Alan J. Steinberg, MD is board-certified in Internal Medicine and practices with the Cedars-Sinai Medical Group in Beverly Hills, California. He grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he learned Transcendental Meditation in 1975. His undergraduate degree in philosophy is from the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California. Dr. Steinberg attended the University of Nevada School of Medicine, receiving an MD degree in 1984. He and Dr. Steven Krems have been the team internists for the Los Angeles Clippers NBA team for over twenty-five years. His first book was a non-fiction consumer's guide, The Insider's Guide to HMOs. It was well received and helped sway the direction health care was heading in the late 1990s. Dr. Steinberg lives with his wife of over thirty years in Los Angeles, California. They are the proud parents of three young adults.