for the American College of Preventive Medicine. She also directed programs in heart disease, stroke and cancer prevention at the California Department of Health Services.
In 2018, Dr. Lianov convened the inaugural Summit on Happiness Science in Health Care cosponsored by the ACLM and Dell Medical School, which led to scholarly publications and a groundbreaking book on how to integrate happiness science into medical practice, Roots of Positive Change, Optimizing Health Care with Positive Psychology. To further this mission, she founded the Global Positive Health Institute (https://www.positivehealth.world) which provides positive psychology education and practical tools for health professionals to use in their clinical practices and support their personal well-being. You can follow her work with the GPHI on FB and Instagram @globalpositivehealth. She is also an Assistant Professor at the Center for Positive Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland – RCSI University of Medical and Health Sciences.

Her book, Strengths in the Mirror, Thriving Now and Tomorrow shares inspirational stories from colleagues and sums up how we all can flourish through healthy lifestyles, positive activities and personal strengths.

Andrea Maier is Oon Chiew Seng Professor in Medicine, NUS Academy of Healthy Longevity, National University of Singapore and Professor of Gerontology, Human Movement Sciences VU Amsterdam after serving from 2016 to early 2021 as Divisional Director at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, and as Professor of Medicine and Aged Care at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She graduated in Medicine from the University of Lübeck, Germany, was registered 2009 in The Netherlands as Specialist in Internal Medicine-Geriatrics and was appointed Full Professor of Gerontology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands) in 2013. Andrea B. Maier is an authority in geroscience and precision geromedicine with more than 500 peer reviewed publications (H index 91, i10 index 375).

She is an invited member and advisor of international academic and health policy committees and funding agencies, including the World Health Organization evaluating the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing and Evolution. She is the past Founding President of the Healthy Longevity Medicine Society and serves as a selected Member of The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities, Fellow of the Atria Academy of Science and Medicine, and Board of the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research. In 2023, she co-founded the NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity to conduct, teach and disseminate Geroscience and Precision Geromedicine. To bring highest evidence-based Precision Geromedicine to clinical practice, she founded Chi Longevity – Asia’s first evidence-based Precision Geromedicine clinics – in 2022 and established Maier’s Longevity in 2024 in The Netherlands.

Dr. Brian Kennedy is a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology and serves as the Director of the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme and the Bia-Echo Asia Centre for Reproductive Longevity and Equality, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore. In addition, he is also the Director of the Centre for Healthy Longevity, National University Health System. Collectively, NUS ageing research seeks to demonstrate that longevity interventions can be successfully employed in humans to extend healthspan, the disease-free and highly functional period of life.
From 2010 to 2016, Dr. Kennedy was the President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and he maintained a professorship there through 2020.

Dr. Kennedy is also actively involved with a number of Biotechnology companies and also served as a Co-Editor-In-Chief at Aging Cell from 2011-2021. Finally, Dr. Kennedy has a track record of interaction in China, where he was a Visiting Professor at the Aging Research Institute at Guangdong Medical College from 2009 to 2014.
Alongside his academic roles, Dr. Brian is Co-Founder and Board Director of LiveBeyond, a globally leading longevity advisory firm focused on translating advances in longevity science into clinical practice and real-world applications.

Elizabeth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM, is a trained physiatrist and a health and wellness coach, with expertise in Lifestyle Medicine. She is an award-winning teacher at Harvard Medical School, where she is an assistant clinical professor. Dr. Frates is a pioneer in lifestyle medicine. She developed and taught a college Lifestyle Medicine curriculum at the Harvard Extension School in 2015 and it is still one of the most popular courses offered at the school. She was voted president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine in August 2020. Dr. Frates serves as President-Elect until 2022.

She authored a Lifestyle Medicine syllabus, which can be downloaded through the ACLM website, to serve as a template for other instructors and professors. In addition, Dr. Frates co-authored The Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits, which was ranked in the top 20 by Book Authority for medical books released in 2018. To accompany the syllabus and handbook, she also co-created Lifestyle Medicine 101, a full college curriculum with 12 weeks of powerpoints and a teacher’s manual, which is free and accessible through the ACLM website. Most recently, Dr. Frates co-authored, The Teen Lifestyle Medicine Handbook, published in October 2020.

