Michael Fossel

Michael Fossel
Born
Michael B. Fossel

1950 or 1951 (age 75–76)
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationAuthor

Michael B. Fossel (born 1950) is an American biogerontologist. He taught clinical medicine at Michigan State University. Fossel has written four book on aging and was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine.

Early life and education

Fossel was born in 1950. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He earned a bachelor of arts and a master of arts in psychology from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in neurobiology from Stanford University. He also earned an M.D. from Stanford Medical School.

Career

Fossel taught at Stanford University from 1978 to 1981, he was a professor of clinical medicine at Michigan State University from 1985 to 2012, and at Grand Valley State University as well as lecturing at the National Institute for Health, the Smithsonian Institution, and as a guest lecturer at other universities nationally and internationally.

Fossel practiced emergency medicine at St Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids.

He served on the board of directors, and was for a time the executive director, of the American Aging Association.

He has written a number of books on aging, including Reversing Human Aging (1996). He has also written numerous articles and book chapters on aging, age-related disease and ethics. He was also the editor of the Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine.

His research focus is on premature aging syndromes such as progeria. He is an advocate of telomerase therapy as a potential treatment of age-related diseases, disorders, and syndromes.

Critical reception

Works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Eternity's prophet: Michigan doctor thinks science can help us live beyond 150 years". Detroit Free Press. Jan 4, 1998. pp. E1, E4. Retrieved 31 May 2026 – via newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Harris, Timothy (2009). Living to 100 and Beyond. ACTEX Publications. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-1-56698-699-1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 McKinnon, Stephanie (May 23, 1996). "Beat the Clock". pp. 6D – via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Fossel, Michael (2026-01-29). Reversal: Science, Medicine, and a Future Beyond Aging. Symphony Medical Press. ISBN 979-8-9945486-3-9.