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Dr. Jeff Shapiro  

Health Advocate and Founder of the Golden Gate Relay

As a keynote, corporate and athletic speaker for 20 years, Jeff Shapiro, MD, has motivated audiences to improve their health through science. In his lectures, Training Well for Life, Jeff discusses exercise, nutrition, drugs, supplements, happiness, aging and surgery.

After receiving athletic and academic awards at Yale and Stanford, Jeff has coached those seeking peak wellness, appeared on ABC News 20/20 and served as a consultant for CBS News 60 Minutes and The Late Show with David Letterman.

With no sponsors and no products to promote, Jeff tells the truth regarding marketing versus science. “If I can convince a single person to make a healthier choice, it makes my day job (in the operating room) easier.”

As the founder of Organs R Us in 1995, Jeff has promoted the need for organ donors through athletics. During the Golden Gate Relay, the world’s largest organ donation run/walk/bike, teams of twelve travel 190 miles from Napa to Santa Cruz, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge at midnight supporting 125,000 Americans waiting for organs.

Speech Topics


Lectures include:

  • Training Well for Runner/Walkers - nutrition, review muscle/joint physiology, learn skills to avoid injury with focus on form including posture, foot landing, arms and lean.
  • Training Well for Surgery – do you need surgery, choosing the best doctors, how to prepare, avoiding complications, hospitals vs. surgical centers, risks of surgery and anesthesia.
  • Training Well Nutrition - physiology of digestion, marketing vs. science with focus on calories vs. content, diets, false claims, living longer and calorie restriction.
  • Training Well with Supplements- metabolism, marketing vs. science, false claims (fish oil pills, etc.), supplement politics and dangers.
  • Training Well with Drugs - finding credible information, differing effects men vs. women, drug metabolism as we age, marketing vs. science for pain medications, alcohol, caffeine, etc.
  • Training Well with Vitamins - metabolism, marketing vs. science, false claims (Vitamin C, etc.) and harmful vitamins.
  • Training Well as You Age - risks of long term drug usage, heart disease, cancer prevention, depression, Alzheimer's/dementia and how to live longer.
  • Training Well for the Mind - stress reduction, happiness, honesty, giving, appreciation and improving mental function.
  • Training Well for Travelers - avoiding illness, reducing stress, bacterial vs. viral infections and strengthening your immune system.

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