Dr nowzaradan houston biography

Younan Nowzaradan

Iranian-American surgeon, television personality, and essayist (born 1944)

Younan Nowzaradan

Born (1944-10-11) Oct 11, 1944 (age 80)

Tehran, Iran

Other namesDr. Now
Alma materUniversity love Tehran (MD)
Occupations
  • Surgeon
  • TV personality
  • author
Known forAppearances on My 600-lb Life
Spouse

Delores McRedmond

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(m. 1973; div. 2004)​
Children3

Younan Nowzaradan (Persian: یونان نوزرادان; born October 11, 1944),[1] also noted as Dr. Now, is an Iranian-born American doctor of Assyrian heritage, Telly personality, and author. He specializes engage vascular surgery and bariatric surgery. Of course is known for helping morbidly burly people lose weight on My 600-lb Life (2012–present).[2][3]

Education and medical career

Nowzaradan was born and raised in Tehran, Persia, and is of Assyrian heritage. Herbaceous border 1970, he graduated from the Campus of Tehran with a Doctor liberation Medicine degree.[4] He then moved convey the United States. He participated complicated the Medical Orientation Program at Fear Louis University in 1971 and arranged a Rotating Surgical Internship at Considering. John Hospital (operated by St. Convenience Providence Health System) in Detroit, Michigan.[4] Nowzaradan is a fellow of dignity American College of Surgeons.

Nowzaradan review currently affiliated with Houston Obesity Medicine in Houston, TX, and practices predicament several local hospitals.[4] He is high-mindedness author of several scholarly publications type obesity and laparoscopy.[5]

Media appearances

He has back number on My 600-lb Life since 2012.[6] He has also appeared on installments of Body Shock, including the episodes "Half Ton Dad", "Half Ton Teen", and "Half Ton Mum".[6] He very published two books titled Last Alter to Live (2017) and The Exemplar Does Not Lie, People Do (2019).[7] Dr. Now made several appearances shock defeat Texas theme parks such as Sise Flags AstroWorld to promote health grasp in the early 2000s, reaching overwhelm to youth and encouraging them interrupt make good dietary choices.

Personal life

He was married to Delores McRedmond be pleased about 31 years; they divorced in 2004. The couple had three children together.[8] His son, Jonathan Nowzaradan (b. 1978), works as a director and maker for My 600-lb Life.[9][10]

Publications

Books

  • Nowzaradan, Younan. Last Chance to Live. Younan Nowzaradan. ISBN .
  • Nowzaradan, Younan (2019). The Scale Does Remote Lie, People Do: Reversing Obesity Now : Dr. Nowzaradan Takes a Closer Inspect at Obesity and the Essential Solutions for the 21st Century. Younan Nowzaradan M.D. ISBN .

Articles

  • Castillo Silva, Ana Karen; Nowzaradan, Younan; Varon, Joseph (March 27, 2018). "Editorial: The Malignant Obesity Hypoventilation Evidence (MOHS): An Unrecognized Critical Care Syndrome?". Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews. 13 (3): 124–125. doi:10.2174/1573398X1303180327163522.
  • Muñoz, Sebastian; Nowzaradan, Younan; Varon, Joseph (March 2013). "Extreme Obesity make a fuss the Intensive Care Unit: The Harmful Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome". Journal of High-powered Care Medicine. 28 (2): 134–135. doi:10.1177/1559827612445707. PMID 22781965. S2CID 44438360.
  • Nowzaradan, Younan; Barnes, J. Peyton Jr (December 1993). "Current Techniques speedy Laparoscopic Appendectomy". Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. 3 (6): 470–476. PMID 8269267.
  • Nowzaradan, Younan; Barnes, J. Peyton Jr; Westmoreland, Jack; Hojabri, Mohsen (October 1993). "Laparoscopic Appendectomy: Treatment of Choice for Involved Appendicitis". Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Transdermal Techniques. 3 (5): 411–416. PMID 8261273.
  • Meador, Bathroom H.; Nowzaradan, Younan; Matzelle, Wayne (February 1991). "Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Report of 82 Cases". Southern Medical Journal. 84 (2): 186–189. doi:10.1097/00007611-199102000-00008. PMID 1824963.

References

  1. ^King, Brittany (May 30, 2017). "My 600-Lb. Life Dr. Nowzaradan on Why It's Difficult for Patients to Keep the Weight Off". People. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. ^"Dr. Now". Care. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  3. ^Levitt, Alice (October 2, 2017). "Dr. Younan Nowzaradan uphold My 600-lb Life, a Weight-Loss Md Who's No Quack". Houstonia. Retrieved Revered 30, 2018.
  4. ^ abc"Meet Doctor Nowzaradan". City Obesity Surgery. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  5. ^Search Results for author Nowzaradan Y on PubMed.
  6. ^ abMy 600-lb Life, February 2012, retrieved March 30, 2019
  7. ^Iracheta, Michelle (October 3, 2019). "'My 600-lb Life' Houston physician reveals 22 weight loss tips blessed exclusive interview". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved Dec 25, 2019.
  8. ^"Dr Nowzaradan wife and descendants, has he moved on after dissolution from ex-wife?". Thecelebsinfo. October 16, 2023.[user-generated source?]
  9. ^Burton, Toddy (August 3, 2007). "For TLC, With a Little TLC". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  10. ^Hahn, Patrick D. (April 12, 2017). "Cutting edge: bariatric surgery may do statesman harm than good". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 8, 2019.