Lawrence Mieczkowski, MD, is an award-winning physician, speaker, and author. The son of an alcoholic steelworker, he overcame many obstacles to become a physician. He completed medical school at the University of Cincinnati, an internal medicine residency, and two years of research in heart disease prevention.

He was a sought-after speaker across the country on various topics in managing diabetes and other metabolic disorders as well as heart disease prevention.

Besides the book, he is also the author of a viral 2023 HuffPost article that recounted his near-death experience after a colonoscopy. Check it out on the blog page.

He is a volunteer speaker on Ending the Silence on mental health for the regional National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) office.

He lives with his wife in Ohio.