He studied biochemistry at Harvard and completed his medical training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Stanford University, followed by a fellowship with Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona. He currently practices at the Sutter Health Institute for Health and Healing in San Francisco. He is the author of the book “The Paleovedic Diet: A Complete Program to Burn Fat, Increase Energy, and Reverse Disease Guest Akil Palanisamy, MD