Marc L. Paulsen, M.D. is on a mission to help people to lose weight and get fit by developing self-reliance, not dependency. He is a graduate of Stanford University Medical School. He received his training at University of California, Irvine Medical Center as well as course work in Epidemiology through The Division of Public Health at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is a member of the American Academy of Sports Medicine and a former Medical Director of the Exercise Science Lab at Orange Coast College in California.