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Dr. Connie Mariano, M.D. - Chairman
Dr. Connie Mariano, a career Naval officer, received her board-certification in Internal Medicine and was assigned to the Naval Medical Clinic in Port Hueneme, California from 1986-1990 where she ran the Specialty Clinic and the clinic's urgent care facility. In 1990, Dr. Mariano returned to the Naval Hospital in San Diego to become the Division Head of General Internal Medicine.
In June 1992, Dr. Mariano became the first military woman in American history to be appointed White House Physician. She was nominated by the Navy and selected by the White House for this honor. In 1994, Dr. Mariano was named Director of the White House Medical Unit and chosen by President William Clinton to serve as his personal physician. Dr. Mariano served nine years at the White House where she was physician to three sitting American Presidents.
Completing 24 years of active duty service, Dr. Mariano retired from the Navy in June 2001 with the rank of Rear Admiral. She became the first Filipino American in history to become a Navy Admiral on July 1, 2000.
After leaving the White House, Dr. Mariano became a consultant in the Executive Health Program at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale from July 2001 to October 2005. In November 2005, Dr. Mariano founded the Center for Executive Medicine, a medical concierge practice which provides presidential-quality medical care to CEOs and their families.
An expert in presidential health care including the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Mariano is a frequent guest speaker on CNN and the media on the topics of care to VIPs, presidential disability, travel medicine, and optimizing quality of care. She is the author of the book, The White House Doctor: My Patients were Presidents, A Memoir.
Dr. Archelle Georgiou, M.D.
Dr. Archelle Georgiou combines her deep knowledge of clinical medicine with a breadth of experience in business and health care administration to pursue her passion for simplifying the health care system. As a practicing physician and as a corporate managed care executive, Dr. Georgiou learned and leveraged the value and importance of simple and compelling communication to influence impacting patients' personal health care behaviors as well as driving health care purchasing decisions and business growth.
Dr. Georgiou left UnitedHealth Group after fourteen years to form Georgiou Consulting, LLC (www.georgiouconsulting.com). Her focus is using the power of language, data and technology to translate complex medical information into meaningful health care messages for a broad spectrum of audiences and clients. She works with large health care companies to crystallize their health care outcomes into meaningful and differentiating messages that drive growth and profitability.
In addition, Dr. Georgiou helps consumers make better health care decisions. MyHealthCompare (www.myhealthcompare.com) is a free consumer website she has developed that that makes it easy for people to rank and compare hospitals.
One of Archelle's greatest joys is using the media to communicate directly with the public and health consumers. She conducts a twice weekly Fox TV healthcare segment in the Twin Cities. She offers viewers a practical and balanced analysis of the latest health care news headlines and translates the information into practical tips they can use to take better care of themselves. She is also a Fellow with the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality & Healing and works collaboratively with the Center to empower consumers to navigate the health care system.
In the public policy arena, she serves as a Senior Fellow with Newt Gingrich's Center for Health Transformation. Dr. Georgiou is a frequently invited speaker at healthcare industry and consumer forums on topics such as health reform, health information technology, and innovative health models. Some of the highlights include being a guest on Oprah and Friends with Dr Mehmet Oz, testifying as an expert witness in Congress and being an annual guest lecturer at the Wharton School of Business. In the Spring 2009, Dr. Georgiou was a medical correspondent on an international expedition with Dan Buettner and the Blue Zones Team to explore the secrets of longevity.
Dr. Georgiou is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She trained and practiced in internal medicine in Northern California before transitioning into healthcare administration and policy. Archelle lives in Wayzata, Minnesota with her husband and three children .
Dr. Lishan Aklog, M.D.
Dr. Lishan Aklog is Director and Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at The Heart and Lung Institute of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona
Dr. Aklog was born in Ethiopia, one of the world's poorest nations, into a prominent and highly-achieving family. His father was the first cardiologist to practice in Ethiopia, and his mother was the country's first woman to receive a graduate university education, which she earned at Harvard.
