Rachel Naomi Remen

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Rachel Naomi Remen (born February 8, 1938, New York, New York) is a pediatrician who gained fame as an author and teacher of alternative medicine in the form of integrative medicine. [1] She is a professor at the Osher Center of Integrative Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. [2] [1] [3] Together with Michael Lerner, she is a founder of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, a cornerstone program at Commonweal.[ citation needed ] She is the founder of the Institute for the Study of Health & Illness. She has been featured on the PBS television series, Thinking Allowed. [4]

Remen's most well-known books include Kitchen Table Wisdom [5] and My Grandfather's Blessing, [6] both of which made The New York Times Best Seller list. [7] [8] Kitchen Table Wisdom has been translated into 21 languages, and has sold over 700,000 copies worldwide. [9] She is also the founder of a medical student curriculum called "The Healer's Art" used in medical schools throughout the United States. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rachel Naomi Remen, MD – The Bravewell Collaborative". Bravewell.org. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology, Robert Coles, Randy-Michael Testa, Joseph D'Donnell, editors, New York: The New Press (2011), p. 91
  3. "Changing the Face of Medicine | Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen". Nlm.nih.gov. Archived from the original on November 17, 2004. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  4. "Rachel Naomi Remen: Thinking Allowed, DVD, Video Interview". Thinkingallowed.com. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  5. "Kitchen Table Wisdom". Publishers Weekly . July 29, 1996. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  6. "My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging (star)". Publishers Weekly . April 3, 2000. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  7. "Best Sellers Plus". The New York Times Best Seller list . December 7, 1997. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  8. "Best Sellers Plus". The New York Times Best Seller list . May 21, 2000. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  9. "Rachel Naomi Remen – Kitchen Table Wisdom". Rachelremen.com. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  10. David Bornstein (September 18, 2013). "Medicine's Search for Meaning". New York Times . Retrieved June 2, 2014.