Peter Attia
Physician and longevity author
Peter Attia is a physician who founded the medical practice Early Medical and hosts the podcast The Drive. He wrote Outlive, a book on longevity.
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Canadian Born 1973 in Toronto, Canada
About Peter Attia
Peter Attia is a Canadian-American physician and author whose work centers on longevity medicine. He founded Early Medical, a medical practice that aims to lengthen both the lifespan and the healthspan of its patients. He also hosts the podcast The Drive, which covers health, medicine and longevity. Attia earned his medical degree at the Stanford University School of Medicine and trained in general surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He later worked as a surgical oncology fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in the National Cancer Institute, where he researched immune-based therapies for melanoma. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Aging. His book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list.