As a producer, director, writer, Peter Starr has:

• been honored with 14 major international awards for film making including the Chicago (Gold) and Houston (Silver) International Film Festivals.

• produced and directed over 40 television specials on motorcycling and motorsports, 15 home video tapes, two documentary feature films and more than two dozen television commercials and industrial films. His work has been seen on USA Network, TNN, ESPN, Turner Broadcasting, The BBC, Channel Five UK, ABC Sports, The History Channel, and various channels around the world.

• produced records for M.G.M., United Artists, A&M, Epic and Polydor including albums with Spencer Davis, Tim Weisberg, The Canadian Rock Theater and Sequoia.

• produced and hosted national radio programs with major entertainment celebrities including Paul McCartney, Tommy Smothers, Peter Fonda, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Grace Slick, and others.

• won the Silver and Gold Awards at the International Radio Programming Awards, New York, 1993 and 1995.

• won the Platinum “Best of Show” Award at the Aurora Awards 2005.

• written and continues to write feature articles for several nationally distributed special interest magazines and a regular column for Healthcare Weekly Review – an allopthic medical journal.

Daniel G. Amen, MD is a physician, child and adult psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, bestselling author, Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the CEO and medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc. (ACI) in   Newport Beach  and   Fairfield, California, Tacoma, Washington  and Reston, Virginia .

ACI is the world leader in applying brain imaging science to clinical practice.   ACI has the world’s largest database of functional brain scans related to psychiatric medicine, now totaling more than 50,000 scans, and the clinics have seen patients from 75 countries.

Dr. Amen is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the   University  of   California, Irvine School of Medicine, where he teaches medical students and psychiatric residents about using brain imaging in clinical practice.

Dr. Amen is the author of 35 professional articles, 4 book chapters and 23 books, including the New York Times bestsellers, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life and Magnificent Mind At Any Age.   He is also the author of Healing ADD, Healing The Hardware Of The Soul, Making A Good Brain Great, The Brain in Love, and the co-author of Healing Anxiety And Depression and Preventing Alzheimer’s.   In February 2010, Harmony Books will publish Dr. Amen’s new book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body. He has also written and produced three recent blockbuster fundraising shows for public television, raising more than 16 million dollars.   Dr. Amen, together with The United Paramount Network and Leeza Gibbons, produced a show called The Truth About Drinking, on alcohol education for teenagers, which won an Emmy Award for the Best Educational Television Show.

Dr. Amen, together with his son-in-law, Jesse Payne, has developed a 12 week high school course on practical neuroscience called Making A Good Brain Great. The course is now being taught in 40 states and 7 countries.

A small sample of the organizations Dr. Amen has spoken for include: the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Harvard’s Learning and the Brain Conference, the Million Dollar Round Table, and the Supreme Courts of Delaware, Ohio  and Wyoming.   Dr. Amen has been featured in Parade Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Men’s Health and Cosmopolitan.   He is on the editorial board of Men’s Health Magazine.

Dr. Amen is married, father of four children, and an avid table tennis player.

You can learn more about Dr. Amen by visiting his website: www.amenclinics.com

Dr. Lundell’s experience in Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery over the last 25 years includes having performed over 5000 coronary bypass operations, certification by the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Dr. Lundell was a pioneer in “Off-Pump” heart surgery reducing surgical complications and recovery times. He’s in the Beating Heart Hall of Fame and has been listed in Phoenix Magazine’s Top Doctors for 10 years.

He has been recognized by his peers as a leader and has served as Chief resident at the University of Arizona and Yale University Hospitals and later served as Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at hospitals in the Phoenix area.

He was one of the founding partners of the Lutheran Heart Hospital which became the second largest Heart hospital in U.S. and is now owned by Banner Health.

As a recognized leader in his field, Dr. Lundell has consulted and advised for a variety of leading medical device manufacturers such as Cardio Thoracic Systems, Inc. before and after it’s acquisition by Guidant Corporation. He advised St. Jude Medical on tissue valve implantation and marketing. For A-Med, Inc., he consulted on, conducted, and published the first clinical study on miniature pumps for heart support. He co-authored a clinical study validating key technology for Coalescent Surgical, which was subsequently acquired by Medtronic, Inc.

Dr. Lundell enjoys time with his children and grandchildren, and competes in triathlons; he is the 2008 Ironman Arizona Champion in the 65-69 age group and 10th in the ironman world championships in Kona Hawaii.

Roger Drummer is a formulator, a U.S. Patent holder and a NCCAOM Diplomate of Chinese Herbology who travels extensively throughout North America lecturing on the benefits of Chinese Tonic  herbalism and nutrition.

Roger’s 29 years of experience ranges from formulating personalized tonic herb and nutritional programs for tens of thousands clients, including many notable celebrities. He has created nutritional supplement product lines, consults and teaches courses to the public on health and nutrition and training apprentices in the art of Herbalism. In addition, Roger is the spokesperson for Functional Fungi, a grower and distributor of medicinal mushrooms for whom he lectures on the immune properties of mushrooms.

