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Dr Michael Klaper
Name:
Dr Michael Klaper
Job Title:
President of Moving Medicine Forward
Place of work / study:
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital / TrueNorth Health Foundation
Area of Research:
I teach medical students about nutrition through MovingMedForward.com
How is your research funded:
MMF is a non-profit funded by donations
Tell us a little about yourself:
Michael A. Klaper, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He has practiced acute care medicine in California, Hawaii, Canada, Florida and New Zealand. After a fifty year career as a primary care physician, Dr. Klaper, a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, now focuses on the non-profit, Moving Medicine Forward initiative, wherein he shares with medical students and fellow health professionals the science of how health-promoting food and lifestyle choices can arrest and reverse chronic disease. A long-time radio host and a pilot, Dr. Klaper has served as nutrition advisor to NASA’s programs for space colonists on the Moon and Mars and on the Nutrition Task Force of the American Medical Students Association. On his websites, DoctorKlaper.com visitors can find the latest nutrition information through his numerous articles and videos and at Movingmedforward.com you can learn about the Moving Medicine Forward initiative to promote applied nutrition being taught in medical schools.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
I am a pilot and in my younger years of medical practice I would fly from clinic to clinic in northern California where I practiced on Indian reservations.
Why did you choose to work in dementia research?
Diet is important to brain health.
Can we find you on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn?
Follow Moving Medicine Forward on Instagram
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