Redefining Medicine

Today's episode on Redefining Medicine spotlights Omar Hamada, MD. Dr. Omar Hamada is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Brentwood, Tennessee and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. He received his medical degree from University of Tennessee College of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Arabic, French and Italian.

Today's episode on Redefining Medicine spotlights Brandon Brock, MSN, BSN, NP-C, DCM. Dr. Brandon Brock is a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, researcher, and Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist. He treats patients at Foundation Physicians Group in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Dr. Brock has a passion for lecturing and giving learners didactic and academic skills in a way that is easy to digest, comprehend and utilize in a clinical setting. He has developed thousands of hours of curriculum used by many faculty members as well as his own lectures pertaining to neurology, nutrition, physical diagnosis, pharmacology, immunology, endocrinology and students of all from multiple educational backgrounds, including medical doctors, nurse practitioners and chiropractors. Dr. Brock received the most outstanding functional neurology teacher of the year from the ACA council of Neurology for five years straight and two times from IAFNR (International Association of Functional Neurology and Rehabilitation). This year Dr. Brock will be receiving the humanitarian award as a result of his research on injured Military Veterans and PTSD and traumatic brain injury from IAFNR. Dr. Brock is also the honorable recipient of the prestigious Living Legacy Award from Samford Universities Ida Moffett School of Nursing in 2015. He holds diplomate status in Neurology, Conventional Medicine, Nutrition, Integrative Medicine and a fellowship from the International College of Chiropractors.

Today's episode on Redefining Medicine spotlights Michelle Schultz, MD. Dr Schultz is the owner and operator of BodyLogicMD of Naperville. She devotes her practice to bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, customized fitness and nutrition programs for men and women suffering the effects of hormone imbalances. Her main interests are balancing hormones using bioidentical hormones and restoring health and wellness through the use of appropriately prescribed vitamins, minerals and other food elements. She is a national speaker in these fields, having addressed audiences in Michigan in a program with Marianne Williamson and in Snowmass, Colorado at the Wellness Festival. She is also an active student of the Law of Attraction. Before joining BodyLogicMD, she practiced as an obstetrician and gynecologist for twenty years prior to finding anti-aging medicine. Dr. Schultz is a Diplomat in the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as an active member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. She has completed a two year fellowship in anti-aging and functional medicine. She continues active membership in the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for Functional Medicine, and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Michelle Schultz earned her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit in 1979, where she was awarded the David L. Diamond Award for Clinical Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Distinguished Service Award for Service from the medical school. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wayne State University Hospitals in 1983. She was Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1985.

Today's episode on Redefining Medicine spotlights Barbara C. Fisher, PhD, CBSM, DBSM, BCN. She is a fully licensed psychologist/neuropsychologist, certified in behavioral sleep medicine. She has received a diplomate in behavioral sleep medicine and board certification in neurofeedback. She completed a sleep fellowship at the JFK Neuroscience Center in New Jersey. Dr. Fisher is the author of many published articles as well as several books. Dr. Fisher is continuously involved in research projects and has authored, coauthored and published numerous research articles. Trained as a neuropsychologist, Dr. Fisher has devoted much of her practice assessing and studying children as well as adults to understand how the presence of various disorders such as ADD/ADHD, brain injury and other brain challenges which affects their ability to learn and function. Pediatrics and the aging population have been her focus of specialization in order to understand the impact of the brain upon behavior and thinking processes. On the cutting edge of assessing ADD/ADHD with neuropsychological testing and not relying upon self-report measures for diagnosis, she has more recently focused upon the Autism Spectrum. Evaluating children diagnosed with Autism, she found that many suffered from a variety of disorders from sleep apnea to undiagnosed brain injury and seizure. It became apparent to her that their difficulty learning had more to do with teaching methods and lack of accurate diagnosis than the child’s ability to learn.

Dr. Susan Murrmann is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Germantown, Tennessee and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. She received her medical degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University and has been in practice for more than 20 years. In 1996, Dr. Susan G. Murrmann co-founded the all-female McDonald Murrmann Women’s Clinic believing that no one else could better understand or help deal with women’s issues better than women. Since that time, Dr. Murrmann has expanded on that concept and reinvented women’s healthcare to include all aspects of women’s health—physically, mentally, and aesthetically. She believes that all stages of women’s lives are intertwined and coined the phrase “women who like what they see in the mirror eventually take better care of themselves on the inside”. Dr. Murrmann opened the McDonald Murrmann Center for Skin, Laser and Healthy Aging with Sarah Carpenter Ognibene in 2003 with the hopes of creating the right balance in women’s lives. Since that time Dr. Murrmann and both clinics have expanded with new physicians, services and centers of excellence for women’s health to meet the needs of women and help empower them to be the best they can be.

Today's episode on Redefining Medicine spotlights Jose Colon, MD. Dr. Jose Colon is a pediatric neurologist in Fort Myers, Florida and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Cape Coral Hospital and Gulf Coast Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of South Florida College of Medicine and has been in practice between 11-20 years. Dr Colon is board certified in neurology with special qualifications in child neurology and sleep medicine. Dr Colon specializes in family sleep medicine, narcolepsy, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and circadian rhythm disorders.

Today's episode on Redefining Medicine spotlights Christopher Campbell, MD. Dr Christopher Campbell is an Integrative Doctor in Newport Beach, CA. At Campbell Medical Center they are all about medical optimization of health and performance. What this means is, Campbell Medical Center optimizes one’s overall health and performance using the best scientific practices medicine has to offer. This is done by using cutting edge laboratory testing that only a relative handful of physicians in the world check. Labs addressing how the body is functioning at the cellular level. There is some truth to the saying “you are only as strong as you’re weakest link”. And by addressing the weaknesses at the cellular level we can make these weak links stronger, improving overall health and performance. Dr Campbell is Board Certified in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and continues to be active in A4M fellowships. With over 27 years of medical training. Dr Campbell completed his undergrad training at Alfred University and graduated summa cum laude. Dr Campbell has always had a “holistic approach” to medicine, believing that the body as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And so, having been accepted by both MD and DO medical schools. It was the holistic “hands on” philosophy that led Dr Campbell to chose to attend the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine where he was president of his class. Dr Campbell did his family practice residency in Portland Oregon. Upon completing his residency, he joined the USAF. While in the Air Force he was trained in Aerospace Medicine and became Chief of Flight Surgery at Edwards Air Force Base. He was assigned to the 416th squadron, which is an F-16 squadron and flew regularly. Additional training and certifications while in the Air Force included Hyperbaric Medicine and Allergy Medicine. After leaving the Air Force, Dr Campbell went into private practice in Northern California, where he raised his family. It was during this time he became interested in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and became a fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (A4M).