Faculty May 2012
Thomas Alexander, M.D.
Private Practice, Scottsdale, AZ
Dr. Thomas Alexander earned his M.D. degree and fulfilled his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri, Kansas City in 1998. Following a ten month Endocrinology Fellowship he joined a medical practice in Butler, Missouri and held various posts at Bates County Hospital including Chief of Staff, Medical Director of CCU, Medical Director of Respiratory Care, and Medical Director of Hospice. He has practiced both inpatient and outpatient medicine in addition to about 1500 hours of shifts at the Emergency Department. Dr. Alexander joined the clinic of Dr. Jonathan Wright in Seattle in 2004. He subsequently moved to the Phoenix area in 2007 where he opened his private practice and continues to work as a Hospitalist at Scottsdale Shea Hospital. He has lectured both to his peers and to the general public on HPA dysfunction, insulin resistance and diabetes and has particular interests in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, HPA dysfunction, hormonal imbalance, and gastrointestinal disorders. Dr. Alexander is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Julie G. Allickson, Ph.D., MS, MT (ASCP)
Vice President, Laboratory Operations and R & D, Cryo-Cell International, Inc., Oldsmar, FL
Julie Allickson is the Vice President of Laboratory Operations and Research & Development at Cryo-Cell International, Inc., an AABB accredited and Florida-based family cord blood bank. Dr. Allickson is responsible for all technical aspects of operations to ensure a safe and high quality product produced in a cGMP-compliant cell processing environment. She is also responsible for all R & D activities associated with adult stem cells including the development work related to isolation of a unique stem cell harvested from menstrual blood. Dr. Allickson serves as a member of the Cryo-Cell Medical Scientific Advisory Board. Prior to this position, Dr. Allickson worked for the University of Miami – School of Medicine, Diabetes Research Institute directing the cGMP Cell Processing Facility, where she was responsible for Hematopoietic Cell Processing Operations, including processing of vertebral body marrow as well as other hematopoietic cell types. She was also responsible for the design and implementation of the state licensed Clinical Flow Cytometry Laboratory. Dr. Allickson was the lead in Regulatory Affairs for the cell processing laboratory of Islet and Hematopoietic Cell products which included oversight of all investigational new drugs and all external regulations. Prior to that she worked for the American Red Cross managing the Hematopoietic Cell Processing and Platelet Serology Laboratory. During her tenure there she served as a member of the National Stem Cell Task Force and participated in the preparation of national protocols developed for hematopoietic cell processing laboratories. Dr. Allickson was part of the team to perform the very first bone marrow transplant at the University of Miami in 1990. She has 22 years of experience in cellular therapy and cell processing, is board-certified as a Medical Technologist by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and is licensed in the State of Florida in all areas of the Clinical Laboratory. She has a Doctorate in Health Sciences along with a Master’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences. Dr. Allickson was one of the founding members of the International Society of Cellular Therapy in 1992 and has been a member of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) for 23 years. She has presented at national and international meetings related to adult stem cells. She is an inspector for Net Cord FACT and for AABB and is currently vice-chair of the AABB Standards Committee for Cell Therapy Product Services.
Arden Anderson, D.O.
Medical Director, Crossroads Healing Arts, Goshen, IN
Professional Food Production Consultant / Author / Instructor
Dr. Arden Andersen was raised on a dairy farm in Michigan, received his undergraduate degree in Agriculture from the University of Arizona, taught vocational agriculture at the high school level, and founded and ran his own agricultural consulting business for eight years while completing a Ph.D. in Ag/Biophysics. Before going to osteopathic medical school at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA., he did a FP tracking internship in Muskegon, MI, residency in Occupational Medicine at U. So. Florida, and completed a Masters of Science in Public Health. He has continued a dual profession of farm management/soil/plant nutritional consulting and general family medicine (private practice)/flight medicine (USAFR) traveling over 100,000 miles per year from 1998 to 2008; authored numerous books, manuals, course DVD’s and CD’s; taught in 8 countries and 2 languages; consulted in 11 countries; given professional testimony/presentations in 3 countries. Dr. Anderson is board eligible in Occupational Medicine; board certified in Public Health; boarded in Prolotherapy. He has a unique understanding of the direct correlation between soil health and human health and how to maximize outcome of both with appropriate nutritional and physiologic management.
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.
Michale J. Barber, M.D.
