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JEFFREY S. BLAND, PHD has had a distinguished career in nutritional biochemistry that has earned him international acclaim as educator, research professor, leader in the natural products industry, recognized expert in human nutrition and functional medicine, and visionary for the future of health care. Dr. Bland now serves as Chief Science Officer of Metagenics, Inc. He co-founded The Institute for Functional Medicine with his wife, Susan Bland.
KENNETH A. BOCK, MD received his medical degree with honors from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1979. He is board certified in family medicine and a clinical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine at Albany Medical College. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice and the American College of Nutrition. He is the immediate past president of the American College for Advancement in Medicine. For more than 25 years, he has dealt with complex medical problems by integrating alternative modalities with conventional medicine into a comprehensive integrative medical practice, and for the past decade, he has focused that approach on children with autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, asthma, and allergies. Dr. Bock’s Healing Program is at the vanguard of the new biomedical approach to the treatment of children affected by these disorders.
He is the coauthor of four books: The Road to Immunity (Pocket Books), Natural Relief for Your Child’s Asthma (Harper Collins), The Germ Survival Guide (McGraw Hill), and Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies (Random House). He lectures nationally and internationally on immune system health and integrative approaches to autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, asthma ,and allergies.
MARGARET CHRISTENSEN, MD practices at the Christensen Center for Whole Life Health, an outpatient gynecologic practice utilizing the functional medicine model along with integrative and holistic approaches to healing, focused on hormonal balancing and creating women’s health and wellness. She obtained her MD at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is a Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Christensen is a frequent lecturer at national conferences on multiple topics related to holistic approaches to women’s health and wellness.
MONIQUE CLASS, MS, APRN, BC is a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Holistic Health at The Center for Women's Health in Stamford, Connecticut. In addition to inspiring men and women to implement the lifestyle changes that facilitate optimal wellness and graceful aging, Monique has a special interest in well-woman and adolescent gynecology. She received her degree as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and post-master’s as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the College of New Rochelle and her bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Virginia. In addition to her work at The Center for Women's Health, Monique is an Adjunct Professor at the College of New Rochelle School of Nursing graduate program, a Clinical Instructor for the Yale School of Nursing nurse practitioner master’s program, and a senior faculty member for The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC. She also facilitates Mind-Body Skills Groups at their annual professional and advanced training programs. Monique is certified by the Psychosynthesis Institute in Imagery, and she is currently completing her training in Foundations in Herbal Medicine.
JOHN CLINE, MD is a medical doctor who utilizes an integrative approach in his practice. He obtained a BSc in Biochemistry, followed by his MD and residency training in family medicine at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Cline has a particular interest in using various detoxification strategies and has taken extra training through the American Board of Chelation Therapy and the American Academy of Neural Therapy. He is Medical Director of the Cline Medical Centre in Nanaimo, located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. He is also Medical Director for the Oceanside Functional Medicine Research Institute and has collaborated with Michael Lyon, MD, on several research projects related to ADHD.
JEANNE DRISKO, MD is the Riordan Professor of Orthomolecular Medicine and Director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Drisko conducts integrative medicine research at the university, including trials investigating the efficacy and safety of intravenous ascorbate in cancer, bioidentical “natural” hormones, and chelation therapy in cardiovascular disease. She was awarded the 2006 K-INBRE research award at the medical center. Dr. Drisko teaches a fourth-year medical student elective in integrative medicine, along with other teaching duties with first- and second-year students, nursing students, and practicing physicians. A fellowship program in integrative medicine for primary care physicians began in 2008 under Dr. Drisko’s leadership. She was nominated by the University of Kansas Medical Student Assembly to receive the Rainbow Award for Excellence in Teaching the Art of Medicine.
Dr. Drisko serves the University of Kansas School of Medicine by sitting on multiple committees, provides guidance for the State of Kansas on topics in integrative medicine, and participates at the national level on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) initiatives. She is a member of the Kansas Cancer Research Institute and an advisory board member of the General Clinical Research Center at the university. She served on an Institute of Medicine committee, and the resulting report on CAM was published in 2005. The Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center is a member of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine, a prestigious group of top academic CAM programs, for which Dr. Drisko serves on the steering committee. Dr. Drisko has been an advisor to the National Education Dialogue for CAM therapies, and she served on an expert panel for CAM therapy integration by the RAND Corporation. She is president of the American College for Advancement in Medicine, the oldest CAM physician member organization.