As a teenager, Dr. Aklog fled the political violence in Ethiopia, and came to the United States. Two years later, at the age of 15, he enrolled in his mother's Alma Mater. He continued on to Harvard Medical School where he received his medical degree and completed his clinical training in cardiothoracic surgery before joining the Harvard faculty as its youngest heart surgeon ever.
Dr. Aklog was a cardiothoracic resident at Brigham and Women's/Boston Children's Hospital, an Associate Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and he completed international fellowships in London, England and Paris, France.
At the beginning of his impressive career, Aklog joined the first wave of heart surgeons to embrace "off-pump" or "beating-heart" coronary bypass surgery, which eliminates the need to stop the heart and put the patient on a heart-lung machine. Today, he performs this surgery on nearly every bypass surgery patient with whom he works.
Dr. Aklog was also one of the first few surgeons in the United States to use surgical robots in patients undergoing heart surgery. The robot does not perform the actual surgery but enables the surgeon to work with better precision in tightly confined areas, making the most of evolving minimally invasive techniques.
Dr. Aklog specializes in the surgical treatment of all types of heart disease but is particularly passionate about the increasing role of new technologies which facilitate performing "minimally invasive" procedures. He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on this type of surgery, which aims to correct heart problems and relieve suffering through smaller incisions and results in less trauma and a more rapid recovery for the patient. He lectures extensively on this topic and directs courses to teach other surgeons these new techniques.
Dr. Theodore Friedman, M.D., Ph.D
Theodore C. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D. is the Chairman of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Molecular Medicine and Metabolism at Charles Drew University, in Los Angeles. Dr. Friedman is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. He is also the director of the Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases Research Cluster. He holds an Endowed Professorship in Cardio-Metabolic Medicine. He is Professor of Medicine at UCLA and Charles Drew University. Dr. Friedman earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biological Sciences from Stanford University in 1980, a Master of Philosophy in Pharmacology and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from City University of New York in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and his M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York in 1987. He completed his residency at University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan between 1987-1989.
Dr. Friedman has received several NIH grants, covering hormone regulation, including thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, testosterone, and pancreatic functions. He has published over 80 papers in peer-review journals and wrote the thyroid and adrenal chapters for the widely read textbook, Cecil Essentials of Medicine. His basic science research interests are in pro-hormone processing as related to drug addiction, diabetes, thyroid disease and obesity as well as substance abuse and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. He also is studying how glucocorticoids and enzymes that regulate their tissue levels are involved in diabetes and obesity and also studying why smokers get more heart disease.
His clinical research interests are adrenal and pituitary disorders and he has an NIH-funded clinical trial giving testosterone to women with hypopituitarism. His clinic interests includes difficult to diagnose pituitary, adrenal and thyroid disorders. He is one of the world's experts on Cushing's syndrome. He also wrote a popular lay book on thyroid diseases, entitled "The Everything Health Guide to Thyroid Disease".
Dr. Friedman also sees difficult to diagnose Endocrine patients in his private practice, which is near Beverly Hills, CA. He specializes in Cushing's syndrome and pituitary, adrenal and thyroid disease. He also sees patients with menopausal issues and fatigue issues. One of his patients wrote the following about him in the Pituitary Tumor Network Association Newsletter: "I have a dream that one day all medical school graduates will have a true interest in science. In this dream world, the doctors will have learned to be good listeners before they are granted their diplomas. They will be excited about searching out truth-in a microscope, a vial of blood or a careful review of patterns. I believe Dr. Friedman already went to this mythical medical school. I just wish there were more in his graduating class". These clinical exposures remind him that the ultimate purpose of his biomedical research is to improve the quality of life and provide better heath for all his patients. To find out more about Dr. Friedman or to schedule an appointment, visit www.goodhormonehealth.com.
Dr. Irwin Goldstein, M.D.