CEO, Cenegenics South Carolina
Michale J. (Mickey) Barber, M.D., CEO/CMO of Cenegenics Carolinas is a board certified anesthesiologist and age management physician who graduated from The College of Charleston, completed medical school at The Medical University of South Carolina, did her residency at Tulane University, and finished her fellowship at Harvard. Dr. Barber offers an integrative approach to age management medicine while providing the patient with assessment of hormonal balance and overall health and disease risk. Her philosophy for successful aging includes maintaining energy, health and sexual vigor through shared responsibility of the patient-doctor team. After several years of affiliation with Cenegenics Medical Institute, the association grew into a partnership and the opening of Cenegenics Carolinas in April 2006. Dr. Barber is a Senior Partner with Cenegenics Medical Institute and was the first partner to open a Cenegenics center outside of the home office in Las Vegas. Still very active at the corporate level, Dr. Barber serves as the Physician Advisor for Cenegenics Living Online, is the Medical Editor of the Cenegenics Pharmacy Newsletter and is also the Medical Director of the Cenegenics Education and Research Foundation’s Medical Library.
Susan Barrett, R PA-C
Physician Assistant, ComiteMD, New York, NY
Susan Barrett graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Biology. After graduating, she moved to New York City where she worked in the pharmaceutical industry, in medical education, prior to commencing Physician Assistant training. Susan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physician Assistant Studies from Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. Prior to working at ComiteMD, Susan practiced as a Physician Assistant in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. At ComiteMD, Susan is a member of the Clinical Team and assists with diagnosing, treating and preventing disease.
Julian Blumenfeld, M.D.
President, JBMD Consulting, Charlotte, NC
With over 20 years of experience in medical practice, academics, industry and consulting, Dr. Blumenfeld provides unusual expertise and insight. He served as Chief Medical Officer of a nutraceutical company, overseeing clinical research, coordinating academic partnerships and determining grant awards. Dr. Blumenfeld coauthored several papers on the role and efficacy of bioflavonoids in humans. As founder of a non-profit continuing health professional educational institute, Dr. Blumenfeld developed CME/CE nutrition and nutraceutical curricula and moderated courses for health professionals throughout the U.S. Dr. Blumenfeld formerly practiced allergy/clinical immunology for over 10 years, including serving as chairman of the department for a multi-specialty clinic in Charlotte, NC. After receiving his Doctor of Medicine at New York Medical College, he completed a residency in pediatrics at New York Medical College and a post-doctoral fellowship in allergy/immunology at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
Augusto Brazzini, M.D.
Professor, San Martin University, Lima, Peru
Director, Brazzini Institute of Interventional Radiology
Vice President, Asociacion Peruana de Terapia Cellular (APTCEL)
Dr. Brazzini received his medical degree from Federico Villarreal National University in 1977 and additional training in Radiology from San Marcos National University Police Peruvian Hospital and National Institute of Neoplasic Diseases. He is currently the Director of the Brazzini Institute of Interventional Radiology in Lima, Peru and a member and current Vice President of the Peruvian Association of Stem Cell Therapy, APTCEL.
Anna M. Cabeca, D.O., FACOG
CMO, Cabeca Health
CMO, Golden Isles Medical, Brunswick, GA
Member, AMMG Conference Planning Committee
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
Member, AMMG Conference Planning Committee
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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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.
Elaine Chin, M.D., MBA
CMO & Founder, Scienta Health Centre, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Elaine Chin is a pioneer in developing an individualized preventive healthcare model focusing on leading edge diagnostics and genetic testing combined with a holistic approach to health and wellness management. She is a founder of one of Toronto’s leading executive health practices focusing on peak performance through an integrative science based approach to maintaining optimal health. Dr. Chin began her career practicing family medicine in Toronto. She is on staff at Trillium Health Centre and University Health Network, Toronto. A graduate of The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in 1988, she completed her internship at the Toronto General Hospital. In 1994, she earned her MBA in the Executive Program at the University of Toronto.
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 Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his Master's 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.
