Michael Fredric Roizen was born on January 7,1946 and is an American anesthesiologist and internist, an award-winning author, and the chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic.
13 Facts About Michael Roizen
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Michael Roizen completed a tour of duty in the Public Health Service and has 165 peer reviewed publications and 100 medical chapters, 14 US patents, started six companies, served on Food and Drug Administration advisory committees for 16 years, and chaired an FDA advisory committee.
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Michael Roizen co-invented a drug, methylnaltrexone, and took it through phase 2 trials.
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Besides advocating for a healthier lifestyle today, Michael Roizen has speculated that by 2023 one of the 14 areas of aging might have a breakthrough that will allow people to live until 160 with the same quality of life as at age 45.
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Michael Roizen has been criticized for what has been called his wild exaggerations about the potential payoffs of exercise and healthy eating.
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Michael Roizen's residency was at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Michael Roizen then became dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for Biomedical Sciences at SUNY Upstate.
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Michael Roizen co-founded RealAge, a service providing personal health tools to consumers.
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Michael Roizen has served on the boards of five non-profit foundations.
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Michael Roizen has appeared on various television shows and was featured in various magazines.
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The idea for RealAge started in 1985 when Michael Roizen convinced a 47-year-old entrepreneur to take his blood-pressure medication by explaining he was living with the body of a 52-year-old by not doing so.
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Michael Roizen became the Cleveland Clinic's chief wellness officer in mid-2007.
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Michael Roizen is a professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.