Father of Functional Medicine Dr. Jeffrey Bland to Keynote NMI Summit 2026

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Posted on Jul 22, 2026

Father of Functional Medicine Dr. Jeffrey Bland to Keynote NMI Summit 2026

Dr. Jeffrey Bland, PhD will be the keynote speaker at the NMI Summit 2026 making this a very special opportunity to hear from Dr. Bland, who is widely known as the ‘father of functional medicine.’

Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Bland has been instrumental in advancing systems-biology-based personalised nutrition and lifestyle medicine. He co-founded the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), the world’s premier certified training provider in functional medicine for healthcare professionals, and later founded the Personalised Lifestyle Medicine Institute (PLMI), an innovative think tank focused on new models of healthcare delivery, advances in medical nutrition therapy, and emerging science.

Dr. Bland will be speaking to the broader conference theme of healthy longevity and biological ageing through the lens of nutrition, personalisation and immuno-metabolic health.

This is a rare and unique opportunity to meet and hear from Dr. Jeffrey Bland and marks a very special 5th year of the NMI Summit.