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    • Beth Frates MD
    • Academics
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    • Coaching
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    • Consulting
    • PAVING the Path to Wellness
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  • Two people smiling onstage, holding a certificate against a blue backdrop.

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    Dr. Frates and one of her mentees, Dr. Melissa Mondala at the annual meeting for ACLM during the ceremony for new Fellows of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

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    Dr. Frates delivering the prestigious Walter J Zeiter Plenary session in San Diego in 2024 at the annual meeting for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

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  • Woman standing before #apmr24 sign at a conference booth, San Diego & virtual, November 6–10, 2024

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    Dr. Frates at the AAPM&R meeting in November 2024. This is the annual meeting for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

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  • Two people posing at the AAPM 2024 plenary sessions event banner.

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    Dr. Frates with her mentor Dr. Watler Frontera. This photo was taken at the Annual meeting for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in San Diego in 2024. During this meeting, Dr. Walter Frontera received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Dr. Frates was selected to present the prestigious Walter J Zeiter plenary session. Dr. Frates talked about Lifestyle Medicine for Providers and Patients.

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  • Panel discussion in a conference room with six speakers seated before a blue backdrop, audience watching.

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    Dr. Frates at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston speaking about teen mental health for a panel.

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  • Two people posing on a stage, one in a pink dress and one in a gray suit, with studio lights behind them

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    Dr. Frates and her friend and colleague at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Bob Waldinger from the Department of Psychiatry at MGH. The photo was taken after Dr. Waldinger's presentation at the ACLM meeting in Orlando in 2024.


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  • Three speakers seated on stage during a panel discussion, with a flower arrangement and water bottles on a table.

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    Dr. Frates on opening night of the 20th Anniversary Celebration for ACLM at the annual meeting in Orlando in 2024.  Dr. Frates, Susan Benigas, and Dr. Dexter Shurney are shown in this photo during the panel describing the strategic partnership between Blue Zones and ACLM.

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  • Two people smiling and standing with a pink hula hoop and skateboard on a stage

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    Dr. Frates at the American Society of Preventive Cardiology with Dr. Martha Gulati. Dr. Gulati handed Dr. Frates a hula hoop for their question and answer session after Dr. Frates' presentation on coaching for behavior change. Dr. Gulati proceeded to ask Dr. Frates questions while they hula hooped together, not stopping for about one half hour. This was in August 2024.


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  • Two women at a registration table in a hallway, one seated and one standing, with name tags and papers.

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    Dr. Frates at the Book Signing during the ACLM Annual Meeting in Orlando in 2024.


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    Dr. Frates completed her two-year term as President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine on October 30, 2024.  During her term, the ACLM was voted into the AMA House of Delegates and the strategic partnership with ACLM and Blue Zones was created and finalized. Also during her term, Dr. Frates was involved with the process of ACLM creating its first lifestyle medicine guidelines for the treatment of diabetes. These Clinical Practice Guidelines will be available in January 2025. Presidential Threads on the Connect Platform and Member Mixers with President Beth Frates were put into place to increase member engagement and to help members stay in touch with ACLM leadership. New Member Interest Groups were started including the Culinary Medicine Interest Group and the Nature is Medicine sub-committee. In addition, Dr. Frates created a GLP 1 RA task force and a Family Medicine Task Force to help guide the organization with respect to these important areas. Together with Editor Taimur Sher, Dr. Frates Guest Edited an entire edition of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality, and Outcomes on Lifestyle Medicine.


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  • Three people posing on a dark studio set under bright lights, wearing patterned outfits and smiling.

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    Dr. Frates was delighted and honored to present Dr. David Katz with the President's Award at the ACLM Annual Meeting in 2024.

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    Dr. Frates was invited to the Center for Regulatory Excellence in Singapore at Duke-NUS by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in October 2024 and is pictured here after her lecture with Dr. Charlie Preston and Dr. Mac Lumpkin from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 

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  • Group of people standing behind a buffet table in a conference room, smiling in front of a presentation screen.

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    Dr. Frates is here with the PM&R Residents in the Harvard Department during one of the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum events with Chef Daniel at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in October 2024.

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    Dr. Frates is here with the Occupational Medicine Residents in the Harvard Occupational Medicine Residency at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health with Dr. Charles Czeisler after their session on sleep medicine.

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    Dr. Frates is honored by the Women In Medicine organization for her outstanding mentorship with the national recognition for the 2024 #SheforShe award acknowledging a woman physician who has excelled in mentoring fellow women in medicine. She received her award at the annual Women in Medicine Summit in Chicago in September 2024.

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  • Group of people posing outdoors at a warmly lit evening event, wearing lanyards in front of a decorated venue.

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    Dr. Frates with the Board of Directors in Orlando Florida enjoying time at 4Roots for a dinner before the annual conference for 2024 began.

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    Dr. Frates at Harvard Medical School TMEC center with the new leaders of the Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group for 2024.

