Learning objectives

·       Demonstrate prevention & reversal of chronic disease with dietary intervention and lifestyle modification.

·       Develop strategies to educate patients regarding diet and lifestyle change and assist with lifestyle modification. 

·       Utilize principles of plant-based nutrition to manage chronic disease. 

The principal faculty and their credentials

Neal Barnard, MD
Brenda Davis, RD
Andrew Freeman, MD
Cara Fuhrman, MD
Joel Fuhrman, MD
Michael Greger, MD
David Katz, MD, MPH
Michelle Loy, MD, MPH
Dahlia Marin, RDN
James Marin, RD, EN
Rosane Oliveira, DVM, PhD
Dean Ornish, MD
Helen Powell Stoddart, MD
Heidi Prather, DO
Regina Bianca Ragasa, MD
Ocean Robbins, —
Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH
Scott Stoll, MD
Vanita Rahman, MD
Kim Williams, MD

Disclosure information (see below):

Andrew Freeman, MD

Role: Faculty

Disclosure: Dr. Freeman declares that he is a consultant to Medtronic and Boehringer Ingelheim and an advisor to Novartis, J&J, Medtronic, Agepha, United Therapeutics, Cleerly.

David Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM

Role: Faculty

Disclosure: Dr. Katz declares that he is an advisor to Adaptive Health and has a stake in Diet ID.

Michelle Loy, MD, FAAP

Role: Faculty

Disclosure: Dr. Loy declares that she is a Growth and Development Scientific Advisory Board Member for Zarbee’s.

Dahlia Marin, RDN, LD, CGN

Role: Faculty

Disclosure: Ms. Marin declares that she is an independent contractor for Fullscript and an affiliate for Complement.

James Marin, RD, EN

Role: Faculty

Disclosure: Mr. Marin declares that he is an independent contractor for Fullscript and an affiliate for Complement.

Dean Ornish, MD

Role: Faculty

Disclosure: Dr. Ornish declares that he receives royalties for books and is a consultant for Sharecare.

Vanita Rahman, MD

Role: Faculty

Disclosure: Dr. Rahman declares that she Receives royalties from sales of her book(s).

Scott Stoll, MD

Role: Faculty, Planner

Disclosure: Dr. Stoll declares that he is a co-founder of the PBNHC and has no commercial interests pertinent to this event.

All other individuals in control of content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Instructions on how to complete the activity.

○ View presented content

○ Complete testing component (A score of 80% or higher is required to earn credit).

Estimated time to complete the educational activity;

○ 19 hours

Dates of the original release and the termination date of the activity:

○ Begin Date – 10/5/2025

○ End Date – 8/31/2026

Accreditation Statement & Credit Designation Statements

Joint Providership Statement:

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by RUSH University Medical Center and The Plantrician Project. RUSH University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statements

For Medicine:
RUSH University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 19.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

For Nursing:
RUSH University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 19.00 nursing contact hour(s).

For Pharmacy:
RUSH University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based activity for a maximum of 19.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.

For Psychologists:
RUSH University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 19.00 CE credits in psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

For Dieticians:
This enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Completion of this activity awards 19.00 CPEUs.

For Social Work:
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, RUSH University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 19.00 general continuing education credits.

For physical therapy or occupational therapy:
RUSH University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation.

RUSH University Medical Center designates this enduring material for 19.00 continuing education credits.

Disclosure Information

Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices: In accordance with requirements of the FDA, the audience is advised that information presented in this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please refer to the FDA approved package insert for each drug/device for full prescribing/utilization information.

It is the policy of the Interprofessional Continuing Education office at RUSH to ensure that its CE activities are independent, free of commercial bias. Therefore, we manage all financial relationships associated with accredited continuing education activities. RUSH asks everyone who has the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose information about all of their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months.

An ineligible company is an entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum threshold; individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of relationships to education. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any potential conflicts of interest prior to the planning, implementation, or evaluation of the continuing education activity. If a financial relationship is identified for the person in control of content, conflict mitigation strategies will be used to mitigate the financial relationship before they assume their role.