Lifestyle Tools for Immunometabolic Health: Reprogramming Cellular Pathways for Longevity and Healthspan
Course Description:
Chronic disease is increasingly understood as a result of disrupted immunometabolic function—where inflammation, metabolic imbalance, and cellular dysfunction converge. Immunometabolism, an emerging field at the nexus of systems biology and lifestyle medicine, offers powerful insights into how nutrition and other targeted interventions can restore balance, enhance resilience, and extend healthspan.
This thought-provoking course brings together leading voices in personalized medicine for a comprehensive, multi-layered exploration of immunometabolic health. Jeffrey Bland, PhD, founder of the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute, opens the program with a foundational keynote on the science and promise of immunometabolic reprogramming. Austin Perlmutter, MD builds on this by addressing the clinical translation of immunometabolic research, particularly in the context of neuroinflammation and decision-making. In a joint session, Chris Magryta, MD and Erik Lundquist, MD present case-based strategies that link immunometabolic insights to real-world outcomes in integrative practice.
The program concludes with a 30-minute panel discussion that brings all speakers together for a dynamic conversation on clinical application, innovation, and the future of lifestyle medicine.
Whether you’re a clinician, educator, or researcher, this course delivers timely, evidence-based tools to elevate patient care and advance the field of personalized medicine.
Speakers:
5:00-5:30 pm: Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D Intro
5:30-6:00pm: Austin Perlmutter, MD 30 minutes
6:00-6:30pm: Chris Magryta, MD & Erik Lundquist, MD (joined presentation)
6:30-7:00pm: Panel Recording
Speakers
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Jeff Bland, PhDFunctional Medicine Founder and PioneerDr. Jeffrey Bland is a personable and highly respected thought leader who has spent more than four decades focused on the improvement of human health.
He is known worldwide as the founder of the Functional Medicine movement, which represents his vision for a care model that is grounded in systems biology and informed by research that he has a unique ability to synthesize. His pioneering work has created the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute (PLMI), as well as the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), the global leader in Functional Medicine education. Since 1991, hundreds of thousands of healthcare practitioners have participated in PLMI and IFM programs, and this collective knowledge has positively impacted the lives of patients all over the world. -
Chris Magryta, MDPediatrician who specializes in atopic diseases, immunology, and nutritionChris Magryta, MD, “Dr. M”, is a pediatrician with over 25 years of experience, practicing and managing Salisbury Pediatric Associates (18 provider independent group) in North Carolina since 1999. He is a graduate of Emory University School of Medicine, The University of Virginia Pediatric Residency and The Arizona Center for Integrative medicine with Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona. He is as self styled onion peeler looking for the roots of pediatric allergoimmunometabolic disease. He specializes in atopic diseases, immunology, nutrition with a special interest in maternal child health. As Chairman of Children First of North Carolina, a clinically integrated network caring for 52000 children, Dr. M, is tasked with bringing a new delivery model to the medicaid ecosystem. Using a data heavy predictive model CFNC is testing new boundaries in healthcare for a child’s benefit. He is also the host of the Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast, where he bridges cutting-edge science with practical health strategies, emphasizing maternal and child wellness through an upstream, root-cause lens. Finally, he is currently working on a book about the root causes of childhood disease from the maternal lens.
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Austin Perlmutter, MDAuthor and Board-Certified Internal Medicine PhysicianDr Austin Perlmutter is a board-certified internal medicine physician, New York Times bestselling author, published researcher and international educator. His mission is to help people improve their health by targeting the biological basis of “stuckness” in our brains and bodies. His writing, presentations, podcasts, and online educational programs explore how environmental factors influence our cognitive and mental state and have reached millions. Dr. Perlmutter currently serves as the managing director at Big Bold Health, a food-as-medicine company focused on helping people rejuvenate health through better immune function, where he is running a first-of-its kind study exploring the effects of plant nutrients on human aging through epigenetics.
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Erik Lundquist, MDFounder and Medical Director of the Temecula Center for Integrative MedicineErik Lundquist, MD is the founder and medical director of the Temecula Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Lundquist is the Medical Director of the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Center and a paid consultant for Metagenics, Inc. He is a member of the American Holistic Medical Association as well as the Institute for Functional Medicine. He specializes in thyroid disorders, chronic and adrenal fatigue, women’s health, digestive disorders, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
Dr. Lundquist attended Occidental College in LA, where he graduated with a BA in Kinesiology and Biology. He received his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine and completed his Family Medicine residency at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Lundquist spent eight years in active military duty in Iraq as a battalion surgeon with the Marine Corps, as well as at the Naval Hospital in Naples, Italy. Dr. Lundquist is board-certified with the American Board of Family Medicine, as well as with the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine.
