Dr. Bob Arnot

Dr. Bob Arnot is a physician and international humanitarian with a hunger for knowledge and a desire to introduce audiences to important issues and exotic locations around the world. From the genocide in Darfur to the crises in the Middle East, Arnot has seen it all and guides audiences through a firsthand look at major international issues.

Arnot is one of the most recognized names in medical and health professions, having served as the former chief medical editor and special foreign correspondent for NBC News. As a special correspondent, Arnot has covered numerous world-changing events, including the Gulf War, Iraq War, and wars in Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, and Kosovo. He has reported on epidemic diseases from Ebola in Central Africa to AIDS in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Malawi, to cholera in Bangladesh, Somalia, and Turkey. He has also reported from Pakistan prior to the United States' military response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. He has reported extensively on the threat of terrorism and strongly believes in humanitarian campaigns against terror as a way to break down worldwide terrorist organizations, their cells, and military training camps.

Arnot is devoted to educating audiences about international humanitarian issues. He believes that by traveling the world and exposing viewers to foreign conflicts and human devastation, audiences will be inspired to become humanitarians themselves. Arnot serves on the board of directors of both Save the Children and the United States High Commission for Refugees, and uses his work with these organizations to educate and influence world leaders and average citizens, in the hopes that they will contribute to humanitarian efforts.

For his work in the media, Arnot has won an Alfred I. DuPont Award for his insider's look at the use and abuse of crack cocaine for the program 48 Hours on Crack Street, and an Overseas Press Club Award for NBC's team coverage of the floods in Mozambique.

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Arnot received a Bachelor of Science degree from Dartmouth College in 1972 and a medical degree from McGill University.

He began his medical career as the founder and chief of the Lake Placid Medical Center, where he not only served as administrator but also as the physician for the 1977-1980 US Ski Team and the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. He continues to be an active member of the US Ski Team's board of directors.

From 1980-1984, Arnot served as national medical director of the National Emergency Service, where he was responsible for the education and quality control of 25,000 physicians in 116 hospitals across the country, and for the planning and implementation of emergency services.

A successful author, Arnot has published ten books, including his most recent, Seven Steps to Stop a Heart Attack. His other books include: Sports Selection, a comprehensive sports science book; The Best Medicine, a book which gives concrete, practical advice on how to receive the best medical treatment possible; Dr. Bob Arnot's Guide to Turning Back the Clock, a complete fitness program for men featuring nutrition, sports, and exercise; Dr. Bob Arnot's Revolutionary Weight Control Program, a groundbreaking step-by-step diet program; The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet; The Biology of Success, a book which focuses on the role that positive mental energy plays in living a successful and satisfying life; The Prostate Cancer Protection Plan, the Healthy Breast Cook Book, and Wear and Tear: Stop the Pain and Put the Spring Back in Your Body.

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