Dr. Dean Ornish

Dean Ornish, MD is often regarded as the father of lifestyle medicine. He’s been honored as one of the 125 Most Extraordinary University of Texas Alumni in the past 125 years, one of the 50 Most Influential Members of his Generation (LIFE magazine), one of the Most Interesting People of 1996 (People magazine), one of the Seven Most Powerful Teachers in the World (Forbes Magazine) and has received numerous rewards for his groundbreaking work. Dean Ornish is the author of six books, all national bestsellers including: The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health, Love & Survival: 8 Pathways to Intimacy and Health, Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease, Everyday Cooking with Dean Ornish, Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish’s Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly, Stress, Diet & Your Heart: A Lifetime Program for Healing Your Heart Without Drugs or Surgery. Dean Ornish, M.D., is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute (PMRI). For over 35 years, Dr. Ornish has directed clinical research through PMRI, demonstrating for the first time that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery. After 16 years of review, Medicare recently agreed to provide coverage for Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease. This is the first time that Medicare has covered a program of comprehensive lifestyle changes. Dean Ornish has written a monthly column for Newsweek and Reader’s Digest magazines and is currently Medical Editor of The Huffington Post, which has 45 million unique readers per month. Dean Ornish, M.D. is a revolutionary thought leader in healthcare and medicine, proving through 35 years of research studies that comprehensive lifestyle changes can improve chronic conditions and transform lives. For example he was the first to prove that life style changes can reverse even severe coronary heart disease in both women and men, affect gene expression in men with prostate cancer, lengthen telomeres, the ends of our chromosomes that control aging, inhibit angiogenesis, thereby killing tumors with less toxicity by disrupting the tumor’s blood supply and more.