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.
[1] She is a professor at the Osher Center of Integrative Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
[citation needed] She is the founder of the Institute for the Study of Health & Illness.
[4] Remen's most well-known books include Kitchen Table Wisdom[5] and My Grandfather's Blessing,[6] both of which made The New York Times Best Seller list.
[7][8] Kitchen Table Wisdom has been translated into 21 languages, and has sold over 700,000 copies worldwide.