Kristin Comella
Chief Scientific Officer, Bioheart, Inc., Sunrise, FL & Ageless Regenerative Institute, Aventura, FL
Ms. Comella has over 12 years experience in corporate entities with expertise in regenerative medicine, training and education, research, product development, and senior management. Ms. Comella has been a member of the Bioheart Inc. senior management team since 2004 and is currently serving as the Chief Scientific Officer. Bioheart is a publically traded company focusing on the discovery, development and commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage and peripheral vascular disease. Ms. Comella was appointed as Bioheart’s Vice President of R&D and Corporate Development in December 2008. Since joining Bioheart in September 2004, she has played a major role in managing the product development, manufacturing and quality systems. In addition, Ms. Comella is currently and actively serving on multiple boards in the stem cell arena. She is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stemlogix, LLC and Chief Scientific Officer of the Ageless Regenerative Institute. The Ageless and Stemlogix Programs involve education, training, technology and support in delivering regenerative medicine to clinicians and veterinarians. Ms. Comella has over ten years of cell culturing experience including building and managing the stem cell laboratory at Tulane University's Center for Gene Therapy. She also developed stem cell therapies for osteoarthritis at Osiris Therapeutics. Ms. Comella holds an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida.
Florence Comite, M.D.
Courtesy Attending, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Private Practice, ComiteMD, New York, NY
Member, AMMG Conference Planning Committee
Florence Comite, M.D. has been a leader in the evolution of wellness-based health care and preventive medicine. Dr. Comite’s unique approach to healthcare allows for customized health strategies. She primarily directs her practice to Age Management Medicine, including bioidentical hormonal therapy, growth hormone, men’s and women’s health, andropause and menopause, sexual function and lifestyle issues. Dr. Comite has been a leader in Women’s Health for over 12 years. She defined new approaches to optimize health for women at mid-life and beyond. Dr. Comite directs her clinical practice to the prevention of disorders related to aging such as osteoporosis, heart disease and cancer. She has pioneered an integrated approach to healthcare delivery with an emphasis on customized health strategies for women and men. Her clinical program is based upon an individualized, in-depth assessment and risk-benefit analysis that catalyzes conventional, complementary, and lifestyle choices to attain, sustain and maintain well-being. She incorporates a multidisciplinary team, trained to approach the clinician-patient relationship as a partnership. 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).
Derrick M. DeSilva, Jr., M.D.
Chairman, AMMG Conference Planning Committee
Co-Chair, Department of Complimentary 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.
James F. Devanney, M.D.
Private Practice in Urology, Torrington, CT
Director of Urologic Affairs, Egenix, Inc., Millbrook, NY
Dr. Devanney is a full time practicing urologist in northwest Connecticut, and in fact lives in the very town where he was raised on a farm with eight siblings. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity College, he graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 1990, then completed his urology residency, and was awarded the Wyker teaching prize, at the University of Virginia under Dr. Jay Y. Gillenwater. From Dr. Gillenwater (who was during his tenure the president of the American Urologic Association, chief editor of The Journal of Urology and chief editor for the textbook Adult & Pediatric Urology) Dr. Devanney learned the need for attention to literature and critical thinking. Since completing his urology residency in 1995, Dr. Devanney has had a keen awareness of Androgen Deprivation Therapy and its powerful effect on men with advanced prostate cancer, rivaled only by the collateral effects on the metabolic systems of the man. As those consequences became more defined as a source of the metabolic syndrome, it soon became apparent to Dr. Devanney that deficiencies in testosterone may contribute to a variety of age associated pathologies: muscle wasting, visceral fat deposition, osteoporosis, atherosclerosis and the overall metabolic syndrome.
Lynn Edlen-Nezin, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York
Lynn Edlen-Nezin, Ph.D., is a senior strategic planner for DraftFCB Healthcare, and an adjunct professor at Hunter College. She is a graduate of the doctoral program in clinical health psychology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed her internship at the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center. Dr. Edlen-Nezin is an American College of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer, and completed four NYC Marathons as a racewalker. She is the co-author of Great Food, Great Sex: The Three Food Factors for Sexual Fitness (Fried & Edlen-Nezin, Ballantine Books, 2006).
Jorge D. Flechas, M.D.
