Cheryl Burdette, N.D. the Director of Education and the Naturopathic Residency program at Progressive Medical, one of the largest integrative clinics in the Southeast. She is the co-founder and Educational Director of a functional laboratory, Precision Point Diagnostics, for which she designs clinical profiles and trains clinicians on utilization. She is on the board of advisors for Xymogen, an Inc.500 supplement company.  She is a partner in TheraDura, a physician line distribution in Germany. She serves on IRB boards, is involved in study design and translational research, and has lectured extensively worldwide. She designed and teaches the clinical curriculum for Origins Incubator, a practice management group, that has helped to launch many successful practitioners. Her passion is teaching about the practices of Integrated and Naturopathic Medicine, to increase awareness of evidenced-based natural therapies, to both rule in and rule out tools that are effective in patient care.

Svetlana Dublinsky MBA, Healthcare, NeuroChangeSolutions Certified, HeartMath Resilience Advantage Trainer™ has spent 30 years in the healthcare industry where she is known for inspiring change and transformation throughout her organizations and the clients she has worked with. Her intrinsic passion for understanding and solving her client’s problems paved the way to significant advancement of a variety of strategic, organizational, regulatory and growth initiatives. Svetlana has worked for and with the most recognizable organizations at the highest senior levels. Her partnerships have spanned many strategic focus areas. Svetlana’s passion and purpose is to help individuals and organizations; leaders and teams unlock their human potential.

Dr. Gominak grew up and attended college in California, moved to Houston for medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, where she received an MD degree in 1983. Her Neurology residency was done at the Harvard affiliated, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She practiced Neurology in the San Francisco Bay area from 1991-2004 then moved with her husband to Tyler, Texas. 

Starting in 2004 she began to dedicate more of her practice to the treatment of sleep and sleep disorders. In 2012 and 2016 she published two pivotal articles about the global struggle with worsening sleep, the possible causes and solutions, related to vitamin D deficiency and the intestinal microbiome. 

In 2016 she retired from her office practice to have more time to teach. She currently divides her time between RightSleep® coaching sessions for private individuals and teaching other clinicians the RightSleep® method of sleep repair.

Dr. González is an Integrative and Functional Medicine physician professionally born out of the necessity to optimize patient care. He earned his M.D. from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr Gonzalez studied under Dr Andrew Weil, the Father of Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona and was one of the first students at the Integrative College of Medicine. Dr. Gonzalez practiced as one of our U. S. Military’s leading emergency medicine and trauma physicians. He taught medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Penn State Hershey Medical Center and served as chief of the largest emergency and trauma service in the Iraq War, Baghdad. He is trained in the advanced techniques of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Age Management and Regenerative Medicine and is a Member of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, International Society for Sexual Medicine, and the Obesity Medicine Association. Dr. Gonzalez is known as a “Medical Feminist,” a physician passionate and dedicated to women’s health and wellness. As a subspecialist in metabolic repair and treating transgender and nonbinary patients, he is an oft sought expert in wellness, hormone management, prevention, and disease state management.  After recognizing the need for an emphasis in disease prevention rather than waiting for disease to occur, he founded the Atlantis Medical Wellness Center where he has developed and honed an integrative medical practice based on optimizing an individual’s health. As a Black Belt in Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and Kung Fu, a concert violinist, pilot, linguist, and teacher of these skills he is not only a true “Renaissance Man,” but Dr. González is a “Renaissance Man’s” doctor skilled in treating a wide range of medical conditions. He emphasizes an overall optimal and functional approach to an individual’s health at any age. Catching disease before it happens is his mantra. Dr. González speaks to health care providers at the national and international levels the skills to integrate both evidence based medicine and experience based medicine. Look for his book on the ABC’s of CBD: A comprehensive look at the endocannabinoid system and The Athena Factor: How to Empower yourself as a woman in our current health care system.

Carrie Jones, ND, FABNE, MPH is an internationally recognized speaker, consultant, and educator on the topic of women’s health and hormones with over 20 years in the industry. Dr. Jones graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon where she also completed a 2-year residency in women’s health, hormones, and endocrinology. Later, she graduated from Grand Canyon University’s Master of Public Health program.  Dr. Jones was one of the first to became board certified through the American Board of Naturopathic Endocrinology and currently serves on the board.  She was the Medical Director for the DUTCH Test for several years and is a Clinical Expert for the Lifestyle Matrix Resource Center and Under Armour. Currently, she is the Head of Medical Education at Rupa Health and host of the Root Cause Medicine Podcast.

Dr. Ben Lynch is the best-selling author of Dirty Genes and President of Seeking Health, a company that helps educate both the public and health professionals on how to overcome genetic dysfunction. He received his doctorate in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University. Dr. Lynch’s focused work has placed him on the cutting edge of research in genetics, nutrigenomics and methylation. Known in practitioner circles as the “go-to guy” for treating genetic abnormalities through diet, supplements, and lifestyle, he has worked with well-known physicians like Izabella Wentz, Kelly Brogan, and others.  

Richard Mestayer, III, MD, is the leading US authority on intravenous NAD infusions. As medical director at Springfield Wellness Center, he developed standard-setting protocols in intravenous NAD administration for addiction detox and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. As medical director at NAD Research, Inc., he coordinates an international group of researchers working towards greater understanding of this foundational molecule. And, as founder and primary instructor of BR+MD Consultants he trains other healthcare providers in effective intravenous NAD delivery and treatment. For 27 years, he directed the behavioral medicine and stress treatment units at Ochsner Foundation Hospital and taught courses in psychosomatic medicine and personality disorders for Ochsner’s Psychiatric Residency program. His work has been presented at the Society for Neuroscience, Journal of Gerontology and Geriatric Research, Frontiers in Aging: Neuroscience, Case Reports and Literature Review, and at the BR+NAD Brain Restoration Summits.

Sachin Patel is convinced that “the doctor of the future is the patient” and he has committed himself to help others raise their consciousness, activate their inner healer, and initiate their deepest healing through the use of lifestyle, breathwork, and respectful utilization of psilocybin.

Sachin is founder of The Living Proof Institute through which he pioneered a revolutionary approach to patient-centered healthcare. Sachin coaches hundreds of practitioners around the world so that they are empowered to deliver affordable and inspired care to their communities through the Perfect Practice Mentorship. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Aja Ventures, an investment fund that advocates for the use of psychedelics for mental health and cognitive optimization. 

Sachin’s Foundation helps fund healthcare clinics, orphanages, and schools in underserviced areas in Uganda. He is transforming the healthcare paradigm and he has devoted his life to the betterment of health care for both patients and practitioners.

Doreen Saltiel, MD, JD, FACC received her medical degree from New York Medical College before completing her internal medicine residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas and subsequently a cardiology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. She practiced cardiovascular medicine for 14 years in the Army, and her Army service culminated at Fort Gordon, Georgia where she served as the Chief of Cardiology and the Southeast Regional Consultant in Cardiovascular Disease. Following 20 years as an Interventional Cardiologist, she practiced Phlebology and Functional Medicine in Fort Smith, AR. 
Recently Dr. Saltiel served as the Vice-President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Genova Diagnostics and is currently the Medical Director of Peak Health and Wellness in Asheville, NC. Dr. Saltiel has received multiple teaching awards and continues to teach and mentor physicians. She is a member of the CardioServe Research Panel of the American College of Cardiology and serves as a consultant for Precision Analytical. Most recently, she along with Mark Newman, owner of Precision Analytical, presented abstracts at the 2021 North American Menopause’s annual conference. Dr. Saltiel is a coauthor on multiple hormone-related papers that are in the process of being published in peer-reviewed journals.