November 22, 2008

Press Room
Susan M. Lark, M.D., Biography

Dr. Susan Lark is one of the foremost authorities in the fields of clinical nutrition and preventive medicine. A graduate of Northwestern University Medical School, she served on the clinical faculty of Stanford University Medical School from 1981 to 1983, and taught in Stanford's Primary Care Associate Program in the Division of Family and Community Medicine from 1991 to 2002. She is a distinguished clinician, author, lecturer and innovative product developer.

Dr. Lark has lectured extensively throughout the United States on topics in preventive medicine. She pioneered the use of self-care treatments such as diet, nutrition, exercise and stress management techniques in the field of women's health, which she has presented in a nine-book series that includes the Premenstrual Syndrome Self Help Book, the Menopause Self Help Book and Anxiety and Stress, among others. With her husband, James A. Richards, MBA, she has also co-authored The Chemistry of Success: Six Secrets of Peak Performance.

Dr. Lark is one of the most widely referenced physicians on the Internet. She has been a consultant to major corporations, including the Kellogg Company and Weider Nutrition International, and was a spokesperson in 2002 for The Gillette Company Women's Cancer Connection. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, and has been featured in magazines and newspapers including: Reader's Digest, McCall's, Better Homes & Gardens, New Woman, Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook, Seventeen, Shape, Great Life, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, Woman's World, and First for Women. Her goal is to empower women to create thriving good health. Drawing on more than 28 years of personal research and professional success at creating peak health for women, Dr. Lark provides unique, scientific-based, safe and effective complementary therapies to help women maintain vital and well-balanced lifestyles.