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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]