(Buffalo, NY) – Renowned wellness expert Michael Roizen, MD, the best-selling author of RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be?, will present his lecture “RealAge and You: The Cleveland Clinic Experience on Controlling Your Genes and What it Means for You” at the Buffalo City Forum and buffet luncheon on Wednesday, March 10.  (Doors open at 12 noon, lunch begins at 12:15 pm.) The FORUM takes place in the WNED studios, 140 Lower Terrace, Buffalo.

This community speaker series, open to the public, is produced by WNED-AM 970 and Leadership Buffalo in collaboration with JacksonParker Communications and hosted by WNED Director of News and Public Affairs Jim Ranney. The hour-long FORUM, which includes a Question and Answer session with the speaker, will be broadcast live (on WNED-AM and wned.org/news) beginning at 1 pm. (Attendees must be seated by 12:45 pm.)

Still practicing anesthesiology and internal medicine, Dr. Roizen chairs the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, where he also serves as Chief Wellness Officer. He advocates making simple, but persistent, lifestyle changes (including nutrition-related) with the goal of “living, feeling, looking and being younger.”

He shares his message of disease prevention and reversal with audiences around the world through books, columns, lectures, radio and television. He has hosted several popular PBS specials and co-authored a series of YOU books with Dr. Mehmet Oz.

This Buffalo City Forum event costs $20 ($15 for members of WNED or Leadership Buffalo). Advanced registration is encouraged; RSVPs must be received by Friday, March 5 to receive lunch. Tickets are available from Leadership Buffalo [(716) 849-2626, ext. 17 or cbracco@leadershipbuffalo.org].

BUFFALO CITY FORUM is made possible by the support of lead sponsor Independent Health with additional support from Hunt Real Estate, M&T Bank and Greatbatch Inc. 

Through WNED-AM 970 The Information Station, Classical 94.5/WNED, WNED-TV and ThinkBright TV, the member-supported WNED Buffalo/Toronto provides high quality programming and services that enlighten, inspire, entertain and educate Western New York and Southern Ontario communities. Additional information about WNED can be found at www.wned.org.

Leadership Buffalo, established in 1987, is the premier network of business, civic and professional leaders in Western New York. The not-for-profit corporation is committed to developing current and future leaders of Buffalo and Erie County by enhancing our social capital and helping leaders to lead from a common set of four core values: service, diversity, inclusion and openness to change. For more information, visit www.leadershipbuffalo.org.