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David Audley 
Executive Director, International Cellular Medicine Society (ICMS)
David Audley is a business development professional who holds degrees from Willamette University and Portland State University. He has been Vice President of Sales and Marketing at VizX Labs, Alumni Director at Willamette University, and CEO/Partner at TribalMind. Currently he is the Executive Director and Chief Executive of the International Cellular Medicine Society (ICMS), helping to advance the society's mission of promoting safe and effective stem cell therapies world wide.
 
Joseph E. Bosiljevac, M.D., Ph.D., FACS
Private Practice, Flint Hills Surgical Associates, Emporia, KS
Clinical Development Committee, Cenegenics Education & Research Foundation
Dr. Bosiljevac, a third generation Croatian, was born in Omaha in 1951 and lived in Nebraska for fourteen years. His parents moved to Emporia, Kansas where he attended Roosevelt High School and graduated from Emporia State University with a Bachelors Degree in chemistry. He attended the University of Kansas School of Medicine and was among the first class that spent clinical years at the Wichita branch. Graduating in the top ten percent of his class with his M.D. in 1975, he was selected for membership in the honorary society Alpha Omega Alpha. “Doctor Joe” spent one year at Charity Hospital in New Orleans in a rotating internship, then returned to Kansas and trained for five years in general, thoracic, and vascular surgery at Wesley Medical Center. Dr. Bosiljevac is board certified in general surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He has been in solo practice in Emporia, Kansas since 1981 with Flint Hills Surgical Associates, PA.  A Ph.D. in Natural Medicine was achieved December, 2009, and he subsequently started a wellness practice and founded Flint Hills Natural Medicine with an emphasis on prolonging health and longevity. Dr. Bosiljevac has been certified in age-management medicine and worked with Cenegenics Medical and Research Institute. He is also a member of the American College of Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) and certified in chelation medicine. Married to a Colombian princess and with four grown children, he speaks fluent Spanish and is conversant in French.
 
100Anna M. Cabeca, D.O., FACOG
CMO, Cabeca Health
CMO, Golden Isles Medical, Brunswick, GA
Dr. Anna Cabeca is board certified in Gynecology & Obstetrics and Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine with an integrative medicine practice in Georgia. She is an expert in women’s health and specializes in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and natural alternatives, restorative gynecology and endocrinology, successful menopause, age management medicine, sexual health, functional medicine, weight loss resistance, reproductive health and helping patients prepare for pregnancy and combat infertility issues. Her belief is that the advantages of creating health and hormone balance are that we not only improve our own health but also improve the health of our generations to follow. It is her goal and purpose as a physician and educator to improve the quality of life of her patients and all women through incorporating cutting edge gynecologic advances, hormone balance, diet, exercise programs, education, and nutritional detoxification regimens all tailored to the individual. Dr. Cabeca earned her medical degree from Nova-Southeastern University of the Health Sciences in Florida and did her residency training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been in private practice in Southeast Georgia since 1999. She has given presentations nationally as well as internationally, is a published author, is on the board of the Dr. John Lee Institute and the Age Management Medicine Group and is an expert on the 360 Women’s Health and Fabulous Forty websites. Dr. Cabeca is a mother of five, speaks four languages, and grew up in a multilingual, multicultural household that nurtured her love for international medicine and travel. She has traveled around the world learning from and experiencing cutting edge research centers and alternative healing modalities.
 
Christopher J. Centeno, M.D.
Founding Member, International Cellular Medicine Society (ICMS)
Medical Director, Regenerative Sciences, Inc., Broomfield, CO
Christopher J. Centeno, M.D. is an international expert and specialist in regenerative medicine and the clinical use of mesenchymal stem cells in orthopedics. He is board certified in physical medicine as well as rehabilitation and in pain management through the American Board of Anesthesia. Dr. Centeno is one of the few physicians in the world with extensive experience in the culture expansion of and clinical use of adult stem cells to treat orthopedic injuries. He is a founding member of the International Cellular Medicine Society as well as the Spinal Injury Foundation. His clinic incorporates a variety of revolutionary pain management techniques to bring its broad patient base relief and results. Dr. Centeno treats patients from all over the US who travel to Colorado to undergo innovative, non-surgical treatments. Dr. Centeno has chaired multiple international research based conferences. He also maintains an active research based practice, with multiple publications listed in the US National Library of Medicine. Dr. Centeno has also served as editor-in-chief of a medical research journal dedicated to traumatic injury. Dr. Centeno trained at the Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center and the Institute for Rehabilitation Research. He hails from both Florida and New York and currently resides in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and three children.
 
