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She is a holistic plant-based physician, nutritional &#038; wellness expert, health coach, mental health advocate and recipe inventor! She specializes in Integrative Psychiatry at Dr. Lifestyle Clinic (drlifestyle.org) and is the Lifestyle Medicine Director for Rheumission (rheumission.com)

Melissa Mondala, MD

Jane Esselstyn, RN is a fresh, charismatic voice who brings her perspective and passion as a nurse, researcher, mother, and teacher to the forefront of the plant-based movement. She presents her work, research, and high energy demos around the world- and on her new YouTube channel with her firecracker mom, Ann Esselstyn. Women, families and community drive Jane’s work forward. She is the host of the annual conference, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease for Women, which is focused on the power of plants! Jane claims, “Prevention is the new cure, and the most powerful, relevant, and protective medicine available”. With full enthusiasm, Jane co-founded Well, Now! Camp – an activity -filled, creative escape for Plant-Based Women Warriors – because vitality rocks!
Jane is an avid and inventive designer of plant-strong recipes and the co-author of the NY Times Bestseller Be a Plant-Based Woman Warrior: Live Fierce, Stay Bold, Eat Delicious, and The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook. She created the recipe sections of #1 NY Times Bestseller, Plant-Strong and The Engine 2 Seven Day Rescue, by Rip Esselstyn. And she is a co-author of The Engine 2 Cookbook. Jane brings her infectious energy and straight forward message to her presentations, cooking demonstrations, and cookbooks with clarity, hilarity, and a can-do attitude.

Jane and Ann Esselstyn

Shad Helmstetter, PhD, is the author of more than twenty books in the field of self-talk and personal growth, including the international best-seller, “What to Say When You Talk to Your Self. His books are published in more than seventy countries worldwide. Dr. Helmstetter has appeared on over 1200 radio and television programs including Oprah Winfrey, NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN News.

Shad Helmstetter, PhD

Catherine Van Tassell holds dual master&#8217;s degrees in both Social Work and Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Utah. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a board-certified Physician Assistant, specializing in mental health and lifestyle medicine. She has extensive experience in diverse clinical environments, including both inpatient and outpatient settings that has helped her develop a well-rounded clinical expertise. She is also a certified personal trainer accredited by the National Academy of Sports Medicine and holds a Precision Nutrition Level One Coach certification. Catherine co-teaches the psychiatry course for Physician Assistant students at the University of Utah and practices medicine at Mora Medical, focusing on disease prevention and reversal through Lifestyle Medicine. She currently serves as the Behavioral Health Director for GBS, where she consults with clients on their employee mental health needs, provides mental health trainings including Mental Health First Aid, advises on policy changes, and implements effective mental health solutions.
Catherine has pursued additional training, earning a certificate in Integrative Medicine from the University of Arizona and completing Plant-Based Nutrition and Evidence-Based Optimal Nutrition certificates from eCornell, the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, and Harvard School of Public Health. She is also a Diplomate of Lifestyle Medicine through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Catherine&#8217;s expertise has been featured in numerous podcasts, articles and seminars, where she has shared insights on plant-based nutrition, mood disorders, addiction, and lifestyle medicine.
Beyond her professional achievements, Catherine enjoys participating in endurance events, having completed multiple Ironman triathlons and ultramarathons. Her dedication to promoting overall wellness through healthy living and lifestyle medicine is a cornerstone of her professional work and personal life.

Catherine Van Tassell

Christina Miller, MD, FACEP, is double-board-certified in emergency and integrative medicine. After spending over ten years in the emergency department, she radically changed her practice, due to her own autoimmune health concerns and being overwhelmed by the amount of chronic disease and illness seen in the ED. She studied nutritional science, completed a fellowship in integrative and functional medicine, and now uses nutrition and lifestyle changes to get to the root cause of disease and illness while promoting wellness and longevity in each individual. Instead of treating emergencies in the ED, she is now helping to prevent and reverse chronic illnesses and empower people to live with health and vitality. She currently practices via telemedicine at Love.Life/Telehealth.

Christina Miller, MD, FACEP

Dr. Yami is a board-certified pediatrician, certified lifestyle medicine physician, national board-certified health and wellness coach, author and international speaker. She is a passionate promoter of healthy lifestyles, especially the power of plant-based diets for the prevention of chronic disease. She hosts the popular podcast I AM HUMAN (formerly Veggie Doctor Radio) which boasts listeners from 98 countries and more than a million downloads to date. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, has a certificate in plant-based nutrition and is a certified Food for Life Instructor. Dr. Yami owns Nourish Wellness, a pediatric practice in Yakima, Washington where she lives with her husband and two sons. Her book is called “A Parent’s Guide to Intuitive Eating: How to Raise Kids Who Love to Eat Healthy”. You can learn more about Dr. Yami at DoctorYami.com.

