Dr. Michael Rafael Moreno, better known as “Dr. Mike,” is the best-selling author and creator of The 17 Day Diet. Dr. Mike is a graduate of the University of California at Irvine and Hahnemann Medical School (now Drexel University). Following his residency at Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, California, Dr. Mike moved to San Diego, where he now practices family medicine and sits on the board of the San Diego Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians.