Peter Attia
Peter Attia is a Canadian-American physician of Egyptian descent known for his medical practice that focuses on the science of longevity. He is also the first person to make the round-trip swim from Maui and Lanai.Career
After medical school, Attia spent five years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland as a general surgery resident. He spent two years at the National Cancer Institute at National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland as a Surgical Oncology Fellow under Dr. Steve Rosenberg. 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. Attia co-founded and served as President of Nutrition Science Initiative with Gary Taubes in 2012.
In 2014, Attia founded Attia Medical, PC, a medical practice focusing on the applied science of longevity and optimal performance. He was one of the speakers at TEDMED 2013.
Attia also hosts in which Attia does deep-dive interviews with prominent minds across various fields, primarily medicine, in an effort to spread awareness about longevity and improvements in health-span.
