Mechelle Acero Palma, MD, MMHA, DipIBLM, FACLM

Mechelle Acero Palma MD, MMHA, DipIBLM, FACLM is a Family Medicine Physician and a Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She served as the education director of the Philippine College of Lifestyle Medicine and the Asian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. She is the current president of the Philippine College of Lifestyle Medicine, the President of Remnant Institute Inc., and the Medical Director of Zoeaid Philippines. She is also the founding director of the Lifestyle Medicine department of Bacolod Adventist Medical Center and the Antique Medical Center.

Together with her colleagues, she pioneered the Lifestyle Medicine Education curriculum in the
College of Public Health in 2 universities in the Philippines. She is also the founder of Culinary
Medicine Asia that was launched in 2016, which is now utilized in many different educational
platforms, including public health and medical education curriculum with students from different
parts of the globe. Dr. Palma believes that integrating lifestyle medicine education in the medical and interprofessional curriculum is the key to advance the practice of lifestyle medicine in the country. Her passion is to provide education platforms and develop training programs for health care providers. She is currently an adjunct professor at the Adventist University of the Philippines College of Medicine and College of Health. Dr. Palma is the head faculty of the Philippine Lifestyle Medicine Competency Course, a member of the review team for the Lifestyle Medicine Core Competency by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the Director of the Philippine Board of Lifestyle Medicine, and a proctor for the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine