PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION FOR NUTRITION

The Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN) International aims to raise awareness among health professionals, the general public, and policymakers about the role of whole food, plant-based nutrition in promoting good health and preventing and treating disease.

PAN International was founded in 2018 as an officially recognized nonprofit organization located in Munich, Germany.

PAN is expanding and constantly launching new national PAN offices around the world to work effectively under local conditions and maximize impact.

PAN works to:

 

Educate Medical Students & Health Professionals

⇒ We deliver evidence-based nutrition and health information, reevaluating our content regularly in accordance with the newest available and most thoroughly researched findings, while recognizing—and addressing—the opportunities and limitations of particular research results and established scientific methods. We appreciate, welcome, and foster scientific exchange and discussion.

Support Patients in Dietary Changes
  • by providing easy-to-follow educational resources and tools to optimally support patients in the prevention and treatment of diseases
  • by providing effective nutrition programs and workshops

⇒ We serve people so that they can discover and use their own abilities to choose a healthier life. We aim to inspire and provide guidance while appreciating every single step an individual makes.

Build a Global Network
  • by connecting health professionals, scientists, and medical students
  • by establishing PAN student groups at universities
  • by founding national PAN offices around the globe in order to effectively work under local conditions and maximize impact

⇒ As part of a global network, we stand up for the common goal of improved health. We seek to expand and strengthen our network by inviting new partners to support, critique, and evaluate our actions. In doing so, we create a paradigm shift, driving a worldwide community and making sustainable change possible.

Create an Influential Medical Lobby Organization

⇒ to promote political change and bring nutrition to the heart of health-care systems and communities

TEAM

 

Niklas Oppenrieder, MD

Medical Director
moreNiklas Oppenrieder is a physician specializing in pediatrics at Aschaffenburg Hospital in Germany. As PAN’s Medical Director, he heads the development of the organization, applying his medical and scientific expertise as a pediatrician as well as his first-hand technical knowledge as a member of several different medical associations.

Mark Hofmann

Executive Director
moreMark Hofmann studied Business Administration in Munich, Germany, specializing in Project Consultancy and International Management. As PAN’s Executive Director, he brings extensive professional experience and is responsible for the entire company’s business management.

Dr. Paula Singmann
Medical Content Executive
moreDr. Paula Singmann studied nutrition science with specialization in biomedicine at the Technical University Munich/Germany (TUM) and earned her PhD in the field of molecular epidemiology at the Helmholtz Center Munich. After years of teaching master’s courses in nutritional prevention at TUM, she joins PAN as a Medical Content Executive. In this position, she is responsible for the creation and the quality of all our PAN educational materials.
Claire Williams
Claire Williams

Marketing & Communications Manager
moreClaire is an experienced product, communications, and content marketing leader with extensive B2C & B2B business knowledge she has gained in tech-driven startups. She has led content and design teams, and developed and executed communication strategies and marketing campaigns.
Her experience touches on all aspects of optimising user journeys from lead generation and SEO, to customer retention and product UX. She is experienced in all aspects of marketing communications and brand building including email marketing, social media strategy, and PR.

Carolin Wiedmann, MD

Chairwoman
moreCarolin Wiedmann is a pediatrician specializing in pediatric nutrition. She works in a pediatric clinic in the greater Munich area and consults with families about whole food plant based nutrition during pregnancy and childhood. Carolin co-founded PAN and serves as its first chairwoman.

Cirus Henn
PAN Academy
Angelika Schulz

Newsletter

Madeleine Mogl
Madeleine Mogl

PAN University Groups Coordinator

Tim Böttrich
Tim Böttrich

PAN University Groups Coordinator

Paul Emtsev
Paul Emtsev

Social Media

Our Volunteers

moreAs a charitable organization, PAN relies greatly on all of the hard work from people all across the globe who are dedicated to our mission and motivated to put it into action. We cherish and value every one of our volunteers. We are thankful for all of their efforts, and we think of them as members of the PAN team.

ADVISORY BOARD

 

Michael Greger, MD

Michael Greger, M.D., F.A.C.L.M., is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues.
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Claus Leitzmann, Prof. Dr.

Prof. Dr. Claus Leitzmann studied chemistry, microbiology and biochemistry in the United States. He worked as research associate for the later Nobel Prize winner Paul Boyer at UCLA and …
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Jennifer Trilk

Dr Jennifer L. Trilk, PhD

Dr Jennifer L. Trilk, PhD, FACSM, FAGLN, is an associate professor at University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville.
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Martin Smollich, Prof. Dr.

Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich studied biology and pharmacy in Münster (Germany) and Cambridge (UK) and obtained a Ph.D. in ... read more

Tanja Kalchenko, MD

Tanja Kalchenko, M.D., is a Senior Radiologist at the Oncological and Abdominal Radiology Unit at the Oslo University Hospital, the largest university hospital in Norway. ... read more

Christian Kessler, MD

Christian Kessler, M.D., works as a Senior Physician, Research Coordinator, and Project Manager at University Hospital Charité in Berlin, Germany. ... read more

David Stenholtz, MD

David Stenholtz, M.D., is a Senior Oncologist at the Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. ... read more

ADVISORY BOARD

 

Michael Greger, MD

Michael Greger, M.D., F.A.C.L.M., is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger’s nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org. ... read more

Claus Leitzmann, Prof. Dr.

Prof. Dr. Claus Leitzmann studied chemistry, microbiology and biochemistry in the United States. He worked as research associate for the later Nobel Prize winner Paul Boyer at UCLA and …
... read more

Jennifer Trilk

Dr Jennifer L. Trilk, PhD

Dr Jennifer L. Trilk, PhD, FACSM, FAGLN, is an associate professor at University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville.
... read more

Martin Smollich, Prof. Dr.

Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich studied biology and pharmacy in Münster (Germany) and Cambridge (UK) and obtained a Ph.D. in ... read more

Tanja Kalchenko, MD

Tanja Kalchenko, M.D., is a Senior Radiologist at the Oncological and Abdominal Radiology Unit at the Oslo University Hospital, the largest university hospital in Norway. ... read more

Christian Kessler, MD

Christian Kessler, M.D., works as a Senior Physician, Research Coordinator, and Project Manager at University Hospital Charité in Berlin, Germany. ... read more

David Stenholtz, MD

David Stenholtz, M.D., is a Senior Oncologist at the Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. ... read more

ADVISORY BOARD

 

Michael Greger, MD

... read more

Claus Leitzmann, Prof. Dr.

... read more

Jennifer Trilk

Dr Jennifer L. Trilk, PhD

... read more

Martin Smollich, Prof. Dr.

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Christian Kessler, MD

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Tanja Kalchenko, MD

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David Stenholtz, MD

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PAN BRANCHES

We are PAN International. We are actively developing a global network of health professionals and medical students. We empower and motivate physicians to form their own local branches, thus benefitting from world-wide synergies while contributing to our common cause.

All PAN branches are established as charitable, not-for-profit organizations in their respective countries:

 

 

 

If you are interested in founding a PAN branch in your country, please contact us.

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POSITION PAPERS & PRESS RELEASES

You can find all of PAN’s published position papers and latest press releases here:

Infographic: December 30, 2020 – Visual summary of the highlights and our main achievements throughout the year 2020 – The Year in Numbers Infographic

Press release: November 9, 2020 – Iss das! PAN International hosts first CME-certified nutrition as
medicine webinar to a sold-out crowd (download pdf English) (download pdf German)

(German) Stellungnahme zum DÄB-Artikel “Ernährung und Klima: Fleischfrei gesund und klimafreundlich essen – die Evidenz fehlt

Challenges of Nutrition Sciences (download pdf)

 

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The current scientific evidence points to a diet centered around whole, unrefined, or minimally processed plant foods including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, spices, nuts, and seeds.

This is what can be described as a “whole food, plant-based diet.” We will closely monitor the latest evidence in order to continuously reevaluate and update our content and recommendations.

Michael Greger, M.D., F.A.C.L.M., is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger's nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org.
Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, as well as numerous symposia and institutions. He has testified before Congress, has appeared on shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show, and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous ‘meat defamation’ trial.
Greger's recent scientific publications in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Family and Community Health, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture.
Greger is also licensed as a general practitioner, specializing in clinical nutrition, and is a founding member and fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He was featured on the Healthy Living Channel promoting his latest nutrition DVDs and was honored to teach part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell's esteemed nutrition course at Cornell University.
He is also the author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze. His latest book, How Not to Die,became an instant New York Times bestseller. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. Greger's work on nutrition can be found at www.nutritionfacts.org, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charity.

Prof. Dr. Claus Leitzmann studied chemistry, microbiology and biochemistry in the United States. He worked as research associate for the later Nobel Prize winner Paul Boyer at UCLA and did research and teaching at universities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand.

