Longevity and functional medicine pioneer, author, and educator.

Dr. Frank Lipman is a longevity and functional medicine pioneer, author, and educator with more than four decades of clinical experience. His practice is built on a simple conviction: the best medicine pairs the rigor of Western diagnostics with the wisdom of Eastern healing traditions.

His journey began as a young, Western-trained doctor in South Africa. Skeptical of everything outside his training, he changed course after watching traditional healers help patients he could not. That experience opened a door that has never closed. In the decades since, he has become one of functional medicine's most influential voices, helping patients not only live longer, but live better.

He is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The New Rules of Aging Well and How to Be Well, Chief Medical Officer of THE WELL and The Maximum Life, and a Medical Advisor to the Longevity Fund by Clinique La Prairie. A sought-after teacher and speaker, his greatest impact now extends far beyond the clinic, reaching people around the world through his writing.

Across books, essays, and talks, his message stays the same: aging well is not about chasing youth, but about building resilience, strength, and vitality through the foundations that compound over a lifetime — sleep, movement, nutrition, connection, and a calmer nervous system.