Full name:
Dr. Michael F. Holick
Website:
drholick.com
Credentials:
• The leading authority on Vitamin D in the world
• Author/ co-author of 400 Research articles
• Author of 12 books
• Receiver of a dozen or more awards
• First one to
o Identify the major circulating form of Vitamin D as Vitamin
D3 Cholecalciferol. This is commonly used by doctors these
days to assess your Vitamin D status.
o Identify the active form of Vitamin D3 which is 25-OH-
Cholecalciferol (25 dihydroxy Cholecalceferol)
o Identify the mechanism of how vitamin D is synthesized in
the skin
Academic Qualifications:
M.D, PhD (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
Current Position:
• Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics
• Director of the General Clinical Research Unit
• Director of the Bone Health Care Clinic
• Director of the Heliotherapy, Light, and Skin Research Center
at Boston University Medical Center.
• Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine
• Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and the American
Association of Physicians
AWARDS:
Recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the
• American Skin Association’s Psoriasis Research Achievement
Award
• American College of Nutrition award
• Robert H. Herman Memorial Award, and many other awards
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY:
Dr. Syeda Saba Aslam
MBBS (Dow), MPH (UK), IFOM (USA), USMLE (II)
Head of Medical Affairs and NPD
Scotmann Pharmaceuticals
