Zorba Paster
Robert Zorba Paster is a physician and radio show host.
Paster was born on August 19, 1947, and raised in
In addition to his weekly show for Wisconsin Public Radio, Paster provides weekly medical commentaries on WISC-TV in Madison and writes a column for the Wisconsin State Journal and other newspapers across the country. He is also the editor of TopHealth, a monthly wellness letter with more than 1 million readers. Paster has written The Longevity Code: Your Prescription for a Longer, Sweeter Life with Susan Meltsner, published by Random House. He writes of "the Long Sweet Life", and states that achieving longevity is much more complex than merely maintaining healthy diet and exercise.
Paster and his wife have been involved in Tibetan causes since 1968,[1] having studied under Geshe Sopa, one of America's premier teachers of Tibetan Buddhism[2] In June 2008, together with Dr. Richard Chaisson and Kunchok Dorjee, he participated to help improving a program of the Tibetan Delek Hospital supported by Johns Hopkins University and aiming to control tuberculosis within the Tibetan diaspora.[3] Paster is the Chairman of Friends of Tibetan Delek Hospital an organization aiming to help Delek Hospital.[4] Dr. Paster is also actively involved in providing medical care for His Holiness the Dalai Lama along with Dr. Tsetan Sandutshang, His Holiness’s primary physician.
Paster received his pre-med degree from the
He is a practicing
Publications
- Heart-Healthy, Low-Fat, Guilt-Free and Tasty Recipes from the Kitchen of Zorba Paster.
Wisconsin Public Radio Association, 2000.
- The Longevity Code: Your Prescription for a Longer, Sweeter Life written with Susan Melstner. New York: Random House, 2001.
- Zorba Paster, "My Trip to See His Holiness, the Dalai Lama," Wisconsin Public Radio, https://web.archive.org/web/20090722100619/http://www.wpr.org:80/zorba/article_dalailama.htm (accessed 16 December 2009).
References
- ^ Zorba Paster, MD Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Friends of Tibetan Delek Hospital
- ^ Jason Albert, "Dream Builder," Madison Magazine (18 June 2008) http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=62,6663,0,0,1,0 (accessed 16 December 2009).
- ^ Delek Hospital details Plan to Combat TB in the Tibetan Community Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Friends of Tibetan Delek Hospital". Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ R. Zorba Paster, MD, retrieved 6 December 2010
- ^ PRI Public Radio International, "Zorba Paster on Your Health," http://www.pri.org/zorba-paster.html (accessed 16 December 2009).
External links
- "Zorba Paster on Your Health" WPR Wisconsin Public Radio
- To The Best Of Our Knowledge, "Medicine and Compassion," Wisconsin Public Radio. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085144/http://ttbook.org:80/book/compassion-and-medicine (accessed 22 January 2012)