Dr. Irwin Goldstein is Director of San Diego Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital, the Secretary of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, a former President of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America and a Clinical Professor of Surgery at University of California at San Diego.
Dr. Goldstein has been involved with sexual dysfunction research since the late 1970s. His specialties include penile microvascular bypass surgery, surgery for dyspareunia, physiologic investigation of sexual function in men and women, and diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunction in men and women.
Dr. Goldstein holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Brown University, with an honors thesis in biomedical engineering. In 1975, he graduated from McGill University Faculty of Medicine in his hometown of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was on the faculty of Boston University School of Medicine for 25 years where he was Professor of Urology and Gynecology and founding Director of the former Institute for Sexual Medicine at BUSM.
Dr. Goldstein is currently President of The Institute for Sexual Medicine, Inc., a charitable corporation for education and research in the field. He is a board member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine and a member of the International Academy of Sex Research, the American Urological Association, the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, and the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease. Dr. Goldstein is a 2009 winner of the Gold Medal awarded by the World Association for Sexual Health in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the field.
His long and highly-regarded career has also included authoring more than 325 publications in the field of sexual dysfunction, with 20 consecutive years of funding by the National Institutes of Health in this area. He is Editor-in Chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, its regional affiliate societies, and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.
Dr. Gail Gross, Ph.D., Ed.D.
A former teacher, Dr. Gail Gross has become a nationally recognized expert, author and lecturer on juvenile education, behavior and development issues. Her positive approach to difficult issues helps families navigate today's complex problems.
As a veteran radio talk show host, author, lecturer and television talk show host for the nationally syndicated PBS program, "Let's Talk," she frequently is called upon as an expert by top journalists and always responds with a firm opinion and solid advice. She leaves no room for "tough love" in her uncompromising "unconditional love" approach. She has also appeared on "Talk Back Live" on CNN and in 2002 Dr. Gross hosted eight 30-minute parenting specials on PAX TV.
Dr. Gross received a B.S. in education and psychology and an Ed.D in education curriculum and instruction from the University of Houston. She earned her master's degree in secondary education with a focus on Psychology from the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
Dr. Gross is a longtime leader in finding solutions to the nation's toughest education challenges. She co-founded the first-of-its-kind Cuney Home School with husband Jenard in partnership with Texas Southern University in 1996. The school serves as a national model for improving the academic performance of students from housing projects by engaging the parents. Additionally, she currently is leading a landmark, year-long study in Houston Independent School District to examine how stress-reduction affects academics and attendance in elementary school students. Such work has earned her accolades from distinguished leaders such as the Dalai Lama, who presented her with the Spirit of Freedom award in 1998.
Dr. Gross' soon-to-be-published second book, Smart for Life, teaches parents how to enhance a child's learning potential through various developmental stages. Two additional books are slated to follow, including People Who Grieve Can Live Again, a guide to grieving through various stages of life, and Defining Moments, which recounts the defining moments of her celebrity guests from "Let's Talk."
Dr. Jay Harness, M.D.
Dr. Jay Harness, the past-President of The American Society of Breast Surgeons and the President-elect of Breast Surgery International, is the Director at St. Joseph Hospital Comprehensive Breast Center in Orange, California. Practicing medicine for 35 years, Dr. Harness specializes in general surgery and medical oncology.
After graduating from medical school from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, he conducted his internship and residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr. Harness then remained on the faculty at the University of Michigan and developed the second United States multidisciplinary breast center in 1985. He left the University of Michigan in 1989 and spent two years at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston where he also established a multidisciplinary breast center at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center. Subsequently, he came to Oakland, California in 1991 to join the University of California-East Bay Department of Surgery where he was a Professor and Chief of Surgical Oncology at Highland General Hospital. The opportunity to direct his third multidisciplinary breast center in Southern California came in the summer of 2003.
