Rachel Naomi Remen (born February 8, 1938, New York, New York) although trained as a pediatrician 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. 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]

Dr. 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]

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  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. 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.
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