David M. Eisenberg

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David M. Eisenberg is an American physician, alternative medicine researcher, and the Bernard Osher Distinguished Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. [1] He is also the founder of the Osher Center for Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, a healthcare clinic associated with Brigham and Women's Hospital, [2] and served as its director from 2000 to 2010. [3] He is also the founder of the "Healthy Kitchens/Healthy Lives" initiative, which, according to the New York Times, aims "to tear down the firewall between “healthy” and “ crave-able” cuisine." [4]

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Early life and education

Eisenberg grew up on Long Island, the son of a baker father and a lawyer mother. [5] He attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. [1] In 1979, while a student at Harvard Medical School, he became the first American to travel to China on a medical exchange program. [6]

Research

Eisenberg is known for a study he published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which found that one in three Americans used some kind of alternative medical treatment. [2] [7]

Personal life

Eisenberg enjoys baking, which he first became interested in as a child helping prepare food in his father's bakery. [4] He is married to Rabbi Elaine S. Zecher and has three children, Jacob, Benjamin, and Naomi. [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Prevost, Lisa (16 December 2007). "Sticking His Neck Out". Boston Globe. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. "David Eisenberg". Harvard School of Public Health. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 Brown, Patricia Leigh (10 April 2012). "To Heal, First Eat". New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  5. Lambert, Craig (March–April 2002). "The New Ancient Trend in Medicine". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  6. Mooney, Chris (1 June 2003). "Quacks and Flacks". Reason. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  7. Eisenberg, David M.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Foster, Cindy; Norlock, Frances E.; Calkins, David R.; Delbanco, Thomas L. (28 January 1993). "Unconventional Medicine in the United States -- Prevalence, Costs, and Patterns of Use". New England Journal of Medicine. 328 (4): 246–252. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199301283280406 . PMID   8418405.
  8. "Rabbi Elaine Zecher".