Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.

70%Very wokeWoke score · lower is better0% personal • 70% work

Published titles: 1
Crew roles: 0
Cast roles: 1
Profile updated: October 5, 2026
TMDB person ID: 1262640

Personal context

Summary

Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. is a physician and former Olympic rower, not an actor. After a surgical career at the Cleveland Clinic, he became known for advocating a whole-food, plant-based diet to prevent and reverse heart disease, and wrote Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. He has linked his dietary recommendations to health and disease prevention. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or political activism are on record.

Known Work

Published titles

What the Health
2017
as Self
70%