Plant Powered Doctors
Below are some doctors who promote a whole food plant-based lifestyle. The whole food plant-based lifestyle is preventive and curative for most leading causes of disease and death including coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, kidney failure, some cancers and several auto-immune disorders such as lupus and multiple-sclerosis.
Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM is a physician who is licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition. He is also a founder and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Greger is also a New York Times bestselling author and an internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. Both his latest books, How Not to Die and the How Not to Die Cookbook, became instant New York Times Best Sellers. Dr. Greger’s work can be found at NutritionFacts.org, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charity.
Neal Barnard, M.D., F.A.C.C, is an adjunct associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. He is also the president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Barnard has authored over 70 scientific publications and has led research studies which investigate the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain. Dr. Barnard is also a New York Times bestselling author. He also founded the nonprofit Barnard Medical Center which uses nutrition to help prevent and reverse serious health problems.
Dean Ornish, M.D., is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute (PMRI). Dr. Ornish was the first to prove that even severe coronary heart disease may be reversed in both women and men by comprehensive lifestyle changes. Dr. Ornish was appointed by former President Obama to the White House Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. Dr. Ornish’s work can be found at Ornish Lifestyle Medicine.
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., directs the cardiovascular prevention and reversal program at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. He was a member of the United States rowing team that won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics Games. Dr. Esselstyn was also an Army surgeon and awarded the Bronze Star in 1968. He has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1968 where he has served as President of the Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. Dr. Esselstyn has also received the American College of Lifestyle Medicine 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. He has published over 150 scientific publications and is the author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. Dr. Esselstyn's work can be found at his website.
John A. McDougall, M.D., is a physician and nutrition expert who teaches better health through vegetarian cuisine. He is certified as an internist by the Board of Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners. For over three decades he has treated thousands of patients and even reversed illnesses such as hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes, all without the use of drugs. Dr. McDougall is also the author of many best-selling books which can be found here. He is also the founder of Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods. Dr. McDougall’s work can be found at his website.
Garth Davis, M.D., is the medical director of the Davis Clinic at the Methodist Hospital in Texas. He is the author of the books Proteinoholic and The Expert’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery. Dr. Davis completed his surgical residency at the University of Michigan. He has also been named a Texas Monthly “Super Doc” numerous times. He follows and advocates for a plant-based and even competes in marathons and Ironman triathlons.
Dr. Joel Kahn is a holistic cardiologist who, throughout his career, has treated thousands of acute heart attacks. However, he would like to stop this and prevent all future heart attacks through plant-based nutrition. He is also the author of the book The Plant-Based Solution which synthesizes years of scientific research to show how a plant-based diet can help prevent and even reverse heart disease. All in all, Dr. Joel Kahn is a great resource for those wishing to incorporate plant-based living into their lives.
Robert Ostfield, M.D., M.Sc., is the director and founder of the Montefiore Medical Center’s Cardiac Wellness Program in New York City. Dr. Ostfield earned his M.D. at Yale University and his M.Sc. in epidemiology at Harvard University. As an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, his research focus is on cardiovascular disease prevention and reversal through lifestyle modification. Dr. Ostfield’s work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books, articles, and clinical statements and has been presented nationally.
Dr. Angie Sadeghi, M.D., is a specialist in gastroenterology and weight loss. She wholeheartedly recommends a whole food plant-based diet to her patients. Dr. Sadeghi states that she finds herself educating patients about a plant based diet to prevent and reverse disease every day. She further comments “I find that most patients pick the intelligent choice when given the option between a plant based diet versus pharmaceuticals. They pick the plant-based diet, because they realize making lifestyle modifications will help them achieve a certain level of health that is unattainable with pharmaceuticals.”
Milton Mills, M.D., practices urgent care medicine in the Washington D.C. area and has served previously as Associate Director of Preventive Medicine and as a member of the National Advisory Board, for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Dr. Mills earned his medical degree from Stanford University and completed his residency at Georgetown University Hospital. More recently, Dr. Mills was featured in the film What the Health.