Lillian J TryonLilly Tryon, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM, NBC-HWC, ACSM-EP, is a Professor at the Southern Adventist University School of Nursing. She has a master's degree in Nursing(DrexelUniversity, 2006), a Doctorate in Nursing Practice with an emphasis inlifestye medicine (Southern AdventistUniversity, 2014), and holdsnational certifications in lifestyle medicine, health coaching, plant-basednutrition, andexercise physiology.As Professor, Dr. Tryon focuses onexpanding the use of lifestyle medicine inadvanced practice nursing.She teachescourses in advanced health promotion, nutrition, exercise, and health coaching, andoften uses the analogy of a tour guide (as opposed to a travel agent) toencouragestudents to go beyond prescribing and coach their patients to take realistic, evidence-based, andsustainable steps for preventing, managing, and reversingchronic disease. Dr. Tryon is a board-certified family nurse practitioner with over 35 years ofnursing experience in lifestyle medicine andcommunity health education. She practices part-time atA Pattern Medical Clinic and atVolunteers in Medicinein Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she focuses on using lifestyle as medicine inaddressingthe healthcare needs of an underserved population. Read More Read Less