In his role as a professor of nutritional science at the University of Gießen, Germany, member and/or founder of several scientific organizations, and author of more than 30 books on different aspects of nutrition, he is a true pioneer of whole food diets, plant-based diets, nutrition ecology and international nutrition.

Dr Jennifer L. Trilk, PhD, FACSM, FAGLN, is an associate professor at University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. As the director of the Lifestyle Medicine Core Curriculum and Lifestyle Medicine Distinction Track at her university, and as the co-founder and co-director of the Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative (LMEd), which provides leadership, guidance, and resources in Lifestyle Medicine to medical schools across the globe, Dr Trilk is an internationally renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.

Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich studied biology and pharmacy in Münster (Germany) and Cambridge (UK) and obtained a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology. After four years of practice as clinical pharmacologist, he was appointed professor of pharmacology and pharmaconutrition in 2013. Since 2018, he is head of pharmaconutrition at the Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University Hospital of Lübeck, Germany.

Prof. Dr. Smollich is also the editor of ernaehrungsmedizin.blog

Research topics: pharmaconutrition, functional food, nutraceuticals, food-drug interactions

Tanja Kalchenko, M.D., is a Senior Radiologist at the Oncological and Abdominal Radiology Unit at the Oslo University Hospital, the largest university hospital in Norway.

In 2013, Kalchenko founded HePla (www.hepla.no) and has since worked as the organization’s President. HePla educates the Norwegian public and health professionals regarding the benefits of a plant-based diet through its website, social media channels, regular lectures, and other events.

 

Christian Kessler, M.D., works as a Senior Physician, Research Coordinator, and Project Manager at University Hospital Charité in Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Kessler conducts research at the Immanuel Clinic in Berlin within the Endowment Professorship for Clinical Naturopathy at the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics. He is an expert in Traditional Indian Medicine and Ayurveda, as well as a trained Indologist (M.A.). As one of the founders and coordinators of VegMed – Europe’s largest scientific congress on plant-based nutrition – he is passionate about making nutrition an important part of modern medicine.

 

David Stenholtz, M.D., is a Senior Oncologist at the Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 2013 he founded the organization Läkare för framtiden (‘Physicians for the Future’) and has since been serving as its chair. The organization disseminates information on the health benefits of plant-based diets to the Swedish public, as well as to politicians and healthcare professionals.

 

Michael Greger, M.D., F.A.C.L.M., is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger's nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org.
Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, as well as numerous symposia and institutions. He has testified before Congress, has appeared on shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show, and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous ‘meat defamation’ trial.
Greger's recent scientific publications in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Family and Community Health, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture.
Greger is also licensed as a general practitioner, specializing in clinical nutrition, and is a founding member and fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He was featured on the Healthy Living Channel promoting his latest nutrition DVDs and was honored to teach part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell's esteemed nutrition course at Cornell University.
He is also the author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze. His latest book, How Not to Die,became an instant New York Times bestseller. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. Greger's work on nutrition can be found at www.nutritionfacts.org, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charity.

Prof. Dr. Claus Leitzmann studied chemistry, microbiology and biochemistry in the United States. He worked as research associate for the later Nobel Prize winner Paul Boyer at UCLA and did research and teaching at universities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand.

In his role as a professor of nutritional science at the University of Gießen, Germany, member and/or founder of several scientific organizations, and author of more than 30 books on different aspects of nutrition, he is a true pioneer of whole food diets, plant-based diets, nutrition ecology and international nutrition.

Dr Jennifer L. Trilk, PhD, FACSM, FAGLN, is an associate professor at University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. As the director of the Lifestyle Medicine Core Curriculum and Lifestyle Medicine Distinction Track at her university, and as the co-founder and co-director of the Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative (LMEd), which provides leadership, guidance, and resources in Lifestyle Medicine to medical schools across the globe, Dr Trilk is an internationally renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.

Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich studied biology and pharmacy in Münster (Germany) and Cambridge (UK) and obtained a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology. After four years of practice as clinical pharmacologist, he was appointed professor of pharmacology and pharmaconutrition in 2013. Since 2018, he is head of pharmaconutrition at the Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University Hospital of Lübeck, Germany.

