Peter Attia
Peter Attia is a physician, author of Outlive, and host of The Peter Attia Drive, where he explores longevity, exercise, nutrition, and the science of living well.
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TEDOverview
- Work
- Physician, author, and podcast host
- Based in
- Austin, Texas
- Medical education
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- Podcast debut
- The Drive began as a 12-episode test run in June 2018
- Book breakthrough
- Outlive became a #1 New York Times bestseller after its 2023 release
Mini bio
Before the microphone.
Peter trained as a physician before building his public work around longevity. After medical school at Stanford, he spent five years training in general surgery at Johns Hopkins and two years as a surgical oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute, researching immune-based treatments for melanoma.
Learning in public.
His 2013 TEDMED talk questioned assumptions about obesity and diabetes, drawing on his experience with a patient and a later health scare of his own. In 2018, he launched The Drive to share the kinds of detailed conversations he wanted to have with scientists and other experts.
From conversations to Outlive.
Published on March 28, 2023, Outlive, written with Bill Gifford, brought his approach to prevention, exercise, nutrition, sleep, and emotional health into book form. It became a #1 New York Times bestseller. His continuing work includes The Drive and Early Medical, the practice he founded to focus on lifespan and healthspan.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2023Outlive: The Science and Art of LongevityAuthor, with Bill Gifford
Podcasts
- 2018–presentThe Peter Attia DriveHost
Talks
- 2013Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem?TEDMED speaker
Awards
Quotes
I am always trying to learn things I don’t already know and perpetually have a bunch of questions that I am trying to answer.Peter Attia, Three years behind the podcast mic
Writing in July 2021, he explained the curiosity that led him to start The Drive.
Trivia
- The idea for his podcast crystallized over Persian food in New York, while he was talking with two scientist friends.
- The Drive began with a 12-episode test run rather than an open-ended commitment.
- In his 2021 podcast anniversary essay, he said he sometimes listened to his own episodes again to reinforce what he had learned.
- Outlive introduces the “Centenarian Decathlon,” his way of thinking about the physical abilities people want to preserve into later life.
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