Dean Ornish
Dean Ornish M.D.
Founder & President
Preventive Medicine Research Institute

About

Dean Ornish, M.D., “the father of lifestyle medicine,” has been recognized as a “TIME 100 Innovator;” by LIFE magazine as “one of the fifty most influential members of his generation;” and by Forbes as “one of the seven most powerful teachers in the world.” He is founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and author of seven books, all bestsellers, including Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases, coauthored with Anne Ornish. He was appointed by Presidents Clinton & Obama to White House Advisory Commissions. For 44 years, Dr. Ornish directed randomized trials proving—for the first time—that comprehensive lifestyle changes may reverse the progression of  heart disease and other chronic illnesses, change gene expression, and reverse aging by lengthening telomeres. The “Ornish diet” was rated the “#1 Diet for Heart Health” by a panel of experts at U.S. News & World Report for 11 years. His was the first lifestyle medicine program to be covered by Medicare, now reimbursed when offered via Zoom at home. www.PMRI.org & www.ornish.com