Dr. Harness has also had two teaching opportunities during his career: both as Chief of Surgical Oncology at the Alameda County Medical Center at the University of California-Highland Campus in Oakland, California, and as a Clinical Professor of Surgery, at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Dr. Harness has been recognized nationally and internationally for his work in breast and endocrine surgery. He is a member of several national and international surgical societies and associations. He has served as Secretary-Treasurer, and President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and Chair, Board of Directors, of The American Society of Breast Surgeons. He has authored nearly 80 scientific articles and book chapters and has been the lead editor of 2 textbooks.
Publications and books include Breast Cancer-Collaborative Management, helping to edit Ultrasound in Surgical Practice: Basic Principles and Clinical Applications, and writing chapters in over 20 books, including Expert Consultations in Breast Cancer and Surgical Oncology.
Dr. Harness has also worked as Principal Investigator in two studies: "Breast Cancer Early Detection Regional Partnership," through the California Department of Health Services, and "The Breast Care Center: Innovative Care for the Underserved," through the Breast Cancer Research Program.
Dr. Marty Klein, Ph.D.
Dr. Marty Klein has been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist for 29 years. His career has been aimed toward a single set of goals: telling the truth about sexuality, helping people feel sexually adequate and powerful, and supporting the healthy sexual expression and exploration of women and men.
As a clinician, Marty works each week with couples and individuals who have a variety of sexual and non-sexual difficulties—over 30,000 sessions since 1980. He also provides consultations to other therapists and supervises their cases. Known and respected by his colleagues, Marty has been honored by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, & Therapists; and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
Dr. Klein pursues his goal of a sexually enlightened world through therapy, lectures, writing, forensic, and media work. He has written over 100 articles for publications such as The Journal of Sex Research, The Journal of Homosexuality, and San Francisco Medicine, and has been a contributing editor of The New Physician, American Baby, and Modern Bride.
Marty has written five books, which have been translated into a dozen languages. He has written and published 7 training programs for therapists, which are available as CD sets.
A tireless speaker, Marty has trained over 50,000 physicians, psychologists, and social workers. He has given over 700 keynote speeches, training programs, and popular lectures to groups across North America and in 12 countries, including India, Morocco, Croatia, Turkey, and the Soviet Union.
Dr. Klein is frequently interviewed by the popular media, most recently in Newsweek and on ABC-TV's 20/20. Both his blog and electronic newsletter, both named Sexual Intelligence, are considered authoritative sources for information and expert opinion on sexuality, culture, politics, and the media.
Dr. Machelle Seibel, M.D.
Dr. Machelle (Mache) Seibel is America's health expert, addressing the critical needs of consumers from stress and weight control to menopause and beyond. He served on the Harvard Medical School faculty for 19 years and is a pioneer in many areas of women's health. He works with companies and organizations to bring exciting educational content to consumers.
- Host for PBS and NYC TV episodes, frequent media expert
- Repeatedly voted into Best Doctors in America
- Past Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Sexuality, Reproduction & Menopause
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, the University of Texas Medical Branch's highest honor 2008
- Multiple national awards for research, writing, music writing and patient education
- Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School 2004-present
- Director, Complicated Menopause Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School 2004-2011
- Founder of HealthRock® reshaping health education with health songs and entertainment
- Past Medical Director, Inverness Medical Innovations (now Alere)
- Corporate Consultant and Corporate Health Expert Nationally and Internationally
- Author/editor 14 books, over 200 scientific articles,
- American Cancer Society New England Division Medical Advisory Network
- Advisory board of Dr. Mehmet Oz's HealthCorps initiative to fight childhood obesity
- Nationally known guest speaker, key note speaker
Dr. Philip M. Sarrel, M.D.
Philip M. Sarrel, M.D., completed his medical education at New York University School of Medicine, his internship at the Mount Sinai Hospital, and his residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. In addition to his many years on the faculty of the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Sarrel has also been a Faculty Scholar in the department of psychiatry at Oxford University, Visiting Senior Lecturer at King's College Hospital Medical School at the University of London, Visiting Professor in Cardiac Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute in London, and Visiting Professor in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He is currently Emeritus Professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and psychiatry at Yale University.
