Jim is pleased to welcome Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have followed a plant-based diet for more than 26 years. Dr. Esselstyn presently directs the cardiovascular prevention and reversal program at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. Dr. Esselstyn has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1968. During that time, he has served as President of the Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. He chaired the Clinic’s Breast Cancer Task Force and headed its Section of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In addition to his long and distinguished medical career, Dr. Esselstyn won a gold medal in rowing in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and in 1968 was awarded the Bronze Star in Vietnam as an Army surgeon.
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