Michelle Hauser, MD, MS, MPA, FACP, FACLM, DipABLM, Chef

AUTHOR
Clinical Associate Professor @Stanford University School of Medicine, Departments of Surgery and Medicine

Michelle Hauser, MD, MS, MPA, FACP, FACLM, DipABLM, Chef, is clinical associate professor of medicine and surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she is also obesity medicine director of the Stanford Lifestyle
and Weight Management Center. She created the Medgroup (Lifestyle Medicine & Obesity Medicine) Program, which she successfully implemented as a series of group medical appointments and one-on-one patient visits to
help adults with obesity lose weight and prevent and treat obesity-related comorbidities. Dr. Hauser also led the creation and implementation of a lifestyle-only program at Stanford, which is conducted as a series of 12 weekly, 45-minute group visits covering healthy lifestyle changes for adults with overweight and obesity.

Dr. Hauser is course director for Stanford University School of Medicine’s Culinary Medicine (Teaching Kitchen) Elective—a quarter-long, hands-on, culinary medicine/lifestyle medicine course currently in its eighth year. The popular Culinary Medicine Curriculum (CMC) she originally published with the ACLM in 2019 is based on this course. The CMC has been downloaded more than 10,000 times and used in more than 100 countries for health professional education and patient care. This second edition of the CMC, along with more than 120 free, educational videos highlighting whole food, plant-predominant recipes and cooking techniques, will further reduce barriers to implementing dietary changes that are as delicious as they are healthful. She also teaches in CME/CE culinary medicine/lifestyle medicine sessions for MDs/DOs, NPs, PAs, RNs, and RDNs that expand on the CMC. Dr. Hauser is actively engaged in other aspects of medical education at the student, resident, fellow, and attending levels. She is a member of the Stanford Lifestyle Medicine Program team and participates in multidisciplinary lifestyle medicine collaborations at Stanford.

Dr. Hauser is a prevention researcher. She combines her skills to help patients move away from lifestyles that lead to chronic disease and toward those that promote health and well-being. She has served as study physician for four randomized controlled trials (RCTs). She is currently coinvestigator on a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute RCT investigating the effects of co-treatment of food insecurity and obesity among Spanish speaking Latina women on weight loss and cardiovascular disease outcomes. The study intervention utilizes lifestyle medicine group visits conducted in Spanish. Historically, much of her clinical practice, quality improvement projects, and research have focused on increasing access to care and lifestyle interventions for the medically underserved. Her academic publications include high-impact, original research in major medical (JAMA) and nutrition (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition) journals. Overall, she has authored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications, 30 peer-reviewed oral and poster presentations, and two textbook chapters. Dr. Hauser is president-elect of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and a diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. She is a fellow of both ACLM and the American College of Physicians. She completed her medical degree, residency, the Zuckerman Fellows Program in Leadership & Public Service, and a Master of Public Policy and Administration degree at Harvard. She also completed a Master of Science in Epidemiology and Clinical Research degree and the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Stanford.
Website: https://www.ChefInMedicine.com
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CONTRIBUTORS

Julia Nordgren, MD, Chef; Christopher Gardner, PhD, FAHA; Maya Adam, MD; Jeanne Rosner, MD; Tracy Rydel, MD; Alaina Bever, PhD; Emma Steinberg, MD, FAAP, Chef; Sarah Vick, MD, MBA, MPH, MDiv, DipABLM; Melissa Campedelli

PUBLICATIONS
Hauser ME. A Novel Culinary Medicine Course for Undergraduate Medical Education. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2019;13(3):262-264.

Hauser ME, Nordgren JR, Adam M, et al. The First, Comprehensive, Open-Source Culinary Medicine Curriculum for Health Professional Training Programs: A Global Reach. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2020;14(4):369-373.

Hauser ME, Nordgren J, Adam M, Gardner CD, Rydel T, Bever A, Steinberg E. A Comprehensive, Open-source, Culinary Medicine Curriculum for Health Professional Training Programs. (Poster Presentation) Teaching Kitchen Research Conference Abstract P2.01. JACM. Published Online Nov 9, 2020. doi: 10.1089/acm.2020.29085.abstracts.

Staffier KL, Holmes S, Karlsen MC, Shetty P, Hauser ME. Evaluation of the reach and utilization of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Culinary Medicine Curriculum. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2024;11. doi:10.3389/fnut.2024.1338620.