尼尔·巴纳德医生（Dr. Neal Barnard），医学学位，美国心脏病学院研究员(FACC)，是华盛顿特区乔治华盛顿大学医学院的客座医学教授，以及“负责医学”组织（Responsible Medicine）的医师委员会主席。
尼尔·巴纳德医生领导了多项研究，调查饮食对糖尿病、体重和慢性疼痛的影响，包括一项由美国国立卫生研究院资助的 2 型糖尿病饮食干预的开创性研究，为将2型糖尿病视为许多患者的潜在可逆疾病铺平了道路。
尼尔·巴纳德医生为医学和非专业读者撰写了 100 多篇科学出版物和 20 本书，并且是面向所有美国医学生的教科书《临床医生营养指南》的主编。
作为“负责医学”组织医师委员会主席，尼尔·巴纳德医生领导着倡导预防医学、良好营养和更高伦理标准的研究项目。他的研究有助于在美国饮食指南中接受植物性饮食。 2015年，他被任命为美国心脏病学会研究员。 2016 年，他在华盛顿特区创立了巴纳德医疗中心，作为让营养成为所有医疗保健常规组成部分的典范。
尼尔·巴纳德医生与哥伦比亚特区医学会和美国医学会合作，撰写了现在成为 AMA 政策一部分的关键决议，呼吁在联邦政策和医疗实践中重新关注预防和营养。 2018 年，他获得了哥伦比亚特区医学会杰出服务奖。他主持了四个关于营养和健康的 PBS 电视节目。
尼尔·巴纳德医生最初来自北达科他州的法戈，在乔治华盛顿大学医学院获得医学学位，并在同一机构完成了住院医师实习。在返回华盛顿成立医师委员会之前，他在纽约的圣文森特医院执业。
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Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Dr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 100 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers, and is the editor in chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.
As president of the Physicians Committee, Dr. Barnard leads programs advocating for preventive medicine, good nutrition, and higher ethical standards in research. His research contributed to the acceptance of plant-based diets in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2016, he founded the Barnard Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as a model for making nutrition a routine part of all medical care.
Working with the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the American Medical Association, Dr. Barnard has authored key resolutions, now part of AMA policy, calling for a new focus on prevention and nutrition in federal policies and in medical practice. In 2018, he received the Medical Society of the District of Columbia’s Distinguished Service Award. He has hosted four PBS television programs on nutrition and health.
Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Dr. Barnard received his MD degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee.
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