Dr. Ronald Klatz
Dr. Ronald Klatz
 Ronald Klatz, MD, DO, is a long-time scientific pioneer and innovator. As a world recognized authority on preventive medicine and advanced biotechnologies, Dr. Klatz's professional accomplishments include: First physician and founder of the new speciality of anti-aging medicineBest-selling author of 32 books with over 2 million copies in print President and physician founder of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), the world's largest and fastest growing new clinical medial society, which has to-date trained over 50,000 medical professionals via its hands-on training workshops and AMA CME-accredited physician training seminarsMedical educator and contributor to The World Health Network, the Internet's leading anti-aging educational portal, serving over 500,000 health care professionals in 85 countries worldwideExecutive Editor of the award-winning trade magazine, Anti-Aging Medical News, and The World Health Network's E-Biotech Newsletter Founder and Director of New Product Development in organ transplant technologies and regenerative medicine with Organ Recovery SystemsFounder of the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the global leader in certification, continuing education, solutions and tools for the health, fitness, sports performance and sports medicine professionals. Today NASM serves more than 100,000 members in 80 countries.Dr. Klatz is an innovator of new medical treatments, technologies, and therapeutics focused on forestalling the diseases of aging. A consultant to the biotechnology industry and a respected advisor to several members of the U.S. Congress and others on Capitol Hill, Dr. Klatz devotes much of his time to research and to the development of advanced biosciences for the benefit of humanity.
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 Dr. Klatz originated the term "anti-aging" and regarded as the movement's first physician and chief champion. Dr. Klatz is also a best-selling author: Grow Young with HGH (HarperCollins, 1997) is credited with making "anti-aging" a household phrase. The dozens of books that Dr. Klatz has authored, which total over 2 million copies in print, further serve to underscore the anti-aging concept. In an Online Extra to the BusinessWeek March 2006 issue, Dr. Klatz is hailed as a "leading light in the anti-aging medical movement." |
Observes Dr. Klatz: "We are now "ushering in a new reality … in which 75 years old may well be considered middle age. We need only bridge the gap between the medical knowledge of today and the medical knowledge that we will have in our grasp by the year 2029. In that medical knowledge doubles every 3.5 years or less, by 2029, we will know at least 256 times more than we know today. As a result, it is not impracticable nor improbable to expect that humankind will reach the point where we'll know how to substantially slow or perhaps even stop aging, and even eventually reset the clock mechanism of life itself. By the year 2029, we anticipate that science will accomplish practical immortality -- healthy human lifespans of 150 years and beyond."
In Dr. Klatz's Model of Practical Immortality, we may consider the years from 2006 through 2029 collectively as a "Bridge to Practical Immortality," during which science will amass key knowledge in biomedical technologies that will enable 150+ year-long lifespans.
As a respected futurist in the field of advanced biotechnologies, Dr. Klatz submits that "the leading causes of death could be eliminated in the immediate future, were an all-out scientific effort mounted and the politics of disease-based medicine restrained." As such, he predicts the following timetable for major medical breakthroughs during the period he calls the "Bridge to Practical Immortality":
Heart Disease: Eliminated 2016Cancer: Eliminated 2021Diabetes: Eliminated 2017Alzheimer's Disease: Eliminated 2015AIDS & Infectious Disease: Eliminated 2025Recommends Dr. Klatz: "Before the eradication of the diseases of aging and the year 2029, we can rely on the expertise and experience of anti-aging physicians to usher us across the Bridge to Practical Immortality." Deploying the Twelve Tenets of Anti-Aging Medicine, namely:
Anti-Aging Endocrinology & Hormone Replacement TherapyAntioxidant Analysis & Optimized SupplementationMaximized Immune FunctionDetoxificationCardiovascular ProtectionCognitive Function Assessment & RepairMetabolic & DNA RepairSkin De-Aging & RepairLifestyle ModificationMusculoskeletal Rehabilitation-Sports Medicine-ConditioningBiomarkers of Aging AssessmentProspective Advanced DiagnosticsAnti-aging physicians can assist each of us with starting our anti-aging transformation today.
With his extensive credentials as a physician, scientific innovator, and visionary, BusinessWeek March 2006 aptly refers to Dr. Klatz as "The Guru of Anti-Aging."