Michael Roizen

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Dr. Michael Roizen (born January 7, 1946) is an anesthesiologist and internist, an award-winning author and the chief wellness officer at The Cleveland Clinic. He 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 FDA advisory committees for 16 years, and chaired an FDA advisory committee. He also co-invented a drug, Methylnaltrexone (MTNX, trade name Relistor), and took it through phase 2 trials. In May 2008 Methylnaltrexone received FDA approval for marketing in the United States (he has sold his rights to that drug).

He became famous for developing the Real Age concept and has authored or coauthored four number one New York Times best sellers including Real Age an three in the YOU series-- those with Dr. Mehmet Oz.

He has been roundly praised for encouraging Americans to exercise and live healthier lives - and has been an outspoken critic of politicians who use health funds for other purposes - particularly for taking tobacco settlement money and using it for unintended purposes. Besides advocating for a healthier lifestyle today, Roizen has speculated that by 2023 one of the 14 areas of aging might have a break through that will allow us to live until 160 with the same quality of life as at age 45. This speculation has been met with both criticism as well as agreement.

Roizen has also been criticized for what has been called his wild exaggerations about the potential payoffs of exercise and healthy eating.^[1]

1 Biography
2 Author, speaker, celebrity
3 Real Age
4 Cleveland Clinic
5 Books and publications
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Biography

He received a B.A. from Williams College in 1967 with a double major in Chemistry and Economics. Subsequently, he attended the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. His residency was at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He was the chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care and Pain Management at the University of Chicago for 16 years, and was chief executive of the Biotechnology Research Corporation of Central New York.

He co-founded RealAge, a service providing personal health tools to consumers, and is chairman of the RealAge Scientific Advisory Board. He became the Cleveland Clinic’s chief wellness officer and chairman of the Clinic’s Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Comprehensive Pain Management in 2004 and was named chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute in 2007.

[edit] Author, speaker, celebrity

Roizen is the author of the award-winning series of “RealAge” books, including: “RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be?” “The RealAge Makeover: Take Years off Your Looks and Add Them to Your Life;” “The RealAge(R) Workout: Maximum Health, Minimum Work;” and “Cooking the RealAge Way: Turn Back Your Biological Clock with More than 80 Delicious and Easy Recipes”

He has also coauthored, with Dr. Mehmet Oz, YOU: The Owner’s Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger, which was listed on The New York Times Bestseller List. He has also authored three New York Times number one bestsellers with Dr. Oz, "YOU: The owners manual" "YOU on a diet" and" YOU staying young", as well as the number two bestseller YOU:The Smart Patient" also coauthored with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.

Dr. Roizen has given over 1,200 lectures to professional medical groups and has been recognized with over 20 professional lectureships. He has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show 18 times, the Today Show 17 times, 20/20 3 times, CBN, CNN, CBS, Good Morning America 26 times, The Montel Williams Show, and PBS (three fundraising specials that have been substantially successful at raising money for PBS). He also chaired the Cleveland Clinic United Way fundraising drive in 2006 in which the Cleveland Clinic was in the top three donors in health care organizations to the United Way. He was featured in magazines including Fortune, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Health, and Prevention.^[2] and biography. He and Dr. Oz coauthor a daily newspaper column syndicated through over 65 newspapers in the United States and Canada.

[edit] Real Age

The idea for RealAge started in 1985 when 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. The entrepreneur paid for Roizen to assemble a five-person research team and come up with similar numbers for other controllable factors that affect length and/or quality of life. ^[3]

The first RealAge test debuted online in 1998.

[edit] Cleveland Clinic

Michael Roizen became the Cleveland Clinic’s chief wellness officer in mid-2007. The position was new for the clinic and was notable, as it made Roizen one of the top 12 executives within the health system. ^[4]

Among his initiatives are starting a farmer's market near the Clinic’s main campus, mentoring children in the public schools, and starting smoking cessation and weight-loss programs. ^[5] He has also encouraged an expansive walking-focused health program^[6] that includes a walking program co-sponsored by Google. ^[7]

He’s used also used his position at the Cleveland Clinic as a bully pulpit from which to advocate for what he sees as more effective uses of tobacco settlement funds. He criticized the Ohio government – and specifically denounced Gov. Ted Strickland as "stupid" ^[8] when the state decided to take control of $230 million that had been designated for anti-tobacco programs.

[edit] Books and publications

“RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be?” by Michael F. Roizen, 2001, ISBN 0060930756
“Cooking the RealAge Way: Turn Back Your Biological Clock with More than 80 Delicious and Easy Recipes,” by Michael F. Roizen, John La Puma, 2003, ISBN 0060009357
“The RealAge Makeover: Take Years off Your Looks and Add Them to Your Life,” by Michael F. Roizen, 2004, ISBN 0060196823
“The RealAge(R) Workout: Maximum Health, Minimum Work,” by Michael F. Roizen, Tracy Hafen, 2006, ISBN 0060009373
YOU: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz, 2007, ISBN 0743292561.
YOU: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz, 2006, ISBN 0743292545.
YOU: The Smart Patient: An Insider's Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz, 2006, ISBN 0743293010.
YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger, by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz, 2005, ISBN 0060765313.