JOEL M. EVANS, MD a board-certified OB/GYN, is the founder and director of The Center for Women’s Health, where he practices integrative obstetrics and gynecology. His recently published book on the holistic approach to pregnancy, The Whole Pregnancy Handbook (Gotham, 2005), has received widespread critical acclaim and media attention. A frequent lecturer on holistic health care, Dr. Evans is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a Founding Diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine and recognized as the first physician in Connecticut to be board-certified in both holistic medicine and obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Evans serves on the editorial advisory board of Bottom Line/Women’s Health, and he is a peer reviewer for Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. He is a member of the senior faculty of the Center for Mind/Body Medicine in Washington, DC, and a director of two nationally known organizations focused on pregnancy, Childbirth Connection and the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health. Dr. Evans helped create a clinical study at Columbia University Medical Center on the use of the herb black cohosh in breast cancer, which was presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists and later published in the society’s journal. Dr. Evans utilizes a wide variety of complementary and alternative therapies in his own practice, which blends the best of modern medicine with the wisdom of traditional healing.
PATRICK HANAWAY, MD is a board-certified family physician with a Medical Degree from Washington University (St. Louis) and residency training at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Hanaway received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in Molecular Biology and has done research and published papers in muscle biology, neurochemistry, lipid research, digestive disease, public health and prevention. In addition to being a family physician, Dr. Hanaway is a board-certified holistic physician and currently sits on the American Board of Holistic Medicine. He holds dual appointments as Medical Director for Family to Family: Your Home for Whole Family Health in Asheville, NC, and Medical Director for Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory. Dr. Hanaway’s current interests are in the research and clinical implementation of applied nutritional biochemistry, with an emphasis on digestion, immunology, prevention and wellness.
BETHANY HAYS, MD, FACOG is a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist who trained at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She has had a career-long passion to find the best possible forms of healing and to incorporate them into her practice. Recently that dream has come to a new level of realization in the opening of True North, A Center for Health and Healing in Falmouth, Maine. This unique integrative practice has been created by a group of practitioners of conventional and complementary modalities after nearly four years of dreaming and planning. Using circle process, a non-hierarchical business and collaboration model, the belief in the importance of reverent participatory relationships, True North is a model for health care in a changing environment. The addition of Functional Medicine to her practice has added a new dimension and new excitement for Dr. Hays as well as a passion for the biochemistry she tried so hard to forget after the first year of medical school. She now claims to actually know the steroid pathway!
MARK HYMAN, MD is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and was awarded the 2009 Linus Paul Award for leadership in Functional Medicine. He is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Mind Body Medicine in Washington DC, and on the Board of Advisors and faculty for the Food as Medicine training program, and Memhet Oz’s HealthCorps. He is a family physician, four times New York Times bestselling author and a lecturer. Dr. Hyman has become an internationally recognized leader in the field of functional medicine. He graduated with a B.A. from Cornell University, and received his medical degree from the Ottawa University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at University of San Francisco's program in Family Medicine at the Community Hospital of Santa Rosa.
Dr. Hyman is editor of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a premiere peer-reviewed professional journal in the fields of integrative medicine and alternative medicine; and is the Medical Editor Natural Solutions, which is dedicated to helping consumers improve their health and the quality of their lives. He is on the editorial board of Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal. Dr. Hyman has testified regarding health promotion and wellness for the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and has consulted with Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona on diabetes prevention. He had testified before the Senate Working Group on Health Care Reform on Functional Medicine.
