BA in Humanities (Hons), University of Texas, Austin; MD, Baylor College of Medicine; Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; internship and residency in Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Founder and President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute. Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Directed clinical research demonstrating, for the first time, that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease and other chronic illnesses, without drugs or surgery. Since 1993, Physician Consultant to President Clinton. Former Member, Board of Directors, San Francisco Food Bank; J. Craig Venter Institute; St. Vincent de Paul Homeless Shelter. Former Chair, Google Health Advisory Council. Appointed by President Clinton and President Obama to Presidential White House Advisory commissions. Research published in leading peer-reviewed medical journals. Author of six bestselling books. TED.com talks have been viewed by over 4 million people. Recipient of honours and awards, including: Ornish Diet rated number one for heart health, U.S. News & World Report (2011-2017); recognized as “one of the 50 most influential members of his generation”, LIFE magazine; named “one of the world’s seven most powerful teachers”, Forbes magazine.