Dr. Atkinson, a gifted and noted international professional speaker, has engaged national
audiences on achieving wellness for more than 20 years. She is the senior on-air Medical
Correspondent and Chief of Medical Affairs for HealthiNation, the leading consumer health
video network, is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine and Co-Director of
the Advancing Idealism in Medicine Program at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and is Adjunct
Professor of Public Health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
With degrees in both medicine and journalism, she possesses a unique blend of
experience and skill—medical expertise, media savvy and business acumen. Dr. Atkinson has
worked in print, broadcast television and web-based technologies for both consumers and
medical professionals and has extensive international business experience.
She is author of the best-selling book Women and Fatigue.
Award winning medical expert and journalist
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Dr. Atkinson has extensive experience as a medical correspondent, including assignments
with NBC’s Today show, The CBS Morning News, Lifetime Medical Television, and the PBS health
show BodyWatch. She is currently is a frequent guest on ABC News Now. 0
For more than 10 years, Dr. Atkinson worked as Senior VP for Lifetime Medical Television.
Then, as an entrepreneur, she helped to found and ultimately became president and CEO of
Reuters Health Information, Inc., a leading international health news agency.
She is author of the best-selling book Women and Fatigue, has written for New Woman
magazine and South Beach Diet Newsletter, and was a resident physician on Dr.Weil.com and
iVillageHealth.com, both leading Internet sites.
Dr. Atkison become founding Medical Editor-in-Chief of Everydayhealth.com, before joining
HealthiNation.
She was a member of the original team that launched Journal Watch, a monthly summary
of important medical research findings developed for practicing physicians by Massachusetts
Medical Society (MMS), publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine. After writing for
Journal Watch for seven years, the MMS asked her to help launch a consumer health
newsletter, HealthNews. She became the founding Editor-in-Chief and remained at the helm of
the newsletter for 12 years. Upon leaving HealthNews, she was founding Medical Editor-in-Chief
of Everydayhealth.com, a leading health website.
Dr. Atkinson devotes considerable time to a number of not-for-profit organizations and
charities. She is Past President of Physicians for Human Rights, an organization that shared in
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its effort to eradicate landmines. In 1995, Dr. Atkinson
conducted a medical mission to Bosnia where she documented the health effects of landmines
on civilians. She has also served on the boards of Legal Momentum, the nation's oldest and
largest women’s civil rights organization, the American Heart Association, and the Society for
Women’s Health Research.
She has received the National Council of Women’s Young Achievers Award; the Society for
Women’s Health Research’s Communications Achievement Award in Women’s Health,
presented by then first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Physicians for Human Rights’ Health
and Human Rights Award.
Dr. Atkinson has a MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
and a MS degree in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Colgate University with a BS in Biology. She is a Fellow of
the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Medical Women’s
Association.
Topic Categories
Health, Wellness
Women-specific
Feminist Perspectives
Presentation Titles
Most Popular Keynotes
Good Health in Hard Times
The 5 Keys to Optimal Health (see breakout sessions below)
Women, Stress and Fatigue (also done as separate keynotes, see below)
Additional Consumer Keynotes
Be Your Own Chief Longevity Officer
Best Health Buys in a Sick Economy
Best Medical Treatments for Women
Conquering Heart Disease
Conquering Stress in Stressful Times
Going Green, Going Healthy
How to Live The Long Good Life
Maintaining Your Own Health & Sanity While Caring for Aging Parents
The Best Diet for Women
The Third Body: Nurturing Your Relationships
Women and Fatigue: Effective Solutions
Women, Chocolate and Sex
Your Family’s Genes and Your Health Future
Business Keynotes
Consumer Trends on the Internet
Medicine and the Media
Trends among the Gatekeepers: Womenfluence™ in the Marketplace
Breakout Sessions based on Dr. Atkinson’s Keynote, The 5 Keys to Maximum
Health
Dance Your Way Health (The miraculous effects of moving; choose to move)
Feast Your Way Health (The diet wars are ended; eat your way to health)
Dream Your Way to Health (You are what you think; dream big, think positive and create
the life you want)
Embrace New Challenges and Rejuvenate Your Brain (It’s not about crossword puzzles;
you’ve got to do take on new challenges to keep your brain fit and your relationships alive)
Serve Others and Find Yourself (Doing good is good for you, physically, mentally and
spiritually)
Audience Testimonials
“You were a huge hit with our attendees. Throughout the remainder of the conference, we
heard women referring to tips you provided…Your presentation was informative, practical and
delivered in an entertaining manner. Job well done!”
- Diane Windholz, Esq., Jackson Lewis LLP
“I can't convey to you fully how much I appreciate your making the inaugural public
education venture of the Dayton Heart Hospital's Heart Foundation the smash success that by
all measures it was. We have been deluged by favorable comments and questions about the
next event. Your talk was right on target and your message crystal clear.
- Dr. Sylvan Weinberg, Dayton Heart Hospital Foundation
"It was a great seminar on Saturday. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and
wisdom. You will be thrilled with your evaluations. They are terrific.”
- Chris Summerfield, Baptist Hospital East
“Everyone here is still talking about how lovely, polished and wonderful you are. We are so
lucky to have had you! Your - message hit home to our community.”
- Catherine Hagan, Carilion Health System
"It was awesome. Dr. Atkinson was certainly the right choice for our group -- she was
intelligent, entertaining, and very personable. Everyone enjoyed meeting her, working with her
and becoming more educated on women's health issues."
- Jamie Pickrell, Experience Events
In Her Own Words
“I work every day and seldom look at television. My work is very important to me and is
integral to my
sense of self."
“Human rights is this century’s moral and ethical issue. The next century will be consumed with
ethical and
moral issues concerning the human genome."
