Medical Experts for Media – Diet & Preventive Medicine
August 16, 2010
Donald Hensrud, M.D.
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Donald Hensrud, M.D., a specialist in all aspects of nutrition, weight loss, preventive medicine, and executive health
- Chair, Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
- Previous Medical Director, Executive Health Program, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, for more than 10 years
- Medical Editor-in-Chief, The Mayo Clinic Diet, which debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best-Seller List in January 2010
- Medical Editor-in-Chief, The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook, which won a 2005 James Beard Foundation Award
- Medical Editor-in-Chief, The Mayo Clinic Plan: 10 Essential Steps to a Better Body and Healthier Life
- Previous Author, Health column in Fortune Magazine, for more than three years
Media Experience:
Extensive interview experience in local and national print and broadcast media (live, with and without studio audience, taped, and satellite interviews), including US News & World Report, “Good Morning America,” “The Today Show,” “The Early Show,” The Washington Post and “The Martha Stewart Show.”
Sample Interviews:
To schedule an interview, call:
Media Relations Consultant Ginger Plumbo (507-284-5005)