The HEALTHIER Podcast

William W. Li, MD, is a world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author of EAT TO BEAT DISEASE – The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. He is best known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation. His groundbreaking work has impacted more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views, and he has appeared on: Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Voice of America; and in The Atlantic, TIME, and The New York Times. An author of over 100 scientific publications in leading journals such as Science, the New England Journal of Medicine, and The Lancet, Dr. Li has served on the faculties of Harvard Medical School, Tufts University, and Dartmouth Medical School.

Mark Hyman, MD, is a practicing family physician, a ten-time #1 New York Timesbestselling author, and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in his field. He is the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He is also the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, a medical editor of The Huffington Post, and was a regular medical contributor on many television shows including CBS This Morning, Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and The View, Katie and The Dr. Oz Show.

Joel Kahn, MD, is the founder of the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity in Michigan and owner of GreenSpace Cafe. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Michigan School of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University of Michigan. He specialty is the prevention and reversal of heart disease (heart attacks, stroke) using lifestyle therapies. He is the author of over 150 scientific articles, hundreds of health articles, and 5 books. His first book is a national public TV special, Your Whole Heart Solution. His latest book is a #1 Amazon seller, The Plant Based Solution.

Leigh Erin Connealy, MD, is a prominent leader in the Integrative/Functional Medicine medical field (taking the best of all sciences, including Homeopathic and Conventional treatments). She is the Medical Director of two amazing clinics: “The Cancer Center For Healing” & “Center For New Medicine”. The combined clinics have become the largest Integrative Medical Clinic in North America and visited by patients from all over the world. She is the author of two books, “The Cancer Revolution” published in 2017, and prior to that the “Be Perfectly Healthy” book in 2009, and has revolutionized the landscape of medicine. In 2017, she was named one of the top 50 functional & integrative doctors in the country.

Steven Gundry, MD, is the director of the International Heart & Lung Institute in Palm Springs, California, and the founder/director of the Center for Restorative Medicine in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara. He is the author of Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You and Your Waistline and Drop the Weight for Good and The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in Healthy foods that Cause Disease and Weight Gain.

Joel Fuhrman, MD, is a board-certified family physician, six-time New York Times best-selling author and internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing, who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods. He is the President of the Nutritional Research Foundation and on the faculty of Northern Arizona University, Health Sciences division. Dr. Fuhrman coined the term “Nutritarian” to describe a nutrient-dense eating style, designed to prevent cancer, slow aging, and extend lifespan.

Russell Jaffe , MD, received his BS, MD and Ph.D from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1972. He completed residency training in clinical chemistry at the National Institutes of Health (1973 – 1976), remaining on the permanent senior staff until 1979. He is board certified in Clinical Pathology and in Chemical Pathology. As a physician and scientist who aspired to be comprehensive, objective, empiric and experiential, Dr. Jaffe started his career searching for deeper understanding, wisdom, evidence and insight in mechanisms of health.

Kulreet Chaudhary, MD, was the Director of Wellspring Health in Scripps Memorial Hospital for ten years, and remains a pioneer in the field of Integrative Medicine. Her combined expertise in both modern neurology and the ancient science of health known as Ayurveda has uniquely positioned her as an expert able to pull from the broadest possible base to treat her clients. She is passionate about raising awareness for the need of a paradigm shift in contemporary medicine that focuses on patient empowerment and a health-based (rather than disease-based) medical system. Dr. Chaudhary is a regular guest on the Dr. Oz show, where her teachings about Ayurvedic medicine have been applauded by a national audience.

Eric Grasser, MD, is one of the world’s foremost experts in the integration of Functional Medicine and Ayurveda. Dr. Grasser supports his patients through his extensive experience in Western Medical practice as well as his deep knowledge of the alternative healing systems of Ayurveda, Yoga and Functional Medicine. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Dartmouth Medical School. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico, Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is also an Active Teacher In Family Medicine as recognized by the American Academy of Family Physicians. He has been Board Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine since 2003, and through his extensive and continuing practice in obstetrics at St. Vincent, he has been blessed to attend the birth of hundreds of babies.

Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The Ultrawellness Center in Lenox, MA.  Through her practice and lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness with a focus on breast wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing.  Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine.  She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life.  Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.

Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, is a medical doctor with two postgraduate degrees: Master of Medical Sciences in Neurology and Master of Medical Sciences in Human Nutrition. She is well known for developing a concept of GAPS (Gut And Psychology Syndrome), which she described in her book Gut And Psychology Syndrome – Natural Treatment for Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Depression and Schizophrenia, now in its second edition. Thousands of people around the world follow the highly successful GAPS Nutritional Protocol to help themselves and their families. You can learn about GAPS on www.gaps.me

Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD, Graduated Phi Beta Kappa From Stanford University, Received Her Md From Uc San Francisco and a Master’s Degree in Holistic Health From Uc Berkeley. She Is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine. She is a family practice physician with a specialty in integrative health, relationships and sexuality. She runs the award-winning Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine Clinic and has been voted “Best Doctor” in Santa Cruz County every year, from 2009–2016. Rachel teaches and speaks widely and has just completed her fourth book — Bodywise: Discovering Your Body’s Intelligence for Lifelong Health and Healing.

Sunil Pai, MD, is internationally recognized an expert in Integrative Medicine, author, radio host, health activist/influencer and thought leader in the wellness industry. After his residency in Family Medicine at the University of New Mexico he became Board Certified in Family Medicine. He was one of the first physicians 18 years ago and youngest in the U.S. to become a Fellow of the Program in Integrative Medicine at University of Arizona (Class 2002) directed by Dr. Andrew Weil, the “father” of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Pai also became one of the first Board Certified MD’s in Holistic Integrative Medicine in the U.S..

Akil Palanisamy, MD, is a Harvard-trained physician who practices integrative medicine, incorporating the best of conventional medicine and alternative therapies. Dr. Akil, a holistic doctor, completed his premedical training in biochemistry at Harvard University, received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco and completed his residency in family medicine at Stanford University. He also completed a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine with Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona, and is certified by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine at Georgetown University.

Robert Pearl, MD,  is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (1999-2017), the nation’s largest medical group, and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (2009-2017). In these roles, he led 9,000 physicians, 35,000 staff, and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of 4 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts. Recently named one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician leaders, Pearl is an advocate for the power of integrated, prepaid, technologically advanced and physician-led healthcare delivery. He serves as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and is on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on strategy and leadership, and lectures on information technology and healthcare policy.

Kat Toups, MD, DFAPA, IFMCP, is a Functional Medicine Psychiatrist at Bay Area Wellness in Walnut Creek, CA, and is the organizer/administrator for Bay Area Functional Medicine group since 2012. Dr. Toups is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (the highest honor bestowed by the APA), Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and previously boarded in Geriatric Psychiatry. She has been active in local Psychiatric organizations, including Northern CA Psychiatric Society where she was on the Board of Trustees from 2008 – 2012 and served as Councilor-at-Large, as well as a co-founder and member of the NCPS Integrative Psychiatry Steering Committee, in addition to their Nominating Committee for several years.

Hubert Zajicek, MD, MBA, is CEO & Co-founder of Health Wildcatters, a nationally ranked Top 3 healthcare accelerator and fund in Dallas, TX. Health Wildcatters provides mentorship, capital and guidance to up to 12 healthcare related startups during an intensive 3 month program annually, which culminates in a pitch day. The fund has invested in 42 healthcare startups, which have attracted over $32M in capital in just over 3 years. Dr. Zajicek has extensive experience with startups and is an active speaker, panelist and thought leader on healthcare innovation, startups, entrepreneurship & financing.

Jack Wolfson, DO, is a board-certified cardiologist who grew tired of patients failing to truly get well (while sometimes feeling worse) using pharmaceuticals and procedures. As a result, he opened Wolfson Integrative Cardiology where he now uses in-depth testing and targeted nutrition to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease. He treats the whole person, getting to the cause of the issue, instead of treating only the symptoms. Dr. Wolfson offers practical solutions for heart health in person at his office in Paradise Valley, Arizona. He is the author of the Amazon best-seller, The Paleo Cardiologist.

Tom O’Bryan DC, CCN, DACBN, is a world-renowned expert  in the field of gluten-related disorders, Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS), Celiac Disease (CD) and their link to other chronic conditions, including autoimmune disorders and diseases. He is the founder of theDr.com which was created to educate the public about under-diagnosed and under-treated gluten-related disorders, which affect up to 30% of the population. He views the lack of recognition, diagnosis and treatment of these disorders as a massive public health crisis.

Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, has maintained involvement in a vast array of professional, academic and personal endeavors. As an Associate Professor with tenure at the University of South Florida, Dom teaches students of the Morsani College of Medicine and the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, with a focus on such topics as neuropharmacology, medical biochemistry, physiology, neuroscience, and neuropharmacology. He is also a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) to assist with their efforts towards optimizing the safety, health and resilience of the warfighter and astronaut.

Kristin Comella, PhD, is a world-renowned expert on regenerative medicine with a focus on adipose derived stem cells. She was named number 24 on Terrapin’s list of the Top 50 Global Stem Cell Influencers and number 1 on the Academy of Regenerative Practices list of Top 10 Stem Cell Innovators. Most recently, Dr. Comella made the list of Top 50 Functional and Integrative Medical Doctors/Scientists in the country by DrAxe.com, one of the most visited natural health websites in the world.

Benjamin Lynch, ND, received his Cell and Molecular Biology, BS from the University of Washington and his doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine (ND) from Bastyr University. His passion for identifying the cause of disease directed him towards nutrigenomics and methylation dysfunction. Currently, he researches, writes and presents worldwide on the topic of MTHFR, methylation defects and genetic control. You may learn more about Dr Lynch and his work at www.drbenlynch.com. Dr Lynch is the President of www.SeekingHealth.com, a supplement company oriented towards disease prevention and health promotion. He also founded and directs www.seekinghealth.org, an educational institute providing specialized training for both health professionals and consumers.  He lives in Seattle, WA with his wife, Nadia, and three boys, Tasman, Mathew and Theodor.

Nadine Artemis is the author of two books including “Renegade Beauty: Reveal and Revive Your Natural Radiance and Holistic” and “Dental Care: The Complete Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums”.

She is the creator of Living Libations, an exquisite line of serums, elixirs, and essentials oils for those seeking the purest of the pure botanical health and beauty products on the planet

Nadine is a gifted aromacologist and visionary who gathers and works with the purest ingredients from around the world. Through Living Libations™, a company co-created with her partner Ron Obadia, Nadine offers beauty and natural health products that bring out the strength of the botanicals without reliance on synthetics. By drawing on her gift of synesthesia, with which scent is also depicted as living color, Nadine is able to tap into the purest plant essences, enabling her to create the most sublime botanical compounds.

Mukta Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D. Director of SuperHealth, personally studied The technology behavioral addictions with Yogi Bhajan. Directed specialized hospital for substance abuse in Tucson, Arizona receiving highest commendation rated top 10% of all programs in U.S. by the Joint Commission Accreditation Healthcare Organizations.

Author of:
1. “Meditations for Addictive Behavior “:
A System of Yogic Science with Nutritional Formulas – From Recovery to Self-Discovery

2. “Healing Addictive Behavior” – focuses on Alcohol, Nicotine, Marijuana and Cocaine and specific teachings and formulas as taught by Yogi Bhajan

Directed pilot project for substance abusers in collaboration with Punjab government, India; co-author of research paper on the effectiveness of the project in “The Journal Ethnicity of Substance Abuse”.

Jeffrey D. Thompson, DC, BFA is Founder/Director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research in Carlsbad, California. He is a physician/musician, composer, scientist, researcher, educator, and author. Although interests, natural talents and his scientific approach to holistic healing created a paradigm shift in his life and in the field of sound, he is certified in physiotherapy; chiropractic radiography; craniopathy; sacral-occipital; blood analysis and nutritional counseling; Chinese meridian; bio-magnetic and color therapies. He is world-renown for his clinically proven, mind/body harmonious brainwave entrainment programs for sleep enhancement; physical, mental and emotional healing; creativity and peak performance; meditation and personal growth through the scientific application of sound.

Megan Ramos is a clinical educator and researcher, and the CEO & co-founder of the Intensive Dietary Management Program. She designed the IDM Program after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She believes that both what you eat and when you eat matter. Her program focuses on when to eat. They utilize therapeutic fasting and time restricted eating protocols with their patients to help them reverse their type 2 diabetes and achieve sustainable weight-loss. They encourage their patients to eat real foods and adopt a low-carb lifestyle in addition to the fasting.

Michelle Perro, MD is a veteran pediatrician with over thirty-five years of experience in acute and integrative medicine. More than ten years ago, Dr. Perro transformed her clinical practice to include pesticide and health advocacy. She has both directed and worked as attending physician from New York’s Metropolitan Hospital to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Dr. Perro has managed her own business, Down to Earth Pediatrics. She is currently lecturing and consulting as well as working with Gordon Medical Associates, an integrative health center in Northern California. Her new book, which she co-authored with Dr. Vincanne Adams, is What’s Making Our Children Sick?: How Industrial Food Is Causing an Epidemic of Chronic Illness, and What Parents (and Doctors) Can Do About It (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018).

