CME/CEU Conference

Reliable, scientific, evidence-based natural remedy therapies for acute/chronic lifestyle induced diseases
August
19
-
August 22, 2026

The only hope of better things is in the education of the people in right principles. Let physicians teach the people that restorative power is not in drugs, but in nature.

E. G. White

Conference

The Lifestyle Interventions with Natural Remedies for Health Professionals Conference offers continuing education for licensed healthcare professionals (MD, DO, NP, PA, RN, only). Attend on campus or remotely. Our purpose is to educate healthcare professionals and others about the lifestyle and natural remedy interventions that are available to prevent and treat disease. Continuing education live presentations will be offered until Friday afternoon; and recordings of the presentations will be available for a month. Over Friday evening and Saturday, we will have worship services and special presentations related to medical missionary work and gospel ministry.

On Campus

Join us on campus for the entire immersive experience of lifestyle intervention education! Experience the food, the lifestyle center facilities, the benefits of a more natural lifestyle, and best of all, the people. Enjoy face-to-face interactions with the presenters, and receive an explanatory tour of our Lifestyle Center to learn how we help hundreds of people every year. And while you are here from Friday evening to Saturday evening, remember to invite your family, friends and associates to join us during the free YouTube live streams from Friday evening to Saturday evening. Check the schedule below for times (Eastern Time Zone).

Online

If you are unable to join us on campus, then please join us over the Internet! The credited meetings from Wednesday evening to Friday afternoon will be held via Zoom. The non-credited meetings from Friday evening to Saturday evening will be live streamed via YouTube for all to view and participate via chat. So, when Friday evening arrives, remember to invite your family, friends, and associates to join us during the free YouTube live streams from Friday evening to Saturday evening. Check the schedule below for times (Eastern Time Zone).

Testimonies

"I am so thankful I discovered this CME seminar by Uchee Pines and was able to attend it.  The seminars are packed with vital information that is researched and current and the presenters are clear and organized in their presentations.  I have watched the videos a number of times and I am still learning and hearing new things." (MN, Canada, 2026)

"These classes were more than I expected!" (An NP, Arizona, 2026)

"It was a good conference rivaling all others I have attended and conducted very professionally." (An MD, Illinois, 2025)

"It was the best!" (An MD since 1979, Alabama, 2025)

"Beautiful surroundings, succulent meals, invaluable fellowship, profound teaching. I am sorry I wasn’t aware of these activities or Uchee Pines until August 2025." (An MD, Illinois, 2025)

To learn a little more about what we do in our lifestyle center, please watch below the testimonies of four of our previous lifestyle guests.

Statement of Purpose

This program is designed to provide healthcare professionals, educators and clergy with reliable scientific evidence-based natural remedy therapies for acute and chronic lifestyle-induced diseases. The attendees will be informed in three important objectives: Medically, the primary emphasis is placed on prevention through three therapeutic procedures—mental hygiene, physical medicine, and diet therapy. Educationally, the endeavor is made, not simply to cure the immediate malady, but to instruct the patient in basic principles of health that can be applied at home and carried out in future living. Inspirationally/Spiritually, the health principles are presented in an inspirational setting, with the hope of furnishing the client/patient an inspirational incentive to live in harmony with natural laws and find release from the tensions of life in a fellowship with The Almighty.

Presentation Topics

The Secret Life of Visceral Fat
Ultra Processed Food Impacts on Obesity and Obesogens
Lifestyle Modifications Pertaining to MASLD
A Wholistic Approach to Obesity
Good Fat - Bad Fat/Brown Fat - White Fat
Intermittent Fasting and Obesity
Reversing Metabolic Syndrome: Targeting Hyperinsulinemia Through Lifestyle Medicine
Obesity and Its Relation to Cancer
What Kind of Blessings Shall We Seek: Natural Remedies and Lifestyle Medicine
Breaking Through the Metabolic Paradox
Botanicals for Weight Management
Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity
GLP1 Agents and Weight Loss
Obesity: Evidence-Based Lifestyle Medicine Interventions

Conference Passes

Everyone, including companions, must purchase a Conference Pass (except for Sabbath-only attendance). This price does not include continuing education credits. Registration closes August 19, 3pm.