Prof. Dr. Smollich is also the editor of ernaehrungsmedizin.blog

Research topics: pharmaconutrition, functional food, nutraceuticals, food-drug interactions

Tanja Kalchenko, M.D., is a Senior Radiologist at the Oncological and Abdominal Radiology Unit at the Oslo University Hospital, the largest university hospital in Norway.

In 2013, Kalchenko founded HePla (www.hepla.no) and has since worked as the organization’s President. HePla educates the Norwegian public and health professionals regarding the benefits of a plant-based diet through its website, social media channels, regular lectures, and other events.

 

Christian Kessler, M.D., works as a Senior Physician, Research Coordinator, and Project Manager at University Hospital Charité in Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Kessler conducts research at the Immanuel Clinic in Berlin within the Endowment Professorship for Clinical Naturopathy at the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics. He is an expert in Traditional Indian Medicine and Ayurveda, as well as a trained Indologist (M.A.). As one of the founders and coordinators of VegMed – Europe’s largest scientific congress on plant-based nutrition – he is passionate about making nutrition an important part of modern medicine.

 

David Stenholtz, M.D., is a Senior Oncologist at the Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 2013 he founded the organization Läkare för framtiden (‘Physicians for the Future’) and has since been serving as its chair. The organization disseminates information on the health benefits of plant-based diets to the Swedish public, as well as to politicians and healthcare professionals.

 

Michael Greger, M.D., F.A.C.L.M., is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger's nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org.
Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, as well as numerous symposia and institutions. He has testified before Congress, has appeared on shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show, and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous ‘meat defamation’ trial.
Greger's recent scientific publications in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Family and Community Health, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture.
Greger is also licensed as a general practitioner, specializing in clinical nutrition, and is a founding member and fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He was featured on the Healthy Living Channel promoting his latest nutrition DVDs and was honored to teach part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell's esteemed nutrition course at Cornell University.
He is also the author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze. His latest book, How Not to Die,became an instant New York Times bestseller. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. Greger's work on nutrition can be found at www.nutritionfacts.org, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charity.

Prof. Dr. Claus Leitzmann studied chemistry, microbiology and biochemistry in the United States. He worked as research associate for the later Nobel Prize winner Paul Boyer at UCLA and did research and teaching at universities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand.

In his role as a professor of nutritional science at the University of Gießen, Germany, member and/or founder of several scientific organizations, and author of more than 30 books on different aspects of nutrition, he is a true pioneer of whole food diets, plant-based diets, nutrition ecology and international nutrition.

Dr Jennifer L. Trilk, PhD, FACSM, FAGLN, is an associate professor at University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. As the director of the Lifestyle Medicine Core Curriculum and Lifestyle Medicine Distinction Track at her university, and as the co-founder and co-director of the Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative (LMEd), which provides leadership, guidance, and resources in Lifestyle Medicine to medical schools across the globe, Dr Trilk is an internationally renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.

Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich studied biology and pharmacy in Münster (Germany) and Cambridge (UK) and obtained a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology. After four years of practice as clinical pharmacologist, he was appointed professor of pharmacology and pharmaconutrition in 2013. Since 2018, he is head of pharmaconutrition at the Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University Hospital of Lübeck, Germany.

Prof. Dr. Smollich is also the editor of ernaehrungsmedizin.blog

Research topics: pharmaconutrition, functional food, nutraceuticals, food-drug interactions

Christian Kessler, M.D., works as a Senior Physician, Research Coordinator, and Project Manager at University Hospital Charité in Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Kessler conducts research at the Immanuel Clinic in Berlin within the Endowment Professorship for Clinical Naturopathy at the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics. He is an expert in Traditional Indian Medicine and Ayurveda, as well as a trained Indologist (M.A.). As one of the founders and coordinators of VegMed – Europe’s largest scientific congress on plant-based nutrition – he is passionate about making nutrition an important part of modern medicine.

 

Tanja Kalchenko, M.D., is a Senior Radiologist at the Oncological and Abdominal Radiology Unit at the Oslo University Hospital, the largest university hospital in Norway.

In 2013, Kalchenko founded HePla (www.hepla.no) and has since worked as the organization’s President. HePla educates the Norwegian public and health professionals regarding the benefits of a plant-based diet through its website, social media channels, regular lectures, and other events.

 

David Stenholtz, M.D., is a Senior Oncologist at the Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 2013 he founded the organization Läkare för framtiden (‘Physicians for the Future’) and has since been serving as its chair. The organization disseminates information on the health benefits of plant-based diets to the Swedish public, as well as to politicians and healthcare professionals.