Vincanne Adams, Ph.D. is a professor and vice-chair of Medical Anthropology, in the Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Adams has previously published six books on the social dynamics of health, scientific knowledge and politics, including most recently, Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith: New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina (2013), and Metrics: What Counts in Global Health (2016). She is currently an editor for Medical Anthropology Quarterly, the flagship journal for the Society for Medical Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association. Her new book, which she co-authored with Dr. Michelle Perro, is What’s Making Our Children Sick?: How Industrial Food Is Causing an Epidemic of Chronic Illness, and What Parents (and Doctors) Can Do About It (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018).

James S. Gordon, MD, a Harvard educated psychiatrist, is a world-renowned expert in using mind-body medicine to heal depression, anxiety, and psychological trauma. He is the Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, founding Dean of the College of Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook University, a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at Georgetown Medical School, and recently served as Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. He also served as the first Chair of the Program Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Alternative Medicine and is a former member of the Cancer Advisory Panel on Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the NIH.

Jo Panyko is a nutrition therapist in private practice, an information website publisher, and an author. She helps people transform their lives by transforming their health! As a consultant, she provides personalized diet and lifestyle consultations to adults and children, and they experience benefits such as improved sleep, weight loss, increased energy, and improved attention and digestion. Her specialties are autoimmune conditions such as celiac disease, Tourette’s syndrome, digestive tract disorders, allergies, intolerances, special diets, and probiotics. She publishes a website, PowerOfProbiotics.com, dedicated to educating people about the importance of probiotics and cultured foods and drinks for healthy lives. Jo also provides grocery store guidance, food pantry makeovers and educational classes. She lives in Colorado with her husband, children, and dogs.

Dr. Deanna Minich is a health educator, researcher, and author with more than twenty years of experience in nutrition, mind-body health, and functional medicine. Her passion is bringing forth a colorful whole-self approach to nourishment and bridging the gaps between science, soul, and art in medicine. Her most recent book is called The Rainbow Diet: A Holistic Approach to Radiant Health Through Foods and Supplements (Conari Press, 2018). See her website, www.deannaminich.com, and Facebook page, Deanna Minich, Ph.D. (https://www.facebook.com/deanna.minich), for more details.

Dawson Church, PhD, is an award-winning author whose best-selling book The Genie in Your Genes has been hailed by reviewers as a breakthrough in our understanding of the link between emotions and genetics. His follow-up title Mind to Matter, reviews the science of peak mental states. He founded the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare (www.NIIH.org) to study and implement promising evidence-based psychological and medical techniques. His groundbreaking research has been published in prestigious scientific journals. He is the editor of Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment, a peer-reviewed professional journal and a blogger for the Huffington Post. He shares how to apply the breakthroughs of energy psychology to health and athletic performance through EFT Universe, one of the largest alternative medicine sites on the web.

John Gray is the author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. USA Today listed his book as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last quarter century. In hardcover, it was the #1 bestselling book of the 1990s. Dr. Gray’s books are translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries and continues to be a bestseller. Dr. Gray has written over 20 books. His most recent book is Beyond Mars and Venus. His Mars/Venus book series has forever changed the way men and women view their relationships. John helps men and women better understand and respect their differences in both personal and professional relationships. His approach combines specific communication techniques with healthy, nutritional choices that create the brain and body chemistry for lasting health, happiness and romance.

Dr. Mary Clifton is an Internal Medicine doctor in New York City, with 20 years of experience in both the hospital and private practice and is also a licensed by the New York State Department of Health to provide medical marijuana and is a recognized expert in CBD, Cannabis, and Medical Marijuana. She is a published researcher, national speaker on women’s health and osteoporosis, and author of four books, and two new soon-to-be-released books on CBD and Cannabis – what you need to know, how to use them and a COOKBOOK to support ease of use. She is also a leading voice in telemedicine to bridge the gab in healthcare availability and affordable lab testing for long-term wellness.

Brendon Lundberg, a previous chronic pain suffer, co-founded Radiant Pain Relief Centres, along with David Farley, MD, a Harvard-MIT trained physician, with a vision to build the safest, most consistently effective and appealing solution to the epidemic of chronic pain. Combining a mission to change the way chronic pain is understood treated with deep experience in healthcare management, marketing, business development and sales, Brendon and Dr. David Farley opened Radiant Pain Relief Centres in Portland, Oregon, USA, in February 2014. Following the success of the first center, they are laying out a plan for expansion to open new centers in new markets nationally and internationally. Their story and vision for the future of pain management can be understood by reading their book, Radiant Relief – A Case For A Better Solution To Chronic Pain.