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  • Two women standing together in a bright office space, smiling at the camera, with tables and lights behind them.

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    Dr. Frates with a mentee Vivian Wang, a second-year medical student, at the Boys and Girls Club of Boston evening event for their members to discuss mental health. Dr. Frates and Vivian Wang ran a summer program for the youth at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston to help them understand the power of healthy lifestyles. The program is called LIVELY.

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    Dr. Frates on the President's Panel at the Annual Conference for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine

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    Dr. Frates signing books at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2024

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  • Three women standing together indoors at an event, smiling and wearing lanyards.

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    Dr. Frates with her teaching assistants for the Harvard Extension School course--Wellbeing from the Inside Out: From Cell to Community

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    Dr. Frates with the newly inducted Fellows of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine at the annual conference in October 2024.

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    Dr. Frates at the end of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference in Orlando in October 2024.

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    Dr. Frates with long time friend Dr. Terri Stone, who received the honor of Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine at the annual conference in Orlando 2024.

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    Dr. Frates with CEO of ACLM Susan Benigas and Past President of ACLM Dr. Dexter Shurney at the Annual Conference for ACLM in Orlando in 2024 during the panel discussion about the strategic partnership with Blue Zones and ACLM.

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    Dr. Frates teaching live in November 2024 at Harvard Medical School for the Executive Education Corporate Learning Team.

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    Dr. Frates at the American College of Cardiology Conference with colleague Dr. Koushik Reddy.

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    Dr. Beth Frates with colleague, Dr. Walter Willett, and fellow Board of Directors member Dr. Neha Pathak at the annual meeting for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine in Denver, 2023.

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  • Two people seated in a studio with a green screen and overhead boom microphone

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    Dr. Frates with her colleague and friend Dr. Walter Willett when filming for the Harvard Medical School online course, Health and Wellness:  Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan

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  • Woman in an orange dress standing on a red carpet at a step-and-repeat backdrop

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    Dr. Frates at the Women in Medicine Summit in Chicago in September 2024 when she won the #SheForShe award for mentoring women in medicine.

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    Dr. Frates is invited to speak in Athens at a University Hospital and a medical conference in May 2023.

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  • Lifestyle Medicine Summit poster with eight speakers’ headshots on a purple background, Oct. 21, 2022

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    Dr. Frates was honored and delighted to be included in the Lifestyle Medicine Summit with year as she was alongside many pioneers including Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. David Katz, and Dr. Wayne Dysinger.

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  • Group of seven smiling people posing indoors in a bright office or meeting room.

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    Dr. Frates is now teaching the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum to the Harvard Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residents. Here they are after a session on Physician wellbeing.

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    Dr. Frates presented at the  Pakistan Association of Lifestyle Medicine Conference on October 28, 2022. Her colleague sent her a photo of zooming in from Boston.

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  • Two people standing behind a table with colorful flyers and a laptop in an office room

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    Dr. Frates and the 2022-2023 Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group (LMIG) President, Alexis Smith, Harvard Medical Student in her 4th year, at the Harvard Medical School Student Fair where a record number of students signed up the the LMIG--almost half the class!

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    Dr. Frates on Balancing Act with Montel Williams.

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  • Five people pose in tree yoga poses outside a stone building with a wooden door.

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    Dr. Beth Frates delivering a public lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland MyHealth on the power of healthy habits.

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    Dr. Beth Frates presenting at an international conference in South Korea. 

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    Dr. Beth Frates speaking at Corpus Christi College in Oxford, England. 

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    Dr. Beth Frates giving a presentation at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine.


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    Dr. Beth Frates speaking at Harvard CME on Women's Leadership 2018.

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    Dr. Beth Frates leading a local workshop for Bare Bones Yoga in Cambridge, MA.

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    Dr. Beth Frates introducing Elizabeth Blackburn at the 2019 ACLM conference. Dr. Blackburn has been a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research.

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    Dr. Beth Frates lecturing on health coaching in Tokyo and Yokohama Japan in 2012.

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  • Four people posing indoors at a conference, wearing name badges and business attire.

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    Dr. Beth Frates with colleagues speaking at a conference at Dartmouth Medical Center.

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    Dr. Beth Frates with colleagues at the Institute of Coaching CME Harvard Course 2019.

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  • Woman holding a certificate beside a display of award plaques in a conference hall

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    Dr. Beth Frates at the 2018 ACLM conference with copies of her book The Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits. 

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  • Five people smiling for a group selfie outside a glass building, one holding a booklet.

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    Dr. Beth Frates with colleagues at the Harvard Medical School CME course for leaders in surgery from around the world signing copies of her book The Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits. 

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  • Five people standing together at a conference booth in business attire, smiling in front of a branded backdrop.

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    Dr. Beth Frates at the 2019 ACLM conference signing copies of her book The Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits. 

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  • Three people posing indoors, with red and green walls in the background.

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    Dr. Beth Frates with B. F. Skinner, the world-renowned American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.

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