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SPEAKERS BY TOPIC: Health

Please note: This is a partial list of the Health speakers we represent. If you would like suggestions about speakers that match your event goals, please simply contact one of our friendly account agents toll free at: 1-877-717-5327 or email: Speaker@Speaking.com.



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Have your keynote speaker, for instance, also do a break-out session. In this down economy, many times speakers will do a second session as an added value. Ask your Speakers Platform Account Executive to negotiate a multiple presentation deal.

Michael JansonMichael Janson, M.D -- New Hampshire USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Dr. Janson inspires and motivates audiences to change their lifestyles and focus on achieving their potential for vitality and longevity. Enjoy his combination of information, personal rapport, humor and philosophy. Michael Janson, M.D., president of the American College for Advancement in Medicine and past president of the American Preventive Medical Association, founded and directed the first complementary-alternative medical center in New England in 1976, providing counseling in nutrition, dietary supplements, exercise, stress management, wellness and personal growth.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Dr. Gregory JantzDr. Gregory Jantz -- Washington USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
Dr. Gregory Jantz is a best-selIing author, consuItant, keynote speaker, and business executive. He is the founder and Executive Director of The Center for Counseling and Health Resources, Inc., a premier mental health and chemical dependency treatment agency. Over the past 15 years. Dr. Jantz has developed and implemented "wholeperson" care programs for individuals, business, ministry,and the professions. His unique understanding of human needs has enabled him to address audiences with life-changing messages. Known for his expertise, humor, and down-to-earth speaking style, Dr. Jantz is, above all, a speaker of HOPE.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Diana JordanDiana Jordan -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Keynote speaker, veteran stand-up comedienne, and breast cancer survivor Diana Jordan has been entertaining audiences for over twenty years. When Diana appeared on Oprah, she selected Diana as "One of the funniest people on the planet!" Diana’s program “The Healing Power of Laughter!” is perfect for all Healthcare groups and Women’s groups. Diana authored A Wife's Little Instruction Book: Your Survival Guide to Marriage without Bloodshed. This title alone is enough to let you know that this is a woman who looks at life through her humor lens. (The book obviously made the connection, selling over 450,000 copies in five countries and five languages.)
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Dr. John KenagyDr. John Kenagy, MD -- Massachusetts USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Featured by Forbes magazine as “the man who would save healthcare,” Dr. John Kenagy knows healthcare as a physician, healthcare executive, scholar, advisor, and patient. In addition to 20 years experience as a vascular surgeon, he has been Chief of Surgery, Chief of Staff and Regional Vice President for Business Development for a multi-state, not-for-profit healthcare delivery system. And, most importantly, he has been a patient. His experience, research and teaching focus on the keys to success of resilient, highly adaptive organizations that thrived when the rest failed to adapt and change.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Beverly KirkhartBeverly Kirkhart -- California United States, 5.0k to 10.0k
For 17 years, Beverly Kirkhart had lived a storybook existence. No one, least of all her, could have predicted it would end suddenly in divorce, bankruptcy, the loss of her home and the sacrifice of the business she had built from scratch and managed for over ten years. Through the worst of it, she used to joke to friends: “At least I have my health!” Then came the devastating news: “Beverly, you have breast cancer.” This admired survivor made lemons from lemonade…and became her own hero.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Allen KleinAllen Klein, MA, CSP -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Allen Klein, MA, CSP (aka "Mr. Jollytologist") is an award-winning professional speaker and best-selling author who shows audiences worldwide how to use humor to deal with not-so-funny stuff from everyday trials and tribulations to triumphing over tragedy. His books have been published in seven different languages (English, Spanish, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Turkish) with several hundred thousand in print.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


J.D. KleinkeJ.D. Kleinke -- Oregon USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
J.D. Kleinke is a medical economist, author, and health information technology executive. He serves as chairman and executive director of Omnimedix Institute, a non-profit health care information technology research and development organization based in Portland, Oregon, and as vice chairman of HealthGrades, a publicly traded health care information company based in Denver. During the 1990s, J.D. Kleinke was a founding executive of HCIA, (now Solucient), a pioneering health care information company. He was also a health care business columnist for The Wall Street Journal.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Ray KurzweilRay Kurzweil -- Massachussetts USA, 30.0k to 50.0k
Ray Kurzweil was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition. Ray has successfully founded and developed nine businesses in OCR, music synthesis, speech recognition, reading technology, virtual reality, financial investment, cybernetic art, and other areas of artificial intelligence . All of these technologies continue today as market leaders. Ray's Web site, KurzweilAI.net, is a leading resource on artificial intelligence.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Richard LammRichard Lamm -- Colorado USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Richard D. Lamm is Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver, and the former three-term Governor of Colorado. (1975-1987) He is both a lawyer (Berkeley, 1961) and a Certified Public Accountant. One of a new breed of policy analysts who argues that the challenge our age is to meet new public needs with ever more limited resources, Lamm has always been in the forefront of political change.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Loretta LaRocheLoretta LaRoche -- Massachusetts USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Loretta's wit, wisdom and humor is a common-sense view of life that leaves audiences inspired, motivated and roaring with laughter. Often irreverent--always hilarious--keynote speaker and lecturer Loretta helps people discover how thoughts, feelings and behaviors can affect work performance, relationships, success and self-worth. Loretta shows how humor can benefit the health of an organization and its employees, and improve productivity in the workplace. An international consultant and lecturer in the field of stress management, Loretta is widely known as star of six award-winning specials on PBS, including favorite titles, The Joy of Stress, Humor Your Stress, How Serious is This, Relax! You Only Live Once, Get a Life, and her newest addition, Life is Short! - Wear Your Party Pants. She has appeared as a guest-expert on the CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC networks.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Robert LaszewskiRobert Laszewski -- District of Columbia USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates and national advisor on health policy issues for Ernst & Young. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential independent consultants on health care reform. As an executive of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Laszewski participated as a member of the non-partisan Alliance for Health Reform chaired by Senator Jay Rockefeller. USA Today called him "one of the boldest advocates for reform." In his current role, he is an advisor to an impressive list of organizations concerned about the changing marketplace environment for health care.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Joanne LichtenJoanne Lichten, Ph.D -- Florida USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Joanne Lichten PhD, RD (a.k.a. “Dr. Jo”) is an accomplished author, speaker, freelance writer and media spokesperson who helps busy people stay healthy, sane, and productive. Dr. Jo has appeared on 300+ TV and radio shows, presented more than 1000 programs at conferences, and has written articles or has been quoted in 200+ newspapers, magazines and websites. She’s also the author of three books including Dining Lean and How to Stay Healthy & Fit on the Road.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Susan LoveSusan Love, M.D -- California USA, 30.0k to 50.0k
Dr. Susan M. Love is a pioneer in the field of women’s health and breast cancer. Currently she is President and Medical Director of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation.  A former member of the National Cancer Advisory Board, she serves on the boards of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, Y-ME and the Young Survival Coalition. Dr. Love authored Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book, termed “the Bible for women with breast cancer” by The New York Times; a fully revised fourth edition is to be released October 2005.   Dr. Susan Love’s Menopause and Hormone Book, first published in 1998 and revised in 2003, was one of the first to sound the alarm against the widespread use of postmenopausal hormones. In her ongoing quest to eradicate breast cancer, she has used every avenue from founding the national advocacy movement to starting companies, engaging in research and education. To read more about Dr. Love and her work, visit www.drsusanloveresearchfoundation.org.  
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


