Stuart Fischer

Stuart Fischer (born July 23, 1950, Brooklyn, New York) is an American medical doctor and author best known for creating The Park Avenue Diet.

Early life and education

Fischer is a Brooklyn native. A graduate of Yale University, Fischer completed his residency in internal medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and served as an attending physician in the emergency room of Cabrini Medical Center in Manhattan for four years.

Career

Fischer was the associate medical director of The Atkins Center operated by the late Robert Atkins.

Fischer is also author the Little Book of Big Medical Emergencies which provides information on how to deal with common medical emergencies such as fainting, heart attacks, epileptic seizures, life-threatening allergic reactions, or drowning.

The Park Avenue Diet

This diet is a six-week plan for weight loss including meal plans and tips on exercise, hair, makeup, and social relationships. He had seven experts contribute to The Park Avenue Diet, both the book and the medical practice. The experts are socialite Tinsley Mortimer, hairdresser Joel Warren, fitness personality Bernadette Penotti, psychologist Stanley Krippner, makeup artist Laura Geller, business consultant Helene Hellsten, and chef Marie-Annick Courtier.