Peter Attia (born 19 March 1973) is a Canadian-American

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known for his medical practice & Podcast that focuses on the science of longevity. He is also the first person to make the round-trip swim from Maui and Lanai.

Career

Peter Attia was born on 19 March 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of Coptic Egyptian descent. First wanting to become a professional boxer,he later attended Queen's University, receiving B.Sc. degrees in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

and applied mathematics. He attended Stanford University School of Medicine, where he received his

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After medical school, Attia spent five years at the

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as a general surgery

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. He spent two years at the

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(NCI) at

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(NIH), in

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as a surgical oncology fellow under Steven Rosenberg. As his residency drew to a close, Attia joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in the

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office as a member of the ''Corporate Risk Practice and Healthcare Practice''. Attia co-founded and served as President of Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI) with

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in 2012. In 2014, Attia founded ''Attia Medical, PC'', a medical practice focusing on the applied science of longevity and optimal performance. He was one of the speakers at

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2013. Attia has a chapter giving advice in

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' book ''

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''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Attia, Peter Living people 1973 births 21st-century Canadian physicians Queen's University at Kingston alumni Stanford University School of Medicine alumni Canadian people of Coptic descent American people of Coptic descent Canadian people of Egyptian descent People from Toronto Physicians from Ontario

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