Dr. Beth Frates
Physician. Educator. Leader in Lifestyle Medicine.
Beth Frates, MD, is a physician, educator, and nationally recognized leader in lifestyle medicine and behavior change. She has dedicated more than two decades of her medical career to advancing medical education, with a focus on helping clinicians and learners translate evidence-based lifestyle medicine into sustainable, real-world practice.
Dr. Frates is an Associate Professor (Part-Time) at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a faculty member at Harvard Extension School. She is also the founder of the nonprofit organization PAVING the Path to Wellness, which promotes whole-person health through education, empowerment, and evidence-based tools.
Award Winning
Recipient of multiple teaching awards at Harvard Medical School.
LM Expert
Trained and passionate about lifestyle medicine.
Author
Author of multiple articles and books in lifestyle medicine.
A course still taught more than a decade later
In 2014, Dr. Frates created the first full-semester Lifestyle Medicine course at Harvard University , introducing learners to the science, history, and practice of lifestyle medicine. This course, Lifestyle Medicine 101, continues to be offered more than a decade later and has served as a foundation for lifestyle medicine education at Harvard and beyond.
Over the years, Dr. Frates has developed and taught multiple highly regarded courses. Her teaching reaches physicians, nurses, medical students, pre-med students, educators, and health professionals nationally and internationally.
Two decades at Harvard
A career built on teaching, facilitation, and curriculum development across Harvard Medical School and Harvard Extension School.
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Frates started teaching at Harvard Medical School during her last year of residency, in an elective rotation as a tutorial leader for the human central nervous system. The tutorial sessions were less about lecturing and more about empowering students to discover answers to complex questions together. She went on to teach in the nutrition, musculoskeletal, and endocrine courses.
Excellence in Tutorial Facilitation AwardLifestyle Medicine 101
Created the first full-semester Lifestyle Medicine course at Harvard University — a course still taught today and a foundation for lifestyle medicine education at Harvard and beyond.
Harvard Extension School
Created a 14-week introduction to Lifestyle Medicine course covering history, exercise, diet, sleep, stress resiliency, social connection, addictions, behavior change, positive psychology, mindfulness, meditation, and medical education. Over 100 students enrolled — one of the most popular classes at the Extension School.
Excellence in Teaching AwardLearn lifestyle medicine from the course that started it all
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