L. Stephen Coles, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Supercentenarian Research Foundation
Lecturer, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Molecular Biology Institute)
Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Department of Developmental Biology
Dr. Coles has been involved in various aspects of Age Management Medicine for over 40 years. He received his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his Masters Degree in Mathematics from The Carnegie Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in Systems and Communications Sciences from Carnegie-Mellon University. After attending medical school at Stanford University, he completed his Clinical Internship in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Coles has taught at a number of well-known universities throughout the country, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Miami, University of Maryland, UCLA, USC, Cal Tech, and UCSD. Dr. Coles is also the Director of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group, which he and three other scientists co-founded in the fall of 1990. The Group currently meets on a monthly basis at the UCLA Medical School to hear scientific experts present the latest information on either theoretical or clinical aspects of Age Management Medicine. Over the years the LA-GRG has grown to over 120 members with more than half having advanced degrees (M.D.'s and Ph.D.'s). Most recently Dr. Coles was a founding member and named Director of the Supercentenarian Research Foundation.
 
Derrick M. DeSilva, Jr., M.D.
Chairman, AMMG Conference Planning Committee
Co-Chair, Department of Complementary Medicine and Senior Attending Staff, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, NJ
Teaching Faculty, JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ
Dr. DeSilva is a practicing Internist at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ. As an adjunct professor at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ, he has lectured on various topics in medicine, nationally and internationally, and is an avid member of The American Medical Association, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, and Society of Internal Medicine, as well as president of the American Nutraceutical Association and vice president of Medical Spa Professional Alliance. Dr. DeSilva has authored and published "Coping with Lyme Disease" and "Ask the Doctor." He has his own radio talk show, "Ask the Doctor" which airs on WCTC Radio in New Jersey (1450 AM), as well as his own television show, "Your Natural Health" on News 12 New Jersey, and a monthly column, "Ask Dr. DeSilva" in the e-Journal of Age Management Medicine. He has also attained national television exposure by hosting medical segments on CNN and appearing as a guest on numerous programs, including ABC Night Line. Dr. DeSilva has been instrumental in the formulation of over 100 different natural products. He is currently Chair of the AMMG Conference Planning Committee. 
 
100Kevin Finnegan, B.S., M.S.
Exercise Counselor, Cenegenics Medical Institute, Las Vegas, NV
Clinical Instructor, Physician Training and Certification Program, Cenegenics Education & Research Foundation
Mr. Finnegan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physiology with a Minor in Chemistry from the University of Arizona, where he participated in research involving multiple methods of body composition assessment. Kevin went onto receive his Masters of Science Degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he also taught courses in physicial activity and aging for the kinesiology department and assisted in the conduction of a 35-year longitudinal research study on adult fitness. He is currently employed as a Nutrition and Exercise Counselor at Cenegenics Medical Institute in Las Vegas where he customizes individual programs designed to meet patients’ age management goals through evaluation of patient specific diagnostics, lab panels and fitness results. As a Clinical Instructor, he educates future age management physicians in the practicalities of maximal oxygen uptake assessment and the development of exercise prescriptions as they apply to the age management patient.
 
Soeresh Gobardhan, M.D.
Director, Mahatt Institute, Coral Springs, FL
Soeresh Gobardhan graduated in 1986 as a family physician in the Netherlands and started researching effective approaches in life style change and preventive medicine. Soon, he concluded that change and prevention were better achievable when the people aspects of prevention are effectively integrated with the things aspects of prevention. By aligning tangible medical knowledge and skills with appropriate mental, spiritual and emotional toughness, his patients were not only healing faster and better, but they also handled life’s daily setbacks and challenges more effectively. Dr. Gobardhan developed this specific approach of balancing the inner human dynamics since 1995 and has since than noticed a 30-35% surge in the effect of his anti-aging interventions. Dr. Gobardhan has successfully presented his message of the impact of inner human dynamics to large audiences in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and the U.S. and also to such international organizations as United Nations and the World Bank.
 