Medical Director, Flechas Family Practice, Hendersonville, NC
Dr. Jorge D. Flechas is the Medical Director of Flechas Family Practice in Hendersonville, NC, specializing in hormonal therapy for treatment of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) since the late 1980s. He also specializes in Iodine Therapy for Hypothyroidism and Fibrocystic Breast Disease. Dr. Flechas was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, majored in Physics at Southern Missionary College in Tennessee, and achieved his Doctorate in Medicine in 1977 and Master's in Public Health in 1979 from Loma Linda University in California. He is licensed to practice in North Carolina, has his boards in Family Practice by the American Board of Family Practice, and is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Flechas is a nationally known speaker on the diagnosis and successful treatment of Fibromyalgia, one of the 10 most frequently misdiagnosed syndromes in North America today. Dr. Flechas is considered to have broken a paradigm in effectively treating Fibromyalgia pain without the use of anti-depressant, anti-inflammatory, or narcotic medications. His treatment involves the use of Nitroglycerine to increase Nitric Oxide, a natural pain killer found in the body. He has recently found the use of essential oils from plants to decrease the pain of FMS.
Scott Fogle, N.D.
Director of Clinical Information and Laboratory Services, Life Extension Foundation
Dr. Scott Fogle graduated with academic honors from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, Oregon. His thesis Mercury Toxicity and Assessment won the Dean’s Thesis Award. Dr. Fogle has lectured on many aspects of medicine ranging from mercury toxicity, sleeping disorders, ocular pathologies, hypertension, thyroid, and Phase I & II detoxification pathways, mitochondrial dysfunction, Vitamin D, bio-identical hormones, cardiovascular health, atherosclerosis, advanced blood testing for health. He was also a clinical faculty member at NCNM and enjoyed a private practice in Portland. Currently Dr. Fogle is the Director of Clinical Information and Laboratory Services at Life Extension where he oversees the quality and consistency of the scientific/medical information for 70+ health advisors (doctors, nurses, nutritionist, etc.) and is in charge of its laboratory department that offers extensive online blood testing services.
Vincent Giampapa, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, UMDNJ Medical Center, Newark, NJ
Author, Aging Researcher and Theorist
Dr. Giampapa received his M.D. from Mt. Sinai Medical School, New York and continued his medical training in aesthetic plastic surgery. Upon becoming a certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Giampapa completed a year of microsurgery and hand fellowship at New York University Medical Center, and was one of the first Board Certified anti-aging aesthetic plastic surgeons in the world. He has served as Research Fellow for Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York and as Director of Microsurgery and Re-plantation Surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Founding Member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and served as President of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Giampapa is well known in the United States, Latin America and Europe where he lectures regularly and is recognized as an innovator in new cosmetic and surgical techniques and surgical instrumentation. He has published numerous book chapters and articles in national and international plastic surgical, genetic engineering and academic journals and other research publications, including Annals of Plastic Surgery, Journal of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery and Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. Dr. Giampapa has been awarded over a dozen U.S. patents for unique cell culture delivery techniques as well as new drug delivery systems, and surgical instrument designs. He also served as a consultant for NASA in reference to the robotic arm of the space shuttle. Dr. Giampapa has been featured in many radio and television programs and articles in national and international magazines concerning cosmetic surgery and new surgical techniques.
Jennifer R. Hankins, M.S., R PA-C
Physician Assistant, ComiteMD, New York, NY
Jennifer Hankins graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in 2002 with a degree in Chemistry & Mathematics. With a great interest in the field of medicine, Jennifer attended Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences and received her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies in 2009. Prior to working at ComiteMD, Jennifer worked in internal medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. In September 2011 she joined ComiteMD, where she is an active member of the Clinical Team.
Joseph Jacko, M.D.
Physician, Cenegenics, Dallas / Fort Worth, TX
Dr. Jacko practices Age Management Medicine with Cenegenics Medical Institute in Arlington, Texas. Dr. Jacko graduated from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Carmel Medical Center. He completed a sports medicine fellowship at the Hughston Orthopaedic Clinic. Dr. Jacko started his career at the internationally known Cooper Clinic in Dallas and practiced at the highly regarded Steadman-Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas before joining Cenegenics.
Alan Kadish, N.M.D.
President, World Stem Cells LLC, Lutz, FL / Advanced Cellular Medicine Clinic, Cancun, Mexico
Dr. Kadish is the president of World Stem Cells, a patient management firm focused on stem cell therapeutics, where he has been pivotal in designing unique protocols and integrating a divergent group of both laboratory services and techniques for the scientific study of stem cells. His background includes a 26-year history of providing family medical services as a primary care naturopathic physician. Dr. Kadish is a diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine (ABAAM), an area of interest since 1979 when he was the technical editor for the Life Extension Handbook published by Endless Horizons. He has been actively treating complex disorder patients with an emphasis on the hormonally challenged and those on the autistic spectrum. Dr. Kadish has been utilizing the biomedical approach to ASD and is a level 2 DAN practitioner. He holds degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Montclair University and a BS in Natural Health Sciences and his medical degree from Bastyr University. The expansion of his services into the field of stem cell research and treatment is a natural extension of the many aspects of a naturopathic, life extension/enhancement based integrated medicine practice. Dr. Kadish has consulted fora number of international nutraceutical and diagnostic laboratories, and has been instrumental in designing medical devices for a number of specialty applications. Dr. Kadish makes numerous television and radio appearances, along with medical school and professional medical organization lectures, promoting health education and the utilization of natural methods for both prevention and resolution of disease. Currently he is a primary investigator for an IRB approved study involving a urinary disorder, and is involved with writing two books addressing concerns of preconception planning and stem cells with and emphasis on integration of adjunctive therapies.
Ravi K. Kamepalli, M.D., CWS
Regional Infectious Diseases & Infusion Center, Lima, OH
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, OH
Dr. Ravi K. Kamepalli is a board certified infectious disease physician and a certified wound specialist who has been practicing in Lima, Ohio since 2003. He is also Medical Director of the Hyperbaric Clinic and Chief of Division of Infectious Diseases at St. Rita’s Medical Center. He has a passion for wound care and all things wound related. He has participated on multiple Expert Consensus Panels. He is actively involved in clinical research and has participated in over 39 clinical trials. Dr. Kamepalli received his medical degree from Guntur Medical College, Guntur, AP, India. He did his residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York and Infectious Diseases fellowship at Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center, New York, NY.
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. 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
Member, AMMG Conference Planning Committee
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.
Todd McAllister, Ph.D.
CEO, CytoGraft Tissue Engineering, Inc., Novato, CA
Dr. McAllister has a Ph.D. in BioMedical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. He is the co-founder and CEO of Cytograft Tissue Engineering, Inc. Dr. McAllister has been an early proponent of tissue engineering approaches that do not require synthetic scaffolds, and is a co-inventor of the Tissue Engineering by Self-Assembly (TESA) technology. Dr. McAllister has also pioneered a novel business strategy within regenerative medicine, taking Cytograft’s lead product, the Lifeline™ Vascular Graft from inception to commercial licensure in Europe on less than $10M in private equity. The Lifeline autologous graft was the first tissue engineered vascular graft (TEVG) to be used in arterial circulation in humans. Similarly, the Lifeline allogeneic graft was the first TEVG to be used in humans, and is now in Phase III clinical trials. Dr. McAllister is also the co-Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the St. Joseph’s Translational Research Institute in Atlanta, Georgia, where he oversees a broader range of cell-based cardiovascular repair technologies. He also serves on several advisory boards, including the TERMIS industry committee, Siricell, Lumen Therapeutics, Biocardia, and the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. McAllister is also a director of the International Cell Medicine Society (ICMS), and on the editorial board for several journals.
George E. Munoz, M.D.
Voluntary Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Florida International University School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Team Physician, Florida International University “Panthers” Football, Basketball and all Athletics
Medical Director, The Oasis Institute, Aventura, FL
Medical Director, Arthritis & Osteoporosis Treatment & Research Center, North Miami Beach, FL
Dr. George Munoz is a board certified Internist, Rheumatologist and Fellowship trained Integrative Medicine Specialist. He has been in practice in Miami since 1985 and currently serves as the Medical Director for both The Oasis Institute, an Integrative Medicine, Wellness and Age Management practice, and for AOTRC, a highly respected conventional arthritis and rheumatic disease practice in Miami. His conventional trainings include a B.A. from Columbia College, AOA Honors and M.D. degree from The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and Internal Medicine Internships and Residency from Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. His Rheumatology fellowship was completed at the Harvard affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital, Boston. He has maintained an academic affiliation since 1985 at the University of Miami School of Medicine, serving as a Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Arthritis until 2010, and was a Team Physician for the University of Miami Hurricanes between 1997 and 2011. Currently, he is Team Physician and Lead Internist for Florida International University Panthers. In 2006, he was selected to be the first rheumatologist in the country to be trained as an Integrative Rheumatologist at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (UAZCIM) created by Dr. Andrew Weil, and awarded the Jones-Lowell Rheumatology Scholarship Award for this purpose. He was the peer-chosen valedictorian of the University of Arizona Integrative Rheumatology Class of 2008 and is a national speaker on topics including Nutrition & Arthritis and Integrative Rheumatology. Dr. Munoz is also a trained Medical Anthropologist and has studied extensively with indigenous healers around the world, with focus in the Andean and South American jungle traditions. He also has formal trainings in Acupuncture (University of Miami), is certified in Homeopathy, has trained in Age Management Medicine with Cenegenics and completed training with Dr. Neal Rouzier in Bio-Identical Hormones. He maintains an active lifestyle while mentoring youth athletics, wellness, meditation and energy concepts to school age children as well as to many elite and professional athletes and day-to-day patients.
Ed Park, M.D., MPH
Founder, Recharge Biomedical Clinic, Orange County, CA
Consultant, TA Sciences
Dr. Ed Park graduated from Harvard University with honors in Biological Anthropology prior to earning his Medical Degree and Master's in Public Health from Columbia University in New York. In 2007, he became one of the first patients to begin the regular ingestion of a plant-derived telomerase activator. The results were so undeniably positive that Dr. Park founded Recharge Biomedical Clinic of Orange County, California in 2008, and he has since become one of the leading medical experts in this exciting new field of regenerative medicine.
Cesar M. Pellarano, M.D.
Director, Cenegenics Miami
Dr. Cesar Pellerano has been a practicing cardiologist in the Miami area since 1983. Over the last ten years the practice has evolved almost exclusively into the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Pellerano is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Medicine, served as Chief Medical Resident at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami and completed his Cardiology Fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He has been using Advanced Lipid Panels along with Genetic and Inflammatory Markers for many years in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Pellerano is the Director of the Cenegenics Medical Institute of Miami, FL.
Joseph M. Raffaele, M.D.
CEO, PhysioAge Systems, New York, NY
Vice President, PhysioAge Medical Group, New York, NY
Dr. Raffaele received his B.A. in philosophy from Princeton University and his M.D. from Hahnemann University Medical School in 1989. Dr. Raffaele did his residency at The New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center and was formerly a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School while in practice at the Hitchcock Clinic. Dr. Raffaele is a member of the American College of Physicians, is board certified in internal medicine, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. In 1995 Dr. Raffaele began researching and developing a scientifically based treatment program and co-founded PhysioAge Medical Group. Since 1997 Dr. Raffaele has been exclusively focused on anti-aging medicine and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
Christian J. Renna, D.O.
Physician, Lifespan Medicine, Santa Monica, CA
Originally from New York, Dr. Renna graduated cum laude from the University of Texas, earned his medical degree in osteopathic medicine cum laude from the University of North Texas Health Science Center and completed a residency in family medicine. Since founding LifeSpan Medicine in 1992, Dr. Renna has maintained a small practice focused on optimal health. Over the years his passion and dedication to his clients as well as his unique approach has earned him an exceptional reputation as the nation’s premiere preventive medicine provider. He is a popular speaker on the subjects of Preventive Medicine, Peak Performance and Health. Dr Renna is also a published author and lecturer to audiences across the United States and abroad.
Neil H. Riordan, Ph.D.
Chairman, Medistem Panama, Inc., Panama City, Panama
Dr. Riordan is a scientist, entrepreneur and avid inventor. He is the author of 59 medical journal articles, two book chapters and has 10 issued patents and 17 patents pending. He holds a B.S. from Wichita State University, a Master’s degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, and a Ph.D. from Medical University of the Americas. Dr. Riordan is the founder and CEO of Aidan Inc., Aidan Clinic, and Aidan Products of Chandler, AZ. He is also the founder and Chairman of Medistem Panama, Inc. and the Stem Cell Institute in Panama City, Panama. He founded and is the past President and CEO of the publicly traded company, Medistem, Inc. He is the past Research Director of the Riordan Clinic and the IAT Cancer Clinic in Freeport, Bahamas.
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 12 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.
Saud Ahmed Sadiq, M.D.
