International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, Save the Date: Aug. 13–15, 2026

Join health care professionals in Washington, D.C., for the 14th annual International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine. Improve your patient care with the latest nutrition research and practical tips, provided by the top global nutrition experts.

Registration Includes:

• Continuing education credits for physicians, nurses, dietitians, health coaches, and pharmacists
• Presentations from speakers on the latest nutrition research
• Networking sessions
• Delicious plant-based meals throughout the conference
• Discounted hotel room rates at the Grand Hyatt Washington

WHEN

Thursday, Aug. 13 – Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026

WHERE

Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
USA

CONTACT US

Physicians Committee Conference Team
icnm [at] pcrm.org

Thursday

8:40: Welcoming remarks 
Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, Kamran Abbasi, MB ChB, FRCP, Willie Underwood, MD

9:00: Excitement About Diet and the Microbiome: Is the Commercial Market Getting Ahead of the Science? 
Christopher Gardner, PhD

9:45: Yogurt, Probiotics, and the Gut Microbiome 
Alan Desmond, MB, BCh, BMedSc, FRCP

10:30: Microbiome Discussion 
Alan Desmond, MB, BCh, BMedSc, FRCP, Christopher Gardner, PhD

11:00: Break

11:15: Integrating Nutrition into Clinical Practice 
Gemma Newman, MBBCh, DRCOG, DFSRH, MRCGP

12:00: Lunch and Food for Life 25th Anniversary Tasting

1:15: Statins: When Benefits Outweigh the Risks 
Rob Ostfeld, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA

1:45: Cholesterol Lowering Without Statins 
David Jenkins, MD, PhD, DSc

2:15: Key Article Controversies 
Gemma Newman, MBBCh, DRCOG, DFSRH, MRCGP, Tatiana Znayenko-Miller, PhD, Noah Praamsma, MS, RDN, Em Perryman, MS, RDN, Anna Herby, DHSc, RD, CDE

3:15: Break  

3:30: The Updated 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: A Mixture of Sound Advice, Inconsistencies, Politics, and Industry Influence 
Christopher Gardner, PhD

4:30: Erectile Dysfunction 
Rob Ostfeld, MD, MSc, FACC, FAHA

5:00: White House Photo Op   

Friday

8:45: The Plant-Based Reset: How Food Can Prevent and Treat Diabetes 
Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD

9:30: Rapid Improvement in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Following a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet: Interim Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial 
Jeremy Beckworth, MD, Sven Jonsson, MD 

10:00: Anthocyanins and Health – What Is the Evidence? 
Aedín Cassidy, PhD

10:45: Break

11:00: Cocoa, Multivitamins, and Cognition 
Howard Sesso, ScD, MPH, FAHA

11:30: Berries and Cocoa: Culinary Applications 
Chef Dustin Harder

12:00: Lunch 

1:30: Meat, Molecules, and Mortality: The Toxicology of Animal Foods 
Kim Williams, MD

2:15: Alpha-Gal Syndrome 
Thomas Platts-Mills, MD

3:00: Break   

3:15: Hormone Replacement Therapy 
Vanita Rahman, MD

4:00: Product Showcase 
Stephanie McBurnett, RDN, Shannon Menhardt, MS, RDN, Asha Subramanian, MD, Joel Erickson

4:30: TBD

7:00: The Benjamin Spock Award for Compassionate Medicine: 
Christopher Gardner, PhD

Film Screening of Reversing Diabetes

Saturday

9:00: Understanding Processed Foods 
Kevin Hall, PhD

10:00: Physicians Committee Legislative Agenda and Nutrition Education in Medical School 
TBD

11:00: Break

11:15: Nutrition and Renal Function 
Sean Hashmi, MD

12:00: Lunch

Optional Session: Dietitians and Nurse Networking Luncheons

1:15: Tough Cases Panel 
TBD

2:15: GLP-1s 
Vanita Rahman, MD

3:00: Break

3:15: Changing Research Capabilities 
Janine McCarthy, MPH, Neal Barnard, MD, FACC

3:45: Plant-Based Eating for Human and Planetary Health 
Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD

4:15: How Not to Hurt: Diet and Lifestyle Approaches to Pain Management 
Michael Greger, MD