Suzanne Robotti founded MedShadow Foundation in 2012 after two major health issues drove her to become engaged in patient advocacy. Robotti’s mother, like millions of other pregnant women in the 50s, 60s and early 70s took the drug DES (diethylstilbestrol) to prevent miscarriage and early labor. It did neither and instead left the pregnant women, children and descendants at risk for rare cancers, reproductive organ abnormalities and other serious medical conditions. In 2010, Robotti’s son was prescribed Ritalin for ADHD, but when the doctor was unable to reference any studies on the long-term effects of the drug, she decided against it. This raised a concern in her that parents were not aware of the lack of studies and this is an issue of informed consent.  Soon after she decided to start MedShadow because so many people are not aware of the lack of information on the long-term effects of drugs. MedShadow is a means of raising the discussion of risks alongside benefits of medicines into the public discourse.

 

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD, INHC is the Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where she was recruited as an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology. Her book, BRAIN FOOD: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power goes on sale March 6^th from Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Nafysa Parpia, N.D. is an independent practitioner working out of both the Santa Rosa and the Marin offices of Gordon Medical. Using a biological medicine approach, she works as a detective to discover and ultimately remove the underlying cause(s) of illness. At the same time, she helps to alleviate symptoms. Dr. Parpia specializes in the treatment of Lyme disease and other complex chronic illnesses such as autoimmunity, mold toxicity, fibromyalgia, environmental toxicity and gastrointestinal disorders.

Functional and integrative medicine that is heart centered guides how I treat my patients with complex chronic illness. Biochemical imbalances, epigenetic expression, toxin exposure, microbial exposure and emotional imbalance are often key in unraveling the mystery of and treating chronic illness. Each of these aspects is different for each patient. Thus, with compassionate listening and cutting-edge laboratory tests, I can create treatment plans that are highly individualistic and healing.

In her current role, Dr. Ramani Wonderling serves as the scientific liaison between Abbott and its core laboratory customers, addressing technical questions and providing scientific proof sources.

Prior to this role, she has worked on the development of tests for hepatitis viruses, HIV, Chagas disease (parasitic disease that if left untreated can cause swelling/fever, or even congestive heart failure) and toxoplasmosis (common parasitic disease that can cause serious complications for pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems).

She has 17 patents, has given more than 800 scientific presentations and has several publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Prior to Abbott, she worked on cytokine (small protein) discovery, therapeutics and DNA vaccines at Heska Corporation.

Dr. Ramani Wonderling received her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the University of South Carolina. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland and worked on adeno-associated virus (AAV) as a gene therapy vector.

Wendy Myers is founder of MyersDetox.com. She is a detox guru, functional diagnostic nutritionist, and NES Bioenergetic Practitioner based in Los Angeles, CA. She is also the #1 bestselling author of Limitless Energy: How to Detox Toxic Metals that Cause Fatigue. She has the Detox for Energy course coming soon! This is revolutionary metal detox program to regain energy and brain function. Passionate about the importance of detox to live a long disease free life, she is a much sought after speaker, appearing on countless summits and podcasts. For your free copy of Wendy’s Top 10 Tips to Detox like a Pro Checklist, go to Detoxforenergy.com to download this checklist!