Conference Pass

Wednesday evening 7:00pm until Saturday evening 8:00pm
$100

Sabbath Only Pass

Friday evening 7:00pm until Saturday evening 8:00pm
Free

Continuing Education Credits

The Loma Linda University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Learn more below.
$200 (in addition to the cost of the conference pass)

Meals

Meals are non-refundable and may be ordered with registration until August 12. Meal prices are per person per meal.  Meals are plant-based, with the occasional use of honey. If you have a food sensitivity, please contact us; and if you have a severe food allergy, providing your own meals and preparing them in Anvwodi is recommended. The first meal is Wednesday supper, and the last is Sunday breakfast.

Individual Meals

Breakfast
$10.30

Lunch
$10.30

Supper
$8.15

All Meals

From Wednesday Supper to Sunday Breakfast
4 Breakfasts
3 Lunches
4 Suppers
T‍otal
$104.70

Lodging

Available lodging is limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

Lifestyle Center

$100 per room, per night

Rooms are assigned on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. Private bathrooms, toiletries. Individual AC/heat. WiFi accessibility. Limited telephone services. On-site laundry (bring your own laundry detergent). Common living room area. NO food storage space. NO FOOD ALLOWED in all rooms. NO POULTICES ALLOWED IN BED.  Ice available. Direct outdoor access from each room. Access to fitness room.

Note: If a room key is desired, a deposit of $20.00 (cash only) will be required.

Anvwodi

$50 per room, per night

Older facility. Smaller rooms. SHARED BATHROOMS. Common living and dining room areas.  SHARED refrigerator space. WiFi. Central AC/heat. On-site laundry (bring your own laundry detergent). NO FOOD ALLOWED in all rooms. NO POULTICES ALLOWED IN BED. Limited availability. Rooms are assigned on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

Note: If a room key is desired, a deposit of $20.00 (cash only) will be required.

Other Options

Local hotels within a 30-minute drive are available in Columbus (Georgia) and Phenix City (Alabama).
Local state-governed resorts within a 30-minute drive are available in Eufaula, Alabama, and Omaha, Georgia.

August 19-22, 2026 Schedule (Eastern Time)

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Wednesday (Credit Hours)

4:00 pm
-
5:00 pm
Check-in
Audrey Stovall
Lifestyle Center Lobby
5:00 pm
-
6:00 pm
Tour
Ashwin Sukumaran, LP
Lifestyle Center Lobby
6:15 pm
-
6:45 pm
Supper
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
7:00 pm
-
7:15 pm
Welcome
Dr. Kaylene WeirCox, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
7:15 pm
-
8:25 pm
Obesity: Evidence-Based Lifestyle Medicine Interventions
Karem Irrazabal, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room

Thursday (Credit Hours)

6:30 am
-
7:15 am
Breakfast
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
8:00 am
-
9:10 am
GLP1 Agents and Weight Loss
Erik Kelly, NP
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
9:15 am
-
10:25 am
Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity
Samara Sterling, PHD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
10:30 am
-
10:50 am
Break
-
-
10:50 am
-
12:00 pm
Botanicals for Weight Management
Ashwin Sukumaran
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
12:00 pm
-
1:15 pm
Lunch
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
1:20 pm
-
2:30 pm
Breaking Through the Metabolic Paradox
Ashwin Sukumaran, LP
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
2:35 pm
-
3:45 pm
What Kind of Blessings Shall We Seek: Natural Remedies and Lifestyle Medicine
John Kelly, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
3:50 pm
-
5:00 pm
Obesity and Its Relation to Cancer
Marvin Randall, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
5:05 pm
-
6:15 pm
Reversing Metabolic Syndrome: Targeting Hyperinsulinemia Through Lifestyle Medicine
Adan Sanchez, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
6:15 pm
-
6:45 pm
Supper
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
7:00 pm
-
8:10 pm
Q&A Panel
Medical Panel
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room

