About Dean
Dean Ornish M.D. is founder and president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF and UCSD. He holds an M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine and completed clinical training at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. For over 45 years, he has conducted clinical research showing comprehensive lifestyle changes can reverse severe coronary heart disease without drugs or surgery.
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AuthorExpert / AcademicMedical ExpertAlzheimer'S Disease PreventionCardiac RehabilitationCellular AgingGene ExpressionHeart Disease ReversalLifestyle MedicinePreventive Medicine
Known for
- Clinical research on reversing coronary heart disease through lifestyle changes
- Directing randomized controlled trials on prostate cancer progression
- Research on telomere lengthening and cellular aging
- Alzheimer's disease prevention research
- New York Times bestselling author
- TED talks on preventive medicine
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