Dr. Hyman was co-Medical Director for eight years at Canyon Ranch Lenox, one of the world's leading health resorts; co-authored the New York Times bestseller Ultraprevention: The 6-week Program That Will Make You Healthy for Life (Scribner), winner of the Books for a Better Life Award, which honors the best self-improvement books published each year; and wrote the New York Times bestseller UltraMetabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss for which Dr. Hyman also created a public television special. His latest book, and companion PBS special, The UltraMind Solution, a comprehensive approach for addressing the causes of mental illness and cognitive disorders, was released in January 2009. Dr. Hyman will serve on the Scientific Advisory Committee and provide expertise on functional medicine in new research program at Harvard Medical School. For more information please visit, www.ultrawellnesscenter.com
JOSEPH J. LAMB, MD is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Holistic Medicine. Until May 2000, he was President of The Integrative Medicine Works in Alexandria, Virginia. He now works for Metagenics. Dr. Lamb works in partnership with his patients to create optimal health and well-being by using functional medical approaches including lifestyle modification, herbal and nutritional therapies, and cognitive therapy approaches. Dr. Lamb completed his graduate education at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and his residency at Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Lamb, a native Alexandrian, was active in his community until moving to Gig Harbor, WA. He is the Past President of the St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Alumni Association. He is the President of the Commonwealth Consultants Foundation, a local charity chartered to provide unique educational and social experiences for economically deserving children and young adults.
LIZ LIPSKI, CCN, CHN, is board certified in Clinical Nutrition & Holistic Nutrition, the author of Digestive Wellness 3rd edition (McGraw Hill 2004), Digestive Wellness for Children (Basic Health 2006), and Leaky Gut Syndrome (Keats 1998). She’s the Director of Doctoral Studies at Hawthorn University. Dr. Lipski on the nutrition advisory board for the Institute for Functional Medicine, and a special advisor to the Board of Directors for the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. She’s the founder of Access to Health Experts and in private practice in Asheville, NC. www.accesstohealthexperts.com,www.innovativehealing.com and www.hawthornuniversity.org
GERARD E. MULLIN, MD, MS, CNSP, graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School in 1985 as a member of the Alpha-Omega-Alpha honor society. He completed his training in internal medicine at the Mount Sinai Hospital in 1988 where his research in AIDS and immunology merited several publications and several research awards including the American College of Physicians. Dr. Mullin then moved to Baltimore, Maryland to train in the field of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1988-1991. He concomitantly performed basic research at the National Institutes of Health from 1989-1991. His area of interest was the immunological pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. In 1991 he joined the faculty at North Shore University-Cornell University College of Medicine. His area of interest expanded to nutrition and in 1994 he earned a Masters of Science in nutrition at the University of Bridgeport and mentored under Dr. Shari Lieberman, a CAM specialist. At North Shore, Dr. Mullin was promoted to; program director of Gastroenterology in 1998, Director of Nutrition Support in 2000 and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology in 2002 and Associate Professor of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Mullin has become an authority in functional gastroenterology and has lectured nationally and internationally on this subject. He is boarded in Gastroenterology and is separately boarded by two different nutrition societies (American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition-ASPEN, American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialist-ABPNS). Dr. Mullin has also served as President of one of the countries larges chapters of ASPEN’s nutrition society (LISPEN) in 2003-4. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in gastrointestinal nutrition and will be chairing a session on Probiotics and delivering a state of the art lecture on CAM in Gastroenterology at ASPEN’s annual meeting in January, 2007. He is the Director of Nutrition Services and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for the Division of Gastroenterology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Mullin has made many novel discoveries and was awarded the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s young investigator of the year in 1991 and again in 1993. Marquis has recognized him in; Who's Who in US Health and Medical Services, 1990, Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 1993, 2003, 2004, Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 1994, 1996, Marquis Who’s Who in America, 1996, 2005, 2006, Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1998. In 1998 he was recognized for his accomplishments by his undergraduate university and was awarded the William Paterson University Distinguished Alumni Award. His peers have recognized him as a clinician by being listed in America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals in 2003, Long Island Magazines Top Doctors (2003-4) and Consumer’s Research Council of America, “America’s Top Physicians” (2004-5, 2005-6).
DAVID MUSNICK, MD is board certified in internal medicine and sports medicine with 18 years of experience. He practices Functional Medicine and Orthopedic Medicine in Bellevue, Washington. He has a practice of orthopedic and sports medicine, pain management and functional internal medicine. He is an expert in exercise prescription and is the author of a book on functional exercise: Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness: Functional Exercise and Nutrition for Every Body. He teaches seminars on exercise prescription as well as orthopedic medicine and pain management. He teaches topics of detoxificiation and exercise prescritpion at AFMCP. He is on the faculty at the University of Washington, Dept. of Sports Medicine and Orthopedics and is the Instructor of Sports Medicine and Therapeutic Exercise at Bastyr University.
