Redefining Medicine

Today's episode of Redefining Medicine features Robynne Chutkan, MD, FASGE, a renowned gastroenterologist on the faculty of Georgetown University and founder of Digestive Center for Wellness. Dr. Chutkan spearheaded extensive efforts to diagnose and treat microbial discord in the gut and is a graduate of Yale and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is also author of several best selling digestive health books; The Microbiome Solution, Gutbliss and The Bloat Cure. Dr. Chutkan is a frequent guest and contributor at the Dr. Oz show.

Today's episode of Redefining Medicine features Lisbeth Roy, DO, founder and medical director of Doctors Studio: "Where science meets artistry." Formally trained in functional, regenerative, and aesthetic medicine, Dr. Roy utilizes a non-invasive approach to total body wellness. While traditionally trained in family practice, Dr. Roy believes that correcting--and preventing--cellular imbalances that function as the root cause of disease is essential to achieve optimal health, rather than simply treating a list of symptoms. She is committed and dedicated to using the most advanced scientific methods, coupled with an array of all natural protocols, to help her patients harness the power of their "human machine" and realize full wellness potential.

Today's guest on Redefining Medicine is Gary Huber, DO, who spent two decades as an Emergency Medicine physician before transitioning his practice to focus on integrative care and personalized medicine: exploring the unique physiology of patients, with the mantra that "no two people are the same." Dr. Huber explains that integrative medicine seeks to reverse the root causes of illness, beyond simply assessing symptoms. In addition to lecturing on hormone replacement therapies, sports medicine, and cardiovascular care, Dr. Huber has developed the successful Huber Personalized Weight Loss Program: promoting both healthy weight loss and reversing issues that stem from metabolic syndrome. 

Today's episode of Redefining Medicine introduces Sahar Swidan, PharmD. Swidan currently serves as President & CEO of Pharmacy Solutions in Ann Arbor, Michigan: a uniquely personal, educational specialty pharmacy; she also acts as Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy of University of Michigan. Throughout her career as teacher, pharmacist, researcher, and author, Swidan has aimed to create teaching practices that are rooted in enjoyment, interaction, and practicality--in addition to instituting protocols that are highly individualized and personalized. Due to practicing pain management, neurology, and hormone therapies for over two decades, Swidan attempts to teach better ways of treatment—as her students touch ‘thousands of lives.’

Today's episode of Redefining Medicine features David Ludwig, MD. After receiving a PhD and MD from Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Ludwig spearheaded clinical research surrounding the causes of obesity in children and adults, and began to craft a new perspective on the biology of weight loss. Currently serving as professor of nutrition and pediatrics at Harvard University, Dr. Ludwig is also director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children's Hospital. Author of the book "Always Hungry?," Dr. Ludwig's findings have contributed to targeting the causes--not symptoms--of weight gain, helped shift the standard, traditional paradigm of metabolism and nutrition, and restructured conventional methods of weight loss and dieting. Dr. Ludwig is joined by his wife, chef Dawn Ludwig, whose recipes were featured in "Always Hungry?"

Today's podcast features Joel Kahn, MD, known as "America's Holistic Heart Doc." As a holistic cardiologist, Dr. Kahn firmly believes that plant-based nutrition is the most powerful and effective type of preventive medicine. After practicing traditional cardiology for years, Dr. Kahn began to explore the realm of non-traditional diagnostic tools, prevention tactics, and nutrition-based recovery protocols. Learning these newly innovative ideologies spurred Dr. Kahn to change his approach: instead of treating sickness and symptoms, he now actively works to prevent--and reverse--disease, through a holistic lifestyle that incorporates nutrition, exercise, and the application of cutting-edge therapies.

Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, ABAARM, ABFM, FMNM is a physician, teacher, author, and international speaker who focuses on functional medicine and a holistic, preventive approach to health. After immigrating to the United States at age 11, Dr. Trindade became committed to the pursuit of delivering accessible clinical education from an early age. Feeling disillusioned with the education available in medical school, Dr. Trindade subsequently enrolled in a fellowship that focused on functional and anti-aging medicine before beginning her own practice. Dr. Trindade strongly emphasizes each patient’s individual health and risk factors through her consistent application of customized, personalized medicine. She remains active in developing teaching programs across the globe, and is passionate about not putting a “band-aid on patients, rather than working on how to prevent the illness in the first place.” 

Jennifer Landa, MD, Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD, has dedicated her practice to bioidentical hormone therapy and preventive medicine, in order to assist men and women resolve menopausal and andropausal symptoms. Landa’s patients have continuously experienced positive health and wellness through her commitment to hormonal balance and integrative medicine. As a former gynecologist, Dr. Landa is a firm believer in the effectiveness, power, and capabilities of customized and personalized healthcare.

Today's episode of Redefining Medicine features Mark C. Houston, MD, MS, MSc, ABAARM, FACP, FAHA: a specialist in cardiovascular disease and hypertension, who currently serves as Director of the Hypertension Institute. With a background in human nutrition and functional medicine, Dr. Houston has published over 150 articles and scientific abstracts, and authored over 70 clinical research studies in hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease. As a world-renowned cardiologist and member of numerous medical societies,, Dr. Houston promotes a version of healthcare with his mantra: "A wise healer uses that which works." 

Celebrated speaker, author, cancer specialist, and CBS news contributor David Agus, MD discusses his long and varied career in the field of medicine on today's episode of Redefining Medicine. As Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Agus has also co-founded Navigenics--a personal genomics company--and published New York Times and international bestsellers "The End of Illness" and "A Short Guide to a Long Life." His research has focused on the uses of technology to model cancer, in addition to the development of new therapeutic protocols to treat the disease.