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A physician and award-winning medical journalist, Dr. Holly Atkinson is the medical editor in chief of EverydayHealth.com. She is also an assistant professor of public health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, as well as a past president of Physicians for Human Rights, a non-profit human rights organization.

Dr. Atkinson has devoted her life to the health and well being of the American public. In informative, humorous and inspiring presentations, she empowers participants to ask hard questions and demand responsible answers. Shedding new light on the latest medical news, she guides audiences through the challenges that consumers face today including the best preventive medicine, women’s health issues, and the glut of medical information reported in the media.

She has extensive experience as a broadcast medical correspondent, including assignments with NBC, CBS, and PBS, and served as vice president of programming and medical affairs for Lifetime Medical Television. She was a founder and CEO of Reuters Health, a leading provider of professional and consumer health news.