James MaasJames Maas, Ph.D -- New York USA, 10.0k to 15.0k
Nearly every American is sleep deprived, although most of us do not realize the profound consequences for thinking, performance and lifespan. Using dramatic media, Dr. James Maas demonstrates how the different stages of nocturnal sleep determine daytime functioning, what happens to performance when you don’t get enough sleep, how to determine your individual sleep requirement, and proven strategies for obtaining a great night's sleep. The information provided in "Power Sleep: Preparing your Mind for Peak Performance," will increase your daytime alertness, psychological mood, productivity, creativity and quality of life. Dr. Maas is the nation’s leading sleep educator, and recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Teaching Award. He is Professor, Weiss Presidential Fellow, and past Chairman of Psychology, at Cornell University. Dr. Maas makes frequent appearances on such programs as ABC's 20/20, NBC's Nightly News, and Oprah!
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


John MackeyJohn Mackey -- Texas USA, 30.0k to 50.0k
Mackey's background and socially conscious approach led to his unlikely road to success. After dropping out of three Texas colleges in the '70s, he moved into a vegetarian co-op where he focused on reading philosophy, cooking natural foods and being outdoors. Living in the co-op awakened his food consciousness and set the stage for what would eventually become Whole Foods. It was the first supermarket- style natural foods store in the country with 10,000 square feet of space and a staff of 19 people. Whole Foods was an immediate success. With a store base generally concentrated in the top 25 metropolitan markets, Whole Foods is well positioned as Americans shift to healthier lifestyles.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Saralyn MarkSaralyn Mark, MD -- Maryland USA, Contact for fee schedule
Dr. Mark is an endocrinologist, geriatrician and women’s health specialist. She was the first Senior Medical Advisor to the Office on Women's Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Michael F. Roizen MDMichael F. Roizen MD -- Ohio USA, 50.0k to 75.0k
Dr. Roizen's two New York Times best sellers instantly propelled him into the spotlight as the leading expert on reducing the effects of aging. He has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Fox Television News, 20/20, Good Morning America, CNN, and MSNBC. These media giants recognize him as the "go to pro" on aging! He is the author of RealAge: Are You As Young As You Can Be? and The RealAge Diet.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


David MeinzDavid Meinz, MS, RD, FADA, CSP -- Missouri USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Does your health affect your productivity? Yes! Recent studies have found a relationship between exercise, eating habits, and absenteeism. Organizations are also finding substantial savings due to increased productivity and efficiency. Morale, motivation, and job satisfaction improve, too! David's credentials include a Master's Degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Missouri, and status as a Registered Dietitian and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association (FADA). He is also a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) in the National Speakers Association. He is the author of the Health & Peak Performance Learning System and a frequent guest on radio and television. David conveys a serious message but packages it in encouragement and humor. He is motivation with content. Everybody Eats! If you're looking for a program that's high in content, enriched with humor and low in fat, call us and reserve David Meinz for your group today.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Shannon MillerShannon Miller -- Florida USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
The Most Decorated American Gymnast, male or female, in history, Shannon Miller is passionate about helping people of all ages to achieve a healthy lifestyle through fitness and nutrition. Through her personal stories of trial and triumph Shannon shares with her audience the idea of “balance” in our efforts to be successful and in our efforts to live a healthy and fit lifestyle. As a recent caner survivor, and daughter of a cancer survivor, Shannon is especially passionate about the importance of making health a priority.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Marilyn MoonMarilyn Moon, PhD -- District of Columbia USA, 2.5k to 5.0k
Marilyn Moon is Vice President and Director of the Health Program at the American Institutes for Research. A nationally-known expert on Medicare, she has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute and as a public trustee for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. Dr. Moon continues to write extensively on health policy, both for the elderly and the population in general, and on social insurance issues. Her most recent book, Medicare: A Policy Primer, was published by the Urban Institute Press in 2006. From 1993 to 2000, Moon also wrote a periodic column for the Washington Post on health reform and health coverage issues.
Phone: 760-673-7700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


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