Michael Klaper | |
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 Klaper in 2019 | |
| Born | Michael Anthony Klaper (1947-07-19)July 19, 1947 (age 78) Illinois, USA[2] |
| Education | University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1972 (Zoology, Psychology, Astronomy) |
| Occupation | Medical doctor |
| Known for | Veganism |
| Spouse | Alese Jones[3] |
| Relatives | parents: David Klaper, DDS (father); Jean T. Klaper(mother); Robert D. Klaper (brother); Cynthia Lee Pararo (ex-wife); Alese Jones (wife since April 8, 2014) |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Family medicine[1] |
| Institutions | Institute for Nutrition Research and Education,NASA, True North Health Center,Santa Rosa Medical Center |
| Sub-specialties | nutritional medicine, lifestyle medicine, veganism |
| Research | nutritional medicine, vegan nutrition |
| Website | www |
Michael A. Klaper (July 19, 1947) is an American physician,vegan health educator, conference and event speaker, and an author of articles and books ofvegan medical advice. Graduating from medical school in 1972, Klaper became a vegan ten years later and subsequently became active in the area, publishing three books advocating veganism and serving as a founding director of the Institute of Nutrition Education and Research.
Klaper was born July 19, 1947, to Chicago South Side dentist, David T. Klaper,DDS,[4] and Jean T. Klaper (formerly ofBoca Raton, Florida).[5] Klaper had an older brother, Robert D. Klaper, who died in 1992 at the age of 49.[6] By his own report, Klaper grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin.[7][better source needed] In 1972, Klaper graduated from theUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine and served his medical internship in Canada atVancouver General Hospital with theUniversity of British Columbia. He also studiedobstetrics at theUniversity of California, San Francisco.[8]
His three books were authored during his time with Gentle World inUmatilla, Florida.
In 1987 Klaper appeared on the game showJeopardy! and won $11,000.[9]
After graduating from medical school Klaper moved among a number of locations, practiced acute care medicine, and eventually became certified inurgent care medicine. He became a vegan in 1981.[10] He is a medical consultant for theNorth American Vegetarian Society[11] and has spoken at their Vegetarian Summerfest in 2012[12] and 2018.[13] Klaper has spoken at several other national and international vegan, vegetarian, and natural health conferences and events.[14][15][16]
He served as director of a vegan health spa inPompano Beach, Florida, from the early 1990s and was featured on the 1991PBS documentaryDiet for a New America (film), based on thebook of the same name byJohn Robbins.[17] In 1988, Klaper was aNASA nutrition adviser and on vegan diets for long term space colonists.[8]
He also served on the Nutrition and Preventive Medicine Task Force of theAmerican Medical Student Association (AMSA)[8], where he was a member of its Board of Advisors. He cofounded withJohn Robbins the environmental organizationEarthSave International and served as its Scientific Director. He was a Founding Director of the Institute of Nutrition Education and Research.[8][18]
Klaper maintained a medical practice inMaui,Hawaii, between 1995 and 2006, and practiced medicine inWhangārei,New Zealand between 2006 and 2009.[10] In 2009, he relocated to Northern California, where as of 2011 he became staff physician and medical consultant at the nutritionally-based TrueNorth Health Center inSanta Rosa,[19][20] where he is now on the board of directors of the TrueNorth Health Foundation.[21] He is licensed to practice medicine in California and Hawaii and now is affiliated with theSanta Rosa Memorial Hospital.[22]
His books includeVegan Nutrition: Pure and Simple andPregnancy, Children, and the Vegan Diet. He has appeared in several films related to vegan diet and practice, includingEat This! (2005),Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014), andWhat the Health (2017).[23]
Klaper is on the advisory board, and regular contributor to the quarterly publicationNaked Food Magazine.[24]
In the summer of 1992, he was inducted into theVegetarian Hall of Fame of the North American Vegetarian Society.[25]
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