Chief Wellness Officer at Cleveland Clinic; #1 New York Times Bestselling Author; Developer of the RealAge Concept
Dr. Michael Roizen Biography
Dr. Michael Roizen is an anesthesiologist and internist, an award-winning author, and the chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic. Known for developing the RealAge concept, Dr. Roizen has authored or co-authored five #1 New York Times bestsellers. He has served on FDA advisory committees for 16 years and chaired an FDA advisory committee. He is passionate about helping people choose to live younger and healthier.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Williams College and Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Dr. Roizen performed his residency in internal medicine at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital and completed Public Health Service at the National Institutes of Health in the laboratory of Irv Kopin and Nobel Prize winner Julius Axelrod. He is certified by both the American Boards of Internal Medicine and of Anesthesiology. Dr. Roizen is the Cofounder of RealAge Inc, which was sold in 2006, but still Chairs its Scientific Advisory Board. He is 72 calendar years of age (2018), but his RealAge is 53.8.
Dr. Roizen is a Past Chair of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee and a former editor for six medical journals. He has published more than 185 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 100 textbook chapters, 30 editorials, and four medical books (one, a medical bestseller), and received 13 U.S. and many foreign patents. One of the drugs he co-invented and developed (licensed to Progenics and Wyeth Corp.) has been approved by the FDA.
After nine years on the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco, he chaired the top-10-rated Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago. He then became Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President for Biomedical Sciences at SUNY Upstate. After serving as CEO of the Biotechnology Research Corporation of Central New York, he accepted a position as Chair of the Anesthesiology Institute at Cleveland Clinic, responsible for over 180 operatories, 124 critical care beds, and 28 pain therapy intervention units.
In 2007, Dr. Roizen was named Chief Wellness Officer at Cleveland Clinic, the first such position in a major healthcare institution in the United States. Dr. Roizen also served as founding Chair of the Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic from 2007 to 2017.
His first general-audience book, "RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be?" became a #1 New York Times bestseller and was awarded the Best Wellness Book of 1999 by the Books for a Better Life Awards. "RealAge" has been translated into more than 20 languages and was #1 in four other countries, displacing "Harry Potter" for 7 days as #1 on Amazon. Other books include the New York Times bestseller "The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger With What You Eat," written with Dr. John La Puma, "Cooking the RealAge Way," also with Dr. La Puma, and "The RealAge Makeover." His book, "YOU: The Owner’s Manual," written with Health Corps founder Dr. Mehmet Oz, debuted in May 2005 and became a #1 New York Times bestseller (sold more than 2.7 million hardcover copies worldwide; was the #2 best-selling book published in 2005-- displacing "Harry Potter" for 35 days as #1 on Amazon and BN.com.). It was followed by the New York Times bestseller, "YOU: The Smart Patient." Their next book, "YOU: On A Diet, the Owner’s Manual for Waist Management," debuted at #1 on the New York Times list (11 consecutive weeks at #1 and 17 consecutive weeks in top 3) with 21 printings totaling over 2.4 million copies in the first three weeks (it was the #2 best-selling book published in 2006 in 2006), and displaced "Harry Potter" for 177 days atop Amazon. Their next book, "YOU Staying Young, the Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty" also debuted at #1 on the New York Times list, and is listed by People magazine as the #3 selling book in the world in 2007. He has authored or coauthored 4 #1 New York Times Bestsellers, 9 top 10 Bestsellers (including "AgeProof: Living Longer without Breaking a Hip or Running Out of Money"), and shared an Elle, an Emmy and the Paul G. Rogers Award from the National Library of Medicine as Best Medical Communicator.
Dr. Roizen has given over 1,600 lectures to professional medical groups and has been recognized with over 20 professional lectureships. He has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "TODAY,' "20/20" (3 times), CBN, CNN, "Good Morning America" and "Canada AM," more than 28 times each, in addition to appearances more than once on CBS, "The Montel Williams Show," and "Larry King Live." He has authored, co-produced, and been the talent in six PBS fundraising specials (his fundraising special "The RealAge Makeover" was one of the top two PBS special fundraisers in 2006, now with well over 5,000 showings in 100 TV markets). His next two PBS specials -- "YOU On A Diet" and "Longevity Factors" -- have both received acclaim, and widespread enough distribution to be top 5 fundraisers in year of release for PBS. He and Mehmet Oz write a daily newspaper column syndicated to over 100 newspapers by King syndication. He is now in his 18th year of a radio-podcast entitled "YOU The Owner’s Manual Radio Show.: He has been featured in Fortune, O, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, Biography, People, US, Men’s Health, Biography, and Prevention.
Dr. Roizen still practices internal medicine, using the RealAge metric to motivate his patients. He routinely takes patients at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness who are in the midst of struggling with tobacco, heart, diabetic or arthritic problems and coaches them with simple (but persistent) lifestyle changes to be able to live, feel, look and be years younger. He really enjoys getting them to throw away their medications when they no longer need them, but teaches the role of food and other simple steps in reversing disease processes.
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Dr. Michael Roizen Speaking Topics
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Will 90 Be The New 40? Implications For YOU and For Your Business
In 1998, Dr. Roizen predicted 60 would be the new 40--it has come to pass; the science of mechanisms in aging research is progressing fast enough that 90 is likely to be the new 40 within 10 years. This longevity disruptor- extending the period of your life between 30 and 60 to between 30 and 90- has major implications for how you can personally prepare for this, which is related to your health and your economics, and for the economy and specific businesses in particular. This talk and subsequent discussions through Q and A's will focus on how you can understand and take advantage of this knowledge personally.
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Aging and Your Brain--The 40 Choices Shown to Prevent It
Forty choices, from the speed of processing games--not crosswords--to indulging in four smells a day, have been shown to prevent and reverse brain dysfunction that occurs with aging. This talk will show how each person can adopt these, and how you can protect your mobility and keep functioning younger.
Dr. Michael Roizen Videos
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Dr. Michael Roizen is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Will 90 Be The New 40? Implications For YOU and For Your Business, Aging and Your Brain--The 40 Choices Shown to Prevent It, How the Cleveland Clinic Reduced its Medical Spending by 3% Compared to Others with Wellness--Hint: It Was by a Voluntary Employee Health Program, This Is Your Do-Over, You: The Smart Patient and You: On a Diet. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dr. Michael Roizen for your event is $30,000 - $50,000. Dr. Michael Roizen generally travels from Cleveland, OH, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Doctor Mike, Dr. Ian Smith, Montel Williams, Joy Bauer and Dr. Leana Wen. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dr. Michael Roizen for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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