Yasmine S. Ali, MD
The Positive Cardiologist
Creator of the ORCHID Model for Positive Living
Host of the podcast, “Positive Vibes: On the Sunny Side”
Bestselling Author| Award-Winning Speaker
Now on sale, and now in its second printing! The long-awaited debut novel from bestselling author Yasmine S. Ali, MD!
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Walk through Fire: The Train Disaster that Changed America, about the Waverly Train Disaster of 1978, the stories of the first responders, and how the aftermath of the disaster led to the birth of FEMA and top-to-bottom changes in national rail safety standards and hazardous materials handling.
Dr. Ali’s appearances (selected from many):
Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI, FACC, FACP
The Positive Cardiologist | Physician-Author-Scholar
Yasmine S. Ali, MD, is a board-certified preventive cardiologist, clinical lipidologist, bestselling author, and award-winning speaker whose work brings together cardiovascular medicine, the science of well-being, the medical humanities, and storytelling. Known as The Positive Cardiologist, she is the founder of Positive Cardiology, and her work explores a central question: How can we use what science and medicine teach us about health, optimism, purpose, creativity, and connection to live—and work—well?
Dr. Ali is the creator of the ORCHID Model for Positive Living™, a framework built around Optimism, Resilience, Creativity, Health, Integrity, and Determination. She is also founder and CEO of LastSky Writing, LLC, a boutique, independent multimedia publishing company through which she creates and publishes work across books, audio, education, speaking, and other media.
Through her Positive Vibes: On the Sunny Side podcast and Positive Vibes e-magazine, she shares evidence-based insights and practical inspiration to help individuals cultivate optimism, resilience, joy, and fulfillment in their daily lives.
Dr. Ali is the bestselling author of Walk through Fire: The Train Disaster that Changed America and the internationally acclaimed novel The View from the Cliffs. Her forthcoming Steps to Success book series, including Courage to Pivot: 5 Steps to Successful Career Change (And Why Your Health May Depend on It) and Positive Vibes: The Power of Optimism to Transform Your Health and Your Life, translates her medical insight and optimism into practical guidance for personal growth and career transformation.
Across her books, speaking, courses, podcast, and e-magazine, Dr. Ali brings an interdisciplinary approach to the connections among health, optimism, purpose, creativity, and the art of living well.
