360° - Health Beyond the Prescription Pad: How Lifestyle Medicine, Nature, and Social Connection Can Transform Health
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Dr. Melissa Sundermann will discuss how health is shaped far beyond the walls of the medical office. Drawing from her work in Lifestyle Medicine, her “Doctor Outdoors” platform, and her leadership in Social Prescribing and Nature as Medicine, she will explore practical ways to help people live healthier, more connected, and more vibrant lives.
Biography
Melissa Sundermann, DO, DipABLM, FACLM, is a double board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine with more than 25 years of clinical experience. Known as “Doctor Outdoors,” she is a nationally recognized leader in Lifestyle Medicine, Nature as Medicine, and Social Prescribing and currently serves as Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine at Corewell Health.
Dr. Sundermann is the Chair of the Global Wellness Institute’s Lifestyle Medicine Initiative and the Founding Chair of the Nature as Medicine Subcommittee for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She also serves as an advisor to organizations advancing Social Prescribing and innovative approaches to whole-person health.
She is the author of Doctor Outdoors’ Guide to Nature and Lifestyle Medicine and is passionate about helping people cultivate greater health, vitality, connection, and resilience through evidence-based lifestyle practices and time in nature. A lifelong endurance athlete, she has completed 13 Boston Marathons and three full Ironman triathlons.
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