DIANA NOLAND, MPH, RD, CCN, is a board-certified clinical nutritionist who received her undergraduate degree from University of Utah as a Foods & Nutrition and Chemistry major and spent three years as a chemistry student researcher with Molybdenum Salts. She was invited to spend a semester at University of Hawaii for special research on the irradiation of foods for preservation. She continued her graduate work at Loma Linda University, received a Master’s of Public Health Nutrition, and completed a 12-month dietetic internship, becoming a registered dietitian. During her MPH thesis work, she developed and implemented the St. Helena Center for Health seven-day live-in Stop Smoking Clinic, which is still operating as The Center for a Smoke-Free Life. Diana began her career as the first clinical dietitian at Eisenhower Medical Center, Palm Desert, California, establishing the nutrition protocols for the diabetes program, which is now world-renowned. She went on to work in hospital settings, specializing in diabetes, nutrition support, burn nutrition, pediatrics, and wellness nutrition, in addition to teaching dietetics at the University of the District of Columbia, American University of Complementary Medicine, workshops at UCLA, and various professional associations. In practice and teaching, Diana has continued her passion throughout her career to promote an integrative and functional medicine philosophy in nutrition.For 10 years, Diana has operated a private practice in Burbank, California, providing an integrative approach to her medical nutrition therapy services. Diana’s current interests are in the research and clinical application of nutritional biochemistry, detoxification, and nutrigenomics, with emphasis on correctly assessing the cellular function of a patient in order to better intervene and improve the outcome of nutritional therapy.Diana has developed unique protocols for comprehensive, individualized clinical nutrition assessment and intervention. As part of the chronic care healthcare team, her priority is contributing nutritional support to the physician in the medical management of patients.
THOMAS O’BRYAN, DC, CCN, DACBN is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the National College of Chiropractic. He is a Diplomate of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, a Diplomate of the Clinical Nutrition Board of the American Chiropractic Association, and a Certified Clinical Nutritionist with the International & American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists. He is a Certified Applied Kinesiologist as well as a Certified Practitioner in Functional Biomechanics from the Motion Palpation Institute. He is a member of the Institute for Functional Medicine, the International & American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists, the American Chiropractic Association, the International Academy of Preventive Medicine, and numerous other professional organizations. Dr. O’Bryan is a practicing graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s hallmark program Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP). Using the tools of applied kinesiology, laboratory, and functional medicine, Dr. O’Bryan assists patients in reclaiming their health with an emphasis on diet and nutrition. This provides a motivating and successful game plan for patients who previously suffered from debilitating symptoms, high risk for disease, and frustrating medical problems. Dr. O’Bryan has been a Visiting Instructor at Northeastern Illinois University, where he taught “Applied Nutrition for Health and Performance.” He is a Visiting Instructor at the National University of Life Sciences. He is the Vice President of the Illinois Chapter of the International & American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists. He is listed in Who’s Who in International Medicine and the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership for Excellence in Education. He is a triathlete and a second-degree black belt in Aikido. Awarded Chiropractor of The Year (1988) in Chicago, Dr. O’Bryan is the past President of the Chicago Chiropractic Society and a past Director of the Illinois Chiropractic Society.
RICHARD PANICO, MD did his undergraduate work in zoology at the University of Nevada, where he had a scholarship on the varsity gymnastic team. He attended Emory University School of Medicine and completed a residency in psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Panico was Medical Director of Advantage Behavioral Health Systems and Division Chief of psychiatry at Athens Regional Medical Center for many years. Currently, he is the Founder and Medical Director of The Athens Regional Mind Body Institute. In 1971, Dr. Panico began the practice of Hatha yoga and meditation. In 1990, he began the study of classical yoga and its application to healing. Based on this work, Dr. Panico began the Athens Regional Mind Body Institute in the summer of 2000. The Mind Body Institute has grown exponentially, currently providing services for 1,000 patients a month. Dr. Panico also began research programs in collaboration with the University of Georgia Clinical Psychology Department in 2002. This research is expanding to involve multiple researchers at the University of Georgia and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center training programs for healthcare providers and physicians. Dr. Panico teaches mind body medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, and the Medical College of Georgia. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Medical College of Georgia and principal trainer and teacher for Integral Yoga; he also trains teachers for Sivananda Yoga.
