Health & Wellness Speakers
With new advancements and trends occurring in the fitness, nutrition, and health industries every day, it can prove difficult to keep informed on the health issues that are important to our well-being. American Program Bureau is pleased to offer you a full roster of the most experienced and knowledgeable health and wellness speakers that can address the issues and educate you on the importance of living a healthy, active, and balanced lifestyle.
Our professional speakers include medical and Health Policy Experts, Specialists in Alternative Medicine, Nutritionists, Life Coaches, and many others. We also offer expert medical professionals to speak on specific health concerns, such as AIDS, Cancer, Obesity, and Heart Disease.
Offering a combination of fresh perspectives, in-depth knowledge, and an up-to-date perspective on all health and wellness issues, these speakers will prove to be an informative and inspirational voice for people of all ages and genders.
Richard Carmona
As the 17th Surgeon General, Dr. Carmona developed comprehensive knowledge of the environmental influences on healthy living today. He offers a close look at the epidemic of asthma in young children as well as other issues directly related to the state of our environment and how we can work towards not only a healthy body, but a heal...
David Satcher
As the 16th Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher encouraged public debate about issues including mental health, bioterrorism, sex education, AIDS, tobacco, obesity, and balancing the community healthcare system. As the force behind creating Healthy People 2010, the nation's health agenda, he works to eliminate racial disparities in healthcar...
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Prime Minister of Norway, Director-General of the World Health Organization, and Chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development, Dr. Brundtland has been a prominent force in addressing key issues such as healthcare, economic sustainability, and the challenges to the environment throughout the world. She now serv...
M. Joycelyn Elders
As a pediatric endocrinologist and 15th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Elders has a deep concern for young people and teaches that education, prevention, and responsibility are the keys to a healthy life. An outspoken advocate on behalf of children, she is an expert on the prevention of child abuse, teen pregnancy, violen...
Marie Savard
Dr. Savard is a nationally-recognized internist, women’s health expert, and champion of patients’ rights. She is author of new book, Apples & Pears: the Body Shape Solution for Weight Loss and Wellness. She founded the Patient Power Program, which demystifies the health care system and gives practical and potentially life...
Mehmet C. Oz
World renowned cardiologist at Columbia University and coauthor of The New York Times #1 bestsellers, You: The Owner's Manual and You: The Smart Patient, Dr. Oz is a medical powerhouse. As the resident health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and host of Second Opinion on the Discovery Health channe...
Thomas Perls
Physician and researcher, Dr. Perls is an expert on aging, specializing in the unique study of centenarians, people who live to the age of 100. Currently engaged in a study that explores a key genetic region critical to increasing our life span, he addresses the implications this discovery will have on future trends.
Terry Wise
After losing her spouse to Lou Gehrig's disease, and surviving her own suicide attempt, Wise wrote Waking Up: Climbing Through the Darkness, a highly-acclaimed roadmap to restoring emotional health. Through her gripping story of hope and personal triumph, she reveals coping skills, pragmatic tools, and provides inspiration to...
Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Born into the Kennedy dynasty, Lawford was destined to do great things: he became a successful actor, lawyer, activist, writer, and speaker. But he also battled drug and alcohol addiction, and overcame a Hepatitis C diagnosis. In addition to sharing his extraordinary journey overcoming alcohol and drug abuse, he raises awareness abou...
Ian Smith
Dr. Ian Smith is the former medical correspondent for NBC News network and for NewsChannel 4 where he filed reports for NBC's Nightly News and the Today show as well as WNBC's various news broadcasts. He has written for various publications including Time magazine and Newsweek, and is currently a health co...
Larry King
A captivating storyteller and keen commentator on life and history, Larry King continues to fascinate audiences with his live and unscripted phone-in television talk show. With his gift for finding humor and human interest in a spectrum of subjects, an evening with King is guaranteed to leave audiences feeling enlightened and thoroug...
Patti LaBelle
Soulful maven, Labelle has earned her place in Grammy-winning music royalty with her powerful high octave voice. She is also a New York Times best-selling author, television star, and a healthcare advocate who is proactive in the fight against the disease that claimed her mother's life, diabetes.
Patty Duke
A young oscar winner for her role in The Miracle Worker, Duke stunned the world when she shared her story of living with bi-polar disorder in her best-selling book, A Brilliant Madness. Now an outspoken, yet compassionate advocate for those suffering from mental illness, she is honored for her ongoing efforts to create...
Joe Pantoliano
Emmy-winning actor Pantoliano from The Matrix, is best known as “Ralphie Cifaretto” on The Sopranos. What you don’t know is that he’s a mental health advocate who has dealt with clinical depression and his mother’s bipolar disorder. He stars in the film Canvas, a poignant story about a family’s strugg...
Laura Berman
Considered a thought leader in her field, she is Director of the Berman Center in Chicago, a specialized healthcare facility dedicated to helping women repair their sex lives and find relief from menopausal symptoms. She has been working as a sex educator, researcher and therapist for nearly two decades.
