
Dr. Art Hister
Dr. Art Hister graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in 1970. In 1971 he moved across the country to Vancouver to become the first full-time physician with the Pine Free Clinic, the first Canadian clinic established to deal exclusively with transient youth. Dr. Hister left the Pine Free Clinic in 1977 to enter private practice.
In 1991, Dr. Hister became a full-time media doctor. Currently, he is a daily health analyst on the Morning News on Global TV in BC, he is a daily contributor to CKNW's The Morning News with Philip Till, he is host and writer of A Medical Minute with Dr. Art Hister heard daily on CKNW, he is host and writer for Spotlight on Sports Medicine heard daily on CKNW, he is the resident health analyst for Up All Night on BBC 5 (yes, the BBC!), and he is a health columnist for Global TV's Noon News and Weekend News.
Dr. Hister is also the author of two Canadian bestsellers, Midlife
Man* and
Dr. Art Hister's Guide to a
Longer and Healthier Life*, as well as numerous
articles for publications such as Reader's Digest, The
Globe and Mail,
and
The Medical Post.
Dr. Hister is the past honorary chairman of the BC Alzheimer's Society Walk for Memories, past Volunteer of the Year for the Canadian Diabetes Association and currently sits on the Board of Governors of the Vancouver Holocaust Educational Centre.
Dr. Hister has been married for 39 years to Phyllis Simon, co-owner of Vancouver Kidsbooks, North America's largest children's bookstore.