Dean Ornish
Physician, researcher and author
American physician and researcher who founded the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and studies how lifestyle changes affect heart disease.
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American Born 1953 in Dallas, United States
About Dean Ornish
Dean Ornish is an American physician and researcher. He founded the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, a nonprofit based in Sausalito, California, and holds a post as clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He trained at Baylor College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. His research has looked at whether comprehensive lifestyle changes can reverse severe coronary heart disease without drugs or surgery. He also directed a randomized controlled trial of lifestyle changes in early-stage prostate cancer. Medicare introduced a benefit category, intensive cardiac rehabilitation, to cover his program. Ornish is known for promoting a diet built around plants, together with other healthy habits, to prevent and treat heart disease. He has written seven books, all national bestsellers, including Undo It!.