HCM people
HCM people ‘Longevity is the next disruptor’ is my new trademark
Dr Michael Roizen Chief wellness officer, the Cleveland Clinic and GWS co-chair
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With a background in allopathic medicine, the chief wellness officer of the Cleveland Clinic has spent his working life to date championing and proving the value of exercise and healthy living to long-term wellbeing. He talks prevention with Jane Kitchen
Roizen believes 90 will be the new 40
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Tell us about your journey from the world of allopathic medicine to the world of prevention. What have been the ah-ha! moments? When I started out, I wanted to run an intensive care unit, so focused on internal medicine and anaesthesia. By 1979, I was asked to co-run the cardiovascular anaesthesia section at the University of California San Francisco and I soon realised surgeons were
