Interviews

Michelle McMacken, MD is an honors graduate of Yale University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, board-certified internal medicine physician, assistant professor of medicine at NYU School of Medicine, and the director of the Bellevue Hospital Weight Management Clinic in New York City. In this interview, she discusses the the science and importance of plant-based diets. […]

Dr. Ostfeld is a Yale and Harvard trained cardiologist and the founder and director of the Cardiac Wellness Program at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, where he recommends plant-based vegan diets. He is also an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. […]

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., a surgeon by training, has conducted extensive research into diet and disease, in particular cardiovascular disease. In our interview with Dr. Esselstyn, he discusses why he recommends and follows a whole-foods, plant-based vegan diet. […]

Terry Mason, M.D., the Chief Operating Officer of the Cook County Department of Public Health and the former Chief Medical Officer for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, discusses plant-based, vegan diets and health. […]

Kim A. Williams, Sr., M.D. is the Chief of Cardiology at Rush University Medical Center and the current President of the American College of Cardiology. He has been vegan since 2003, and discusses the benefits of avoiding animal foods and adopting a plant-based diet. […]