Michael Klaper MD

Michael Klaper, M.D. is a gifted clinician, internationally recognized teacher, and sought-after speaker on diet and health. He has practiced medicine for more than 40 years and is a leading educator in applied plant-based nutrition and integrative medicine. Dr. Klaper is also the author of a successful book on cholesterol-free nutrition and an upcoming title (to be announced in 2015), as well as numerous health videos.

A source of inspiration for millions advocating plant-based diets and the end of animal cruelty worldwide, Dr. Klaper contributed to the making of two PBS television programs "Food for Thought" and the award-winning "Diet for a New America" movie based on the book of the same name by author and former heir to the Baskin-Robbins fortune, John Robbins, with whom he founded EarthSave International. He teaches his students and patients that “health comes from healthy living,” and is dedicated to the healing and flourishing of all living beings and of the planet itself.

Dr. Klaper graduated in 1972 from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He served his medical internship at Vancouver General Hospital in British Columbia, Canada, and undertook additional training in surgery, anesthesiology, and orthopedics at the University of British Columbia Hospitals in Vancouver and obstetrics at the University of California Hospitals in San Francisco.