The ECIM is part of an international movement that aims to counteract the rise of chronic lifestyle related diseases by bringing partners together from a range of discplines to focue on patient-centred medicine. Rob Verkerk PhD is pleased to have been invitied to be a part of the International Scientific Committee.

The congress aims to bring together medical practitioners, healthcare professional, scientists, researchers, practitioners and health politicians to facilitate the advancement of healthcare systems that reaffirm the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focus on the whole person, and combine conventional medicine with safe and effective evidence-informed, lifestyle, complementary and traditional methods of treatment.