Neal Barnard

Neal D Barnard is an American physician author clinical researcher and founding president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine PCRM an international network of physicians scientists and laypeople who promote preventive medicine conduct clinical research and promote higher standards in research An advocate of lowfat vegan diets he has also conducted research into alternatives to animal experimentation and has been active in the animal rights movement As of 2011 he is an adjunct associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences serves as president of The Cancer Project and heads the Washington Center for Clinical Research a PCRM subsidiary Barnard is the author of several published research papers on vegan nutrition and its impact on human health and several books including Breaking the Food Seduction 2003 Dr Neal Barnards Program for Reversing Diabetes 2007 The Cancer Survivors Guide 2008 He is also a musician On May 4 2009 his composition Dream of the Black Horse was played on the National Mall in Washington DC at the conclusion of the Library of Congresss Journey to Freedom weekend about the Vietnamese boat people From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia