Redefining Medicine

Marisol Duque, MD is a medical surgeon with over 18 years of proven experience providing quality and trust to patients across latin america and her medical practice in Miami, FL. Dr. Duque’s specialties are in bio regenerative medicine and tissue regeneration, longevity, homotoxicology, neural therapy, naturopathy, - integrative medicine, anti aging and aesthetics, cardiovascular health and nutrition.

Dr. Turner is the founder of Vine Medical Associates and the Cellular Medicine Institute. Double Board Certified, her thriving practice treats executives and athletes from around the world. Practicing Human Performance and Longevity Medicine, Dr. Turner has special interests and experience in bioidentical hormone therapy, metabolic medicine, neurodegenerative disease, and human performance optimization. She also has earned Advanced Certification in Endocrinology and Peptide Therapy. She is an award-winning teacher of medical students, residents and physicians while on the Faculty of Emory University. She has also served on the faculty of A4M, IPS, BioTe, SSRP and ACAM. She has been featured on several podcasts including Super Human Radio Network, TRT Revolution, Biohacking Superhuman, and Health Matters.

Dr Turner spends her free time with her husband and family, studying cellular medicine and Christianity, managing her urban farm, and powerlifting.

Dr. Vincent M. Pedre, Medical Director of Pedre Integrative Health and President of Dr. Pedre Wellness, is a Board-Certified Internist in private practice in New York City since 2004. His philosophy and practices are a blend of both Western and Eastern medical traditions. He is a Clinical Instructor in Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, as well as certified in yoga and Medical Acupuncture. His unique combination of medicine is best described as integrative or defined by a functional, systems-based approach to health. With his holistic understanding of both sides of the equation, he can help each patient choose the best course of action for their ailments to provide both immediate and long-term relief. His holistic approach incorporates positive, preventative health and wellness lifestyle choices. Dr. Pedre Wellness is a growing wellness platform offering health-enhancing programs, along with informative social media and lifestyle products, such as dietary supplements, books and weight loss programs.

Dr. Pedre is a sought-after speaker and writer on sustainable health, prevention, and integrative and functional medicine. His expertise and informative commentator style has taken him beyond the boundaries of his private practice to appearances on the Martha Stewart Show, where he presented a segment on "The Top Medical Screening Tests" everyone should have, and to features on Sirius XM Radio's "Doctor Radio" show, interviews on "The Gary Null Show" on Progressive Radio Networks, and guest blogs on Ecomii and Yahoo! Green, Yahoo!'s leading wellness blog platform. He is also an activist on the issue of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction and its potential impacts on public health and the environment, including water contamination and air pollution.

Dr. Jill Carnahan is Your Functional Medicine Expert® dually board certified in Family Medicine for 10 years and in Integrative Holistic Medicine. She is the founder and Medical Director of Flatiron Functional Medicine, a widely sought-after practice with a broad range of clinical services including functional medical protocols, nutritional consultations, chiropractic therapy, naturopathic medicine, acupuncture, and massage therapy. As a survivor of breast cancer, Crohn's disease, and toxic mold illness she brings a unique perspective to treating patients in the midst of complex and chronic illness. Her clinic specializes in searching for the underlying triggers that contribute to illness through cutting-edge lab testing and tailoring the intervention to specific needs.

Featured in People magazine, Shape, Parade, Forbes, MindBodyGreen, First for Women, Townsend Newsletter, and The Huffington Post as well as seen on NBC News and Health segments with Joan Lunden, Dr. Jill is a media must-have. Her YouTube channel and podcast features interviews with the healthcare world's most respected names in medicine, science, and functional medicine. She co-authored the Personalized and Precision Integrative Cardiovascular Medicine Textbook with Dr. Mark Houston. Her new book, Unexpected: Finding Resilience though Functional Medicine, Science, and Faith is now availalbe for purchase anywhere books are sold. She is executive producer, film writer and is featured in a new documentary about her journey overcoming illness called Doctor/Patient to be distributed in 2023.

PATRICK HANAWAY, MD is a board-certified family physician trained at Washington University. Dr. Hanaway served on the Executive Committee for the American Board of Integrative Medicine and is Past President of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. For more than 20 years he was worked with his wife, Dr. Lisa Lichtig, in clinical practice @ Family to Family: Your Home for Whole Health Care in Asheville, NC and Weaverville, NC.

After 10 years as Chief Medical Officer at Genova Diagnostics, Dr. Hanaway became the Chief Medical Education Officer for the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) where he oversaw the development and implementation of IFM's programs worldwide. He has taught with IFM since 2005 and has filled numerous roles: leader the GI Advanced Practice Module, Co-Chair of IFM's Expert Advisory Board, guiding the COVID-19 Task Force and serving as a Senior Advisor to the CEO.

In 2014, Dr. Hanaway worked with Dr. Mark Hyman to develop the collaboration between IFM and the Cleveland Clinic, where he was the founding Medical Director, then Research Director. He now serves as a Research Collaborator with the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. His research interests focus on nutrition, the microbiome, and evaluating value in functional medicine models of care.

In 2018, Dr. Hanaway was diagnosed with Stage IV Laryngeal Cancer. His life has been transformed through a functional and integrative approach including nutrition, shamanic healing, acupuncture, herbs, prayer, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, community support, spending time in nature and love. Recent medical assessments demonstrate 'No Evidence of Disease'. . . and life continues to be filled with uncertainty.

The primary focus of Dr. Hanaway's work is to leverage his skills and knowledge to transform medical practice, through education, research and clinical care.

Importantly, Dr. Hanaway was initiated in 2009 as a Mara'akame [indigenous healer] by the Wixarika [Huichol] people of the Sierra Madres in Mexico. He is chairperson of the Blue Deer Center in upstate NY. Patrick holds community fires, leads ceremonies and pilgrimage to sacred sites, and offers traditional healing sessions 'around the fire' at the Sacred Fire Council House in Weaverville.

Andrew Heyman, MD, MHSA is an internationally recognized expert in Integrative Medicine. He is currently the Program Director of Integrative and Metabolic Medicine at The George Washington University. Prior to assuming this role, he spent 16 years at the University of Michigan, serving to build one of the largest and most successful academic-based Integrative Medicine programs in the United States.

In 1990, he received formal training in Five-element Shiatsu and Traditional Chinese Medicine, during which time he developed an interest in increasing access of natural therapies to underserved populations while partnering with the University of Pennsylvania. He continued this work with Jim Gordon, MD at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington DC exploring the intersection between public health, at risk groups, and alternative therapies.

Dr. Heyman eventually went on to receive a Masters in Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and upon graduation, became the administrator for the University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center where he was responsible for administering a $7 million NIH grant to research alternative therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The center was one of the first in the country to place alternative therapies and their scientific examination in an academic context.

Dr. Heyman has held several leadership positions in the field of Integrative Medicine. He was the national clinical working group co-chair of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine for 4 years, a collaboration of 57 North American universities involved in Integrative Medicine. He is the online editor for the Journal of Men's Health in the section of Integrative Medicine, and he also holds the position of Editor-In-Chief of the Internet Journal of Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine. His research interests include the Stress response and NeuroEndocrinology, Cardiometabolic Disease, Men's Health and clinical outcomes research methodologies.

Dr. Heyman remains clinically active as well, as the owner of a four-physician integrative medicine practice in Northern Virginia at the Virginia Center for Health and Wellness. He is also the President of Integrative Health Resources, a small group of clinical experts that consults to physicians, health systems and public health professionals seeking to develop wellness, lifestyle and nutrition programs.

Finally, Dr. Heyman has been featured on the Discovery Channel, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Natural Health Magazine and appeared in many other TV and print venues and is a widely sought after, and celebrated speaker around the world on many Integrative Medicine topics. His teaching approach is described as deeply rooted in scientific evidence, grounded in the clinical reality of expert patient care, and readily accessible to both the new learner and seasoned practitioner alike.

Melissa Stefko is a Senior Director of Quality at the FlexPro Group, a provider of professional services for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. With experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Melissa began her career as a microbiologist and has been working in the pharmaceutical industry since 2008. She recently moved into the professional services industry, where she helps pharmaceutical manufacturers add value to their operations.

Melissa holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology with a Minor in Chemistry from Florida State University, where she co-founded the Pre-Pharmacy Informational Leadership and Learning Society. She continued her education by obtaining a Master's in Business Administration, a Master's of Science in Biotechnology, and a Regulatory Affairs Certificate from the University of Maryland Global Campus. She is also certified as a Quality Auditor and GMP Professional through ASQ.

In addition to her work, Melissa is a member of several organizations, including the Regulatory Committee for the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding, her local ASQ and RAPS Chapters, and the Steering Committee for the International Peptide Society. She believes in advancing the pharmaceutical industry through collaboration and knowledge sharing as well as expanding patient access to medications.

Dr. Goodyear is a natural, holistic, and integrative expert in the cancer field. He is the medical director at Brio Medical, a holistic, integrative cancer healing center in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Dr. Goodyear received his Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana Tech University and his Doctor of Medicine from LSU Health Sciences Center. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and served as the Chief Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Goodyear is a Fellow in Functional and Regenerative Medicine, is a medical Advisor for NEO7 Bioscience, and has been named as the President of the North American Society of Laser Therapy Applications (NASLTA).

Dr. Goodyear is dually licensed by the Arizona Medical Board and the Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Board in Arizona. Dr. Goodyear has been a part of the Integrative Medicine movement since 2006 and has spoken across the country on various topics in Integrative Medicine and is a sought-after speaker and podcaster on the subject of high-dose IV vitamin C, vitamin C stacking therapies, Medical Cannabis in the treatment of cancer, Insulin Potentiated Low-Dose Metronomic Chemotherapy (LDMC-IP), Hyperthermia, as well as other natural, holistic, and integrative strategies, including therapy stacking, in the treatment of cancer. He has collaborated and taught internationally on High-dose IV vitamin C and vitamin C stacking therapies to treat SARS-CoV-2 and cancer.

Dr. Goodyear is an avid writer, published author of two books (a third book on Hormone metabolites and cancer is soon to publish), blogger (DrGoodyear.com), and podcaster ("Practicing with Dr. Nathan Goodyear"), and was featured in the book, "BOLD Mission, Courageously Pursue your Calling," by Author and International Speaker Debra Boblitt. He is a regularly featured guest on the largest, nationally syndicated health radio show, the Doctor Bob Martin Show. He was also featured on the Mercola podcast on the topic of High-dose vitamin C in cancer treatment. Dr. Goodyear is a patient advocate, a thought leader, an avid entrepreneur, and a leader in integrative medicine.

Leon Schurgers, PhD is professor of biochemistry of vascular calcification and vice chair of the department of biochemistry, which is part of the Cardiovascular Research Institute CARIM, Maastricht University. He also is chair of the Stem Cell Reseach University Maastricht (SCRUM) department. He did his PhD thesis at CARIM on the role of vitamin K1 and K2 in bone metabolism and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Schurgers is currently working on Vitamin K Research. His research work includes molecular biology, biochemistry, animal and human nutrition, pharmacology, and clinical studies in the fields of atherosclerosis and osteoporosis.

His project line aims to elucidate the role of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in vascular remodeling and calcification, and how this is initiated and propagated. Key cellular events of SMCs include phenotypic switching, oxidative stress, inflammation and formation of extracellular vesicles. The regulation of vitamin K-dependent protein biosynthesis, its sites of action and its putative relationship with remodeling and calcification is insufficient to understand the pathogenesis of vascular ageing at a level that allows the development of novel diagnostic tools and therapeutic strategies.

Joseph C. Maroon, MD, FACS is clinical professor and vice chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In addition to being a renowned neurosurgeon, he is a sports medicine expert, health and nutrition expert and Ironman triathlete.

Dr. Maroon is regarded as a premiere specialist in the surgical treatment of injuries and diseases of the brain and spine, specializing in minimally invasive procedures. Consistently listed in America's Best Doctors for the past 20 years, he has an international referral base, including numerous professional athletes and celebrities. Dr. Maroon obtained his medical and neurosurgical training at Indiana University, Georgetown University, Oxford University in England and the University of Vermont. He conducted extensive research into neurotrauma, brain tumors and diseases of the spine, which has led to many innovative techniques for diagnosing and treating these disorders. His research efforts garnered him numerous awards from various national and international neurological societies.