Kenneth L. Janson, M.D.
Attending Physician, Cenegenics Medical Institute, Chicago, IL 
Senior Attending Urologist, Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL
Dr. Janson is board certified in Adult and Pediatric Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has been in private practice at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital since 1977. During that period, he has served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President of the Lake Forest Managed Care Association, Vice-Chairman of the Clinical Council of the Rush System for Health in Chicago, and Chairman of the Dean’s Council of the Tulane University School of Medicine. He currently is a member of the Board of Governors of the Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Janson received his pre-medical training at Northwestern University, and Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1969. He then spent two years in general surgery residency at Rush Medical Center in Chicago. After entering the U.S. Air Force and serving for two years in the Department of Surgery of Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, TX, Dr. Janson completed an additional four-year urology residence at Tulane, including a year of research focusing on urologic infectious diseases and diagnostic nuclear medicine—for which he received an American Urological Association national research award. He has published numerous scientific papers on various topics in urology and surgery. Several years ago Dr. Janson developed a strong interest, trained, and became certified in Age Management Medicine. He now is practicing full time as an attending physician with Cenegenics Medical Institute in Chicago. 
 
Jeffrey Park Leake, M.D, ISSA-CPT
Senior Institute Physician/Course Director for Physician Training and Certification in Age Management Medicine, Cenegenics Medical Institute, Las Vegas, NV
Jeffrey Leake, M.D. is a senior physician in clinical practice at the Cenegenics Medical Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he specializes in age management medicine and also serves in the capacity of Course Director for Physician Training and Certification in Age Management Medicine. He completed his undergraduate degree at the Ohio State University with a major in molecular genetics. He went on to do research in oxalate metabolism in the Department of Physiological Chemistry at OSU and teach biochemistry to first-year medical students at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He received his Doctor of Medicine at OSU, and entered an anesthesiology residency at the Ohio State University Hospitals, becoming chief resident and later accepting a faculty appointment as a clinical instructor in anesthesiology. After completing his board certification in anesthesiology, he spent 27 years as a practicing anesthesiologist at Harrison Medical Center in Washington, becoming the first Director of Surgical Services there. In 2009, Dr. Leake transitioned from a career in anesthesiology to join the Cenegenics Medical Institute as a clinical physician in age management. His interest in exercise and fitness developed naturally from his athletic career while at OSU, and he is certified by the International Sports Sciences Association as a personal trainer. His personal fitness regime includes weight training, plyometrics, yoga, sprint interval training and Krav Maga.
 
Edwin N. Lee, M.D., FACE
Founder, Institute for Hormonal Balance, Orlando, FL
Volunteer Faculty, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL
Dr. Edwin Lee is triple board certified in Endocrinology, Internal Medicine and in Anti Aging, and practices Integrative Age Management in Orlando, Florida. He has recently published the book, Feel Good Look Younger (Reversing Tiredness through Hormonal Balance). Dr. Lee is a national speaker and teaches other physicians and other health professionals about the management of diabetes and optimizing health. He has been featured on radio and on television. His passion is healthy living and he practices what he preaches. Dr. Lee has completed an ironman triathlon, has run numerous marathons, and also has summited several mountains, including Mount Fuji. Dr. Edwin Lee resides in Orlando with his wife and two young boys, whose soccer team he coaches.
 
Jeffry S. Life, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal & Senior Affiliate, Cenegenics Medical Institute, Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Life is a course co-director and faculty member for Cenegenics Education and Research Foundation (CERF). He is the founder and CEO of The Life Center of Healthy Aging, an affiliate of the Cenegenics Medical Institute in Las Vegas. He has completed Physician Training & Certification in Age Management Medicine, jointly sponsored by CERF and the Foundation for Care Management (FCM). Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Life is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Iowa, he completed his residency in family medicine and internal medicine at West Virginia University. He also attained a Ph.D. in environmental sciences and health. Throughout his career, Dr. Life was a full-time family physician and a part-time assistant professor at Marywood University in Pennsylvania, teaching graduate courses in nutritional science and exercise physiology. In 1998, after reaching a lifetime high in body weight, percentage of body fat and level of deconditioning, he entered the EAS National Body-for -LIFE Challenge, and at age 60 he won and became a Grand Champion. He wrote a chapter on Exercise, Fitness and Lifestyle for a popular 2002 medical textbook, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Secrets.” In 2007, he became the first-ever recipient of The Allan P. Mintz Award for Clinical Excellence in Age Management Medicine. Dr. Life continues to live a lifestyle promoting health and fitness. Currently, he is completing a Masters of Science program in nutrition, while working on an upcoming book and developing his website, www.drlife.com.
 