Dr. Sarrel is the founder of the Yale Menopause Program and the Yale Sex Counseling Service. His research interests have included the effects of transdermal estrogen in postmenopausal women with symptomatic atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease; nutrients and endothelial function; ovarian hormones and menstrual cycle-related migraines; postmenopausal sexual function, and numerous other topics. He is the author or coauthor of more than 100 journal articles, 50 book chapters, and 6 books, as well as more than 50 abstracts.
Dr. Sarrel is an editor of Maturitas, The Journal of the International Menopause Society; Menopause, the Journal of the North American Menopause Society as well as serving as a reviewer for numerous journals, including the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Dr. Bernadette Melnyk, Ph.D, R.N., CPNP/NPP, FAAN, FNAP
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN, has been appointed by The Ohio State University as dean of the College of Nursing, associate vice president for health promotion, and chief wellness officer of the university, effective Sept. 15, 2011. Her role as Ohio State's chief wellness officer is believed to be the first such position at a US university. She is spearheading health promotion and wellness programs to enhance the highest level of health, and to prevent physical and mental health disorders among faculty, staff and students.
Dr. Melnyk is a widely recognized expert in evidence-based practice, intervention research, and child and adolescent mental health. Her research areas include interventions to improve coping/mental health outcomes in high-risk children and families, and healthy lifestyle interventions with adolescents and college youth. Her record includes more than 170 publications and more than $11 million in sponsored funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies.
Dr. Melnyk earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing cum laude from West Virginia University, a Master of Science in Nursing with a specialization in nursing care in children as a pediatric nurse practitioner from the University of Pittsburgh, and a PhD in clinical research from the University of Rochester. She also completed post-master's certification as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Most recently as dean and distinguished foundation professor in nursing at Arizona State University's College of Nursing & Health Innovation, Dr. Melnyk led that college to a top 15 ranking in funding from the NIH, the expansion of trans-disciplinary academic programs, and the creation of seven centers of research and evidence-based practice excellence. She created innovative partnerships with the FDA and major corporations and has consulted with many healthcare systems and colleges throughout the nation and world on how to implement and sustain evidence-based practice.
Her work has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals, and she is co-editor of the well-known book, Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice (second edition) published in 2011. In addition, she serves as associate editor of the journal Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing.
Prior to her position at Arizona State University, Dr. Melnyk was a faculty member at the University of Rochester from 1992 to 2004. From 1999 to 2004, she was professor and associate dean for research and director, Center for Research & Evidenced-Based Practice and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program in the School of Nursing, and also served as professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Dr. Melnyk is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the National Academies of Practice. She serves as one of only two nurse practitioners on the 16-member United States Preventive Services Task Force. Among dozens of other prestigious honors, she received the 2011 Distinguished Research Lecturer Award from the Western Institute of Nursing, as well as the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research's (NINR) first NINR Director's Lectureship Award in 2011. She has twice been recognized as an Edge Runner by the American Academy of Nursing, once for founding the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' KySS mental health initiative, and the second time for her COPE Program for parents of premature infants.
Dr. Maoshing Ni, Ph.D., D.O.M., L.Ac., A.B.A.A.H.P.
Dr. Mao, as he prefers to be called, is a 38th generation doctor of Chinese medicine, a Licensed Acupuncturist, a Diplomat of Chinese Herbology, and a Diplomat in Anti-Aging.
For over 20 years, Dr. Mao has been in general practice at Los Angeles, California's Tao of Wellness, an acclaimed center for nutrition, Chinese medicine, and acupuncture, with special interest in immune, hormonal, and aging-related conditions. He is also the founder and Chancellor of the Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Los Angeles that is considered the premiere school for Chinese medicine outside of China.