As Director of Wellness Programming at the Stroke Institute for Research and Recovery at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, Dr. Frates has created and implemented a 12-Step wellness program, PAVING the Path to Wellness™ for patients and providers. As of the fall of 2020, Dr. Frates serves as the Director of Lifestyle Medicine and Wellness for the Department of Surgery at Mass General Hospital. In addition, Dr. Frates has her own Lifestyle Medicine consulting/coaching practice where she sees patients 1:1 and in groups.

Dr. Tim Shi is the Founding President of the Asia Pacific Longevity Medicine Society. He is also the GlobalMD’s Founder and Executive Director. He received his medical degree
from Shanghai Medical University and gained his PhD degree at the University of Bristol School of Medicine, U. K.. Dr. Shi was a research fellow at the Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Medicine and a senior associate at the Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Medicine. Dr. Shi has served as an coordinator for physician training programs with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Systems, Beijing Capital Medical Univ. and China’s 4th Military Medical University. He has conducted health care surveys in 14 African and Asian countries and has served as Executive Coordinator for the USA/China clinical training program at the R. Adams Shock Trauma Center at the Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Medicine. Dr. Shi is passionate about promoting and improving the quality of international healthcare, especially in underserved countries in Asia and Africa. He travels extensively in support of his personal mission and founded GlobalMD to facilitate these goals.

Uma Naidoo, MD is a Harvard-trained Nutritional Psychiatrist, professional chef, nutritional biologist, author & Instructor @MasterClass. Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional, Lifestyle & Metabolic Psychiatry Service in the United States, where she serves as the Director at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy, and is also on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is considered Harvard’s Mood Food Expert, and is also the national bestselling author of This Is Your Brain On Food. Her second book, Calm Your Mind with Food has been published.

Dr. Amit Gupta is a Diabetologist and Metabolic Physician based in Noida, Delhi NCR, India. He holds a DNB and an MSc in Diabetes (UK), and is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE), the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), and the American College of Physicians (FACP).

He serves as the Medical Director of the Centre for Diabetes Care, Greater Noida, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE. Dr. Gupta is the Chair of the IDF School of Diabetes and Executive Director of the Global Metabolic Health Alliance (GMHA). He is also Chair-Elect of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Public Health and Epidemiology Interest Group and Secretary of the ADA Global Advisory Group.

His leadership roles include Executive Council Member of RSSDI, Joint Secretary of Diabetes India, Vice President of the ACP India Chapter, ISMN, and the Asia Pacific Alliance for Integrated Prevention & Control of Diabetes, as well as Honorary Secretary of Diabetes Technology India (D-Tech). Beyond medicine, he serves as a Delhi-NCR State Council Member of the Art of Living Foundation and is a Past North Apex Member.

Dr. Gupta has made significant contributions to diabetes research and education, with over 75 national and international publications. He is the Executive Editor of the Sadikot International Textbook of Diabetes (2nd Edition) and RSSDI Textbook of Diabetes (6th Edition), Associate Editor of the International Journal of Clinical Metabolism and Diabetes and Clinical Diabetology, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Diabetes and Endocrine Clinics, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Endocrine Practice and AACE Endocrine and Diabetes.

Stephan is a business professional who was born and raised in Switzerland and spent most of his professional career working for large multi-nationals in Australia, Europe and the US. He has worked for GE in Switzerland and Australia for 10 years, ran Australia’s largest chain of fitness centers as CEO for 6, served on the board of a large health food manufacturer and has been running his own consulting business since 2011. In his spare time, he mentors MBA graduates from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and supports an orphanage in Myanmar. Most recently he orchestrated the revamping and commercialization of the preeminent intensive therapeutic lifestyle change program (CHIP) globally. Currently he serves as the Executive Director of the American and International Boards of Lifestyle Medicine, helping to bring standardized lifestyle medicine education and certification to all corners of the globe. Stephan is passionate about being a walking talking example of optimal health and motivating others to be the best they can be.

Edward M. Phillips, MD, is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School where his Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) has run 28 live CME programs attended by >25,000 clinicians from 115 countries since 2006.

