Health Corps is excited to be working with such an accomplished and inspirational Board. Working together, Health Corps’ message can be brought to students, schools, and communities across the nation.
Michael F. Roizen, MD
Michael F. Roizen, MD, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Williams College and Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. He 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 and chair of the RealAge, Inc. Scientific Advisory Board. He is 61 calendar years of age, but his RealAge is 42.3.
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 160 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 100 textbook chapters, 30 editorials, and 4 medical books, and received 13 U.S. and many foreign patents. He chaired the department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago. He then became dean of the School of Medicine and VP for Biomedical Sciences at SUNY Upstate. After serving as CEO of the Biotechnology Research Corporation of Central New York, he accepted his current position as chair of the Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Comprehensive Pain Management at the Cleveland Clinic.
His first general audience book, RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be? became a #1 New York Times bestseller. Other books include the New York Times bestseller The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat and The RealAge Makeover. His book, YOU: The Owner’s Manual, written with HealthCorps founder Dr. Mehmet Oz, debuted in May 2005 and became a #1 New York Times bestseller. It was followed by the NY Times bestsellers YOU: The Smart Patient and YOU: On A Diet, the Owner’s Manual for Waist Management. Their latest bestselling book, is YOU: Staying Young, the Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty.
Dr. Roizen has given over 1,400 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, CBN, CNN, CBS, Good Morning America, Canada AM, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live, and has three PBS fundraising specials. He and Mehmet Oz write a monthly column for Reader’s Digest, and record 1 hour a day of radio for Oprah and Friends, XM channel 156. He also has a 2-hour 33 station Terrestrial show entitled: YOU The Owner’s Manual Radio Show, live every Saturday. He has been featured in Fortune, O, Glamour, Cosmo, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, Biography, People, US, Men’s Health, & Prevention.
Dr. Roizen still practices anesthesiology and internal medicine, using the RealAge metric to motivate his patients.
