Award-Winning Medical Journalist

Dr. Larimore has been a medical journalist since 1995. He hosted over 850 live daily episodes of the daily National Cable TV Show Ask the Family Doctor (1995-2000) on America's Health Network and later on Fox's Health Network. While with Fox, Dr. Larimore was awarded the prestigious "Gracie" Award in 2000 by the American Women in Radio and Television for his work on a program about breast cancer and reconstructive surgery for Fox News's Health Network.

Besides hosting the show in-studio, he also performed investigative and field work. At its peak, his show was available in over 28 million American homes. Joe Maddox, the past President and COO of America's Health Network, said the Dr. Larimore had more "...actual on-air TV experience than any physician in the history of television." Dr. Larimore also hosted a medical news minute on The Health Network and the Apple a Day segment on The Health Network and later on Discovery Health.

On Ask the Family Doctor, Dr. Larimore hosted several of the nation's first live televised medical procedures. He conceived and hosted the first worldwide live Internet and TV birth in June 1998 - a then innovative approach to reality TV that was covered by most large media outlets. Of his hosting, the international edition of Time Magazine said, "Dr. Walt Larimore, a distinguished private physician conducted the exercise like a veteran 60 Minutes reporter."

From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Larimore hosted the nationally syndicated Focus on Your Family's Health. These 90-second daily news features were in as many as 75 radio and 37 TV markets across the U.S. Dr. Larimore also provided live on-air interviews to local TV affiliates and national cable TV outlets about breaking medical news. He currently provides weekly medical commentary for WDBO in Orlando, WMBI in Chicago, WISG in Indianapolis and WBCL in Ft. Wayne.

Dr. Larimore has appeared in interviews on NBC's "The Today Show;" "CBS Good Morning;" "CNN Headline News;" CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," CNBC's "The Abrams Report;" PBS' "Family Works;" and several Fox News shows. He has also been interviewed on Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity's shows.

As a family health and medical expert, Dr. Larimore has been sought for print interviews with dozens of newspapers: including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Chicago Tribune, Washington Times, Orlando Sentinel, National Catholic Register, Malaysia Strait Times, South China Post and the UPI. He has been interviewed by national magazines including Redbook, First for Women, and Pediatric News.

Best-Selling, Award-Winning Author

Dr. Larimore has written or co-written over a dozen books. His most recent book, Bryson City Secrets (the sequel to his best-selling Bryson City Tales and Bryson City Seasons) was released in 2006. He also recorded the Audio Book, Best of Bryson City (2004).

The Highly Healthy Child (Zondervan/Christian Medical Association), was released in March 2004, was awarded a Silver Medallion Book Award and was a finalist for the Gold Medallion Book Award.

In June 2004, 10 Essentials of Highly Healthy People (Zondervan/Christian Medical Association) was awarded the Retailers Choice Award in the category of health and fitness.

Dr. Larimore co-wrote Going Public with Your Faith: Becoming a Spiritual Influence at Work (Zondervan), which in 2004 won a Silver Medallion Book Award and was a finalist for the Gold Medallion Book Award. The video series, leader's guide and participant's guide for Going Public with Your Faith won a Silver Medallion Book Award and was a finalist for the Gold Medallion Book Award in 2005.

Dr. Larimore co-authored Alternative Medicine: Christian Handbook ((Zondervan/Christian Medical Association, 2001), Why ADHD Doesn't Mean Disaster (Tyndale/Focus on the Family, 2003) and Lintball Leo's Not-So-Stupid Questions (Boys Ask about their Body) (ZonderKidz, 2003) and SuperSized Kids: How to Rescue your Child from the Obesity Threat (Center Street, 2004).

He has written two best-selling books: Bryson City Tales and Alternative Medicine have both been best-sellers.

10 Essentials of Highly Healthy People (2003) was re-released as God's Design for the Highly Healthy Person (Zondervan/Christian Medical Association, 2005) and The Highly Healthy Child (2004) was re-released as God's Design for the Highly Healthy Child (Zondervan/Christian Medical Association, 2005). Both re-releases came out at the same time as God's Design for the Highly Healthy Teen (Zondervan/Christian Medical Association, 2005).

Dr. Larimore's upcoming books, The Honeymoon of Your Dreams: Divine Design for the Honeymoon of a Lifetime (Regal Books) and Alternative Medicine: The options, the claims, the evidence-How to Choose Wisely (Zondervan/Christian Medical Association) will be released in February 2007.

Dr. Larimore was the General Editor for Updates in Maternity Care (2000) and served as a contributing author for the Mayo Clinic's Complete Book of Pregnancy and Baby's First Year, Focus on the Family's Complete Book of Baby and Child Care and Focus on the Family's Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones.

Dr. Larimore has published over 400 medical articles, editorials and monographs in dozens of medical publications and magazines. He has written seventeen medical text book chapters - on topics ranging from maternity care, prenatal care, sports injuries, endoscopy, rural health economics and ethics.

Family Physician, Educator, Teacher

Dr. Larimore practiced small-town family medicine for over 20 years (delivering over 1,500 babies) prior to moving to Colorado Springs in February 2001 to become Vice President and Family Physician in Residence at Focus on the Family until November 2004. Dr. Larimore is now a full-time author, medical journalist and medical educator. He teaches part-time, holding adjunct clinical academic appointments in family medicine at the In His Image Family Medicine Residency Program in Tulsa, OK and University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency Program in Denver, CO.

Dr. Larimore received his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University in 1974, his M.D. degree, with AOA honors, from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1977; then completed a General Practice Teaching Fellowship at Queen's Hospital in Nottingham, England in 1978 and his Residency in Family Medicine at Duke University Medical Center in 1981.

Dr. Larimore is Board Certified and thrice re-certified by the American Board of Family Practice and has been awarded the Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine by the ABFP. He has been awarded the American Medical Association's Physician Recognition Award every year since 1981.

Dr. Larimore practiced four years in the small town of Bryson City in the rural Smoky Mountains of North Carolina before moving to Kissimmee, Florida in 1985, where he practiced for 16 years. During this time he served over a decade as a volunteer physician for the U.S. Olympic Committee and was named to the Great Florida Shootout Basketball Tournament Hall of Fame.

Dr. Larimore has been listed in "Distinguished Physicians of America" (1992), "The Best Doctors in America" (1998-2002), "Who's Who in America" (2000), "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare" (2002-2004), "Who's Who in Science and Engineering" (2003-2007), "International Health Professionals of the Year" (2004-2005), "International Health Scientists of the Year" (2004-2005), and "International Health Scientist of the Year" (2004). In addition, Dr. Larimore has been listed in the Guide to America's Top Family Doctors (2004-2005), America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals (2002), and The 2000 Intellectuals of the 21st Century (2004).

In 1996, Dr. Larimore was named America's Outstanding Family Physician Educator (Thomas W. Johnson Award) by the American Academy of Family Physicians and in 1999, he and Barb were named National Educators of the Year by the Christian Medical Association. Dr. Larimore was listed as an inaugural member of the Leading Educators of the World (in the field of family medicine), by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England.

Dr. Larimore and his childhood sweetheart, Barb, have been married over 30 years, have two grown children who are wonderful young adults, and a "grandcat" named Julius.