 

He serves as Whole Health Medical Director at VA Boston Healthcare System and is integrating Whole Health-lifestyle medicine training for trainees across the VA as National Whole Health Education Champion for Health Professions Trainees. Phillips is Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) and serves on the executive council that developed Exercise is Medicine. He has >100 scientific publications. He serves on the Health Sector and Military Settings Sectors of the US National Physical Activity Plan and is a founding director of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

 

His medical school, SUNY Buffalo, honored him with its Distinguished Alumni Award. The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition has recognized him, the ILM and the Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative with its Community Leadership Award. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ESPN radio, Huffington Post, Slate, and Time Magazine. He co-hosted the NPR Daily Exercise Podcast, WBUR’s Magic Pill awarded an Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation and has >4.5 million downloads of the sequel podcast “Food, We Need to Talk.” He is co-author of “Food, We Need to Talk” St. Martin’s Press, 2023.

Dr. Nadir Bilici is a double board-certified neurologist and lifestyle medicine physician who trained at Penn Medicine, UCSF, and NYU Langone, where he served as Chief Resident in the program ranked #1 in neurology and neurosurgery. He pioneered culinary medicine education at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine and serves as an assistant clinical professor of neurology at Mount Sinai Health System. His practice brings the future of preventive neurology to patients today, combining genomic risk stratification, advanced biomarkers, and evidence-based lifestyle interventions.

Vincenzo Sorrentino is an Italian-born scientist in the fields of aging, mitochondrial biology and neuromuscular degeneration. After his PhD with honors obtained at the University of Amsterdam, he carried his postdoctoral research in Prof. Johan Auwerx’s lab at the EPFL in Switzerland. From 2019 till 2022, he took a role as Group Leader at the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences in Switzerland, to lead research focused on integrating basic discoveries on natural bioactives that modulate NAD+, mitochondria and protein homeostasis with their possible translation into clinical applications. Currently, he is Assistant Professor at the NUS with the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam. His work on mitochondria and NAD+ metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease and muscle aging has resulted in his discoveries appearing in Nature (2017), Cell Reports (2021) and recently with the discovery of a novel natural NAD+ modulator and of a link between cellular senescence, NAD+ metabolism and epigenetics in early kidney disease appearing in in Nature Metabolism (2024) and in Cell Reports (2026).

Dr Zainab Wasim is a UK-based Oncology Specialty Doctor and Board-Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician. Her work focuses on integrating lifestyle medicine into cancer care, particularly in breast cancer survivorship. She recently led a 12-week lifestyle medicine coaching pilot for breast cancer survivors at Princess Alexandra Hospital, funded by the East of England Cancer Alliance, demonstrating improvements in wellbeing and lifestyle behaviours. She has been invited to speak at national conferences including the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and LIMCON, and contributes to advancing lifestyle medicine within oncology practice.
Nisha Lakshmanan is a council member of the Malaysian Society Of Lifestyle Medicine. and the Director of Mind Body Medicine at Amrita Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine Centre. Her areas of expertise are muscular skeletal problems such as backache and cervical spondylosis, diabetes, hypertension and cancer. She also works with patients who suffer from anxiety, depression and stress. Nisha works alongside Physicians specialized in the field of Lifestyle Medicine at Amrita to impart a holistic health regimen to clients. Nisha also conducts workshops on Stress Management and Corporate Wellness. Nisha played a role in the development of the “Global Information Portal” on Traditional and Complementary Therapies for the Ministry of Health(Malaysia) by contributing articles and papers on Mindfulness. She recently conducted a series of healthy living workshops on “Fall Prevention and Rehabilitation for the Elderly”. These workshops were jointly organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Malaysian Ministry of Health and University Era Ketiga (University Putra Malaysia). Targeting the elderly these workshops are aimed at equipping senior citizens with basic techniques that they can use to enhance their balance and posture. She contributes articles on healthy living to various magazines and has also co- authored books with Dr Siva Poobalasingam on Mind Body Medicine and Healthy Ageing.