Friday (Credit Hours)

6:30 am
-
7:15 am
Breakfast
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
8:00 am
-
9:10 am
Intermittent Fasting and Obesity
Adan Sanchez, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
9:15 am
-
10:25 am
Good Fat - Bad Fat/Brown Fat - White Fat
Kaylene WeirCox, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
10:30 am
-
10:50 am
Break
-
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
10:50 am
-
12:00 pm
A Wholistic Approach to Obesity
Marvin Randall, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
12:00 pm
-
1:15 pm
Lunch
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
1:20 pm
-
2:30 pm
The Secret Life of Visceral Fat
Kaylene Weircox, MD
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
2:35 pm
-
3:45 pm
Lifestyle Modifications Pertaining to MASLD
Dickson Onsare, LP
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
3:50 pm
-
5:00 pm
Ultra Processed Food Impacts on Obesity and Obesogens
Erik Kelly, NP
Lifestyle Center Lecture Room
5:00 pm
-
6:00 pm
Free Time & Sabbath Preparation
-
-
6:15 pm
-
6:45 pm
Supper
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
7:00 pm
-
8:15 pm
Lifestyle Medicine, Prophecy, and Present Truth - No CME
Dr. John Kelly, MD
Uchee Pines SDA Church

Sabbath (No Credit Hours)

6:30 am
-
7:45 am
Breakfast
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
9:15 am
-
10:45 am
Song Service, Superintendent Remarks, Sabbath School
-
Uchee Pines SDA Church
11:00 am
-
11:30 am
Church Preliminaries
-
Uchee Pines SDA Church
11:30 am
-
12:30 pm
The Messenger’s Impressive Dream - No CME
Dr John Kelly, MD
Uchee Pines SDA Church
1:00 pm
-
3:00 pm
Lunch & Free Time
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
4:00 pm
-
5:00 pm
Lifestyle Medicine, Simple Remedies, and Gospel Healing - No CME
Dr. John Kelly, MD
Uchee Pines SDA Church
6:15 pm
-
6:45 pm
Supper
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room

Sunday (No Credit Hours)

6:30 am
-
7:15 am
Breakfast
-
Lifestyle Center Dining Room
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Credits

ACCME

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Uchee Pines Institute. The Loma Linda University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Loma Linda University School of Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 17.5  AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit(s)
TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation
in the activity.

Disclosure Statement

This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence. The Loma Linda University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education relies on its CME faculty to provide program content that is free of commercial bias. Therefore, in accordance with ACCME standards, any faculty and/or provider industry relationships will be disclosed and resolved.

Statement of Purpose

This program is designed to provide healthcare professionals, educators and clergy with reliable scientific evidence-based natural remedy therapies for acute and chronic lifestyle-induced diseases. The attendees will be informed in three important objectives: Medically, the primary emphasis is placed on prevention through three therapeutic procedures—mental hygiene, physical medicine, and diet therapy. Educationally, the endeavor is made, not simply to cure the immediate malady, but to instruct the patient in basic principles of health that can be applied at home and carried out in future living. Inspirationally/Spiritually, the health principles are presented in an inspirational setting, with the hope of furnishing the client/patient an inspirational incentive to live in harmony with natural laws and find release from the tensions of life in a fellowship with The Almighty.

All other certification will be provided by the Alabama Board of Nursing (ABN):

ABN Statement

Uchee Pines Institute/Healthy Lifestyle Choices Global Institute is accredited as a provider (ID# ABNP1526) of continuing education for Nurses by the Alabama Board of Nursing (ABN) and American Nurses Association (ANA).