Julie McCallen, M.D.
CEO/CMO, Cenegenics Medical Institute, Denver, CO
Dr. Julie McCallen is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Cenegenics Denver.  She is board-certified in Family Medicine, a member of the International Hormone Society, American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Age Management Medicine Group.  After earning an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Cornell University, she received her M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1990. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Wyoming-Casper in 1993, and served as a civilian physician with the Air Force in Emergency Medicine for 3 years. From 1996 to 2009 her full-spectrum solo rural family practice in western Colorado focused on wellness and corrective hormone therapy. In 2005 she became an affiliate with Cenegenics Medical Institute, moving to Denver in 2009 to establish Cenegenics-Denver.
 
Timothy A. McKnight, M.D.
Director of Health Community Outreach Program, Twin City Hospital, Dennison, OH
Tim McKnight, M.D. is a board certified family physician with interests in sports medicine and disease prevention. He earned his master’s degree in nutrition from The Ohio State University and completed all the coursework for his doctorate in human nutrition before entering medical school. He graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1997 and completed a Family Medicine residency at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. McKnight currently serves as Immediate Past President of the Medical Staff at Twin City Hospital in Dennison, Ohio. He is a member of the Fit Youth Initiative of Tuscarawas County and serves on the board of trustees of the Tuscarawas County Working Uninsured Free Clinic. Dr. McKnight also serves as the director of the Healthy Community Outreach Program, a three-year federally funded program whose purpose is to educate the community on healthy lifestyles through exercise, nutrition, and disease prevention. He advocates nutritional supplementation, hormone therapy, and exercise, while also addressing the needs of the mind, emotions and spirit. He has served as the team physician for Claymont High School since 2000 and has authored a book for teenage athletes and their parents entitled, Profile of a Champion. He is a widely sought after speaker among teens, adults, and physician groups. He and his wife, Karen, are the parents of five children and reside in New Philadelphia, Ohio.
 
Jay H. Mead, M.D.
Medical Director / President, Labrix Clinical Services, Oregon City, OR
Dr. Jay H. Mead is a leading expert in salivary hormone testing. For five years, he served as the medical director of one of the nation's largest salivary testing laboratories. Dr. Mead has been practicing as a clinician for over twenty years and understands the need and value of accurate and reliable hormone testing. Dr. Mead is a board certified pathologist, a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force Reserves and co-founded and directs a complementary and alternative medical clinic, The Center for Integrative Medicine. He has certification in blood banking and led the American Red Cross as medical director for over 10 years.
 
Efrain Olszewer, M.D.
Editor, Journal of Biochemistry Medicine
Honorary President, Brazilian Society of Orthomolecular Medicine
Dr. Olszewer specializes in internal medicine, cardiology and complementary medicine. He currently serves as Clinical Director of the International Center in Preventive Medicine in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is Dean and Professor of the Foundation for Advancement in Health and Sciences, and has been Editorial and Scientific Director of the Medical Biochemistry Journal since 1995. Dr. Olszewer has published over 42 books on topics such as Orthomolecular Medicine, Neurotransmitters in Obesity, Free Radicals and Nutrition in Sports Medicine.
 
Stanford A. Owen, M.D.
Private Practice, The Center for Health Management & CHM Research, Gulfport, MS
Stanford Owen, M.D. is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Nutrition and practices in Gulfport, Mississippi. He has used Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) for 25 years to treat disease by measuring clinical improvement. His expertise focuses on medical outcome vs. weight loss with emphasis on the effects of adipocyte cytokines on disease processes. Dr. Owen received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Louisiana State University, and performed his residency at Louisiana State University Charity Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. In addition to numerous professional publications and memberships, Dr. Owen has done many TV, radio and newspaper interviews and been involved with multiple medical research studies. He is also currently a medical advisor developing health risk and obesity intervention curricula for Pearl River County School Systems.
 
Bonnie Paur, B.A., NASM-CPT, ACE-CPT
Nutrition & Exercise Counselor, Cenegenics Medical Institute, Las Vegas, NV 
Clinical Instructor, Physician Training and Certification Program, Cenegenics Education & Research Foundation
Ms. Paur is currently employed as a Nutrition and Exercise Counselor at Cenegenics Medical Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she is also a Clinical Instructor for Physician Training and Certification in Age Management Medicine. In her role as Nutrition and Exercise Counselor, she conducts diagnostics including body composition and bone density screenings, performs fitness assessments including strength, flexibility and cardiopulmonary testing, counsels patients regarding age-management specific, low glycemic nutrition programs for optimizing health and body composition, and designs exercise programs specific to the age management patient. As a Clinical Instructor, she educated future age management physicians in the fundamentals low-glycemic nutrition as it applies to the age management patient. Ms. Paur holds a B.A. in Speech Communication and is certified as a personal trainer through both the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise. Her practical experience includes eight years of competitive bodybuilding, a 2nd degree black belt from the World Tae Kwon Do Federation and lifelong involvement in equestrian sports (hunter-jumpers).
 
