Victor Peña-Araujo

A medical doctor and surgeon by training, Victor has a decade of clinical experience in Ireland and the United Kingdom. He has performed well over one thousand surgical procedures and managed the health of thousands of patients on the wards, intensive care units and in various specialty clinics. He is proud to have treated each and every one of his patients with the same respect and compassion he has for his own family. This experience has perfected the listening and communication skills that he puts to use with each of his health coaching clients.

Victor is a published author in international, peer-reviewed medical journals whose works have been cited over 58 times by others medical researchers around the world. He routinely reviews the latest research in the fields of health, wellness, fitness, nutrition, disease prevention and lifestyle optimization to continue to bring the best strategies to his clients and the public at large.

Victor serves as an subject matter expert to review high-quality health, wellness and nutrition publications such as Precision Nutrition's The Essentials of Sports & Exercise Nutrition, 4th Edition, (a 766-page, 4-volume textbook box set), and the e-book Genetics: The Universe Within, by Krista Scott-Dixon, PhD, among others.

As a health tech innovation consultant Victor loves contributing to innovative health, wellness and digital health tech projects that promise to improve the lives of countless people by leveraging the scalability of modern technology. As an engaging speaker, Victor has presented at international medical conferences in North America and Europe. He has been invited by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine to speak two years in a row at its annual international conference. The conference features the foremost experts in evidence-based lifestyle medicine before an audience of 1,000+ healthcare professionals. Victor enjoys connecting with all kinds of audiences to communicate the urgent need for evidence-based, sustainable and enjoyable wellness solutions. He is represented by the Lifestyle Medicine Speakers Bureau and is available for select events.

A talented educator, Victor has enjoyed a life-long passion of promoting science, health and medicine education among children, teens, medical students, residents, patients and coaching clients of all ages and walks of life. For the past decade he has been tutoring and mentoring a small and select group of motivated students in the healthcare professions (MD, DO, DPT, PA, NP, RN, OT) and has been rated 5-out-of-5 stars in 98.5% of 580 unsolicited student reviews, spanning over 5,000 one-on-one tutoring hours. Victor is a dedicated advocate of health & science literacy and critical thinking to empower the public to understand the world through science and to take charge of their own health, environment and future. He has expressed this commitment in a variety of active roles, including as:

Director of Health & Wellness at Forward Motion Personal Training. He worked with a team of highly qualified and experienced fitness professionals to bring Forward Motion's members a holistic health & wellness experience that goes well beyond personal training.

Member of the Communications Committee of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He authored the College's first position paper, which addressed the ethical and recommended use of nutritional supplements by lifestyle medicine professionals.

Member of The Advisory Board of Science In The Wild. Science In The Wild is a science adventure citizen initiative specializing in getting everyday people involved in doing real science. It brings them extraordinarily immersive, first-hand experiences in field science in some of the most remote and ruggedly beautiful locations around the world.

Medical Translator at American Gateways. Victor utilizes his Spanish and his medical expertise to volunteer as a medical translator for American Gateways, a non-profit organization dedicated to "championing the dignity and human rights of immigrants, refugees and survivors of persecution, torture, conflict and human trafficking through exceptional immigration legal services at no or low cost, education and advocacy."

Health Expert on International Radio. He has been a regular pro-bono guest on international radio to promote healthy lifestyle choices in Spanish-speaking communities in North America and around the world.

"Quora Top Writer" in Health & Medical Topics. Victor enjoys answering health-related questions on Quora, the free online knowledge community. His answers have been read over 3 million times and he was been recognized as a "Top Writer" and a "Most Viewed Writer" across five different health & medical topics. To learn more please visit the ELITE Newsroom.