Dr Siobhan McCormack has been an NHS GP for over 30 years and is passionate about Lifestyle Medicine which she sees as the foundational rock underpinning all aspects of healthcare.
She is board certified in Lifestyle Medicine and has been awarded a BSLM fellowship.
She is currently studying a MSc in Nutritional Medicine at the University of Surrey.
Siobhan has been deep diving into the evidence on human microbiomes tract for nearly a decade along with her Microbiome Medic partner, Dr Sheena Fraser.
Together they co-authored The Fundamentals of Microbiome Science, an in-depth, 8-week, online e-learning course for the BSLM Learning Academy.
They also co-host the popular Microbiome Medics Podcast and have chatted to many highly influential, international microbiome experts including Jack Gilbert, Marty Blaser and Tim Spector
Siobhan is regularly invited to speak to clinicians, medical students and patient groups on various aspects of the gut microbiome and Lifestyle Medicine.
She enjoys yoga, walking, running and mindfulness meditation. She is a member of Breathworks, PBHP and the BSLM.
Siobhan also sits on the UK Gut Microbiota for Health Expert Panel, a multi-disciplinary group with expertise and interest in the gut microbiota and its role in health and disease.

Dr. Tashiya Mirando is a British Family Physician and the Lifestyle Medicine Co-Lead at Osler Health International in Singapore. As a certified diplomat of the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine and a member of multiple international societies, her clinical approach is fundamentally built on a preventative, holistic model. She champions women’s hormonal health, integrating evidence-based medicine with precision lifestyle strategies, including nutrition, exercise, and stress management, to optimise long-term healthspan. As a co-author of the seminal paper from The Healthy Longevity Medicine Society working group on Ovarian Ageing and Female Healthspan, “Perimenopausal Hormone Replacement Treatments as a Geroprotective Approach,” published in the Journal of Aging and Disease in December 2025, Dr. Mirando is reframing menopause care through a lifestyle and healthy longevity lens. She serves on the Advisory Board of the NUHS Centre for Healthy Longevity Medicine Clinic in Singapore. An international speaker, she is dedicated to empowering clinicians to use hormonal health as a powerful tool for enhancing resilience and preventing chronic disease.

Associate Professor Dr Fadzilah Hanum Mohd Mydin is an esteemed academic researcher and primary care consultant at Universiti Malaya. She possesses a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Master of Family Medicine (MMed (Family Medicine)) from Universiti Malaya and a Diplomate of the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM). As an Associate Professor, she has made significant contributions to the field of unchartered and under-recognised problems among older people, including issues such as elder abuse, mental health among older people and advanced care plans. She is also a member and Malaysia representative in World Family Doctor Organization (WONCA) Special Interest Group (Violence). She works with the World Health Organization (WHO) and WONCA on elder abuse and healthy ageing. 

She also has a special interest in health behaviours and e-health. She has researched and incorporated health behaviour change strategies in e-health applications targeting lifestyle changes to maintain health and prevent chronic disease. She has won various awards at the national and international levels for e-health and lifestyle innovation. 

As a primary care physician with an interest in lifestyle medicine, Dr Fadzilah Hanum utilises a whole-person approach to restore health and optimise well-being. She is a member of the Malaysia Lifestyle Medicine Association. She practices evidence-based lifestyle therapies for disease prevention and treatment aimed at disease control. She consistently advocates for and empowers prevention and self-care among her patients. She is dedicated to assisting her patients to change their lifestyles to stay healthy and connected rather than just getting them on the next pill. She is passionate about empowering people and the community to gain control of their health through lifestyle changes to experience improved quality of life. 

In addition to her academic and clinical pursuits, Dr Fadzilah Hanum has been actively involved in community engagement and advocacy work. She has collaborated with non-governmental organisations, government agencies, and international bodies to promote lifestyle intervention for healthy ageing and elder abuse prevention programs. 

Dr Faridah binti Mohd Zin is a Family Medicine Specialist and an IBLM certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician. She obtained her medical degree from National University of Ireland in Galway, Ireland. Subsequently received her master’s degree in Family Medicine from Universiti Sains Malaysia and later in 2019, she was honored with Doctor of Philosophy in Social Studies by Universiti Utara Malaysia. She is a certified smoking cessation practitioner and participated in the 2018 Fellowship Program in Tobacco Control in Hong Kong, SAR, China. She has an overwhelming interest in prevention and treatment of lifestyle related diseases, as well as community health education. She has delivered countless lectures for the community and professionals in the past 10 years especially on lifestyles, disease prevention and noncommunicable diseases. She believes in the importance of self-empowerment as an essential element in patient care. She is currently pursuing her passion and expanding her expertise as the Deputy Dean, Graduate School Of Medicine at KPJ Healthcare University.