Unlocking the Doors of Dementia with LAUREN

CranioSacral Longevity Specialist Michael Morgan interviews Lauren Mahakian for the Alzheimer’s World Summit.

Katie Barrett is Senior Fundraising Manager at the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to one of the world's largest repositories of knowledge in digital format. Celebrating its 25th year, the Internet Archive now serves more than 1.5 million patrons each day, providing access to 70 petabytes of data—books, web pages, music, television, and software and working with more than 800 library and university partners to create a digital library, free and accessible to all. Prior to her work at the Archive, Barrett promoted artist advocacy and education through membership to the Recording Academy, the organization best known for producing the annual Grammy Awards. She is also Founder of Pops & Buzzes, a membership organization whose mission is to create deeper community and professional growth for women working in the music and entertainment industries in the Bay Area. 

John La Puma MD is the leading physician voice for culinary medicine and for nature therapy; he is an expert in healthy living, wellness and nutrition. Both a board-certified internist and professionally trained chef, he is a New York Times best-selling author twice, a TEDx and TEDMED speaker, and runs a teaching avocado and rare citrus farm.

https://www.drjohnlapuma.com/

Vahe Peroomian has been teaching physics and astronomy for over 20 years, with a teaching philosophy centered on the success of not just a select few students in each class, but each and every student that is enrolled in the courses he teaches. 

Vahé has 25 years of research experience in space science (specializing in geomagnetic storms and their societal impacts) with funding from NASA and the National Science Foundation. 

In addition to his passion for astronomy, Vahe is an avid photographer and an author on the Serway and Jewett series of physics textbooks. 

Since June 2005, Vahe has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Glendale Community College (GCC) in Glendale, California, a city-wise elected position to which he has been reelected three times. 

Gary Small, M.D., is new Chair of Psychiatry at Hackensack University Medical Center, and Physician in Chief for Behavioral Health Services for Hackensack Meridian Health. Prior to joining HUMC, he was Professor of Psychiatry, Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging, and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry and the Longevity Center at UCLA. Dr. Small has authored over 500 scientific works and received numerous awards and honors, including the American Psychiatric Association’s Weinberg Award for Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry. Scientific American magazine named him one of the world’s top 50 innovators in science and technology.  He is the author of 12 popular books, including The New York Times bestseller, The Memory Bible.

Hilary Loftus is the Healthcare Education Director for HOW Foundation, a 501c non-profit located in Delray Beach, Florida.  HOW’s mission is to help those with neurological impairments by advocating for and helping to access hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT).  Hilary also has her own consulting group that helps medically-directed HBOT facilities expand their practice and help more patients.  Hilary’s background in sports education and development, as well as marketing and business with a Bachelors in Psychology, and her past experience as a “soccer and baseball mom” has proved helpful with her clients, especially in launching the new Concussed Student Athlete and Concussed Equestrian Programs for HOW Foundation this year.