Dr. Rakesh Jotwani is a physician and lifestyle medicine advocate, having worked as a hospitalist for 11 years. He is passionate about connecting with people and helping them to understand the power of simple lifestyle choices to improve their quality of life and longevity. Struggling with depression and feeling overwhelmed, he embarks on a journey to discover a better life balance and lifestyle medicine, only to find himself battling the ironic conflict of having to choose between his dream of connecting with people and his demanding hospital job.
Key points:
*How did Dr. Jotwani become a physician and develop an interest in lifestyle medicine?
*How did volunteering and taking courses on cultural anthropology and death and dying to help him make this decision?
*How did his experience of depression and the challenges of being a hospitalist propel him to seek lifestyle medicine?
Meet Dr. Rak
Dr. Rakesh Jotwani, aka Dr. Rak (“rock”), became passionate about helping others make lifestyle changes after his own health dramatically improved with lifestyle changes. Dr. Rak completed his undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Duke University, his medical degree from the University of Chicago, and his internal medicine residency training at the University of California in San Francisco.
He is dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. He has worked in direct patient care for over a decade, first as a hospital physician, then as a primary care physician. He previously served as the Director of Lifestyle Medicine for a large community hospital in San Francisco. Dr. Rak is avidly interested in how we can effectively change our habits and regularly speaks about this subject to other healthcare providers across the United States.
Dr. Rak is also an active member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s subgroup HEAL (Health Equity Achieved Through Lifestyle). Dr. Rak is married and has three kids. Outside of work, he enjoys cooking and enjoying plant-based meals, hiking, and strength training.
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