Christopher G. Rao, M.D., FAAFP
CEO, Unison Pro-Youth Institute, Port St. Lucie, FL
Dr. Rao holds an M.D. degree from Louisiana State University and is Board Certified by the American Board of Family Physicians. He was Certified in Age Management Medicine in 2002 and is a featured lecturer and author. Dr. Rao was President of the Martin County Medical Society, 2001 and 2005. He has hosted radio shows and was in the think tank for Celebration Health and the Disney Institute. In his latest book, The MidLife Health Guide for Women (the companion to The Midlife Health Guide for Men) Dr. Rao reveals cutting-edge, integrative methods to obtain optimal health.
 
Russell Roby, J.D., M.D.
Founder, The Roby Institute, Austin, TX
Dr. Roby has been practicing allergy and immunology for over thirty years. He concentrates on Complementary and Alternative methods and has been doing research in several areas during this time. His practice specializes in hormone imbalances, particularly progesterone mediated hypersensitivity. Along with health directed protocols, this research has led to several innovative solutions for old problems. He has been granted patents for the treatment of asthma and pain using sublingual dilutions of progesterone. Research is underway in Mumbai, India, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and at the University of Texas in Austin as well as Harvard by Dr. Roby and his associates. Prevention and treatment of breast cancer is one of the most recent research protocols begun by the Roby Institute and its associates.
 
Ricardo Rodriguez, M.D.
Clinical Instructor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Medical Director, Cosmeticsurg.net, Luthersville, MD
Dr. Rodriguez completed his General Surgery Residency at Tulane University Medical School. He then did a one-year Fellowship in Oncologic and Head and Neck Surgery at The Royal Marsden Hospital in England prior to completing Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery training at Yale University. After Training, he became a faculty member at Yale and Chief of Plastic Surgery at the West Haven, Connecticut VA Hospital. For the past 19 years he has been in private practice In Baltimore having served as Co-Director of the Wound Care Clinic for 14 years, and Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He is a past president of the Maryland State Society of Plastic Surgeons. During the past 6 years he has devoted a large part of his practice to Adipose Tissue grafting and is presently conducting a clinical trial using cultured Adipose Derived Stem Cells for the treatment of Radiated Tissue. 
 
Neal Rouzier, M.D.
Director,The Preventive Medicine Clinics of the Desert, Palm Springs, CA
Dr. 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.
 
Eldred Taylor, M.D.
Private Practice, The Taylor Medical and Aesthetic Group, Atlanta, GA
Eldred B. Taylor, M.D., is a internationally known lecturer and leading expert in diagnosing and treating hormonal imbalances by using salivary testing. His approach to diagnosing, treating and preventing women's illnesses is revolutionary and is helping to change healthcare in the United States. He and wife, Ava Bell Taylor, M.D. are the authors of Are Your Hormones Making You Sick? which advocates using salivary testing and bio-identical hormone replacement to diagnose and treat women's illnesses. Dr. Taylor is a board certified obstetrician/gynecologist who completed his undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University and trained at Emory University School of Medicine. He was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Emory University Medical School for over 12 years, and has completed more than 200 hours of continuing medical education in Integrative Medicine (combining traditional and alternative medicine). Dr. Taylor has an innovative practice that incorporates cutting edge therapies, sharing this knowledge with other doctors to enhance their practices. He travels throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia lecturing on Women‘s Health, Breast Cancer Prevention, Healthy Living and Integrative Medicine.
 
Steven M. Villagomez, M Ed.
Exercise Physiologist, New York, NY
Mr. Villagomez received his Masters in Education Exercise Physiology from the  University of Texas at Austin where he also participated in laboratory experiences and research involving a number of projects in exercise physiology. He is currently employed as an Exercise Physiologist in New York where he conducts metabolic and fitness testing, patient assessments including VO2, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, sets personalized exercise prescriptions and makes nutritional recommendations linked to specialized health portfolios for individual patients. He also conducts regular follow-up testing and counseling with patients to track progress. Mr. Villagomez is a member of the National Strengthening and Condition Association and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, as well as an Exercise Specialist an Health Fitness Instructor.
 