Research Director and Senior Research Scientist, Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York
President & CEO, International Multiple Sclerosis Management Practice, New York, NY
Dr. Saud A. Sadiq is the founder of a novel concept in disease-based management: to combine unparalleled, clinical care excellence with innovative research directed to establish the cause of multiple sclerosis in order to ultimately find a cure. To enable realization of his utopic vision he had to leave traditional university-based centers of treatment in 2006 when he created an independent clinical care center, the International Multiple Sclerosis Management Practice (IMSMP) and a research affiliate, the Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York (MSRCNY). With an 80,000 sq. ft. location in Manhattan, IMSMP and MSRCNY together constitute the largest MS center in the world and serve patients from over 40 countries. Dr. Sadiq is a board-certified neurologist with medical school training in Kenya and residency training in both Internal Medicine in England and in Neurology at the University of Texas, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Funded by Dana and MDA Fellowship awards he completed research training in neuroimmunology at Columbia University in New York. He made rapid progress from an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Neurological Institute at Columbia University to heading the MS Research and Treatment Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, where from 2000-2005, he served as Chairman of the Department of Neurology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt with a faculty appointment at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. As a clinician, Dr. Sadiq is an internationally acknowledged expert in multiple sclerosis, winning numerous awards for his care. As a researcher, he is a leader in intrathecal forms of therapy and is currently conducting the first clinical trial using neural progenitor cells for disabled MS patients. His basic science efforts are directed at identifying the initial trigger that leads to MS. He is widely published and has presented at over 100 national and international meetings.
Preetam Schramm, Ph.D., RPSGT
Consultant, MyCardio LLC, Thornton, CO
Medical Advisory Board, SleepTech Enterprises, LLC, Wayne, NJ
Dr. Schramm has been in the sleep medicine and research field since 1998. From 1999 to 2001, he served as the Director at the Center for Sleep Physiology and Medicine, St. John’s Cardiovascular Center and in the Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. His clinical research knowledge consists of sleep physiology and pharmacological interventions in pulmonary and mental disorders. Dr. Schramm’s basic science investigations emphasized neurophysiology, neuro-pharmacology and neuroendocrinology. He has contributed to numerous scientific publications and participated in many scientific investigations in the field of Sleep Medicine, Psychiatry Research, Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology and Neuroendocrinology. Recent works involve the use of cardiopulmonary coupling analysis, an alternative assessment of sleep quality. His focus is to phenotype patients with sleep disordered breathing and insomnia, predict treatment outcomes in sleep breathing disorders, identify complex sleep apnea, predict antidepressant and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy response in adult depression.
George C. Shapiro, M.D., FACC
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Clinical Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
CEO/CMO, Cenegenics-NYC, New York, NY
Member, AMMG Conference Planning Committee
Dr. George C. Shapiro has over 22 years experience in the medical field. His main focus has been on Preventative and Age Management Medicine. He is board certified in multiple specialties including Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Age Management Medicine and is licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the State of New York. Dr. Shapiro is currently Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College, and was Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine. He was Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons where he was a member of the medical staff from 1991-2006, and has been active in teaching and research. He received his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY in 1988; performed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; and completed his post graduate training in Cardiovascular Disease at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. Dr. Shapiro was the Medical Director of the Associates of Columbia Presbyterian Heart Institute in Scarsdale, NY for 15 years. In addition, he was the Medical Director of Pulse Medical Imaging in White Plains, NY, where state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and screening took place, featuring the Toshiba 64-slice CTA scan—a technological innovation so powerful, that along with genomic medicine it has positioned us within a few years of completely wiping out the number one killer in the western world. Dr. Shapiro is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, and has completed training at Cenegenics Medical Institute in Las Vegas. He currently is the CEO/CMO of Cenegenics-NYC. Dr. Shapiro is a speaker and on the clinical faculty for Nutrametrix Educational Institute, and has been a speaker for numerous pharmaceutical companies. In addition he was a clinical expert for various radio stations, and has been a medical consultant for the Nancy Grace show. He performs an extensive amount of community service and is currently working with the AFYA foundation in setting up an Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Heart Center in Haiti.
Jerry W. Shay, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman, Department of Cell Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Consultant, Life Length, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Jerry Shay is the Vice Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, the Associate Director of the Harold Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, and holds the Southland Corporation Distinguished Chair in Aging Research. Throughout his career, Dr. Shay’s seminal work on the relationships of telomeres and telomerase to aging and cancer has received much international recognition. He has received numerous awards including the AlliedSignal Award for Research on Aging, the Ted Nash Foundation Award, and the American Association of Aging Hayflick Award. Dr. Shay was also named an Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar in Aging Research. Dr. Shay was placed in the Institute for Scientific Investigations as one of the most highly cited scientists in the field of Molecular Biology and Genetics. Science Watch placed Dr. Shay into the Doctors of the Decade (1995-2005). In addition to 19 issued patents, Dr. Shay has published over 375 scientific articles, written 80 book chapters and edited 10 books. Dr. Shay is a scientific advisor to Life Length, a Madrid-based company that has developed a highly accurate method to measure both average and the shortest human telomere lengths.
