Cynthia Shelby-Lane

Dr. Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MD is a board certified anti-aging specialist, comedienne and talk show host who believes “laughter is good medicine”. Dr. Shelby-Lane has been seen and heard on local, state and national television and radio talk shows, educating Americans on a variety of medical issues.

Shelby Lane MD is currently the producer and host of a health teleseries called Conversations with Dr. Shelby-Lane, interviewing the best health experts on the planet. www.conversationswithDrShelbyLane.com

The Long Version:

Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MD is a doctor, comedienne and talk show host who believes “laughter is good medicine”. As the creator of CASL (Cynthia A Shelby-Lane) PRODUCTIONS, INC., Dr. Shelby-Lane is outrageous, unstoppable and unreasonable when it comes to promoting her desire to combine laughter and medicine. She is a producer, director, performer and a perpetual "wanna be". Launching her vision into media medicine, Dr. Shelby-Lane has been seen and heard on local, state and national television and radio talk shows, educating Americans on a variety of medical issues. She was one of eight national radio and television spokespersons for the Medic Alert Foundation. Her radio talk show, “Dr. Shelby-Lane & The Medicine Show”, syndicated on Libertyworks Radio Network and was considered "MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR AMERICANS". She and her co-hosts emphasized the fact that laughter is therapeutic and healing. Her guests included the “ageless” Dick Clark; academy award winning actor, James Coburn; weight loss Guru, Dr. Robert Atkins and Les Brown, the motivator. She also appeared in infomercials with actor/ singer, Frankie Avalon.

Realizing the popularity of the theme, “Laughter is the Best Medicine"’, Dr. Shelby-Lane created her own comedy troupe, GIRLFRIEND VILLAGE & CO. which presented over 30 successful performances. Since the inception of her group, she has toured the Country with her "Humor in Medicine Symposium". She has presented her COMEDY REVUE as the following shows: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Stirrups", “Healthy, Wealthy, and Streetwise”, “The LAUGH ATTACK”, and “Girlfriend Village and Company Improv and Stand-up Show”. She has been the keynote and guest speaker, discussing topics such as domestic violence, sexual harassment, violence in America, HIV awareness, physician well-being, and “Staying Young: Ageless Medicine; Ageless Living”, all to the tune of humor. She is currently working hard to stomp out heart disease with messages about prevention by using humor. Her show, “Laugh Attack: Stopping the # 1 Killer- Heart Disease”, is a clean comedy act, starring local comedians and improv segments. Some of Dr. Shelby-Lane's other guests include Jularene Kinte-Clause, Sasha Maria-Cabana, MD, PhD, BS., Teena Turner, and Dr. Brother from the HOOD. She also created a one-woman show called “MD: Medical Diva’s”.

Shelby-Lane, MD has also appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show two times speaking about teen violence and was featured in a film called "WASTED DREAMS". The film won a national educational film award, won an award for "WOMEN OF DISTINCTION" IN MICHIGAN .

Shelby-Lane was also an Astronaut Candidate applicant for NASA and the U.S. Space Program and although she never made it to outer space, she still dreams of reaching the "stars".

She is also the founder of “Habitat for Health™, a community based project dedicated to “building healthy lives and reducing health risks” for community and faith based organizations. Her passion has been the prevention of premature death due to heart disease, so she has created a powerful lecture called “Heart Sense & Humor” using humor to educate and heal the heart. She is also on the faculty of God’s Leading Ladies for the Potter’s House of Dallas, Texas w/Bishop T.D. Jakes and speaks on health related issues, such as “The Wealth of Your Health”. Shelby-Lane also speaks throughout the Metro Detroit area in conjunction with programs sponsored by the American Heart Associations. She is now teaching through a webinar series healthcare authorities & wellness practitioners.

Shelby-Lane also took her vision to Hollywood and combined medicine with humor in a unique format for television, known as 'SECOND OPINION, AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE TEAM". She produced a videotape about domestic violence, which aired on Comcast Cable and won an award for creative excellence in healthcare at the 1995 United States International Film and Video Festival. The program also received honorary mention from the International Television Association Awards. Her next show, “Second Opinion with Dr. Shelby-Lane”, the medical version of “Politically Incorrect”, also won an award for creative excellence in the 2001 US International Film and Video Festival. She also won the 4^th Annual National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) “Pitch Me “Contest”, and the Microsoft “Pitch Me” for her show, “Second Opinion” with Dr. Shelby-Lane”. She is now in the process of creating her new food show, What’s Cookin’ Doc?”, and she won the 2005 NATPE “BEST Pitch” award for this show.

Shelby-Lane studied acting under Uta Hagen, at Spike Lee's Film Institute at Long Island University in Brooklyn, and the Motion Picture and Television Certificate Program at UCLA in Los Angeles, and is a graduate of comedy school at The Second City Training Center in Chicago. In spite of her many theatrical and comedic performances, Dr. Shelby-Lane is quite a serious doctor, devoted to the practice of emergency medicine and anti-aging medicine, promoting wellness and longevity. She has served on numerous state and national medical boards and is the past President of the American Association of Women Emergency Physicians (AAWEP). She received the FDR Award for fortitude, durability and resourcefulness. She was also a board member of the Detroit Community Health Connection for 10 years, which provides medical care to the underserved population of Detroit. She served as board member for eight years with the Michigan Chapter of Emergency Physicians and is a member of the American College Emergency Physicians; the American Medical Association; the National Association of Medical Communicators; and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.

SheLby Lane MD is board certified in functional and metabolic medicine, she completed her fellowship in Ainctional and metabolic Medicine, and is currently completing her mastger's degree at the University of South Florida.

She is an oral board examiner for the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine helping to certify qualified anti-aging specialists worldwide.

She has her own private practice in Anti-Aging & Longevity medicine, which incorporates alte ative and complementary treatment modalities. Dr. Shelby-Lane is also a professional health coach, helping people to change their health outcome through a model for change, motivation and accountability.

ON ONE HAND, Dr. Shelby-Lane is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School in A Arbor. ON THE OTHER HAND, she is also a graduate of The Second City Comedy School in Chicago, successfully combining a career in medicine and comedy: "DOCTOR BY DAY, COMEDIAN BY NIGHT". She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at Wayne State University, the Medical Director of the Laugh Factory because she believes, “Laughter is Good Medicine”, laughing out loud and living longer!