American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference to focus on life-style medication implementation, scientific worth and profitable conduct change

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has introduced a full lineup of 145 keynote and concurrent classes for its accredited, hybrid 2026 Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference, set for November 8 to 11. The occasion shows will showcase implementation of life-style medication at scale, its scientific worth throughout the lifespan, situations and medical specialties, and the keys to profitable conduct change in our nation’s epidemic of power illness.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has introduced a full lineup of 145 keynote and concurrent sessions for its 2026 Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference set for November 8 to 11, in particular person on the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla., with digital registration additionally accessible. The hybrid accredited occasion will showcase the implementation and scaling of life-style medication into real-world observe, the scientific utility of life-style medication throughout the lifespan, situations, and medical specialties, and the sorts of neighborhood and connection it takes to make profitable conduct change for well being restoration.

Eligible individuals could earn as much as 49.25 persevering with training credit via qualifying stay and recorded classes. Available credit score quantities and necessities fluctuate by career and participation. Learn extra about accreditation and accessible credit score sorts here. Registrants may even obtain one yr of entry to plenary and concurrent session recordings.

Scaling life-style medication

A significant theme of the convention is implementation: how life-style medication strikes from idea to infrastructure, cost, high quality, digital transformation, AI, rural service traces, value-based care, and scientific fashions.

“This is the conference for learning how to turn lifestyle medicine from an idea into an operational model,” stated Conference Co-Chair Meagan Grega, MD, FACLM, DipABLM.

Clinical breadth

The convention agenda can be broad clinically: pediatrics, preconception, most cancers, weight problems, power ache, surgical restoration, sleep, sarcopenia, girls’s longevity, kidney illness, diabetes remission, MASLD, and mind well being are simply among the particular session subjects.

“Lifestyle medicine belongs everywhere care happens—across conditions, specialties, and stages of life,” stated Conference Co-Chair Cheryl True, MD, DipABLM, FACLM.

Community and connection

Another sturdy theme is that well being change doesn’t occur via data alone; it requires neighborhood, social connection, conduct science, equitable entry, and assist constructions.

“The conference brings together the people, ideas, and strategies that are shaping the future of whole-person health and accelerating the translation of evidence into action,” stated ACLM CEO John Findley, MD, CPE. “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.”

Concurrent classes

Concurrent classes will probably be provided in 4 tracks:

• Application of Lifestyle Medicine – This observe showcases the applying of evidence-based life-style medication in quite a lot of settings.
• Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Track – This observe highlights the significance of the numerous roles and clinicians that convey life-style medication to the forefront of healthcare.
• Healthcare Transformation via Lifestyle Medicine Track – This observe focuses on the transformative use and operationalization of life-style medication throughout sectors.
• Current Issues in Healthcare Track – The classes on this observe emphasize the essential function of life-style medication interventions within the present healthcare surroundings.

Keynote shows

Keynote presenters will embrace:

• A panel moderated by ACLM President Padmaja Patel, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, CPE, FACP, Lifestyle Medicine Intensivist, 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, world 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, government 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
• John Ratey, MD, affiliate scientific professor at Harvard Medical School

In addition to its all-star lineup of keynote and concurrent session presenters, the convention will embrace the most important variety of sponsors and exhibitors up to now, demonstrating the acceleration of the sector.

75-plus sponsors, award shows, and networking alternatives with medical professionals and business leaders. Research Row will once more be featured onsite, highlighting a document 274 revealed analysis abstracts.

An spectacular collection of 15 in-depth, pre-conference workshops is obtainable to in-person attendees. Four digital post-conference workshops will probably be accessible to each in-person and on-line attendees. All workshops can be found as add-ons to the registration course of, at an extra value.

LM2026 is the premier gathering for the life-style medication motion, bringing collectively 1000’s of clinicians, healthcare leaders, educators, researchers, and rising professionals united round a typical purpose: addressing the foundation causes of power illness. Attendees characterize the interprofessional groups and organizations which are accelerating the adoption of evidence-based life-style medication throughout healthcare, training and communities.

Virtual possibility

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

Registration

For extra details about the convention or to register, go to Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2026 – American College of Lifestyle Medicine. International attendees ought to use this link to entry convention data and registration choices.

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 exam will probably be provided on a day of the participant’s selection between November twenty first and December sixth, at a Prometric Testing Center of selection. Registration for the examination will shut September 30 at 6 p.m. PST. Attendance at LM2026, both in particular person or on-line, satisfies the stay CME prerequisite to sit down for the ABLM certification examination.

Accreditation assertion

In assist of enhancing affected person care, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine is collectively 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 supply persevering with training for the healthcare crew. 

About ACLM®
The  American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) is the nation’s medical skilled society constructing the infrastructure to scale life-style medication as the brand new normal of care. ACLM interprets evidence-based life-style interventions into training, certification, and implementation, equipping physicians, healthcare professionals, and programs of care to deal with the foundation causes of power illness. Since 2004, ACLM has skilled greater than 100,000 well being professionals and made greater than 1.75 million hours of accredited persevering with training accessible via programs and conferences for physicians and well being professionals. With tons of of institutional companions worldwide, ACLM helps healthcare transfer from a system designed to handle illness to at least one able to restoring well being.

SOURCE American College of Lifestyle Medicine