Dr. John La Puma

Physician on Burnout, Sleep and Focus. Two-Time New York Times Bestselling Author of Indoor Epidemic

Dr. John La Puma is a 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 U.S. medical schools, he developed and co-taught the first skills-based Nature-as-Medicine CME in the United States in 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. His latest book, Indoor Epidemic: 93% Inside Steals Sleep, Focus & Years—The 7% Outdoor Rx Restores Them (Wellness Imprints, a Division of WholeHouse, 2026), won the 2026 International Book Award, Health: Alternative Medicine, and was the subject of a wildly popular August 2026 episode of The Oprah Podcast.

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Languages Spoken
English
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Dr. John La Puma Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
Please Inquire
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
California, USA

Why John La Puma?

Dr. John La Puma tells audiences why they are tired, foggy, and burned out, and what to do about it. His answer is not in their heads. It is in their habitat.

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You're Living Like a Zoo Animal: Captivity Biology and the Real Cause of Burnout

Your people are tired, foggy and short-tempered. They call it burnout. They also spend 93% of their lives indoors. No horizon, stale air, a box. Dr. La Puma shows what that does to sleep, attention and mood, and gives the smallest dose of outdoor time the evidence supports: 17...

Your people are tired, foggy and short-tempered. They call it burnout. They also spend 93% of their lives indoors. No horizon, stale air, a box. Dr. La Puma shows what that does to sleep, attention and mood, and gives the smallest dose of outdoor time the evidence supports: 17 minutes a day, or 2 hours a week. After one short talk, Edelman put all five of its New York offices outside every Wednesday at noon.

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Ultraprocessed Time: Why Smart Teams Cannot Focus

The New York Times adopted his phrase. Ultraprocessed time is the hours spent indoors and on screens, without daylight, distance or other people. It is convenient. It costs sleep, attention and decision quality. Leaders learn to spot it on a calendar, and what to change ...

The New York Times adopted his phrase. Ultraprocessed time is the hours spent indoors and on screens, without daylight, distance or other people. It is convenient. It costs sleep, attention and decision quality. Leaders learn to spot it on a calendar, and what to change without changing work hours.

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The 17-Minute Prescription: An Outdoor Rx a Team Can Start on Monday

The objection is time. Nobody has any. This asks for 17 minutes. Built on a review of 2,200 studies: morning daylight, distance for the eyes, a walk at noon. No new apps. No guesswork. In a four-week pilot with a desk workforce, burnout scores dropped significantly (p = .018...

The objection is time. Nobody has any. This asks for 17 minutes. Built on a review of 2,200 studies: morning daylight, distance for the eyes, a walk at noon. No new apps. No guesswork. In a four-week pilot with a desk workforce, burnout scores dropped significantly (p = .018).

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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 hit #1 in six Amazon categories (Sleep Disorders, Preventive Medicine. Walking, Aging and Longevity, Public Health)

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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 80% 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