Warren Sherman, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, NY
Director, Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Skirball Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center, NY
Dr. Warren Sherman earned his Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Medical Doctorate at the State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center. Following an Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Rochester, he spent 3 years as a Fellow in Cardiovascular Diseases at the Oregon Health Sciences University, where many of the cardiac procedures that form the foundation of modern interventional cardiology originated.
In 1983, Dr. Sherman moved to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York to investigate new techniques for treating patients with acute myocardial infarction. It was at that time that the first thrombolytics (clot dissolving medications) were being evaluated in patients.
In 1989 he shifted gears to a fully clinical role, and created the Interventional Cardiology Program at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. During his 12 years as Director of the Division of Interventional Cardiology, the program emerged as one of the foremost in the Northeast, recognized for its quality of comprehensive care and training program in cardiovascular diseases. Due to his deepening interest in regenerative techniques, Dr. Sherman pioneered a technique for injecting stem cells into the heart. In Rotterdam in May 2001 he performed the first catheter-based injection of adult stem cells into the heart of a patient with a heart failure due to a previous heart attack. This technique was then brought to the U.S., where he performed a similar procedure at Mount Sinai Hospital in April 2003. Presently, as Director of Cell Therapy at Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Sherman is the Principal Investigator of a multicenter clinical study of autologous skeletal myoblast injections for patients with congestive heart failure, and lead investigator on numerous translational studies. In April 2005 Dr. Sherman began a new position as Director of Cardiac Cell-Based Endovascualar Therapies, within the Division of Cardiology and the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapies at Columbia University Medical Center.
Paul Thompson, M.D., FACS
CMO/CEO, Cenegenics Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Dr. 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.
Filomena F. Trindade, M.D., MPH
Private Practice, Capitola, CA
Dr. Filomena Trindade practices Functional Medicine in Capitola, CA. She is a graduate of the Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and teaches at the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM). After obtaining her B.A. degree in biology she went on to finish a Master’s in Public Health in the area of environmental health and epidemiology before starting medical school. She graduated first in her class in Family Practice from the University of California Davis School of Medicine and did her residency training in Family Practice at the U.C. San Francisco/Santa Rosa program. She has been in clinical practice for over 12 years. Before starting her own private practice in 2004 in functional/anti-aging medicine, Dr. Trindade was the medical director of a non-profit organization. She is currently very active in developing teaching programs in anti-aging and functional medicine.
Francesca Vitelli, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President Operations & Technology Commercialization, Stematix, Inc., Houston, TX
Dr. Francesca Vitelli is currently the Senior Vice President of Operations and Technology Commercialization for Stematix. Prior to this she served as Assistant Professor of Research in the Center for Molecular Development and Disease, Institute for Biosciences and Technology (IBT) at Texas A&M University System–Health Science Center, and Technology Director of Regenetech, Inc. Dr. Vitelli received her Ph.D. in Neurogenetics from the University of Siena, Italy and did her post-doctoral work in Human Genetics and Pediatric Cardiology research at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
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.
Ariel Luksenburg Wiernik, M.D.
Chairman, GyCO, Montevideo, Uruguay
Dr. Ariel Luksenburg Wiernik is a medical doctor on the Faculty of Medicine at the University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay. He specializes in Gynecology and Obstetrics and Cosmetic Gynecology with a focus on therapy using platelet rich plasma. He is a member of the Gynecological Society of Uruguay, the International Cellular Medicine Society and the Mexican College of Cosmetic Gynecology. Dr. Wiernik is also Chairman of GyCO and lives and works in Uruguay.
Robert D. Willix, Jr., M.D., FACSM
CEO/CMO, Cenegenics Medical Institute, Boca Raton, FL
Member, AMMG Conference Planning Committee
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. He became certified in Age Management Medicine, AMA/PRA Level 4 Classification, Parts 1 & 2, and became a Cenegenics 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.