Robert
Graham, MD, MPH, ABOIM, FACP & Chef
Robert Graham, MD, MPH, ABOIM, FACP & Chef
Doctor/Co-Founder, FRESH Med
Global Meatless Monday Nutrition Ambassador
Chef Robert E. Graham, MD, MPH, ABOIM, FACP, is the Co–Founder of FRESH Medicine. Dr. Graham is a Harvard-trained physician, board certified in both Internal and Integrative Medicine, a public health scientist, TED speaker, food activist and Chef. Dr. Graham received his medical degree from the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital. He earned a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health while completing three fellowships in General Internal Medicine, Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. One of less than twenty doctor/chefs worldwide, he obtained his culinary degree from the Natural Gourmet Institute.
Dr. Graham a leader in the field of Integrative Medicine has prescribed “food as medicine” for over 10 years, has taught over 500 healthcare workers, mostly doctors, how to cook whole food plant-based meals, created the first edible rooftop garden on a hospital in NYC and is the founder of FRESH Med, an integrative health and wellness center in NYC. FRESH is an acronym for their five ingredients for health: Food, Relaxation, Exercise, Sleep and Happiness.
When not seeing patients, he trades his white lab coat for chef’s whites with the goal of expanding his toolkit both for use as a healthcare provider and as an advocate for a new model of integrative, “food-first” lifestyle-focused healthcare, called Culinary Medicine. He serves as advisor for several food companies, and organizations who are designing “food as medicine.” In 2020, he launched an online university with his wife, FRESH MED U. He is currently writing his first book, The FRESH 5: Your Recipe to Health.
Follow his work @FRESHMedNYC and www.freshmednyc.com
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