How To Health Podcast With Laurie Marbas, Md, Mba

Why would a medical student quit medical school, go to culinary school and then back to medical school? Well that is the story of Dr. Rani Polak. Dr. Polak has an impressive resume and was a delight to talk to how he prescribes food as medicine and practices in the USA and Israel. Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA is founder and director of the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and a Research Associate, PM&R Department, Harvard Medical School. Prior to this position he completed a Research Fellowship in Lifestyle Medicine at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, and a residency in Family Medicine at the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Polak had the good fortune to be the founder of the Hadassah Healthy Cooking and Lifestyle Center, and the Israeli Society of Lifestyle Medicine. His first lifestyle intervention won the Hebrew University’s Kaye Award Price for innovation, and h