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Neal Barnard
Barnard in 2014
Born
North Dakota, US
NationalityAmerican
EducationGeorge Washington University School of Medicine (M.D.)
Occupation(s)Non-profit executive, author, medical researcher
Known forFounder and President of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Neal D. Barnard is an American psychiatrist, author, clinical researcher, and founding president of the vegan and animal rights activist group, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).[1]

Biography

He grew up in a cattle-ranching family in North Dakota, started to explore vegetarianism in medical school at George Washington University School of Medicine, and later became a vegan.[1][2]

As part of his vegan ethics, he came to oppose animal testing in biomedical research and he founded PCRM in 1985 out of his apartment in New York City to lobby against animal testing and to lobby for changes to USDA nutrition guidelines.[1][3] By 2006 PCRM had a $7.2 million budget and 70 employees in a Washington D.C. office.[1] PCRM and Barnard have maintained close connections with PETA; Barnard wrote a regular column for PETA's magazine.[1]

As of 2004 he had an adjunct clinical research position at GWU Medical School, was president of the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and was running PCRM.[4]

By 2006 he had become well-known as a vegan advocate and an activist against animal testing, and had testified before Congress.[1]

He appeared in the 2011 documentary feature film Forks Over Knives, a film that traces the careers of T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyn.[5]

He founded the Barnard Medical Center in 2015 as part of PCRM, and it opened in 2016 with him as president; the center provides primary care and emphasizes diet and preventative medicine.[6][7]

By 2017 Barnard had been an author on around 70 scientific papers and had written 18 books about nutrition, including the Dr. Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes and 21-Day Kickstart and Power Foods for the Brain.[8]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Wadman, M (June 2006). "Neal Barnard". Nature medicine. 12 (6): 602. doi:10.1038/nm0606-602. PMID 16760995.
  2. ^ Theiss, Evelyn (April 19, 2011). "Author Dr. Neal Barnard encourages plant-based, vegan diet". Cleveland Plain Dealer.
  3. ^ Brandt, Peter (March 12, 2001). "A Conversation with Dr. Neal Barnard". Salon. Archived from the original on April 13, 2001.
  4. ^ Sharkey, Joe. "Perennial Foes Meet Again in a Battle of the Snack Bar",The New York Times, November 23, 2004.
  5. ^ Wax, Emily (21 November 2011). "Some Americans rethink food-centered Thanksgiving". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ "President, Barnard Medical Center". PCRM. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ^ "About the Barnard Medical Center". The Physicians Committee. Retrieved 22 August 2017. The Physicians Committee has opened the Barnard Medical Center as a means of providing state-of-the-art care and exploring innovative ways to help patients regain and protect their health.
  8. ^ "Neal Barnard". The Physicians Committee. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017.
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