ACLM Announces 2026 Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference Centered on Health Restoration and Care Transformation

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has introduced the opening of registration and a partial listing of keynotes for its accredited, hybrid 2026 Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference, set for November 8 to 11. The occasion, which this yr will characteristic a document variety of concurrent classes, will showcase the most recent analysis, schooling, and scientific observe integration of life-style drugs, together with meals as drugs, as the usual of look after a reworked and sustainable system of healthcare supply to handle the nation’s epidemic of persistent illness.

ST. LOUIS, May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has introduced the opening of registration and a partial listing of keynote presenters for its 2026 Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference set for November 8 to 11, in individual on the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla., with digital registration additionally out there. The hybrid occasion will showcase how life-style drugs has modified the paradigm of medical schooling and scientific observe, with a concentrate on persistent illness root-cause interventions that ship well being restoration and drugs de-escalation, versus the illness administration established order.

“I’m thrilled to welcome our global community to the 2026 American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Meeting – an event designed to energize, connect, and equip every attendee to advance health restoration and leverage lifestyle medicine principles as the foundation of effective healthcare,” mentioned Conference Co-Chair Meagan Grega, MD, FACLM, DipABLM.  “Whether joining us in person or online, participants can expect a dynamic, high-impact experience filled with practical education, meaningful networking, and inspiring keynote sessions from visionary leaders in the field that translate directly into better patient care and healthier communities.”

Attendee enthusiasm for the occasion is frequently mirrored yr after yr by means of in-person attendance sellouts, post-conference surveys and testimonials corresponding to these:

• “I thought I’d learned everything in medical school and residency, but I came to this conference and learned so many more things,” mentioned John McHugh, MD, FACOG, DipABLM, FACLM.
• “Seeing that many people engaging, listening, learning and figuring out how to work together across disciplines to advance the mission of making our patients healthier was the most exciting thing for me,” mentioned Steven J. Fleischman, MD, MBA.
• “The conference was a wonderful experience for me to connect with like-minded medical students and residents, as well as professionals in lifestyle medicine,” mentioned Paige Stearn Juriga, OMS-III. “It was a way for me to see how I can truly incorporate lifestyle medicine into my future practice…so inspirational! The conference excited me about the future of healthcare.” 

Keynote Presenters

A partial listing of keynote presenters contains:

• A panel moderated by ACLM President Padmaja Patel, with CMS Chief of Staff and Deputy Administrator Stephanie Carlton; CMS Chief Medical Officer for Original Medicare Jake Quinton, MD, MS, MPH; and Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT, Policy on the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Mark Atalla, PharmD, MBA
• Todd LaPorte, president and CEO of HonorHealth
• Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, president and CEO of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
• Dawn Mussallem, DO, DipABLM, international chief medical officer at Fountain Life
• Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, director of Research and Innovation on the Mindfulness Center at Brown University
• Valter Longo, PhD, director of the Longevity Institute on the University of Southern California–Leonard Davis School of Gerontology 
• Shad Marvasti, MD, MPH, DipABFM, DipABLM, govt director of Whole Health and the Integrative Health and Lifestyle Medicine Institute at HonorHealth
• Michael Greger, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, writer and founding father of NutritionFacts.org
• A pediatrics panel comprising Reshma Shah, MD, MPH; Jaclyn Albin, MD, CCMS, DipABLM; and Qadira Ali, MD, MPH, DipABLM, FACLM

In addition to its all-star lineup of keynote presenters, the convention will embody a document variety of concurrent classes on a wide selection of related matters, a rigorously vetted, expected-to-sell-out exhibitor pavilion, award displays, and networking alternatives with medical professionals and trade leaders. Research Row will once more be featured onsite, highlighting some 200 printed analysis abstracts.

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent classes for the in-person occasion shall be supplied in 4 tracks:

• Application of Lifestyle Medicine – This observe showcases the applying of evidence-based life-style drugs in a wide range of settings.
• Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Track – This observe highlights the significance of the various roles and clinicians that carry life-style drugs to the forefront of healthcare.
• Healthcare Transformation by means of Lifestyle Medicine Track – This observe focuses on the transformative use and operationalization of life-style drugs throughout sectors.
• Current Issues in Healthcare Track – The classes on this observe emphasize the crucial position of life-style drugs interventions within the present healthcare surroundings.

“LM2026 is a dynamic, interdisciplinary conference experience that attendees can personalize to fit their unique interests,” mentioned Conference Co-Chair Cheryl True, MD, DipABLM, FACLM. “A blend of keynotes, four tracks of concurrent sessions, along with research poster presentations, provides a robust immersion into lifestyle medicine, encompassing evidence-based, practical, clinical, and innovative topics delivered by experts in the field. Attendees are energized by relevant, ready-to-implement ideas, techniques and tools that can revitalize health and care for patients and practitioners. Lifestyle medicine is real medicine, real people, and real results.”

An spectacular choice of 15 in-depth, pre-conference workshops can be found to in-person attendees. Four digital post-conference workshops shall be out there to each in-person and on-line attendees. All workshops can be found as add-ons to the registration course of, at further value.

LM2026 registrants will embody main care and specialist MDs and DOs, doctor associates, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, registered dietitians, train physiologists, bodily therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and different behavioral well being professionals, well being coaches, and different members of the interdisciplinary scientific observe crew, in addition to medical educators, healthcare executives, college students, medical residents, and others searching for to be taught extra in regards to the rising subject of life-style drugs and/or set up or increase life-style drugs scientific practices.

Virtual Option

LM2026 Online features a livestream of keynote displays and on-demand entry to the concurrent classes, in addition to interactive networking alternatives, free bonus content material and 4 digital post-conference workshops (at an extra price). The on-line convention grasp of ceremonies for the third yr shall be Jonathan Bonnet, MD, MPH, FACLM, DipABLM.

Information concerning persevering with schooling credit score—together with eligible classes, professions, and claiming particulars—shall be shared following completion of the accreditation overview course of. For reference, accreditation info from final yr’s convention is on the market here. Registrants will even obtain one yr of entry to plenary and concurrent session recordings.

For extra details about the convention or to register, go to Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2026 – American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

In-person registration will shut on Tuesday, November 3 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The convention is capped at 2,300 in-person registrants and has been a sellout yearly. Register now to make sure the chance to attend in-person.  Virtual registration will stay open all through the convention, with limitless digital registration capability. In-person workshop registration will shut when the workshops attain capability, though most workshops promote out far prematurely of the deadline.

The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM) certification examination shall be supplied on a day of the participant’s alternative between November twenty first and December sixth, at a Prometric Testing Center of alternative. Registration for the examination will shut September 30 at 6 p.m. PST. Attendance at LM2026, both in individual or on-line, satisfies the stay CME prerequisite to take a seat for the ABLM certification examination.

About ACLM^®
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) is the medical skilled society defining and advancing life-style drugs as the brand new customary of care. ACLM leads this fastest-growing medical specialty, translating evidence-based life-style interventions into schooling, certification, and real-world scientific observe to deal with the basis causes of persistent illness at scale. With greater than 100,000 educated professionals and tons of of well being programs and establishments integrating life-style drugs worldwide, ACLM has delivered greater than 1.2 million hours of life-style drugs schooling to physicians and different well being professionals since 2004—equipping clinicians to enhance outcomes, restore well being, and cut back the burden of persistent illness by means of remedy, remission, and prevention. Through schooling, board certification, and system-level integration, ACLM ensures that proof turns into observe, reshaping healthcare round a root-cause focus and outcomes that final.

SOURCE American College of Lifestyle Medicine