Peter Attia
<h2 >Peter Attia, M.D. | NuSI President, Director</h2>
<p >Peter is the President and co-Founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). Peter is a former <a title="McKinsey" href="http://www.mckinsey.com/" onclick="javascript:gaq.push(['trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.mckinsey.com']);" target="blank" >McKinsey & Company</a> consultant, where he was a member of both the corporate risk and healthcare practices. Prior to McKinsey, Peter spent five years at the<a title="Johns Hopkins Hospital" href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/the_johns_hopkins_hospital/" onclick="javascript:gaq.push(['trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org']);" target="blank" > Johns Hopkins Hospital</a> as a general surgery resident, where he was the recipient of several prestigious awards and the author of a comprehensive review of general surgery. Peter also spent two years at the National Institutes of Health as a surgical oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute under <a title="Dr. Steve Rosenberg" href="http://ccr.cancer.gov/staff/staff.asp?profileid=5757" onclick="javascript:gaq.push(['trackEvent','outbound-article','http://ccr.cancer.gov']);" target="blank" >Dr. Steve Rosenberg</a>, where his research focused on the role of regulatory T cells in cancer regression and other immune-based therapies for cancer. Peter is a 2012/2013 recipient of the<a title="French American Foundation" href="http://www.frenchamerican.org/young-leaders" onclick="javascript:gaq.push(['trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.frenchamerican.org']);" target="blank" > French-American Foundation Young Leader’s Fellowship</a>, which recognizes the most promising leaders in the United States and France under 40. Peter earned his M.D. from <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/" onclick="javascript:gaq.push(['trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.stanford.edu']);" target="blank" >Stanford University </a>and holds a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics from <a href="http://www.queensu.ca/" onclick="javascript:gaq.push(['trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.queensu.ca']);" target="blank" >Queen’s University in Kingston</a>, Ontario, Canada, where he also taught and helped design the calculus curriculum.
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