Dr. Ronald Klatz is recognized as a leading authority in the new clinical science of anti-aging medicine. For over a decade, Dr. Klatz has been integral in the pioneering exploration of new therapies for the treatment and prevention of age-related degenerative diseases. He is the physician founder and President of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Inc. ("A4M"), a non-profit medical organization dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process. 

In his capacity as A4M President, Dr. Klatz oversees AMA/ACCME-approved continuing medical education programs for more than 11,500 physicians, health practitioners, and scientists from 70 nations. In addition, Dr. Klatz is Professor, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Central America Health Sciences. Dr. Klatz is Board Certified in the specialties of Family Practice, Sports Medicine, and Anti-Aging Medicine.

Dr. Klatz co-founded the National Academy of Sports Medicine, which provides medical specialty training in musculoskeletal rehabilitation, conditioning, physical fitness, and exercise to 35,000 healthcare professionals internationally. He is a Director of Life Science Holdings (LSH), a biomedical research company focusing on technologies for brain resuscitation, trauma and emergency medicine, organ transplant and blood preservation. 

Dr. Klatz is the inventor, developer, or administrator of 100-plus scientific patents. In recognition of his pioneering medical breakthroughs, he was awarded the Gold Medal in Science for Brain Resuscitation Technology (1993) and the Grand Prize in Medicine for Brain Cooling Technology (1994). In addition, Dr. Klatz has been named as a Top 10 Medical Innovator in Biomedical Technology (1997) by the National Institute of Electromedical Information, and received the Ground Breaker Award in Health Care (1999) with Presidential Acknowledgment by William Jefferson Clinton from Transitional Services of New York.

The author of the nonfiction bestseller Grow Young with HGH (HarperCollins), Dr. Klatz also has authored Stopping the Clock: Longevity for the New Millennium, Ten Weeks to a Younger You, New Anti-Aging Secrets for Maximum Lifespan, Brain Fitness (Doubleday), Hormones of Youth, Seven Anti-Aging Secrets, Advances in Anti-Aging, Stopping the Clock, Death in the Locker Room/Drugs & Sports, The E Factor, The Life Extension Weight Loss Program, and Deprenyl–The Anti Aging Drug. 

Dr. Klatz has served as a contributor, editor, reviewer and advisor to Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Journal of Gerontology, Osteopathic Annals Medical Journal, Patient Care Medical Journal, Total Health for Longevity, and 50+ Plus magazine. His columns on wellness and longevity have appeared in Pioneer Press (a division of Time-Life Inc), Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Spa Management Journal, The Wellness Channel, Fitness & Longevity Digest, Alternative Medicine Digest, Nutritional Science News, Healing Retreats & Spas, Skin Inc., and Longevity SA (for which he is Senior Medical Editor) 

Dr. Klatz has co-hosted the national Fox Network television series Anti-Aging Update and served as national advisor for Physician's Radio Network. He has appeared in interviews on CNN, USA Today TV, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Good Morning America, The Today Show, the Oprah Winfrey Show, Extra Daily TV News (partial list). Dr. Klatz has participated in articles appearing in the New York Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, Harper's Bazaar, MacLean's [Canada], Forbes Magazine, and Investor's Business Daily (partial list). 

Dr. Klatz is highly regarded by scientific and academic colleagues for his continuing medical education lectures on the demographics of aging and the impact of biomedical technologies on longevity. His scientific articles have been published in Resident and Staff Physician, British Journal of Sports Medicine. Medical Times/The Journal of Family Medicine, Osteopathic Annals, and American Medical Association News (partial list).

Dr. Klatz is a graduate of Florida Technological University. He received the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Degree from the Central America Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, a government-sanctioned, Ministry of Health-approved, and World Health Organization-listed medical university. Dr. Klatz received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (D.O.) degree from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (Des Moines, Iowa).

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.

Medical Patents Awarded to Dr. Klatz (partial list):

Brain Cooling Device and Method
U.S. Patent #5,261,399
Australian Patent #666,314
Patents Pending in Canada, Japan. Europe, Hong Kong. Singapore
Docket #WPB 36622B

Apparatus for Cooling Living Tissue
U.S. Patent #5,584,804 (CIP)
U.S. Patent #5,709,634
Patents Pending in China, Indonesia, Israel, India, South Korea, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan

Circulation Device and Method for Preserving Organs other than the Brain
U.S. Patent #5,584,804 (CIP)
Total Body Cooling System
Docket #WPB 38615
Patents Pending in Thailand. Malaysia, India, Taiwan, Indonesia

Combined Liquid Ventilation and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Method
U.S. Patent #5,927,273

Method of Providing Circulation via Lung Expansion and Deflation
U.S. Patent RE 36,460

Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain, Brain Stem,
and Associated Neurologic Tissues
U.S. Patent 6,030,412

Balloon Bladder Catheter for Urology
Docket #WPB 39273

Quick Access Interathoracic Balloon Pumping/Cooling System
Docket #WPB 39229

Hyper-Augmentative Immune Therapy
Docket #WPB 36210

Organ Resuscitation Catheter
Docket #WPB 39274