Peter Attia

Peter Attia was born on 19 March 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of Coptic Egyptian descent.[6] First wanting to become a professional boxer, he later attended Queen's University, receiving B.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. He attended Stanford University School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. After medical school, Attia spent five years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland as a general surgery resident.[7] He spent two years at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, Maryland as a surgical oncology fellow under Steven Rosenberg.[8] As his residency drew to a close, Attia joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in the Palo Alto office as a member of the Corporate Risk Practice and Healthcare Practice.[9] Attia co-founded and served as President of Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI) with Gary Taubes in 2012.[10][11] In 2014, Attia founded Attia Medical, PC, a medical practice focusing on the applied science of longevity and optimal performance.[12][13] He was one of the speakers at TEDMED 2013.[14][15]

Attia has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans. He had a central role in Limitless, a six-part documentary for National Geographic and Disney+ starring Chris Hemsworth and directed by noted filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. The show has Hemsworth appearing in a variety of different ways that humans have sought to increase their health in a variety of different ways. Notably, episode 3, Attia revealed to Hemsworth that he carried the high-risk APOE4 allele, which places him at elevated risk of neurodegenerative aging of the Alzheimer's type.[16]

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