The Brain Surgeon's Take

Josh Dickens is one of NASCAR’s most promising young drivers, winning the Winter Nationals Road Course Championship at Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park and the Associates Group Young Lion division championship at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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Highsmith was born in Baltimore and played college basketball for Wheeling Jesuit University where he was named NCAA Division II Player of The Year in 2018. After not being selected in the NBA Draft, Highsmith began his professional basketball career with the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League in 2018. Late in the 2018–19 season, Highsmith made his NBA debut with the Blue Coats' parent team Philadelphia 76ers. In later years, Highsmith played in multiple stints with the Blue Coats, and the Crailsheim Merlins of the German Basketball Bundesliga. In February of 2022, Highsmith signed a 3 year contract with the Miami Heat.

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Ross holds a BS degree in nutrition and dietetics from Queens College and a BA degree in communications from Merrimack. While at Merrimack, he spent four seasons on the blue line for the Warriors' ice hockey team. He is also certified by the International Society of Sports Nutrition. Ross brings a strong background in meal planning and performance nutrition counseling. His general experience with counseling includes allergy and intolerance accommodations, dietary restrictions, health concerns, personal preferences and eating disorders.

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Kayla Harrison made history in 2012 by winning USA's first Olympic gold medal in judo. Kayla's tenacity and dedication to whatever she pursues has rightfully captivated people everywhere. She has been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, and USA Today; in Time Magazine; on the Today Show, CNN, and MSNBC.

Kayla received the 2012 Women's Sports Foundation's Wilma Rudolph Courage Award, was named one of Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year for 2012, and placed first on Boston Globe Magazine's 2012 Athletes of the Year.

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Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof got his nickname 'The Iceman' by breaking a number of records related to cold exposure including: climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in shorts, running a half marathon above the Arctic Circle barefoot, and standing in a container while covered with ice cubes for more than 112 minutes. Using 'cold, hard nature' as his teacher, his extensive training has enabled him to learn to control his breathing, heart rate and blood circulation and to withstand extreme temperatures. Armed with his motto 'what I am capable of, everybody can learn', Wim Hof is convinced that everyone can tap into their inner potential without having to invest the same decades worth of study, travel and daring. Wim has made it his mission to share what he’s learned with the rest of the world. He teaches people from all over the world, from celebrities and professional athletes, to people of all ages, to control their body & mind and achieve extraordinary things.

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Prof. Fregni is a Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School. He leads a large clinical research laboratory (Spaulding Neuromodulation Center) that is funded by major NIH grants that are currently investigating techniques to guide and measure neuroplasticity in brain injury. He has been at the forefront of advancing neurorehabilitation science to treat conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and chronic pain. His contribution to science has given him the recognition of being a pioneer in transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation.

He holds an MD and Ph.D. from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and three master’s degrees from Harvard University (two master’s degrees in clinical research from Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and one master’s degree in education from Harvard Graduate School of Education). He has more than 580 peer-reviewed publications and has been leading the international training program Principles and Practice of Clinical Research since its foundation in 2007 with some colleagues from the University of Sao Paulo (Dr. Marta Imamura, Dr. Wu Hsing, and Dr. Linamara Battistella). Prof. Fregni has also been awarded the United States Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

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The Buffalo Bills selected Jim Kelly in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft. Only three players in NFL history had reached the 30,000-yard career passing mark faster. Eight times during his NFL career he passed for more than 3,000 yards in a season, and twenty-six times he passed for more than 300 yards in a game. Kelly led the NFL in passing in 1990 and 1991. In 11 seasons in Buffalo, Kelly led the Bills to the playoffs eight times. In 17 playoff game appearances, including four consecutive Super Bowls, he passed for 3,863 yards and 21 touchdowns.

Kelly has devoted much of his post-football life to his son, Hunter Kelly, who was diagnosed with globoid-cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe Disease) and died as a result of the disease at the age of 8. To honor his son, Kelly established Hunter’s Hope: a non-profit organization aimed to increase awareness of the disease. He and his wife Jill founded the annual Hunter's Day of Hope, which is held on February 14, and The Hunter James Kelly Research Institute at the University at Buffalo, where neuroscientists and clinicians are studying myelin and its diseases. Kelly also started The Kelly for Kids Foundation, a charity committed to serving disadvantaged and disabled youth in Western New York.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the multiple Emmy®-award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN and host of the CNN podcast Chasing Life. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, plays an integral role in CNN's reporting on health and medical news for all of CNN's shows domestically and internationally, and regularly contributes to CNN.com. Since 2001, Gupta has covered some of the most important health stories in the United States and around the world.

In addition to his work for CNN, Gupta is a faculty neurosurgeon at Emory University Hospital and associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. He serves as a diplomate of the American Board of Neurosurgery. And in 2019, Gupta was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, considered one of the highest honors in the medical field. Gupta received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a Doctorate of Medicine degree from the University of Michigan Medical School.

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As Chief Operating Officer of Fontainebleau Development, Goldfarb has oversight of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, Hilton Nashville Downtown, Marriott Courtyard Boston Downtown and Fontainebleau Aviation. Goldfarb brings over three decades of hospitality experience to his role at Fontainebleau Development’s growing portfolio of hotels and resorts. Goldfarb has been instrumental in numerous projects, including introducing new restaurant concepts and multi-million-dollar renovations to the various assets.

As a distinguished graduate of Florida International University’s (“FIU”) Chaplain School of Hospitality, Goldfarb held the esteemed position of Chair of the Dean’s Council at FIU’s Chaplain School of Hospitality. He remains an influential alumnus and has been awarded FIU’s prestigious “FIU Medallion” as well as the hospitality school’s “Torchbearer Award.” He was also recognized by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce with the “Excellence in Tourism Award.”

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