Rachel Naomi Remen

{{Short description|American physician and author}}

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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. She is a professor at the Osher Center of Integrative Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology, Robert Coles, Randy-Michael Testa, Joseph D'Donnell, editors, New York: The New Press (2011), p. 91{{cite web|url=http://www.bravewell.org/integrative_medicine/pioneer_lectures/leadership.pioneers.remen/ |title=Rachel Naomi Remen, MD – The Bravewell Collaborative |publisher=Bravewell.org |date= |access-date=2013-06-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_264.html |title=Changing the Face of Medicine | Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen |publisher=Nlm.nih.gov |date= |access-date=2013-06-08}} Together with Michael Lerner, she is a founder of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program, a cornerstone program at Commonweal.{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}} She is the founder of the Institute for the Study of Health & Illness. She has been featured on the PBS television series, Thinking Allowed.{{cite web|url=http://www.thinkingallowed.com/2rremen.html |title=Rachel Naomi Remen: Thinking Allowed, DVD, Video Interview |publisher=Thinkingallowed.com |date= |access-date=2013-06-09}}

Remen's most well-known books include Kitchen Table Wisdom{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-57322-042-2 |title=Kitchen Table Wisdom |work=Publishers Weekly |author= |date=July 29, 1996 |access-date=June 2, 2014}} and My Grandfather's Blessing,{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-57322-150-4 |title=My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging (star) |work=Publishers Weekly |author= |date=April 3, 2000 |access-date=June 2, 2014}} both of which made The New York Times Best Seller list.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/07/bsp/bestpapernonfiction.html |title=Best Sellers Plus |work=The New York Times Best Seller list |author= |date=December 7, 1997 |access-date=June 2, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/05/21/bsp/besthardnonfiction.html |title=Best Sellers Plus |work=The New York Times Best Seller list |author= |date=May 21, 2000 |access-date=June 2, 2014}} Kitchen Table Wisdom has been translated into 21 languages, and has sold over 700,000 copies worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.rachelremen.com/books/kitchen-table-wisdom/ |title=Rachel Naomi Remen – Kitchen Table Wisdom |publisher=Rachelremen.com |date= |access-date=2013-06-09}} She is also the founder of a medical student curriculum called "The Healer's Art" used in medical schools throughout the United States.{{cite web |url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/medicines-search-for-meaning |title=Medicine's Search for Meaning |work=New York Times |author=David Bornstein |date=September 18, 2013 |access-date=June 2, 2014}}