Opening Keynote Speaker

Described as an inspiration by Jamie Oliver, internationally renowned Consultant Cardiologist and best selling author of The Pioppi Diet, Dr Aseem Malhotra has become one of the most influential and well-known health campaigners, and a pioneer of the lifestyle medicine movement in the UK.

He writes regularly in academic medical journals and print newspapers such as the Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Mail and is regularly seen on broadcast media in his campaign against sugar and highlighting the harms of too much medicine.

Dr Malhotra has been named alongside anti-obesity activists such as Michael Bloomberg and Michelle Obama has been featured in the New York Times on his documentary film "The Big Fat Fix" which premiered in the British parliament.

He is a spokesperson for the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Obesity and Choosing Wisely Steering Groups and in 2015 became the youngest member to be appointed to the board of trustees of health think tank, The King's Fund.  In 2016 he was named by Debretts as one of the most influential people in science in medicine in the UK in a list which included Professor Stephen Hawking. 

Dr David Unwin FRCGP is senior partner of the Norwood Surgery in Southport near Liverpool, UK where he has worked since 1986 as a family doctor.

For the past few years, he has been a Royal College of General Practitioners expert clinical advisor on diabetes.  As a result of his interests in both better communication with patients and Type 2 diabetes, he was made Royal College of General Practice National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes in 2015.

In 2016 he was the proud National winner of the NHS Innovator Of The Year Award for published research into lifestyle changes; working with patients’ personal health goals as an alternative to drug therapy in type 2 diabetes –so that his GP practice spends £38,000 per year less than expected on drugs for diabetes.

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He is particularly interested in the low carb-diet as an alternative to lifelong medication in type 2 diabetes and obesity.  As part of this, he has also published research into improving lipid profiles, liver function, and blood pressure by reducing dietary carbohydrate, especially sugar. His work has been covered by C4 & C5 television, The New Scientist, The Times, The BMJ and most recently by BBC 1 (The Truth About Carbs)

Dr Singh is a community and adult psychiatrist working in South London and Maudsley NHS trust where she is based in a team that works closely with GPs to plan care for patients presenting with mental illnesses. Having had the advantage of several strategic leadership opportunities in her residency, she believes that a holistic approach in medicine presents a great opportunity to address the burden of mental health morbidity in the NHS.

She is a strong advocate of intensive lifestyle interventions as a key tool in addressing chronic mental health conditions and the judicious and informed use of psychotropic medication. She also has a deep interest in understanding how systems of care influence the quality of patient care.

Dr Angela Goyal is a Portfolio GP and Founder of Inspired Medics.

Her interests which combine her passions and values.  They are Dermatology, Lifestyle Medicine, Medical Education and Media.

Her interest in Lifestyle Medicine started in childhood! Her parents did not have a medicine cupboard, instead, they used traditional Indian practices such as yoga, meditation, nutrition and community activities to maintain wellbeing.

She encourages Lifestyle interventions in her patients and is also active in promoting the Lifestyle Medicine message more widely, through Inspired Medics. She is a Regional Director Yorkshire of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine. She is one of 5 co-founders, and Chair of The Yorkshire Wellness Group.

She writes for the popular press, blogs, has appeared on MADE TV and Channel 5 and has also written articles for peer-reviewed publications.

Dr Goyal is active in Medical Education and speaks regularly both at local and national medical conferences on Dermatology, Lifestyle Medicine and Portfolio GP Careers. Inspired Medics is about connecting GPs and providing motivational and transformational CPD.

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The National Portfolio GP Careers Conference 2018 was a huge success with fantastic testimonials and the Lifestyle Medicine conference will be even better!

Sarah is an NHS GP and a Functional Medicine Specialist with a thriving private practice in Stockport (South East Manchester). She is passionate about root-cause medicine and uses an Integrative approach to treat chronic and complex disease.

Although a generalist she has a particular interest in Autoimmunity and Fatiguing illness. Sarah uses her holistic approach whether working in primary care or her own clinic and is an advocate of nutrition and lifestyle interventions as first-line therapies for many common presentations.

After spending a decade in the health and fitness industry, Sam Feltham is now the director of the Public Health Collaboration.