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{{Infobox person
| name               = Michael Greger
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| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1972|10|25}}
(contracted; show full);  In 1998 he appeared as an expert witness testifying about Bovine spongiform encephalopathy when cattle producers unsuccessfully sued [[Oprah Winfrey]] for [[libel]] over statements she made about the safety of meat in 1996.<ref name=CultEn/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Usborne|first1=David|title=Oprah triumphs over the Texas cattle ranchers|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/oprah-triumphs-over-the-texas-cattle-ranchers-1147137.html|work=The Independent|date=February 26, 1998}}</ref>

He 
went torolled in [[Tufts University School of Medicine]], originally for its MD/PhD program, but he withdrew from the dual degree program and only pursued the medical degree.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greger|first1=M|title=About the Author|url=http://upalumni.org/medschool/about-mgreger.html|publisher=United Progressive Alumni|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000302102740/http://upalumni.org/medschool/about-mgreger.html|archivedate=March 2, 2000|date=1999}}</ref> He graduated in 1999 as a [[general practitio(contracted; show full)school at the orthodox Beth Israel synagogue."</ref><ref>"Confused About Mad Cow? New Ad Exposes Scaremongers and Dispels Myths." PR Newswire 5 Jan. 2004. Academic OneFile. Web. 1 Sept. 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Greger|first1=Michael|title=The killer among us: Could mad cow disease already be killing thousands of Americans every year?|url=http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/winter2004.pdf|work=EarthSave News Vol 15 No. 1|date=Winter 2004|page=5}}</ref>

In 2004
, he launched a website and published a book critical of the [[Atkins Diet]] and other [[low carb diets]].<ref name=CultEn/>

In 2004, the American College Of Lifestyle Medicine was formed in [[Loma Linda]],<ref>{{cite web|title=American College Of Lifestyle Medicine|url=https://www.californiaexplore.com/company/02642604/american-college-of-lifestyle-medicine|website=California Explore|accessdate=September 1, 2016}}</ref> and Greger was a founding member<ref name=CultEn/> as one of the first hundred people to join the organization.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joining the American Academy of Lifestyle Medicine (AALM) |url=http://lifestylemedicine.org/join/index.htm |publisher=American Academy of Lifestyle Medicine |accessdate=Dec 19, 2003 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219055140/http://lifestylemedicine.org/join/index.htm |archivedate=December 19, 2003 |df= }}</ref>

In 2005, he joined the farm animal welfare division of the [[Humane Society]] as director of public health and animal agriculture.<ref name=CultEn/>   In 2008 he testified before Congress<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schmit|first1=Julie|title=Meat plant concerns raised for years|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-02-27-westland-meat-recall_N.htm|work=USA Today|date=March 5, 2008}}</ref> after the Humane Society released its [[The Humane Society of the United States#Investigatio(contracted; show full)[[Category:American people of Jewish descent]]
[[Category:20th-century American physicians]]
[[Category:American food writers]]
[[Category:Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni]]
[[Category:Tufts University School of Medicine alumni]]
[[Category:Veganism]]
[[Category:Vegetarianism activists]]
[[Category:1972 births]]