Ernst R. von Schwarz, M.D., Ph.D., FESC, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Support Program, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Dr. Ernst von Schwarz is Medical Director of the Cardiac Support Program and Co-Director of Cardiac Transplantation at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Dr. von Schwarz is board certified in internal medicine and in cardiology/cardiovascular diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine. His primary clinical interests are end-stage heart failure, cardiac transplantation, interventional cardiology and sexual function in cardiac disease. A clinician and scientist, Dr. von Schwarz has presented and lectured all over the world. He has written more than 70 articles for peer-reviewed publications and eight book chapters on cardiovascular medicine. Dr. von Schwarz earned his medical degree from Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany, receiving medical doctor titles from Philipps-University Marburg and from the University of Vienna, Austria. He received his doctorate from the University of Technology in Aachen, Germany.
 
R.W. “Chip” Watkins, M.D., M.P.H.
Private Practice, Wanek Medical Center, Greensboro, NC
Medical Director, Sanesco International, Inc., Asheville, NC
President and Laboratory Director, NeuroLab, Asheville, NC
Dr. Watkins graduated from East Carolina School of Medicine in 1986, and completed his internship and residency in Family Medicine at Florida Hospital, Orlando in 1989. He has a Master's in Public Health in Health Promotion and Nutrition from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, with experience in both academic and corporate medicine. Dr. Watkins currently resides in Greensboro, NC and enjoys private practice. His interests include nutritional biochemistry and integrative medicine. Dr. Watkins has lectured on a wide variety of topics at the local, state, national and international levels. He has authored a number of articles and book chapters.

James P. Watson, M.D.
Private Practice, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Santa Monica, CA
Co-Founder, University Stem Cell Center, Santa Monica, CA
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Dr. Watson received his Medical Degree in 1986 from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, California and has completed his residency in general surgery, and plastic & reconstructive surgery as well as a Fellowship in Microvascular Surgery. Dr. Watson has held a number of teaching appointments and is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Watson is currently in private practice with University Plastic Surgeons in the Los Angeles area and is Co-Founder of the University Stem Cell Center.
 
Robert D. Willix, Jr., M.D., FACSM
CEO/CMO, Cenegenics Medical Institute of Boca Raton, Boca Raton, FL
Dr. Robert D. Willix, Jr., is a board certified cardiac surgeon, who pioneered the first open heart surgery program in South Dakota. He has been a practicing physician since 1969 and also serves as associate professor of surgery at South Dakota Medical School. As CEO/CMO of Cenegenics Medical Institute, Boca Raton, Dr. Willix specializes in Age Management and Preventive Medicine. After graduating from Boston College, Dr. Willix engaged in Medical Research at Seton Hall University. He did his M.D./Ph.D. program in Columbia, MO at the University of Missouri Medical School and earned his Medical Degree from the University of Missouri Medical School. Dr. Willix completed his Surgery Internship, General Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery study at the University of Michigan Medical School. In 1975 he became Board Certified in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Willix served as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of South Dakota Medical School and was recruited to serve as director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation and Human Performance program in Florida for the North Broward Hospital District. He was Founder and Director of the Willix Health Institute, dedicated to preventive and sports medicine. He is a former team leader for the U.S. Olympic Committee and is one of 300 physicians in the U.S. who is trained in Pulse Diagnosis and Ayurvedic Medicine. While in private practice Dr. Willix was awarded the Kaul Foundation Award for Excellence for his international newsletter Health and Longevity as well outstanding achievement as a medical doctor in the field of Preventive Medicine. He is a member of the Board of the Age Management Medicine Group, and member of TEC—Chief Executives Working Together. Dr. Willix is dedicated to changing the paradigm of medicine from a disease-oriented to health oriented system. Dr. Willix became certified in Age Management Medicine, AMA/PRA Level 4 Classification, Parts 1 & 2, and became an affiliate in 1997; he opened the Boca Raton Center in 2007. Dr. Willix has completed 14 marathons, over 100 triathlons and the 1984 Ironman in Kona, Hawaii. An accomplished author of five books and hundreds of articles, Dr. Willix has traveled around the country as a sought after speaker and is a leader in the field of nutrition, sports and preventive medicine.


 

 
   
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