Certification Committee
Florence Comite, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Yale-New Haven Lenox Hill HospitalDr. Comite has been a leader in the evolution of wellness-based health care and preventive medicine, her unique approach to healthcare allows for customized health strategies as she primarily directs her practice to Age Management Medicine. She has been a leader in Women’s Health for over 12 years and has defined new approaches to optimize health for women at the mid-life and beyond. She founded Women’s Health at Yale and is an Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Comite has pioneered an integrated approach to healthcare delivery with an emphasis on customized health strategies for women and men. In 1976, Dr. Comite graduated from Yale University School of Medicine with awards for original research, and continued at Yale with a residency in Medicine. She then completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology (Medicine, Gynecology and Pediatrics) at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). She remained at NIH as a Senior Clinical Associate until 1984 and joined the Yale faculty in 1985. In 1988, Dr. Comite founded and directed, until 1998, Women’s Health at Yale as an Associate Professor in Endocrinology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and in Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. From 1994 to 1995, Dr. Comite was a Senior Clinical and Research Advisor to the NIH Offices of Alternative Medicine (OAM) and Research in Women’s Health (ORWH).
Jeanette M. Dunn, RN, EdD, CNS
Executive Director, Vashon Island, WashingtonEducator, consultant, medical publisher, international lecturer, and nurse entrepreneur. Dr. Dunn has authored and published books on nutrition, newsletters, and research monographs. She has been involved in education of nurses and physicians for 30 years, lectured in 22 countries, and set up schools of nursing in six.
Wynter W. Kipgen, M.D.
Medical Director, Foundation Bariatric Surgical Hospital of Oklahoma, Edmund, OK
Private Practice, Edmond, OK
Dr. Kipgen graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine with her Doctor of Medicine with Special Distinction in 1992. She has since completed a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, all from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr. Kipgen is a member of several medical professional organizations including the AMA, Oklahoma State Medical Association, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Endocrine Society and the American College of Physicians. She is currently the Medical Director for the Foundation Bariatric Surgical Hospital of Oklahoma and maintains a private practice in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Gregory W. Petersburg, D.O.
Owner/Medical Director, Renascence Clinic, Tucson, AZGregory W. Petersburg, D.O. specializes exclusively in preventive-aging medicine, drawing patients from across the country to his clinic, Renascence, located in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Petersburg is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. A graduate of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, his clinical experience spans 30 years, including preventive-aging medicine, family medicine, and emergency medicine. Dr. Petersburg is a former Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine for the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.
Neal Rouzier, M.D.
Director, The Preventive Medicine Clinics of the Desert, Palm Springs, CADr. Rouzier is a practicing emergency physician and was assistant director of emergency medicine at Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, CA for 15 years. After completing residencies in family practice and emergency medicine at UCLA, he has practiced emergency medicine for 25 years. Since 1997, Dr. Rouzier has also been medical director of the Preventive Medicine Clinics in Palm Springs and Palm Desert, CA. In private practice, his special interest for the last twelve years has been bioidentical hormone replacement and optimization for women and men. He lectures internationally on this new paradigm in medicine. In June 2006, he introduced bioidentical hormone replacement to 300 physicians in China. Since 1997, Dr. Rouzier has taught a comprehensive medical seminar on the clinical application of biologically identical hormone replacement. Dr. Rouzier authored the book, Natural Hormone Replacement for Men and Women: How To Achieve Healthy Aging. His basic, advanced and complex age management courses are accompanied by 300-page workbooks referencing the medical literature that provide the basis and science behind this new preventive medicine.
Paul Thompson, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Co-Chief Medical Officer/Co-CEO,
Cenegenics Dallas-Fort Worth, TXDr. Paul D. Thompson is a board-certified urologist and a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Missouri Medical Society and American Urology Association. After earning an undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, he graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City Medical School in 1981. Seven years later, he completed a residency in urology at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. In 1988, Dr. Thompson established a private urology practice in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, which he maintained until 2007. He also was a cofounder and board member of the U.S. Medical Development Service Company, designed to serve physicians in lithotripsy, radiation treatment centers and hospitals. At Southeast Missouri Hospital, he was Chief of Surgery for four years as well as Chief of Staff and head of their Credential Committee. Dr. Thompson always believed in a proactive medical approach, but wasn’t sure how to accomplish that until his own health issues led him to Cenegenics Medical Institute, where he experienced a new paradigm in medicine.