Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger – 2013 A4M Infinity Award

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2013 A4M Infinity Award Recipient: Acceptance Speech Highlights the Importance of Lifelong Fitness

As the most coveted and prestigious commendation bestowed for notable contributions that advance the science of anti-aging medicine, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) bestowed the Infinity Award, its highest honor, to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, at its Winter 2013 Session of the 21st Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging, Aesthetic, and Regenerative Medicine.

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This year’s Infinity Award recognizes Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for his early leadership role in securing landmark funding in the area of stem cell research, piloting an initiative to direct $3 billion in government funds to the field. In addition, the Infinity Award recognizes Gov. Schwarzenegger’s lifetime of accomplishments as a champion bodybuilder, Hollywood action hero, successful businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, best-selling author, and California’s 38th Governor. He is also the founder of the non-profit organization R20: Regions of Climate Action and the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy, which is devoted to seeking bipartisan solutions to public policy issues.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose personal commitment to lifelong fitness has helped contribute to his array of professional accomplishments, is a champion of promoting and supporting sports, health and fitness programs for America and the world's youth. He was America's most successful Chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports, Founder of the Inner City Games and After-School All-Stars charity, to give a venue for kids to engage in fitness activities after school hours, and strong long time supporter of freedom of healthcare, freedom of choice and the wide array of healthcare approaches in anti-aging, regenerative, functional, alternative, sports and nutritional medicine.

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Dr. Robert Goldman, A4M Chairman (www.DrBobGoldman.com) states that: “I have been honored to know Arnold as a close friend for over 30 years and there is nothing he cannot achieve and his contributions to health, fitness and freedom of healthcare choice are unparalleled.” Adds Dr. Ronald Klatz, A4M President: “Governor Schwarzenegger sees the future and makes it happen, just like we did in founding the world’s leading anti-aging and regenerative medicine education programs, medical society and industry 22 years ago.”

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has always been a leader and early adopter in all these aspects. A leader is supposed to see things for what they can be, not just accept things as they are. By that measure, Governor Schwarzenegger showed great leadership, and is a large reason why health care reform is working in California. With BCC Research reporting that the global market for ant-aging products and services is estimated at $261.9 billion in 2013, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.7%. to stand at a projected $345.8 billion by 2018, contributions to the stem cell, regenerative and anti-aging medical fields such as those advanced by Gov. Schwarzenegger make a tangible and lasting impact.

The A4M Infinity Award recognizes individuals whose achievement, devotion, foresight, and genius have significantly advanced longevity science for the benefit of the world.

Governor Schwarzenegger joins an elite grouping of past A4M Infinity Award recipients, including: Dr. Linus Pauling (Nobel Laureate in Medicine), Dr. Raymond Damadian-developer of the MRI), Dr. Peter Safar (creator of CPR, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), Senator John Glen (astronaut and space medicine), Dr. Nathan Pritikin (Coronary Heart Disease prevention), and Dr. Denham Harman (creator of the Free Radical Theory of Aging).

Comprised of 26,000 physician, scientist, and health practitioner members from 120 nations, The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net and www.a4m.com) is a non-profit medical organization dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process. The A4M’s Spring 2014 Session of the 22nd Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine takes place 15–17 May 2014; for program details and to register, visit www.a4m.com.