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| name               = Michael Greger
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| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1972|10|25}}
(contracted; show full)rl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961224042634/http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/AnimaLife/spring94/madcow.html|archivedate=24 December 1996|date=1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1996 Interview with Michael Greger|url=http://www.mad-cow.org/greg.html|website=www.mad-cow.org}}</ref>  In the same year he was hired to work on mad cow issues for [[Farm Sanctuary]], near Cornell, and became a vegan after touring a stockyard as part of his work with Farm Sanctuary.<ref name=CultEn/>  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 enrolled 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 practitioner]] specializing in [[clinical nutrition]].<ref name=CultEn/>  In 2001, he joined [[Organic Consumers Association]] to work on mad cow issues and spoke widely on the issue as cases of mad cow appeared in the US and Canada,<ref name=CultEn/><ref>{{cite news|title=The odds against finding mad cow disease: North America's meat inspection rules leave a lot to be desired,a U.S. expert says|work=The Vancouver Sun via Lexis-Nexus|date=June 7, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Parker-Pope|first1=Tara|title=Beef Industry's Dirty Secret:U.S. Lags on Sa(contracted; show full)[[Category:American people of Jewish descent]]
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