DAVID PERLMUTTER, MD, FACN is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition who received his M.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine where he was awarded the Leonard G. Rowntree Research Award. After completing residency training in Neurology, also at the University of Miami, Dr. Perlmutter entered private practice in Naples, Florida where he serves as Medical Director of the Perlmutter Health Center and the Perlmutter Hyperbaric Center.
Dr. Perlmutter received the Linus Pauling Award in 2002 from the Institute for Functional Medicine in Gig Harbor, Washington. He is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of nutritional influences in neurological disorders.
ROBERT ROUNTREE, MD received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill in 1980. He subsequently completed a three-year residency in family and community medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, after which he was certified by the American Board of Family Practice. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine. He has augmented his training with extensive postgraduate studies in nutritional and herbal pharmacology along with certification as a master practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Dr. Rountree has been providing his unique combination of traditional family medicine, nutrition, herbology, and mind-body therapy in Boulder, Colorado, since 1983. He has recently opened Boulder Wellcare, a private practice specializing in individual healthcare consulting. He is coauthor of three books on Integrative Medicine, Immunotics: A Revolutionary Way to Fight Infection, Beat Chronic Illness and Stay Well (Putnam, 2000), Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child (Avery Publishing, 1994) and A Parent's Guide to Medical Emergencies (Avery, 1997).
ALICIA STANTON, MD graduated magna cum laude from the State University of NY at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1990. She became Board Certified in Ob/Gyn in 1996 and was in private practice from 1994-2005. During that time, she became Board Certified in Anti-Aging Medicine and is completing a fellowship in Functional and Anti-Aging Medicine. She currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer for BodyLogicMD, as an Associate Professor for the NY Chiropractic College in their Masters in Clinical Nutrtion Program and maintains a private practice in functional medicine in Hartford, CT.
P. MICHAEL STONE, MD, MS is a board certified family physician who practices in Ashland, Oregon with Leslie Stone, MD, and David Jones, MD. Their functional medicine practice is thriving. He has experience in rural and frontier family medicine, emergency medicine, and as a hospitalist. His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in human nutrition. He graduated from University of Washington, and did his Residency training in family practice at UCLA-Ventura, where he was chief resident and also completed a teaching fellowship in Family Medicine. He has been on adjunct faculty at UCLA and University of Washington for primary care students in the Doctoring and RUOP programs. His career has offered him medical experiences and practice in Thailand, Alaska, Eastern Sierras, Idaho, and Oregon. His interests and lectures have covered a wide range of topics...bezoars to neonatal hypocalcemia, health issues with depleted uranium, exposure to Vitamin D and chronic disease, and many subjects in between.
THOMAS SULT, MD completed his undergraduate education in chemistry at California State Univ., Chico. While spending 2 years at St. Georges School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, he was introduced to the herbal and shamanistic customs of the Grenadian “bush doctor.” Upon transfer to UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Sult was introduced to Norman Cousins and the division of Psychoneuroimmunology. Mr. Cousins became a close mentor to Dr. Sult and helped him form a scientific foundation for the broad, open “natural” healing techniques he had witnessed in Grenada. Dr. Sult maintains a private practice in St. Cloud, MN and is board certified in family medicine and holistic medicine. He is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Minnesota and is the Medical Director of “A Chance to Grow,” a multidisciplinary rehabilitation clinic for brain-injured children in Minneapolis.
CATHERINE WILLNER, MD is a practicing neurologist in Durango, Colorado. She received her formal training in Neurology at the Mayo Clinic including subspecialty training in Autonomic, Peripheral Neurology as well as Pain Management. She remained on staff at the Mayo Clinic until 1997, at which time she relocated her practice to Colorado to focus on functional neurology. She is board certified in Neurology and in Pain Management. Prior to pursuing the MD degree, Doctor Willner was enrolled briefly in the National College of Naturopathic Medicine when the program was still in Kansas. Her interest in biochemical individuality, nutritional biochemistry and functional medicine, though somewhat on hold during the Mayo years, is currently thriving in Durango.
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