Yamileth Cazorla-Lancaster, DO, MPH, MS

Dr. Patel is triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Lifestyle Medicine. He has also been inducted as Fellow of American College of Endocrinology and a Diplomate of American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. Born and brought up in western Indian state of Gujarat, he is an alumnus of BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He moved to the United States thereafter and pursued residency in Internal Medicine at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville and then fellowship in Endocrinology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Pursuing the quest to treat the whole person and not just a system he got boarded in lifestyle medicine and now runs his Lifestyle medicine focused Endocrine practice called Center for Preventive Endocrinology and Nutrition in Tampa, FL.
He has also been one of the doctor patrons for Crack the Wellness Code, a 501c3 non profit working on spreading the message of lifestyle medicine across the globe.
He constantly strives to guide and coach his patients and clients on journey of reversing insulin resistance and chronic inflammation with a mind body approach to lifestyle transformations. He walks the talk and encourages his family and friends to adopt a healthier lifestyle. He is a son, husband, father and active member of his community. He has been an invited speaker at different community events, health fairs, Vegfests and various online events/summits. He is trained in Indian Classical music and likes to spend time with his family and his backyard plants in his free time. He can be followed on his Twitter handle @plant_endo or the clinic Youtube channel @cfpen.

Soham Patel, MD, FACE, DipABLM

Brittany Jaroudi runs a plant-based cooking YouTube channel named The Jaroudi Family. She has developed hundreds of delicious, easy, and family-friendly recipes focused on a whole food plant-based lifestyle. She has an M.Ed. in education and a certificate in plant-based nutrition from T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. She is the Pittsburgh Plant-Based Support Group co-leader and on the National Health Association board of directors.

Brittany Jaroudi

Maxime Sigouin is the founder and CEO of Fit Vegan Coaching a company that is on a mission to serve 10,000 people to get lean, thrive and disease proof their bodies on plants by 2033 and 1 million by 2050. In the past 4 years along they&#8217;ve helped over 700 + vegans and veg-curious completely transform their bodies and the health.
The are one of the worlds top whole food plant-based body recomposition coaching programs.
Maxime is also the host of the Fit Vegan Podcast and a hybrid endurance athlete demonstrating to the world what&#8217;s possible when you fuel yourself with plants.

Maxime Sigouin

Dr. Decker Weiss, is a dual credentialed physician as a cardiologist and a Naturopathic Physician. Dr. Weiss trained at Sonoran College of Medicine, the Arizona Heart Hospital, the Columbia Medical System (AZ) and the prestigious Arizona Heart Institute. Dr. Weiss did his “post-doc” work at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government achieving a leadership certification in Public Policy. (PLC) In 2019, Dr. Weiss took a career shift to launch the NGO Global Medical focusing on research into chronic inflammatory states with people stuck in cycles of poverty and intractable conflict, while performing field medical clinics in such places as, Iraq, Syria, West Africa, Haiti, Thailand/Laos, and the Dominican Republic. Recently Dr. Weiss’s work brought him to the Ukraine/Poland border where Global launched clinics for refugees. Dr. Weiss has lectured in some of the world’s most prestigious forums including Cleveland Heart Lab, Texas Heart, and University of Oxford’s College for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict (CRIC) Dr. Weiss was named a “Leading Physician of the World” in 2012and was recently named “Best of Scottsdale” for cardiology.

Decker Weiss, NMD, FASA, PLC

Dr. Stoll is an international leader in lifestyle medicine and a board-certified physician specializing in regenerative musculoskeletal medicine. During his career, he provided care to top Olympic, professional, and collegiate athletes as well as Royal families in Europe and the Middle East. An innovator, he is the co-founder of the Plantrician Project, the International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference, the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, a health equity conference focused on sustainable lifestyle solutions (HELP conference), and Plantrician University. He was a member of the 1994 Olympic Bobsled team and served as a team physician for the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Team and Lehigh University. Dr. Stoll served as a member of the Whole Foods scientific and medical advisory board and consulted with healthcare organizations globally to integrate lifestyle medicine solutions. Every year Dr. Stoll hosts the very popular one-week total health immersions in Florida and helps attendees recover lost health, reverse disease, and restore emotional balance. In addition to authoring numerous books, scientific articles and speaking internationally, Dr. Stoll has appeared on a wide variety of national shows including the Dr. Oz show, hosted a 2018 PBS special Food As Medicine, and numerous documentaries including The Game Changers, Eating You Alive, Disease Reversal Hope, Plantwise, and upcoming Revive TV series.

Scott Stoll, MD, FABPMR

A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition. His science-based nonprofit, NutritionFacts.org, offers a free online portal hosting more than 2,000 videos and articles on myriad health topics. Dr. Greger is a sought-after lecturer and has presented at the Conference on World Affairs and the World Bank, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in Oprah Winfrey’s defense in the infamous “meat defamation” trial. A graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Greger is also an acclaimed author. How Not to Die, The How Not to Die Cookbook, and How Not to Diet became instant New York Times Best Sellers. More than a million copies of How Not to Die have been sold. All proceeds Dr. Greger receives from the sales of his books and speaking honoraria are donated directly to charity.

Michael Greger, MD, FACLM

Dr. Steven Lome is a cardiologist practicing in Monterey CA on preventing and reversing heart disease with plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine. He is Chief of Cardiology at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and Medical Director of MMG Cardiology.
Dr. Lome has an active YouTube Channel and is the founder/author of HeartStrong.com, a free website to teach people the power of plant-based diets and lifestyle changes to prevent and reverse chronic diseases.
Dr. Lome holds board certifications in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac CT, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, Vascular Medicine, he is a registered vascular technologist (R.V.T.) and a registered physician in vascular interpretation (R.P.V.I.).
As a member of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Lome has stood alongside Dr. Neal Barnard helping to change legislation and policies to improve nutrition in America. He is the founder of the Plant Based Nutrition Movement (PBNM.org) and continues to show a never ending passion to fight chronic diseases with plants.
Dr. Lome enjoys running, swimming and his family. His wife, Helen, is a dedicated plant-based family physician and together they have 6 plant-based children.

Steven Lome, DO, RVT

Justin is a resident in the UC San Diego General Preventive Medicine Program and is concurrently earning his MPH from San Diego State University. As part of the Lifestyle Medicine track, he will be eligible to be board-certified as a Lifestyle Medicine Physician and Intensivist upon graduation.
He previously completed an internal medicine residency with the Yale Primary Care program, where he led several Lifestyle Medicine initiatives. These included creating a virtual plant-based nutrition and culinary medicine curriculum for residents and physician assistant students, performing research on this curriculum&#8217;s effects, which won several awards and was recently published in a special edition of Nutrients, and leading the Inpatient Plant-Based Menu Committee’s initiative to create a WFPB hospital menu for the inpatient cardiology service and hospital cafeteria.
Justin has served in various positions on the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Trainees Executive Board since 2018, and currently serves as President, working on Lifestyle Medicine offerings for students and trainees, expanding the reach of Lifestyle Medicine Interest Groups and Residency Curriculum sites and helping to develop a platform to facilitate tailored Lifestyle Medicine mentorship opportunities.
As an adjunct to his training, he completed the eCornell Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate course, and Lifestyle Medicine clinical rotations at Dr. McDougall’s Health and Medical Center&#8217;s immersion program, Loma Linda University and Dr. Wayne Dysinger’s Lifestyle Medical practices.
His professional goal is to move Lifestyle Medicine and plant-based nutrition forward at a systems level by partnering with thought leaders across disciplines to create effective programming with the highest impact. He is actively looking for employment opportunities upon his graduation in June 2024.
Outside of his professional interests, he enjoys plant-based cooking, interval training, running, traveling, and freestyle rapping.

Justin Charles, MD

James Marin, RD, EN is an Integrative Registered Dietitian, Environmental Nutritionist, co-founder, and COO of Married to Health. James specializes in using systems-based approaches to come up with real world solutions across various mediums. Whether it is integrative nutrition therapy, business, or agriculture; James has a passion to identify and address root issues while linking various systems to pose logical and efficient foundations for thriving communities.

James Marin, RD, EN

Brenda Davis, registered dietitian, is a plant-based trailblazer and an internationally acclaimed speaker. Brenda has been a featured speaker at medical, nutrition, and dietetic conferences in 25 countries on 6 continents. As a prolific nutrition writer, Brenda has authored/co-authored 13 books with nearly a million copies in print in 12 languages. Her latest book, Plant-Powered Protein, was released in 2023. Brenda has also authored and co-authored numerous professional and lay articles and is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was the lead dietitian in a diabetes intervention research project in the Marshall Islands. Brenda was the 7th recipient of the Plantrician Project’s Luminary Award in 2022 and was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame in 2007. She lives in Calgary Alberta Canada with her husband and has 2 grown children and 3 grandchildren.

Brenda Davis, RD

Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley is a Registered Clinical Psychologist. Her registrations include clinical psychology, health psychology, and organizational psychology. She is the founder and CEO of Dr. Lee-Baggley and Associates, which provides evidence-based workplace wellness solutions. She is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of ImpACTme app. She also conducts research as an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University and an Adjunct Professor at Saint Mary’s University. She worked for almost 15 years in multidisciplinary teams on medical, surgical and cancer care hospital units and is an internationally recognized expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She is the author of the book “Healthy Habits Suck: How to get off the couch &#038; live a healthy life…even if you don’t want to”.

Dayna Lee-Baggley, PhD

Judson Brewer, MD, PhD (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 25 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry at the Schools of Public Health &#038; Medicine at Brown University. A psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. He has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback. He has trained US Olympic athletes and coaches, foreign government ministers, and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, TED (4th most viewed talk of 2016, with 19+ Million views), the New York Times, Time magazine (top 100 new health discoveries of 2013), Forbes, BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera (documentary about his research), Businessweek and others. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, among others. Dr. Brewer founded MindSciences (which merged with Sharecare Inc. in 2020) to move his discoveries of clinical evidence mindfulness for anxiety, eating, smoking and other behavior change into the hands of consumers (see www.drjud.com for more information). He is the author of The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017), the New York Times best-seller, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021) and the forthcoming book The Hunger Habit: why we eat when we’re not hungry and how to stop (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2024).

Judson Brewer, MD, PhD

Andrew M. Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP joined National Jewish Health in Denver, CO after completing his training in Philadelphia at Temple University. Prior to that, he completed his internal medicine training at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He completed medical school at SUNY Buffalo with research honors after graduating summe cum laude from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. At National Jewish, he serves as the director of clinical cardiology and the director of cardiovascular prevention and wellness, and is an Associate Professor of Medicine.
Dr. Freeman also hosts a monthly Walk with a Doc program (http:/Denver.WalkWithADoc.Org) in the Denver area where he volunteers his time to walk with patients on Saturday mornings to teach key health concepts, but also to explore using exercise as medicine for the greater good of the public. Finally, Dr. Freeman holds some leadership positions in the Colorado American College of Cardiology as well as at the national level, including founding chair of the Lifestyle and Nutrition Workgroup and has sat on the steering committee for the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention council and numerous other committees. He recently finished terms on the Science and Quality Committee and Digital Steering Committee. At National Jewish Health he started and oversees the Ornish Intensive Cardiac Rehab. He regularly publishes scholarly manuscripts on plant-based nutrition. An avid teacher and educator, Dr. Freeman teaches medical, physician assistant and pharmacy students regularly, and has hosted many community lectures and CME programs. He is a regular feature at VegFest Colorado and continues to expand his teaching and messages of prevention and wellness all over Colorado.
As a lifelong technology enthusiast and innovator, he is active in the medical technology space, regularly serving both the American College of Cardiology as a consultant and also helps medical startups with product and business strategy.

Andrew M. Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP

Rip Esselstyn is a health advocate and New York Times best-selling author of “The Engine 2 Diet” and “My Beef With Meat.” In 2020, Rip founded PLANTSTRONG. This company aims to simplify plant-based lifestyles. They provide education, food, recipes, and support to anyone interested in living a PLANTSTRONG life.
Before his health advocacy and writing career, Rip was a premier triathlete for over 15 years. During this time, he won 14 triathlons. He then became a firefighter at the Austin Fire Department.
While Rip was a firefighter, he noticed that some of his firefighting brothers and sisters were having health problems. So Rip developed “The Engine 2 Diet” to improve the health of his colleagues. This diet plan was vetted and approved by physician Caldwell Esselstyn, MD. Rip saved many lives as a firefighter, and he hopes to save many more by promoting a whole-foods, plant-based diet. Rip eventually retired as a firefighter to fully focus on advocating for plant-based lifestyles.
Rip published his diet plan “The Engine 2 Diet” to critically-acclaimed success. This book appeared on the New York Times best seller list. Rip’s next book “My Beef With Meat” became a #1 New York Times best seller. Rip published several more books and cookbooks to great success. Rip continued his advocacy work with great success. His excellence as an activist led him to become a Whole Foods Market Healthy Eating Partner from 2009-2020. Rip also promoted and appeared in successful documentaries like Forks Over Knives and The Game Changers. He also hosts the “Plant-Strong” podcast, a consistent top 10 fitness and nutrition podcast.
Rip’s success led him to found his plant-based nutrition company, PLANTSTRONG. PLANTSTRONG aims “to empower people to take control of their health destiny and advocate for the proven benefits of plant-based living.” As the founder of PLANTSTRONG, Rip has been the driving force behind a range of programs and events designed to educate, nurture, and inspire people around the globe.
Rip’s passion and dedication to advocating a plant-based lifestyle has reached millions of people worldwide. His hope is to continue improving the lives of many so they too can live a PLANTSTRONG life.

Rip Esselstyn

Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA, is a double board-certified physician in both family and lifestyle medicine. Since 2012, she has championed the use of food as medicine. Impressively, she holds medical licenses in all 50 states, including the District of Columbia. Patients can join her intimate concierge practice via drmarbas.com.
Together with Brittany Jaroudi, Dr. Marbas co-founded The Healing Kitchen, a unique platform where culinary expertise meets medical insights to craft healthful recipes. She also played pivotal roles as a co-founder of Mora Medical and Plant Based TeleHealth. Notably, she was the inaugural Managing Editor for the Plantrician Project’s International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention. Beyond her practice, she hosts the &#8220;Dr. Laurie Marbas Podcast,&#8221; dedicated to empowering listeners with the tools and inspiration to embrace lifestyle changes for optimal health.
In Colorado, Dr. Marbas achieved a significant milestone by persuading a major hospital to establish a lifestyle medicine program focused on a Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet. The program&#8217;s success was undeniable. At another institution, she spearheaded a month-long study involving 26 employees on a WFPB diet, with the hospital kitchen providing meals. Each participant reported marked health improvements. Dr. Marbas has also shared her expertise at events like the Golden VegFest in Colorado and the International Plant-based Nutrition Healthcare Conference.
Dr. Marbas earned her dual degrees (MD and MBA) from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and its School of Business. She was honored with the Gold Headed Cane Award from Texas Tech University School of Medicine, symbolizing excellence in medical practice and patient care. During her medical studies, she authored seven books, six of which belong to the &#8220;Visual Mnemonics&#8221; series. These innovative books employ cartoons to aid in memorizing vast amounts of information, a technique she personally found invaluable as a medical student and mother.
Serving her country, Dr. Marbas is a United States Air Force veteran with deployments in the Middle East and South America. Beyond her professional accolades, she is a wife, mother to three adult children, author, speaker, and passionate runner.

Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA

Dr. Wells is a sleep medicine physician. She is on a mission to promote healthy sleep as a foundation for a healthy life. In particular, she helps people with sleep apnea get fully treated without sacrificing their comfort. Through Super Sleep MD, she offers a comprehensive library of self-directed courses, a group coaching program, and a private Facebook community. There are free educational resources and more on her website SuperSleepMD.com.

Audrey Wells, MD

Dr. Frugé has enjoyed teaching and practicing the Pritikin Lifestyle for over 20 years. She is an avid exerciser who once completed the Disney marathon and now loves paddle boarding, cycling, and hiking.
To her patients at Pritikin, Dr. Frugé brings the enthusiasm and expertise of a doctor who practices what she preaches. Throughout her life she has enjoyed a diet abundant in natural, nutrient-dense foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. “When I was growing up,” she marvels, “my parents were so health-conscious that I never even stepped into a McDonald’s till my teen years.”
In 2003, Dr. Frugé completed medical residency work at the Pritikin Longevity Center and was so impressed with Pritikin’s educational program and quality of physician care that she applied for employment. “I love working at Pritikin because I truly believe that preventive medicine is the medicine of the future, and I intend to make it my life’s work. The Pritikin Longevity Center represents this work at its very best.”
With a family history of heart disease, cancer, stroke, dementia, diabetes, and hypertension, Dr. Frugé chose to follow a healthy eating plan for disease prevention. In addition, she learned to “Pritikinize” the delicious Cajun-French cuisine from her husband’s culture.
She strongly believes in spirituality and mindfulness as a cornerstone for life purpose as well as for longevity, work-life balance, and stress relief.
As a busy mother, wife, and physician, Dr. Frugé studied sleep medicine to maximize her time and energy without jeopardizing her own health. She makes her home in Jupiter, Florida with her husband and 3 sons
Virtually every week, Dr. Frugé is interviewed by national and local media as a leading expert on healthy living, nutrition, and fitness.
“Pritikin empowers people to live up to their fullest health potential,” explains Dr. Frugé. “Within just a few days here, they start to feel the wonderful benefits of the Pritikin Program, like increased energy and new freedom from medications, which really motivates them to continue their new lifestyle.
“One of the greatest joys of my job is the many phone calls I get from my patients after they’ve returned home, telling me how much more weight they’ve lost – and how great they feel. As their doctor, there’s nothing more gratifying to hear. I love being their personal health coach.”

Danine Fruge, MD, ABFP

Robby Barbaro, MPH is an internationally recognized diabetes expert and New York Times bestselling co-author of Mastering Diabetes, who has helped countless people reverse insulin resistance and take back full control of their metabolic health. Robby earned a Master’s in Public Health from American Public University in 2019 and completed his undergraduate education at the University of Florida in 2011. He has been living with type 1 diabetes since 2000, has a current A1c of 5.3%, and a time-in-range above 90% while maintaining an active lifestyle.

Robby Barbaro, MPH

Director of TrueNorth Health Center
Dr. Alan Goldhamer is the founder of TrueNorth Health Center, a state-of-the-art facility that provides medical and chiropractic services, psychotherapy and counseling, as well as massage and body work. He is also director of the Center&#8217;s groundbreaking residential health education program.
Articulate, inspiring and energetic, Dr. Goldhamer is one of the most pioneering and dedicated visionaries in health today. An outspoken professional who doesn&#8217;t shy away from a spirited debate, he is deeply committed to helping people stuck in self-destructive cycles reclaim their ability to change their lives.
Dr. Goldhamer has supervised the fasts of thousands of patients. Under his guidance, the Center has become one of the premier training facilities for doctors wishing to gain certification in the supervision of therapeutic fasting.
Dr. Goldhamer was the principal investigator in two landmark studies. The first: &#8220;Medically Supervised Water-Only Fasting in the Treatment of Hypertension&#8221; appeared in the June 2001 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. Its publication marked a turning point in the evolution of evidence supporting the benefits of water-only fasting. The second study: &#8220;Medically Supervised Water-Only Fasting in the Treatment of Borderline Hypertension,&#8221; appeared in the October 2002 issue of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Currently, Dr. Goldhamer is directing a team that is developing a prospective study, incorporating random assignment and long-term follow-up on the cost and clinical outcomes in the treatment of diabetes and high blood pressure with fasting and a health-promoting diet.
After completing his chiropractic education at Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon, Dr. Goldhamer traveled to Australia, where he became licensed as an osteopathic physician. He is the author of The Health Promoting Cookbook and co-author of <a href="https://www.healthpromoting.com/store/products/books/pleasure-trap">The Pleasure Trap: Mastering The Hidden Force That Undermines Health and Happiness</a>.

Alan Goldhamer, DC

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., received his B.A. from Yale University and his MD from Western Reserve University. In 1956, pulling the No. 6 oar as a member of the victorious United States rowing team, he was awarded a gold medal at the Olympic Games. He was trained as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and at St. George’s Hospital in London. In 1968, as an Army surgeon in Vietnam, he was awarded the Bronze Star.
Dr. Esselstyn has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1968. During that time, he has served as President of the Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. He chaired the Clinic’s Breast Cancer Task Force and headed its Section of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
In 1991, Dr. Esselstyn served as President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, That same year he organized the first National Conference on the Elimination of Coronary Artery Disease, which was held in Tucson, Arizona. In 1997, he chaired a follow-up conference, the Summit on Cholesterol and Coronary Disease, which brought together more than 500 physicians and health-care workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. In April, 2005, Dr. Esselstyn became the first recipient of the Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association in 2009. In September 2010, he received the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame Award. Dr. Esselstyn received the 2013 Deerfield Academy Alumni Association Heritage Award In Recognition of Outstanding Achievement &amp; Service, and the 2013 Yale University George H.W. Bush ’48 Lifetime of Leadership Award. Dr. Esselstyn has also received the 2015 Plantrician Project Luminary Award, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award, and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award.
His scientific publications number over 150, “The Best Doctors in America” 1994-1995 published by Woodward and White cites Dr. Esselstyn’s surgical expertise in the categories of endocrine and breast disease. In 1995 he published his bench mark long-term nutritional research arresting and reversing coronary artery disease in severely ill patients. That same study was updated at 12 years and reviewed beyond twenty years in his book, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, making it one of the longest longitudinal studies of its type. In July of 2014 he reported the experience of 198 participants seriously ill with cardiovascular disease. During 3.7 years of follow up of the 89% adherent to the program, 99.4% avoided further major cardiac events.
Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, Ann Crile Esselstyn, have followed a plant-based diet since 1984. Dr. Esselstyn presently directs the cardiovascular prevention and reversal program at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute.
The Esselstyns have four children and ten grandchildren.

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD

Dr. Williams is Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Louisville. He specializes in preventive cardiology and cardiovascular radiology. He is a past President of the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Black Cardiologists. As Chief of Cardiology, he founded of the Urban Cardiology Initiative at Wayne State University, and the H.E.A.R.T. program (Helping Everyone Assess Risk Today) at Rush University, screening for heart disease and intervening with education, nutrition and lifestyle changes. He has a delegate for cardiology to the AMA for over 20 years and has served as a consultant for the FDA and CMS. He has over 700 publications, online resources, movies and lectures, most recently on the topic of cardionutrition. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention (https://ijdrp.org/index.php/ijdrp). A native of Chicago’s South Side, Dr. Williams has over 40 years of experience as an educator, researcher, and physician focused on prevention and health care disparities.

Kim Allan Williams, Sr., MD, MACC, MASNC, FAHA, FESC

Dr. Joseph Antoun, a dynamic and visionary leader at the intersection of medicine, science, and policy, drives L-Nutra&#8217;s groundbreaking health and longevity initiatives. With a distinguished background in medicine, a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, and a Master&#8217;s in Public Policy, Dr. Antoun has seamlessly blended his expertise to redefine the landscape of nutrition and wellness.
As the CEO and Chairman of the Board of L-Nutra Inc., Dr. Antoun pioneers innovative solutions that transcend conventional health approaches. Under his guidance, L-Nutra has emerged as a trailblazer in biotechnology, leveraging the power of fasting mimicking diets (FMD) to optimize health and promote longevity. These programs harness the body&#8217;s natural ability to regenerate and rejuvenate, offering a novel approach to overall health and longevity.
Beyond his role at L-Nutra, Dr. Antoun is recognized as a thought leader and advocate for evidence-based healthcare policies. His multidisciplinary background equips him with a unique perspective, enabling him to bridge the gaps between medicine, science, and public policy.
A charismatic speaker and changemaker in the health and wellness space, Dr. Joseph Antoun continues to inspire individuals to take an active role in their well-being. His commitment to advancing human health, coupled with his entrepreneurial spirit, positions him as a driving force in the evolution of biotechnology and health optimization.
Previously, Dr. Antoun served as the Chairman of the Board at the Global Healthspan Policy Institute (GHPI) and as a member of the Forbes Business Development Council. He was the CEO of Health Systems Reform, the Co-Director of the Center for Health Policy at the University of Chicago, and a fellow at the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr. Antoun also founded and served as the Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Health Systems and Reform.

Joseph Antoun, MD, PhD, MPP

Steven Masley, MD, is a physician, nutritionist, trained chef, and creator of one the top health program on PBS, 30 Days to a Younger Heart.
He is a fellow of the American Heart Association and the American College of Nutrition and a Clinical Professor at the University of South Florida.
His latest best-selling book is the new and revised The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up with a plan to help prevent and reverse heart disease.
His work has been seen by millions on PBS, the Discovery Channel, The Today show, and many other outlets. For more details, visit his website, www.drmasley.com.

Steven Masley, MD

Joel Kahn, MD, FACC of Detroit, Michigan, is a practicing cardiologist, and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Michigan Medical School. Known as “America’s Healthy Heart Doc”. Dr. Kahn has triple board certification in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Interventional Cardiology. He was the first physician in the world to be certified in Metabolic Cardiology with A4M/MMI and the University of South Florida. He founded the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity in Bingham Farms, MI in 2015.
Dr. Kahn has authored scores of publications in his field including articles, book chapters, and monographs. He writes health articles and has 6 books in publication including Your Whole Heart Solution, Dead Execs Don’t Get Bonuses and The Plant Based Solution, and Lipoprotein(a): The Heart’s Silent Killer. He has had appearances on Dr. Phil, The Doctors Show, Dr. Oz, Larry King Now, and the Joe Rogan Experience. He has been awarded a Health Hero award from Detroit Crain’s Business. His podcast, Heart Doc VIP, is listened to worldwide.

Joel Kahn, MD, FACC

Kevin Ellis, better known as Bone Coach™, is a certified Integrative Nutrition health coach, podcaster, YouTuber, bone health advocate, and the founder of BoneCoach.com. 
After an osteoporosis diagnosis in his early 30s, he realized just how challenging it can be for the average person to make sense of what needs to be done to improve and how to move forward confidently with a stronger bone plan. 
Today, not only has he transformed his own health, and made continued progress on his own journey, he&#8217;s now dedicated his life to helping women with osteopenia and osteoporosis gain clarity and confidence that improving is possible.
Through a unique 3-step process and world-class coaching programs, Kevin and his team of credentialed experts have helped people in over 1500+ cities around the world get confident in their stronger bones plan.
His mission is to not just help over 1+ million people around the globe build stronger bones… It&#8217;s to help our children and grandchildren have the education, resources, and nourishment needed to prevent osteoporosis and other diseases in the future so they can lead long, active lives.

Kevin Ellis

Ari Whitten, MS is the founder of The Energy Blueprint. He is the best-selling author of The Ultimate Guide To Red Light Therapy, and Eat For Energy: How To Beat Fatigue, and Supercharge Your Mitochondria For All-Day Energy. He’s a natural health expert who takes an evidence-based approach to human energy optimization. He has a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Corrective Exercise Specialist and Performance Enhancement Specialist, completed extensive graduate training in Clinical Psychology, and holds a Master of Science degree in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. Ari is a tireless researcher who has obsessively devoted the last 25 years of his life to the pursuit of being on the cutting edge of the science on health and energy enhancement. He has deep expertise in mitochondrial health, circadian rhythm and sleep, nutrition, gut health, light therapies, fitness, and hormetic stress.

Ari Whitten, MS

Dr. Stuart Nunnally is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center Dental School in San Antonio (1980). He maintains an integrative biological dental practice in Marble Falls, Texas where he and his partners have treated patients from all fifty states and forty-seven countries.
Dr. Nunnally is chairman of the jawbone osteonecrosis committee of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. He holds fellowships in the Academy of General Dentistry and in the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology.
Dr. Nunnally is board certified in naturopathic medicine and is board certified in integrative biologic dental medicine. He is licensed in intravenous conscious sedation and is a member of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiologists. He serves on the teaching faculty of the Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine and The American College of Integrative Medicine and Dentistry, and he frequently teaches on all aspects of biological dentistry.
He is married to his high school sweetheart, Rebecca, and they have three grown children.

Dr. Stuart Nunnally

Dr. Will Hsu is an endocrinologist with 20 years of clinical experience who has joined L-Nutra as the Chief Medical Officer, leading clinical development and medical affairs. Previously, Dr. Hsu was Vice President at Joslin Diabetes Center, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate, leading their global care and education program. In that role, Dr. Hsu led an interdisciplinary team to design healthcare programs for health systems, create innovative solutions integrating cutting-edge medical and digital technologies, and implement sustainable health care delivery models in over ten countries. Dr. Hsu is an internationally renowned expert on diabetes. As Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and a diabetes subject expert, he co-authored the national Standards of Care and a policy changing Position Statement for the American Diabetes Association. He also served on national clinical guideline committees at the American Optometric Association and Joslin Diabetes Center. His research interests centered on nutrition, digital health, and diabetes.

William Hsu, MD

Dr. Ruan is the Founder and CEO of Texas Center for Lifestyle Medicine. He devotes his career in practicing and building systems that allow for efficient delivery of healthcare. He is a board certified internal medicine physician but also have advised with companies to improve their workflow, company culture, marketing, and operations.
Dr. Ruan has over 600,000 social media followers across his platforms and has been vocal about improving doctor patient relationships in healthcare. Furthermore, he is part of a collaborative medicine coalition involving notable university healthcare systems such as Harvard, USC, and the Cleveland Clinic. He is also a clinical facilitator for University of Texas at Arlington Nursing School.

Cheng Ruan, MD

Felice Gersh, MD is a multi-award winning physician with dual board certifications in OB-GYN and Integrative Medicine. She is the founder and director of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine, a practice that provides comprehensive health care for women by combining the best evidence-based therapies from conventional, naturopathic, and holistic medicine. For 12 years, she taught obstetrics and gynecology at Keck USC School of Medicine as an Assistant Clinical Professor, and she now serves as an Affiliate Faculty Member at the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Felice is a prolific writer and lecturer who speaks globally on women’s health and regularly publishes in peer-reviewed medical journals. She is the bestselling author of the PCOS SOS series and her latest book, Menopause: 50 Things You Need to Know.

Felice Gersh, MD

William Pawluk, MD, MSc, author of “Supercharge Your Health with PEMF therapy”, was recently a holistic doctor near Baltimore, MD. Previous academic positions at Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland. Training: acupuncture, homeopathy, hypnosis, energy medicine, nutrition and bodywork. Considered the foremost authority on the practical use of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) therapy in North America. Interested in holistic pain management, sleep, anxiety, anti-aging, tissue healing and general health. He is interested in new solutions to stubborn, chronic and frustrating health problems. He wants to try to resolve the cause of the problem and not to simply put a Band-Aid on it. For example, for pain, most conventional treatments for pain rely on “numbing and dumbing”, that is, simply making the perception of pain better but not healing the cause. When on the Dr. Oz show, they both agreed that pain management should be focused on healing the cause. After 25 years in medical practice, seeing the risks and side effects of traditional approaches, and studying various healing approaches, he discovered that PEMFs provide the most benefit and allowed safe, non-toxic, self-directed, self-controlled, at-home pain management.

William Pawluk, MD, MSc

Joel Fuhrman, MD is a board-certified family physician and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. He is the president of the Nutritional Research Foundation and author of seven New York Times bestsellers: Eat For Life, Eat to Live, The End of Diabetes, The End of Dieting, The End of Heart Disease, Super Immunity, and The Eat to Live Cookbook. As one of the country’s leading experts in nutritional and natural healing, he has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows, including The Dr. Oz Show, Live with Kelly, FOX, CNN, Today, Good Morning America, the Discovery Channel, and Food Network. His own PBS television programs directly address the crisis of obesity and chronic disease plaguing America and have raised over 70 million to help support PBS stations nationwide. Dr. Fuhrman also operates the Eat To Live Retreat in San Diego, where people come from all over the world to recover their health. To learn more visit DrFuhrman.com, a great resource to make healthful eating.

Joel Fuhrman, MD

Cyrus Khambatta, PhD is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mastering Diabetes, and has helped more than 10,000 people reverse the underlying cause of insulin resistance. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003, as well as a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 2012. He is an expert in both type 1 and 2 diabetes, has been living with type 1 diabetes since 2002, and has reduced his insulin use by more than 40% using a food-first approach.

Cyrus Khambatta, PhD

Regan Archibald, Lac, FMP, is one of the leading Peptide Specialists in the nation and serves as a Regenerative Therapy and Peptide Consultant at the award-winning clinic he founded in 2004, East West Health (acueastwest.com). Regan is the founder of Go Wellness and is the creator of the Peptide Mastery Course. He is a member of the International Peptide Society. He is the author of 8 books including, Never Stop Healing and Your Health Transformation.
As a Peptide Expert, Licensed Acupuncturist, and Functional Medicine Practitioner, Regan brings immense innovation and cutting- edge options for those looking to recover from pain, balance hormones, or increase performance or optimize their health. His clinic, East West Health, is the first Medically Managed Peptide Program that includes the use of Acupuncture and Herbs, Regenerative Medicine, and Functional Medicine. Regan believes that health isn’t a destination and that disease doesn’t take vacations. That’s why he’s created one of the most innovative wellness curriculums in America called the “Health Accelerator Course.” With over 1000 active members participating in weekly “HACs” (Health Accelerator Challenges), and thousands more tuning into his podcast, Never Stop Healing, Regan is truly not to miss on your health adventures. If not teaching, writing, or working with patients in-office or virtually, you will find Regan in the Wasatch mountains with his wife Jessica and his kids, Zoe, Dominic, and Jonah. He loves to ski, snowboard, mountain bike, take ice baths, bio-hack, and is passionate about bringing art back into the practice of medicine.

Regan Archibald, Lac, FMP

Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is a chronic medical condition characterized by elevated blood pressure levels within the arteries. It is a prevalent global health concern and often referred to as the "silent killer" due to its insidious nature. Hypertension can strain the heart and blood vessels, increasing the risk of serious health complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney problems, and even vision impairment if left untreated. While genetics can play a role, lifestyle factors such as an unhealthy diet high in sodium, physical inactivity, excessive alcohol consumption, and tobacco use are significant contributors to hypertension.

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