A brush with near-death from an accident as a child left him determined to pursue health and healing. He was taught tai chi and qigong early on to help him rehabilitate and began his medical training with his father, a renowned physician of Chinese medicine and Taoist master. From this youthful beginning, Dr. Mao continued his training in schools of Chinese medicine in the United States and China. He went on to receive two doctorate degrees and wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on nutrition, as well as carried out a 20-year study of centenarians in China.
In addition to his work in his practice, Dr. Mao is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, the AOM ALLIANCE, American Society of Acupuncturist, the American Association of Acupuncturist & Oriental Medicine and National Certification Commission for Acupuncturist & Oriental Medicine Diplomat in Chinese Herbology.
Dr. Mao is also an author of the best-selling book, Secrets of Longevity. Merging the ancient wisdom of Eastern medicine with the modern advances of Western medicine, Dr. Mao has spent years studying centenarians in China and combing through archives of Taoist longevity classics. He is also a Tai Chi master.
Dr. Mao has lectured internationally on various topics including women's health, longevity medicine, diet and nutrition, herbal therapy, stress management, meditation, lifestyle enhancement, integrative cancer care, tai chi, qigong, Chinese yoga, spirituality and conducts longevity retreats throughout the world.
Dr. Pamela Peeke, M.D.
Dr. Pamela Peeke is an internationally recognized expert, physician, scientist and author in the fields of nutrition, stress, fitness and public health. On stage or in front of a camera, she combines her trademark energy, wit and humor with the latest scientific data to motivate and educate audiences of all ages to transform themselves for healthy living.
Serving as Chief Medical Correspondent for Discovery Health TV, Dr. Peeke is featured on the award winning National Body Challengeseries and is the host of the Could You Survive? series, based upon her national bestselling book Fit to Live. Magazines including O, Prevention, Fitness and More feature her columns and editorials. Major television and radio networks including CNN, Fox and NPR interview her as a regular in-studio science and health news commentator.The multimedia healthy lifestyle program, Everyday Fitness with Dr. Pam Peeke, is available online to 50 million unique website users at WebMD.com.
Dr. Peeke’s national bestselling books include Fight Fat after Forty, the first consumer book describing the complex science behind the stress-fat connection and what can be done to reverse it. Based on the groundbreaking research Dr. Peeke conducted at the National Institutes of Health, this state of the art book details her holistic, well integrated approach combining science and practical tools to help consumers cope with daily stresses to finally break the stress-fat cycle for life. In Body for Life for Women and the companion Body for Life for Women Workout DVD, Dr. Peeke uses cutting edge science and a holistic and integrative program to show women how to transform their lives as well as achieve and maintain their optimal mind and body fitness throughout the decades of their life. Dr. Peeke’s third book, Fit to Live, presents wellness with a survival twist and challenges her readers with the question “Are you Fit to Live – Mentally, Nutritionally, Physically, Financially and Environmentally” to survive 21st century living, from divorce to disaster?
Dr. Peeke serves as spokesperson for the American College of Sports Medicine in its global initiative, Exercise Is Medicine, and she has been recognized by the National Library of Medicine as one of America’s leading physicians in their touring exhibition, Changing The Face of Medicine.
Dr. Peeke holds the position of Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. A native of San Francisco and a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Peeke was awarded her Baccalaureate in Science and Masters Degree in Public Health and Public Policy before completing her medical degree at Michigan State University and residency in internal medicine at George Washington University.
As a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism during her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Davis and then as the first physician to serve as Senior Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine, Dr. Peeke conducted research in the newly evolving field of integrative medicine. Dr. Pamela Peeke was among the first physicians with formal training in nutrition science and while at the NIH, studied the relationship between chronic stress, nutrition, and weight gain. She helped establish the scientific foundation for the research and development of investigations involving nutrition and fitness.