Ocean Robbins is author of 31-Day Food Revolution: Heal Your Body, Feel Great, & Transform Your World. He serves as CEO and cofounder of the 500,000-plus-member Food Revolution Network–one of the largest communities of healthy eating advocates on the planet. His grandfather founded Baskin-Robbins, and his father, John Robbins, walked away from the family company to write bestsellers like Diet for a New America and to become a renowned health advocate. He founded Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!) at age 16, and directed it for the next 20 years. He has served as adjunct professor for Chapman University, and is a recipient of the national Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service, the Freedom’s Flame Award, the Harmon Wilkinson Award, and many other honors.

Dr. Alan Christianson NMD, author of the New York Times bestselling book The Adrenal Reset Diet, is a naturopathic medical doctor who specializes in natural endocrinology with a focus on thyroid disorders. He founded Integrative Health, a physician group dedicated to helping people with thyroid disease and weight-loss resistance regain their health. He has been named a Top Doctor in Phoenix magazine, and has appeared on national TV shows and in numerous print media. Dr. Christianson lives in Phoenix with his wife and their two children. Visit him at DrChristianson.com.

Jim McCarthy is recognized for his unique perspective — as a Stanford MBA, internet pioneer, and person living with a cancer diagnosis. He teaches people how to create their happiness by blending mindfulness techniques and timeless wisdom with simple, science-based practices.

He is a thought-provoking TEDx speaker and author of the book “Live Each Day: A Surprisingly Simple Guide to Happiness.” He has presented his innovative and highly acclaimed “Happiness Keynote” to organizations of all sizes across the U.S. and internationally.

Dr. Peter Osborne is the clinical director of Origins Health Care in Sugar Land, Texas. He is a doctor of chiropractic, doctor of functional medicine, doctor of pastoral science, and a Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist.

Often times referred to as “The Gluten Free Warrior”, he is one of the most sought-after functional medicine doctors in the country. His practice is centered on helping those with painful chronic degenerative and autoimmune diseases with a primary focus on gluten sensitivity and food allergies. Dr. Osborne received his doctorate from Texas Chiropractic College. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on gluten sensitivity, and lectures nationally to the public and medical professionals on numerous nutrition-related topics.

Dr. Pankaj Vij is a firm believer in the mind body connection. Because a healthy lifestyle is the key to longevity and quality of life, he is on a life-long quest to uncover the secrets to achieving balance in the body-mind and one’s surroundings. Dr. Vij is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine and has been practicing in the San Francisco Bay area since 2002. He has helped hundreds of people achieve and maintain their goal weight, reduce stress and improve their overall health.

Dr. Gordon Pedersen is a best-selling author, public speaker, and has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals all over the world to achieve their path to wellness. He is a Naturopathic Doctor (ND) with a Ph.D. in Toxicology from Utah State University. He also has Ph.D. degrees in Immunology and Biology. He is board-certified in anti-aging and regenerative medicine and holds a Master’s degree in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness. Gordon has spent countless hours reviewing silver information and is frequently called upon as the world’s leading authority on silver as a health tool.

Amy Killen MD is an anti-aging and regenerative physician specializing in sexual optimization and aesthetics. An international speaker, teacher, author, and clinical practice owner Dr. Killen is an outspoken advocate for empowering patients to look and feel their best by merging lifestyle modification, hormone optimization, personalized medicine, and regenerative therapies.

Dr. Dobee, the visionary for a center of dental excellence, has been committed to the dental industry for almost two decades. She continues her pursuit of excellence through frequent and ongoing education to keep up-to-date on the latest procedures and developments making dentistry as pain-free, safe, and natural as possible. She has carefully picked and assembled a world-class team of doctors and specialists that are as committed to excellence as her to work together closely to ensure the best possible outcome for her patients.

Dr. David Minkoff graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1974 and was elected to the “Phi Beta Kappa” of medical schools, the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Fraternity for very high academic achievement.

He is board certified in pediatrics and has completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of California in San Diego, which included research in developing new medicines to fight viral disease. As a clinical faculty member at the University, he also served as co-director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Palomar Medical Center.

Dr. Will Cole, leading functional medicine practitioner, specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors and customizing health programs for chronic conditions such as thyroid issues, autoimmune disease, autoimmune deficiency, an autoimmune disorder, hormonal dysfunctions, and more. He consults locally in the Pittsburgh area as well as a webcam and phone consultations for people across the country and around the world. Dr. Cole is a health writer for international publications such as mindbodygreen and lectures nationally. Dr. Cole is the author of the forthcoming book, Ketotarian, in which he melds the powerful benefits of a ketogenic diet with a plant-based one.

Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. is a New York Times bestselling author, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester, and an expert in the psychology of eating. She is President of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and the Founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating Solutions, a company dedicated to helping people achieve the health and vibrancy that accompany permanent weight loss. Her program utilizes cutting-edge research to explain how the brain blocks to weight loss and every day she teaches people how to undo that damage so they can live Happy, Thin, and Free.

JJ Virgin, CNS, BCHN, EP-C, Celebrity nutrition expert and Fitness Hall of Famer JJ Virgin teaches clients how to break through food and carb intolerance’s, so they can finally lose the weight to transform their health and their lives.

JJ is a prominent TV and media personality, whose previous features include co-host of TLC’s Freaky Eaters, health expert for Dr. Phil, and appearances on PBS, Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, Access Hollywood, and the TODAY Show. She also speaks regularly and has shared the stage with notables including TD Jakes, Tony Robbins, and Brendon Burchard. JJ is the author of four NY Times bestsellers: The Virgin Diet, The Virgin Diet Cookbook, JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet, and JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet Cookbook.

Dr. Adelson has performed over 6,000 bone marrow and adipose stem cell procedures and has injected stem cells into over 800 intervertebral discs, placing him among those most experienced in the world with the use of stem cells for the treatment of spine pain. His personal mission is to offer autologous stem cell therapies for the treatment of pain that are safe, effective, and affordable, to get people out of pain and back to living their lives.

Kevin Pereau is a leading digital health expert and author of the “The Digital Health Revolution”. He spent the early part of his career managing strategy and management consulting firms with a specialty focus on technology. His first health technology company was a consumer health scoring firm whose mission was to provide longitudinal context around how what we do and how we feel affects who we are. “You can’t manage, what you don’t measure” is something Pereau is fond of saying and for that, you need a scoring system.

Dr. Payal Bhandari, M.D. is a leading practitioner of integrative functional medicine and the founder of SF Advanced Health. She combines the best in Western and Eastern medicine to define the root cause of illness. By being an expert of cell function, Dr. Bhandari specializes in cancer prevention and reversal, digestive & autoimmune disorders.

Dr. Diana Driscoll is an internationally recognized researcher, inventor, speaker, author, and patient advocate. An optometrist by education, she was disabled for over a decade with “invisible illnesses”. Now fully recovered, she is the recipient of two patents to date and continues her research as President of Genetic Disease Investigators. She is the founder and Clinical Director of POTS Care — the only clinic dedicated to treating the underlying medical causes of POTS — not just the symptoms.

Her peer-reviewed medical abstracts include those involving vascular abnormalities in the fundus of POTS patients, the etiology of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, and the use of acetazolamide in multiple sclerosis.

Dr. Driscoll is the recipient of numerous awards for patient advocacy and continues to donate her time to help others across the globe through her online forum and videos on YouTube.

Dr. Simon Marshall is co-owner of Braveheart Health & Fitness, LLC., and a performance psychologist for Nourish Balance Thrive, a functional medicine clinic in Santa Cruz, CA. He specializes in helping individuals and groups improve patterns of thinking, emotion, and behavior so they are better able to take on challenging tasks. Dr. Marshall is a former professor of Behavioral Medicine at the University of California, San Diego and has published over 100 scientific articles on the psychology of health behavior change. He has served as an invited expert to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the American Cancer Society. He is a co-author of the best-selling book, The Brave Athlete – a guide for current and aspiring athletes to manage their mental gremlins.

Momo Vuyisich is a founder and Chief Science Officer of Viome. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico and New Mexico Tech. Besides providing scientific leadership at Viome, Momo focuses on product development, clinical certification, and clinical research.

Before co-founding Viome in 2016, Momo spent 12 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was the leader of the Applied Genomics team. His research focused on applying modern genomics to the areas of gut microbiomes, host-pathogen and microbial inter-species interactions, pathogen detection, cancer biology, toxicology, infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance, forensics, etc. He also helped set up several genome centers in Africa and Asia.

Momo received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Utah, and BS in Microbiology from the University of Texas at El Paso.

Dr. Sasse grew up in Wisconsin, the youngest of two boys, and he attended Spanish-speaking schools in Central America for a part of high school and learned Spanish.  He witnessed poverty but also witnessed the profound impact one can make in the lives of others through caring and service.

Dr. Sasse realized top honors by finishing at the top of his class.  During medical school he volunteered time in a dilapidated hospital in Nepal and which helped finalize his desire to become a surgeon.  During his UCSF surgery training, Dr. Sasse expressed a great interest in teaching and ultimately won the All-Campus Teaching Award as a senior resident.  He later completed Fellowship training at the Lahey Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts, before relocating to beautiful northern Nevada to develop his practice.

