David S. Sobel MD, MPH

David S. Sobel, MD, MPH, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, and former Medical Director of Patient Education and Health Promotion for The Permanente Medical Group and Kaiser Permanente Northern California. He practiced adult primary care medicine at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices in San Jose. He is coauthor of eight books including Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain, The Healing Brain, Healthy Pleasures, and The Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Handbook, and What’s the Catch? How to Avoid Getting Hooked and Manipulated. He is the recipient of the national Healthtrac Foundation Health Education Award, the Kaiser Permanente James A Vohs Award for Quality and Exceptional Contribution Award, and an Honorary Fellow of the Society for Public Health Education.

Dr. Sobel completed a Bachelor’s degree in psychology (University of Michigan), medical education (UCSF), a medical internship (Presbyterian Hospital-Pacific Medical Center), Masters in Public Health and a residency program in General Preventive Medicine (UC Berkeley). Dr. Sobel’s more than 200 television appearances to educate the public about health issues include the Today Show, CNN, Hour Magazine, and a regular television news segment on KNTV, an ABC affiliate station.

He has provided over 500 invited keynote lectures in a variety of professional and public venues including the American Hospital Association, World Health Organization (WHO), National Institutes for Health, National Health Service (NHS UK), Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Society of Behavioral Medicine, UC Berkeley, UCSF, Stanford, Chevron, Southern California Edison, Blue Cross, National Wellness Institute, and Esalen Institute.