An avid athlete and known as the ‘doc who walks the talk,’ Dr. Peeke leads The Peeke Performance Center for Healthy Living .
Dr. Manny Alvarez, M.D.
Manny Alvarez serves as a FOX News Channel (FNC) medical contributor. He primarily appears on FNC's daytime line-up. Alvarez most recently provided his medical expertise through the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for the network.
Known widely to audiences as Dr. Manny, Alvarez was previously a health science reporter for TELEMUNDO and developed a nightly news segment entitled "A Dose of Health." Since 1996, he has been the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Science at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. Additionally, Alvarez is Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University School of Medicine in New York City.
Alvarez is a member of numerous professional societies including the Society of Prenatal Care, American Institute of Ultrasound and Medicine and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Additionally, he is part of many civic foundations such as Celia Cruz Foundation. In 2004, Alvarez was named Man of the Year by New Jersey SEEDS, an organization that provides students educational scholarships.
Dr. Robert Singer, M.D.
Few surgeons are as respected by their peers and as esteemed by their patients as Dr. Robert Singer. With an eye for balance and beauty and the skills of an artist, he has helped thousands of people in Southern California and around the world attain the rejuvenated appearance they have always wanted. Dr. Singer has been engaged in private practice in the La Jolla area of San Diego since 1976 and is now an internationally recognized plastic surgeon.
While Dr. Singer's practice may be based in the La Jolla area of San Diego, his reputation as an expert plastic surgeon extends to the entire world. Dr. Singer appears regularly on radio and television programs such as 'Larry King Live,' in national and local newspapers, and in national and international fashion, news, and health magazines. Dr. Singer has also been a resource for plastic surgery information to the Medical Board of California and the Congress of the United States.
Dr. Singer is a sought-after speaker who lectures to prominent surgical organizations and non-medical audiences in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Central America, including the prestigious Young Presidents' Organization, CEO, and World Presidents Organization. Throughout his career, Dr. Singer has also authored many scientific publications on various aspects of reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery.
Dr. David L. Katz M.D., MPH, FACPM, FACP
Dr. David L. Katz is the founding director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center. He received his BA from Dartmouth College (1984; Magna Cum Laude); his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1988); and his MPH from the Yale University School of Public Health (1993). He is a board certified specialist in both Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine/Public Health. Katz is Director and founder of the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital (2000) in Derby, CT, and founder and president of the non-profit Turn the Tide Foundation.
Know internationally for expertise in nutrition, weight management, and chronic disease prevention, as well as integrative care and patient-centered care models, Katz is active in patient care, research, teaching, and public health practice. He established, and formerly directed, one of the nation's first combined residency programs in Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine; and served as Director of Medical Studies in Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine for 8 years.
Katz has secured nearly $35 million in research funding. He has published over 120 scientific articles & textbook chapters; nearly a thousand newspaper columns; innumerable commentaries and blogs; and 12 books to date. He has consulted on obesity control and chronic disease prevention to the World Health Organization; National Cancer Institute; National Governors Association; Health Canada; the Health Ministry of Israel; the Institute of Medicine; several U.S. Governors; the US Secretary of Health; and the FDA.
Katz is a prominent voice in health & medicine in the media. He is a frequent consultant and former on-air contributor to ABC News; a health editor for the Huffington Post; an on-line writer for Prevention Magazine; a health columnist for the New Haven Register; and a frequent source for leading newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times; the Wall Street Journal; The Washington Post; Time; Newsweek; and many more. He has appeared numerous times on most major news programs, including ABC World News; The Today Show; CNN; Good Morning America; 20/20; 48 Hrs; and more. He is a regular guest on the Dr. Oz Show. He was an on-air contributor to Good Morning America (2005-2007); a health columnist for the New York Times Syndicate; and the nutrition columnist to O, The Oprah Magazine (2002-2010).
