Dr. Roizen, MD, is a graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, where after practicing for nine years, he moved on to chair the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago. He then became Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President for Biomedical Sciences at SUNY Upstate.

After serving as CEO of the Biotechnology Research Corporation of Central New York, he accepted a position as Chair of the Anesthesiology Institute at Cleveland Clinic, responsible for over 180 operatories, 124 critical care beds and 28 pain therapy intervention units. He became Chief Wellness Officer in 2007.

Dr. Roizen is a past Chair of an FDA advisory committee and a former editor for six medical journals. He has published more than 185 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 100 textbook chapters, 30 editorials, and four medical books (one, a medical best-seller), and received dozens of U.S. and many foreign patents.