Dr Malcolm Mackay – General medical practice and lifestyle medicine

Dr Malcolm Mackay is a General Practitioner with more than 35 years of experience in medical practice. He has a broad range of skills across the full spectrum of general practice and lifestyle medicine. Dr Mackay has a special interest in preventing, treating and reversing chronic disease with whole foods plant-based nutrition and other evidence-based lifestyle interventions. He provides Lifestyle Medicine and Telehealth consultations for patients across Australia. He works with patients who wish to take a nutrition and lifestyle approach to optimise their health

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Malcolm and his nutritionist partner Jenny maintain a website of information and resources for plant-based nutrition and provide seminars and webinars. Malcolm and his team run a lifestyle medicine program, available as a 7-day Immersion retreat.

Future events:

• 7-day Lifestyle Medicine immersion retreat – 16th-23rd March 2025.
• Plant-based nutrition webinar series: 4 sessions over 2 1/2 weeks, next series starts 3rd November 2024.

Lifestyle Medicine Immersion RetreatYarra Valley, Victoria, 16 -23 March 2025

Services

Medical: 

• Consultations (in person)
• Telehealth consultations (within Australia)

Educational:

• Nutrition one-day seminars
• Nutrition & lifestyle immersion retreats
• Workplace nutrition programs
• Webinars
• Available for speaking events

Qualifications & Training

Medical degree

• BMBS – Flinders University (1984)

Additional training

• Graduate Diploma in Human Nutrition – Deakin University (1993)
• Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician (IBLM)
• Plant Based Nutrition Certificate – eCornell
• Certificate of Sports Medicine (ASMF/RACGP)

Professional affiliations

• Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine
• Doctors for Nutrition – GP Resources Advisor

Melbourne Lifestyle MedicineVisit our new Lifestyle Medicine website

Recent conferences

• International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference USA September 2024
• Doctors For Nutrition Conference, Melbourne, February 2023
• Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine Conference, Cairns, July 2022

Presenter

• Doctors For Nutrition Conference, Melbourne, February 2023
• Doctors For Nutrition Conference, Melbourne, February 2019 (workshop presenter)
• Veg and Vines Lifestyle Medicine Conference, Gisbourne NZ, January 2019 (conference presenter)

Speaker and host:

• 7-day Immersion retreats in the Yarra Valley, Victoria:
  Next one: 16th-23rd March 2025

Podcasts & interviews

• Dr Mackay does occasional live streams from his YouTube channel Plant Based Health Australia. Click on the link to view recent live streams.
• The SOS-Free Advantage of Plant-Based Nutrition with Dr. Malcolm Mackay – Health Science Podcast with Dr Frank Sabatino, January 2024
• Is Oil Healthy? Dr Malcolm Mackay and Jenny Cameron – IBD Heal/High Carb Health, March 2022. Also on YouTube and Spotify
• Dr Malcolm Mackay & Jenny Cameron – Melbourne Lifestyle Medicine – Lentil Intervention Podcast (now Planet Pulse Pacific podcast), September 2021 (53 mins)
• Jenny Cameron & Dr Malcolm Mackay On A Guide To A Healthy Plant Based Diet – The Plant Paradigm Podcast #90, June 2021 (1hr 18 min)
• Dr Malcolm Mackay an Australian Plant Based Doctor – interview with Chef AJ, August 2020
• Dr Malcolm Mackay on nutrition and lifestyle for Covid-19 – presentation given on 4th August 2020
• The Benefits of a Healthy Plant-Based Lifestyle, Dr Malcolm Mackay – Rheumatoid Solutions podcast (also available as video) with Clint Paddison, March 2020

For more information about whole foods plant based nutrition, visit my other website and associated Facebook page:

www.wholefoodsplantbasedhealth.com.au