Dr. Katz serves as a reviewer of federal research grants for the NIH, the CDC, and AHRQ, as well as a number of international organizations. He is a peer reviewer for numerous leading medical journals. He is on the editorial advisory boards of The American Journal of Health Promotion; Prevention Magazine; Health; Men's Health; Children's Health; and Eating Well. In 2011, he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal, Childhood Obesity. He is on numerous advisory boards, including that of Dr. Mehmet Oz' HealthCorps. A highly regarded orator represented by the prestigious Harry Walker Agency, Dr. Katz has delivered keynote addresses at conferences throughout the United States and in numerous other countries, including Canada, Israel, France, Poland, and Austria.
Katz has 5 U.S. patents, several patents pending, and is the principal inventor of the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (patents pending) utilized in the NuValâ„¢ nutrition guidance program (www.nuval.com), currently offered in over 1,500 supermarkets throughout the United States, from coast to coast. He has been recognized three times by the Consumers Research Council of America as one of the nation's top physicians in Preventive Medicine. He was nominated for the position of US Surgeon General in 2009 by the American College of Physicians, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, among others; and was the 2011 recipient of the Katharine Boucot Sturgis award from the American College of Preventive Medicine the most prestigious award the College confers - awarded for illustrious career contributions to the field of Preventive Medicine. Also in 2011, he received the Lenna Frances Cooper Award from the American Dietetic Association for illustrious contributions to the field of nutrition.
Dr. Katz and his wife, Catherine, live in CT. They have 5 children.
Dr. Julie T. Anné, Ph.D.
Julie T. Anne′, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Founder and Clinical Director of A New Beginning, LLC, an innovative outpatient treatment center dedicated to the comprehensive care of eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma and relationship issues. For the past 22 years, Dr. Anne′ has enthusiastically worked to fulfill her dream of helping others to heal from the emotional struggles which confine them. Fiercely committed to the healing process of each client, Dr. Anne' has dedicated her professional life to helping others live life fully, with an unencumbered sense of personal joy and the emotional health they deserve.
Dr. Anne' is a respected, nationally recognized eating disorder specialist whose clinical work was featured in the acclaimed E! documentary series, "What's Eating You." Dr. Anne' is frequently asked to speak on the topic of eating disorders and she enjoys utilizing media opportunities to help educate, inspire and get the word out that "full recovery from all eating disorders is possible!" It is with this spirit, that she was awarded the Gratitude for Giving "Spirit" award in 2010.
While Dr. Anne′ enjoys a broad range of clinical duties, her primary love is the art of psychotherapy. An esteemed clinician, Dr. Anne' combines a unique foundational base steeped in psychological theory, science and research with creative, expressive, transformational therapeutic techniques. Dr. Anne' believes that when the goal of therapy is to not only identify - but to fully resolve - the underlying issues which have given rise to disorder, then complete and lasting change occurs.
Dr. Anne' has an affinity for working with anorexic and bulimic clients and especially enjoys working with "late-in-life" eating disordered individuals, aged 35 - 75. In addition to her specialized work with eating disordered individuals, Dr. Anne′ works extensively with clients struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, the aftereffects of psychological trauma, dysfunctional family-of-origin history, and couples seeking to regain a lost sense of joy and satisfaction in their relationship.
In addition to her love of treatment, Dr. Anne' is equally committed to halting the epidemic, multi-generational spread of eating disorders in increasingly younger populations. An impassioned writer, Dr. Anne' enjoys utilizes this medium to touch audiences beyond the natural boundaries of the psychotherapeutic walls and is authoring a book on the early childhood prevention of eating disorders.
Dr. Anne′ received her master's and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology - San Diego and her bachelor's degree and doctoral clinical training from Arizona State University. Dr. Anne's extensive clinical experience includes facilitating individual, group, marital and family psychotherapy in inpatient and outpatient settings; program/facility development; consultation, training and supervision; community outreach; psychoeducation; and research. Dr. Anne′ has been board licensed in the state of Arizona since 1993.
