Samantha Heller

Health and media expert, consultant, and author Samantha Heller is a registered dietitian, certified dietitian/nutritionist, and exercise physiologist with a dual MS degree in nutrition and applied physiology from Teachers’ College, Columbia University. Heller is the clinical nutrition coordinator at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut. She hosts a live two-hour show on NYU’s Langone Medical Center’s DOCTOR Radio on SiriusXM.

Heller’s popular book, Get Smart: Samantha Heller’s Nutrition Prescription for Boosting Brain Power and Optimizing Total Body Health, is the only medically peer-reviewed health book on the market today. Entertaining, fun, and chock full of bulleted tips and recommendations, Get Smart helps people of all ages get smarter, improve memory, lose weight, feel happier, and reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as dementia, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

Known for her accessibility, knowledge, confidence, and attractive on-camera demeanor, Heller is a favored expert on TV news shows such as Doctor Oz, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, Fox Evening News, and many more. Regarded as a specialist in the fields of clinical nutrition, health, medical nutrition therapy—including expertise in diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and obesity—wellness, stress management, exercise, and fitness, Heller is a highly sought-after expert, spokesperson, writer, and public speaker.

Recent speaking engagements include GE Global Leaders Meeting, Cooper Companies Wellness Summit, Suburban Hospital Community Health Series, Griffin Hospital’s Women’s Day of Health, and Unilever’s Lunch and Learn.

With over a decade of clinical experience as a health professional, Heller works with people of all ages and from all walks of life. She developed and ran NYU’s Langone Medical Center’s Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation & Prevention Nutrition Program for almost ten years. As a clinical nutritionist and health and wellness expert, she has helped people with heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and other health issues adopt healthier lifestyles and achieve their health goals.

Heller’s articles have appeared in publications such as Health, My Family Doctor, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, Heart Healthy Living, Glamour, Healthy Aging, Today’s Health & Wellness, American Health & Fitness, Spry, and MSN Health & Fitness.com.

In addition to her radio, TV, consulting, clinical nutrition, lecturing, media, and writing work, Samantha Heller works in the community teaching groundbreaking nutrition and health classes free to the public at Griffin Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care and volunteers her time giving health talks and health counseling at senior centers, nursing homes, and local schools.