Elizabeth P. Frates

Biography

Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Frates is trained as a physiatrist as well as a health and wellness coach. Her expertise is lifestyle medicine, and she works to empower patients and groups of patients to reach their optimal level of wellness through adopting healthy habits such as regular physical activity, healthy diet, a resilient mindset, and stress management. As Director of Medical Student Education at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Frates is the faculty advisor for the Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group at Harvard Medical School. She works with all ages from teenagers to the elderly. Dr. Frates is interested in teaching, research, and clinical services around wellness. Developing programs in lifestyle medicine and the field of wellness is her passion.

Education and Training

• AB, Psychology/Biology
  Harvard College
• MD, Medicine
  Stanford Medical School
• Internship, Internal Medicine
  MGH
• Residency, Physiatry
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Awards and Honors

• Excellence in Tutorial Facilitation, 2010
  Academy of Teaching and Learning, Harvard Medical School
• Excellence in Tutorial Facilitation, 2009
  Academy of Teaching and Learning, Harvard Medical School
• Excellence in Tutorial Facilitation, 2008
  Academy of Teaching and Learning, Harvard Medical School
• Excellence in Research, 2000
  Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
• The Manuel J. Lipson Award, 1999
  Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
• Chief Resident, 1999
  Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
• Excellence in Research, 1996
  Western Student Medical Research Forum

Publications

• Resources Exist to Integrate Nutrition into Graduate Medical Education.

  Frates EP. J Med Educ Curric Dev 2024 Jan-Dec

• Integrating the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum into an Occupational Medicine Training Program.

  Lutchman K, Wan M, Lan FY, Kales SN, Frates EP. J Occup Environ Med 2024 Apr 01

• Paving the Path to Wellness for Stroke Survivors: A Lifestyle Medicine Group Intervention.

  Askari S, Phadke CP, Fernandez JA, Frates EP. Am J Lifestyle Med 2024 Nov-Dec

• A Cancer Center Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Medicine Clinic: Description of Program and Patient Population.

  Millstein RA, Lee H, Lapioli A, Winters L, Sullivan C, Bateman S, Frates E, Comander A, Eisenstat S, Peppercorn J, O'Donnell EK. Am J Lifestyle Med 2024 Nov-Dec

• Restoring Well-Being for Physicians Through Lifestyle Medicine.

  Lee H, Going M, Tivnan V, Tollefson M, Comander A, Frates E. Am J Lifestyle Med 2024 Mar-Apr