Larry Scherwitz, Ph.D., is an international research scientist who specializes in mind-body medicine and lifestyle and their link to preventing and reversing heart disease and obesity. Trained in psychophysiology (mind-body medicine) at Harvard Medical School, his remarkable record as a behavioral scientist includes Director of Research on Dean Ornish, M.D.’s program for reversing heart disease through lifestyle changes (diet, stress management, exercise, social support) alone—without drugs or surgery; and pioneering research that revealed “7 newly identified eating styles linked with overeating, overweight, and obesity,” the results of which were published in Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing.

Dr. Scherwitz has been on the faculty of various medical institutions including Baylor College of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, California Pacific Medical Center, and the Preventive Medicine Research Institute. His research has been published in a plethora of prestigious medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet, and Psychosomatic Medicine. A highly skilled health strategist and Cardiac Coach, he is co-author of The Enlightened Diet. Larry and his wife, Deborah Kesten, MPH, have a coaching practice to help clients lose weight as well as prevent, halt, and reverse heart disease, and related conditions, such as diabetes and stress. Larry also consults with clients to help them design studies to evaluate the efficacy of complementary and alternative practices.