Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor Emeritus of Medicine
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2002 - Present
Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition,
Medicine
Faculty Associate in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine
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2008 - Present
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Treating Malignant Hypertension With the Low-Sodium, Low-Protein, and Low-Fat Rice Diet.
Journal Article Hypertension · January 2026 BACKGROUND: The rice diet (RD), a low-sodium (<200 mg/d), low-protein (≈20 g/d), and low-fat (<5 g/d) diet was used to treat patients with malignant hypertension beginning in the 1940s, before any effective antihypertensive drugs were available. We retrosp ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteGerontology
· August 12, 2025 CiteModern perspective of the Rice Diet for hypertension and other metabolic diseases.
Journal Article BMJ Nutr Prev Health · 2024 BACKGROUND: In the early 1940s, before antihypertensive drugs were available, the Rice Diet Programme (RDP) was developed to treat severe hypertension and, later, diabetes and obesity. Despite significant advancements in dietary management for these condit ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Faculty Development Program In General Internal Medicine
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1990 - 1991Faculty Development In Gim And/Or Gp
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1989 - 1990View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Harvard University ·
1962
M.D.