Dr. John La Puma

Physician, Celebrity Chef, Best Selling Author and Host of Lifetime's Chef MD

Board-certified internist and two-time New York Times bestselling author. Founder of the field of Culinary Medicine, now taught in roughly 80 percent of US medical schools. Developed and co-taught the first skills-based Nature-as- Medicine CME in the United States, 2025. He is also a trained chef and runs a USDA Certified Organic regenerative farm in Santa Barbara. He never left medicine. He kept adding to it. Latest book: Indoor Epidemic: 93% Inside Steals Sleep, Focus & Years—The 7% Outdoor Rx Restores Them (Wellness Imprints, a Division of WholeHouse, 2026), winner of the 2026 International Book Award in Health and the subject of a wildly popular August 2026 episode of The Oprah Podcast.

Dr. John La Puma Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$20,001 - $30,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA

Dr. John La Puma Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$20,001 - $30,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA

Why John La Puma?

John La Puma M.D., ChefMD® is the Mr. Rogers of the medical world. Warm, generous and a little folksy, he’s working on projects like an urban certified organic teaching avocado and citrus orchard, and is the U.S.’ biggest name in culinary medicine and nature therapy.

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Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Indoor Epidemic: The Hidden Driver of Burnout and Productivity Loss

Why 93 percent indoor living is degrading sleep, focus, and metabolic health, and the diagnostic framework that reverses it.

Neuroendocrine Recovery for High-Output Teams

How intentional light, air, and timing regulate cortisol, neuroendocrine function, and decision quality in leaders. The biology of sustained recovery.

The Outdoor Rx: A Performance Protocol, Not a Wellness Perk

A clinically grounded, deployable framework that improves energy, recovery, and resilience across teams. No new apps. No new supplements. No guesswork.

About Keynote Speaker Dr. John La Puma

John La Puma, MD is a board-certified internist, a professionally trained chef and the New York Times best selling author of seven books, including RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat (HarperCollins) and Cooking the RealAge Way (Wm Morrow) with Michael Roizen, MD and REFUEL: Shed Fat, Boost Testosterone, and Pump Up Strength and Stamina (Harmony). His latest book, Indoor Epidemic just hit #1 in Sleep Medicine on Kindle — overall, not just new releases.

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An expert in longevity and healthy aging for over 20 years, he co-founded the popular brand ChefMD® and is considered the founder of Culinary Medicine, now taught in 70% of U.S. medical schools and worldwide. He speaks on how to improve both healthspan and longevity with food choices and nature-based interventions at home.

With Leeza Gibbons and Joan Lunden, Dr. La Puma co-hosted the national cable weekly series “Health Corner” for Lifetime TV for five years and 120 episodes. He helps patients avoid synthetics and choose organic. He currently stewards a regenerative certified organic farm in Santa Barbara, and always brings a treat from his garden to share.

Testimonials

“Our community parents were spell-bound by your inspiring presentation, and so were the teachers! We especially loved the herb plants, the garden data, and the easy-to-use ways that the right food and nature help kids create better focus.”

Josie Bahedry

Director of the Village School, Chadwick, Palos Verdes, CA

“You are the godfather of culinary medicine, and our clinicians from all over the U.S. were writing down every water-cooler nature therapy fact you gave. You’re starting a new field in medicine–again! Thank you a thousand times.”

Wolfram Anderson

CEO, Hypoglycemia Support Foundation and Director, Metabolic Health and Nutrition Summit, Seattle, WA

“Simply brilliant talk on nature therapy and a green rx to our international audience of scholars: please come back and give us more inspiration and wisdom!”

Mark Siegler M.D., F.A.C.P.

Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Founder and Director, The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, The University of Chicago, Chicago IL

“Absolutely terrific program!”

Allen Douma

AARP Board of Directors

“The women loved your session…and I would love to have you come back. You sold out all your books!”

Paula Herman

Program Manager, Professional Businesswomen of California

“Through the culinary wizardry of Dr. La Puma, not even your taste buds will know that you’re eating ‘good for you’ food. You can live well, and long, with his guidance.”

Mehmet Oz, M.D.

Author of YOU: Staying Young and YOU: The Owner's Manual

“Dr. La Puma brings to your table a rare combination of medical experience and culinary skills. Your health and meals will both benefit.”

Walter C. Willett, M.D.

Chair, Dept of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health