Michael Chang M.D., CFMP, is a board-certified physician in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a certified functional medicine practitioner since 2012. He has a private practice Healed and Whole Clinic in Sunnyvale, California (Silicon Valley) since 2017, specializing in gut and mitochondrial health/anti-aging. He welcomes online consultations. His interest in mitochondrial health started during his mentorship with Dr. Dan Kalish, who emphasizes this area through his use of an organic acids test. During that time, he went through a health crisis with severe leg stiffness and fatigue. By doing the same testing and treatment plan for himself as for his patients, he was able to quickly recover after finding the root cause. Dr. Chang’s goal is to empower his patients to be proactive in recovering their health and maintain it for the prevention of chronic diseases and prolonging longevity. Dr. Chang is married to his wife Cynthia of thirty-six years. He enjoys traveling, classical music, and the arts.

Dr. Darrell Wolfe Ac Ph.D. DNM has 35 years experience in natural medicine and is known as the ‘Doc of Detox’.

Dr. Wolfe’s best-selling book ‘Healthy to 100’ is the foundation from which he created his one-of-a-kind ‘Healthy to 100 Community’, where he hosts his weekly webinars and teleconferences to awaken the world with life-changing techniques and strategies.

Dr. Wolfe’s clinic and retreat are based in Kelowna, BC, Canada, where he treats, teaches and consults patients, locally and globally. Dr. Wolfe was a major speaker in the acclaimed documentary GLOBAL QUEST FOR THE CURE CANCER series seen around the world by 10 million people. Dr. Wolfe has been presented with the ‘Order of Excellence’ Award by The World Organization of Natural Medicine. His mission is to teach the world to
MASTER THEIR HEALTH- HEAL THE BODY- AWAKEN THE MIND

Dr. Marv is the first physician in California to be Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in addition to being a Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Medicine. He is currently only one of two Integrative Gastroenterologists in the United States to carry all three of these endorsements!

Dr. Marv knows how it is. A few years ago Dr. Marv was overweight, feeling tired, low on energy, and had metabolic syndrome. He was a caring doctor who did the best he could for his patients but knew that something was missing. He knew that there had to be something else to health since he himself seemed to be missing that key ingredient.

Naveen Jain is an entrepreneur and philanthropist driven to solve the world’s biggest challenges through innovation. The founder of Moon Express, World Innovation Institute, iNome, TalentWise, Intelius, and Infospace, Naveen sees beyond the current business and technological landscape, creating companies that make a true impact. His latest venture is Viome and this interview focuses on the big audacious goal of eradicating chronic illness.

Postpartum depression affects millions of women, including supermodel Chrissy Teigen who recently wrote an open letter about her debilitating experience with it. We interview Cate Stillman to better understand how women can prevent and heal from this so they can enjoy their new baby with pure joy and love!

Cate Stillman is an Entrepreneur Ayurvedic practitioner and certified yoga teacher with a worldwide vision for healthier communities and healthier ecosystems, Cate Stillman has grown Yogahealer steadily since 2001 into a vibrant worldwide online posse of yoga practitioners who want to upgrade their personal and community wellness.

Sachin Patel, founder of Living Proof Institute and a functional medicine practitioner, is on a crusade to help everyone transform their lives to living healthier and longer.  He is creating a new healthcare paradigm for healing and has touched the lives of thousands of people with his practice.

Stephen Cabral developed his passion for health & wellness after going through severe health complications at the age of 17. He saw over 50 different doctors, tried over 100 different treatment protocols, but still saw no hope of recovery.

It wasn’t until he met an “alternative” health doctor whom explained to him how he got here and how he could become well again, that he began his recovery process. It was at this young age that he knew his life would be dedicated to helping others rebalance their bodies and renew their health

Cynthia Li, MD, graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and has practiced in settings as diverse as Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital, and St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic for the homeless.

She also volunteered with Doctors Without Borders in rural China, focusing on HIV/AIDS care. Currently, she has a private practice in integrative and functional medicine, and serves as faculty for the Healer’s Art program at the University of California San Francisco Medical School.

Dr. David Sinclair is a professor in the Department of Genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Harvard Medical School, where he and his colleagues study sirtuins—protein-modifying enzymes that respond to changing NAD+ levels and to caloric restriction—as well as chromatin, energy metabolism, mitochondria, learning and memory, neurodegeneration, cancer, and cellular reprogramming.

He is also co-founder and co-chief editor of the journal Aging. He is an inventor on 35 patents and has received more than 35 awards and honors. In 2014, he was on Time Magazine’s list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and listed as Time’s Top 50 in healthcare in 2018.

