EDD Talks Lunch & Learn w/Cardiologist Columbus Batiste, MD, FACC, FSCAI

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HEART: HYPERTENSION, GENETICS & THE POWER OF NUTRITION

Doors open: 11:15 AM | Lunch service: 11:30 AM |Presentation begins: 11:45 AM

Join us for Eat Drink Disrupt (EDD) Talks Lunch & Learn, a free 75-minute experience where medicine, culture and food come together to advance optimal wellness and equity in communities that need it most.

Held during Hypertension Awareness Month, this special program explores one of the most urgent health challenges facing African American communities: high blood pressure and the factors that drive it.

ABOUT CARDIOLOGIST COLUMBUS BATISTE, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Dr. Columbus Batiste is a nationally respected interventional cardiologist, author, TEDx speaker and co-founder of Healthy Heart Nation, a movement dedicated to preventing cardiovascular disease through education and lifestyle medicine.

As Regional Chief of Cardiology for Southern California at Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Batiste pioneered the Integrative Cardiovascular Disease Program, helping shift the conversation around heart disease from treatment toward prevention and lifestyle-centered care.

Dr. Batiste is also the author of Selfish: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing a Broken Heart, co-creator of the acclaimed Slave Food Project and founder of the annual Health Equity Lifestyle Project (HELP) Conference, which equips HBCU students, community leaders and health professionals with tools to advance health equity and reverse disease in underserved communities.

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

For this EDD Talks Lunch & Learn program, Dr. Batiste is preparing a custom presentation for the Power is Giving community focused on hypertension and the role nutrition can play in transforming cardiovascular health in African American communities.

The conversation will illuminate the evolving science surrounding high blood pressure, including salt sensitivity, genetics, environmental factors and the ways nutrition and lifestyle influence long-term heart and kidney health.

Dr. Batiste will also explore how nutrition-centered approaches, including whole food, plant-based dietary patterns support the prevention, arrest and reversal of lifestyle-driven chronic illness.

Following the virtual presentation, Dr. Batiste will provide a brief Q&A period to answer any health related questions you may have.

Attendees will also receive wellness resources from Power is Giving and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).

FEATURED CHEF

Lunch will be prepared by The Vegucator, Dawn Hilton-Williams, founder of Herban Eats and co-founder of Power is Giving.

100% PLANT-BASED LUNCH MENU

• Palmito Krabby Cake Minis
• Purple Cabbage Slaw
• Loaded Orzo Pasta Salad
• Seasonal Fruit
• Hibiscus Lavender Punch

With limited seating and catered lunch service, advance RSVP is strongly encouraged.

Reserve your seat and join us for a powerful conversation about nutrition, heart health and the future of wellness in our communities.

DISCLAIMER

This program includes medical guidance from board-certified physicians and nutrition guidance from certified nutrition professionals, but does not provide individualized diagnosis or treatment. Please consult your physician regarding personal health decisions.

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Info: Doors open for seating.

Info: Lunch begins. Chef introduces dish. Program welcome from Power is Giving board member representative and Power is Giving staff leadership

Info: Dr. Batiste will spend up to 35 minutes sharing either a slide deck presentation or his experiences and findings regarding the optimal wellness benefits of a WFPB lifestyle in his discipline, practice, research, education and lived experience.

Info: Dr. Batiste and Dawn participate in Q & A.

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