Advertisement

Get Topic Updates

Share

Dr. Michael Roizen

Written by the OrganizedWisdom Team with Tara Salamone as the reviewer. All original content is supervised by the The OrganizedWisdom Medical Review Team

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). ...more from Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • Cofounder of RealAge and chairman of the RealAge Scientific Advisory Board.1
  • One of the 1,000 Best Doctors in the United States.2
  • Past Chair of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee and a former editor for six medical journals.3


Success!

Thanks for helping us improve this WisdomCard. We'll let you know if your resource makes the Top 10!.

Have another great resource to share? Go ahead and nominate another resource!

Privacy Policy

Advertisement


Latest Headlines on Dr. Michael Roizen

Interviews, Q&A and Biographies with Dr. Michael Roizen

Books, Products and Services by Dr. Michael Roizen

Blogs, Postings and Comments about Dr. Michael Roizen

Dr. Michael Roizen Videos and Pictures


Research Notes References

  1. RealAge: Biography of Dr. Michael Roizen
  2. AOL Coaches: About Dr. Michael Roizen
  3. Cleveland Clinic: Biography of Dr. Michael Roizen

About this WisdomCard

Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic. In addition to filtering out spam and bad links, WisdomCards highlight tips and warnings, such as:

  • Guide Favorite
  • Guide Warning
  • Scroll down to reach relevant content
  • PDF
  • Video
  • In Memoriam

Help improve this WisdomCard by suggesting great links.

Advertisement