Kelly Brogan, M.D., is a holistic health psychiatrist, author of the New York Times bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, Own Your Self, the children’s book, A Time for Rain, and co-editor of the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression. She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College and has a B.S. from M.I.T. in Systems Neuroscience. She is board-certified in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and integrative holistic medicine and is specialized in a root-cause resolution approach to psychiatric syndromes and symptoms. She is a certified KRI Kundalini Yoga teacher and a mother of two.

Dr. Todd Ovokaitys was first in his class in high school and won the coveted Bucky pioneer award. He was also at the top of his class at Northwestern University with the highest possible grade point average and after two years was one of 26 people accepted into an accelerated undergraduate and medical training program at Johns Hopkins University and Medical School. He then completed specialty training in Internal Medicine and subspecialty training in Pulmonary and Intensive Care Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital. He was assessed by a faculty committee as “the best of all the residents across the board.”

Dr. Antonio Jimenez, M.D., N.D. is the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of world-renowned Hope4Cancer Treatment Centers, currently operating in Mexico (Tijuana, Cancun), Colombia (Barranquilla), and Thailand (Bangkok). A globally recognized leader in integrative oncology, Dr. Jimenez received his M.D. from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara Faculty of Medicine in Mexico. For over 25 years, he has dedicated his life to the study, clinical research, and implementation of integrative, non-toxic therapies.

His experience and expertise has seen him successfully pioneer effective non-toxic treatments such as Photodynamic Therapy and emerging immunotherapies. Often referred to as “Dr. Tony”, he provides his patients with a lifelong structure for healing built around science, education, and empowerment.

Dr. Cerra is an expert when it comes to combining evidence based natural therapies with conventional medicine as she works with patients to help them reach their optimal health goals. She holds a strong care for mental health and women’s medicine with an area of expertise in pediatric care and is committed to helping her patients feel their absolute best so they can live out their dreams without health being an obstacle.

She is passionate about providing patient-centered individualized care in each of her visits. Utilizing the least invasive therapy, teaching her patients about their health, treating the whole person through integrating mind-body-spirit, all while focusing on disease prevention, she is excited to be a part of your journey to wellness!

Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH, is the Interim Director of the Fellowship at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and is board-certified in Integrative Medicine and Family Medicine. Dr. Chiasson has a long standing interest in traditional energy healing traditions and has extensive experience exploring energy medicine and alternative healing practices including time spent with Mayan shamanic healers and psychic surgeons in the Yucatan peninsula.

She is the author of Energy Healing- the Essentials of Self Care (Sounds True 2013,) co-author of Self-Healing with Energy Medicine with Dr. Andrew Weil (Sounds True 2009,) as well as multiple other academic and instructional publications on Energy Healing and Integrative Medicine. She teaches Integrative Medicine and Energy Medicine around the country and has also worked extensively as a Medical Director in hospice in Tucson and as an Integrative Family Medicine physician in Tucson and Canada.

James Clement has devoted the last two decades to the science of life extension. He is best known for his Supercentenarian Study, which has received international press (see: Betterhumans Supercentenarian Research Study in the News) in addition to a feature story in the New York Times by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Amy Harmon. A champion of the transhumanist movement, he is the founder of the Betterhumans non-profit, which is the world’s first specifically transhumanist biomedical research organization. Led by a collection of high-profile researchers, the organization focuses on bringing cutting edge scientific discoveries from the lab to the clinic, so that humanity can take advantage of these breakthroughs in a safe and inexpensive manner, as quickly as possible.

With the soul of an advocate and the mind of an entrepreneur, James Maskell has spent the past the past decade sparking debate, shifting paradigms, and working to accelerate the evolution of medicine—starting with the doctors themselves. By empowering conventionally trained doctors, James is encouraging a seismic shift away from an over dependence on western medicine and toward a wellness-centered, functional medicine model, creating not just happier patients—but happier doctors, too. To that end, he created the Evolution of Medicine, a community e-commerce service which provides highly curated and customized resources, tools, products, and services, making it easier and more affordable for conventional doctors to embark on a new way of managing healthcare.

Dr. Tom Cowan discovered the work of the two men who would have the most influence on his career while teaching gardening as a Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland, South Africa. He read Nutrition and PhysicalDegeneration by Weston A.Price, as well as Rudolf Steiner’s work on biodynamic agriculture. These events inspired him to pursue a medical degree. Tom graduated from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1984. After his residency in Family Practice at Johnson City Hospital in Johnson City, New York, he set up an anthroposophical medical practice in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Dr. Cowan relocated to San Francisco in 2003.