Roger holds a U.S. patent for growing biologically active, anthocyanin rich medicinal mushrooms. He has given hundreds of lectures in the past 10 years on a variety of health related issues including Chinese herbology, Roger has studied a variety of healing modalities, including Jin Shin Do, Shiatsu and Pranic Healing. Roger is a published writer, Certified Herbalist, Certified Nutritionist, public speaker, educator, a former triathlete, runner, cycling enthusiast, husband and father of three girls.

Dr Lommen is a licensed Naturopathic Physician and is enjoying over 20 years of clinical family practice and health optimization using Natural Medicine.  She was a clinical investigator for a successful 5-year study through the NIH (National Institute of Health) on chronic disease.  Dr Lommen has taught as an associate professor at NCNM (National College of Naturopathic Medicine) for 10 years. Dr Lommen is the CEO and Assoc. medical director of Labrix Clinical Services Inc.  She is the co-author of the newly released book: Slim, Sane and Sexy; Pocket Guide to Natural, Bioidentical Hormone Balancing (July2008 Calaroga Publishing).  Dr Lommen has spoken at National conferences on topics including: Adrenal Health, GI Health, Bioidentical Hormone Balancing, PCOS and Metabolic Syndrome, Depression and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  Television interviews include both local and national stations, most notably; CNN.

The treatment modalities she employs in her practice are: Bioidentical hormones, Nutrition, Vitamin and mineral replacement, Mind/body and Lifestyle Counseling, Botanical medicine, Liver cleansing and Detoxification.

Jay H. Mead MD, FASCP, is the President and Medical Director of Labrix Clinical Services, Inc., a laboratory providing innovative testing for discerning practitioners. He is a leading expert in salivary hormone and Urine testing. For five years, he served as the medical director of one of the nation’s largest saliva testing laboratories.

Dr. Mead has been practicing as a clinician for over twenty years and understands the need and value of accurate and reliable hormone testing. Dr. Mead is a board certified pathologist, a flight surgeon in the United Air Force Reserves (retired) and cofounder of a progressive full service complementary and alternative medical clinic. He has certification in blood banking and led the American Red Cross as medical director for over 10 years.

Dr Mead is the co-author of the best-selling book: Slim, Sane and Sexy: A Pocketguide to safe, natural hormone balancing (Fountain of Youth Publishing June 2009). Dr Mead is a sought after educator and speaker and has presented internationally and throughout the US on topics including: Saliva versus Serum Analysis for Hormone Balancing; Progesterone and Its Benefits; Women’s Health; Men’s Health; Thyroid Hormone Balancing; The Medicinal Uses of Iodine; and The Miracle of Vitamin D: The Forgotten Hormone.

Dr. Coralease C. Ruff is a Bereavement Facilitator, A Registered Nurse, a University Professor and an International Nursing Consultant.   She has held positions as a staff nurse, public health nurse, occupational health nurse, Assistant dean and currently a university professor at Howard University.

Dr. Ruff has worked in the field of end-of-life, bereavement and grief for ten years. She has received training as an End of Life Nursing Educator. She is an active member of the Compassionate Friends International Support Organization (TCF) for bereaved parents and siblings. In 2001 she planned and presented a professional seminar on grief and bereavement for health care professionals as a part of the 24th National Conference of Compassionate Friends. She is the founder of the new District of Columbia Chapter of TCF and served as its chapter leader for five years. She frequently presents workshops on grief and bereavement locally and nationally including The Compassionate Friends National Conferences, the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and The Society of Childhood Emergencies.  She served as a member of TCF National Board of Directors for six years and now serves on the Board of Directors of Capital Hospice. She developed and implemented a course on grief and loss for graduate and undergraduate nursing students at Howard University. Finally, she is the author of a book entitled “Her Light Still Shines” a beloved daughter’s life story and her mother’s grief journey (available from publisher:  iUniverse.com or major book retailers.)

Dr. Ruff has held faculty positions at George Mason University, The Catholic University of America and the University of Washington, Seattle.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland, a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Washington, Seattle and her Doctoral Degree in Nursing and Anthropology from The Catholic University of America. Her bereavement training is through the American Academy of Bereavement, The Compassionate Friends, Inc., The American HealthCare Institute, the Hospice Foundation and City of Hope National Medical Center.

Dr. Ruff workshops include the following: Grief in the workplace, The Dawn of our grief, Taking care of your health while grieving, The roller coaster of grief, Grief and loss in everyday life, Grief and loss for the diaconate/ Clergy and life after loss. For more information, or to discuss planning a seminar tailor-made just for you email her at cruff@howard.edu

About Paul Wassmer:

Paul has a varied academic and work history in Nuclear Engineering including 3 years at the Wolfcreek Nuclear Power Plant in the Instrumentation and Controls Engineering Department as a Systems Expert in various Controls Systems.  He wrote System and component Testing & Maintenance procedures for these different systems. He was employed in the Industrial Automation industry for 7 years, including work with companies such as Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controls, General Electric’s Industrial Automation Division and GE Fanuc in different technical areas.

During this time Paul began to be drawn to a new area where he saw a great need.  He felt that many people needed assistance in different aspects of Financial Planning, and in 1985, he obtained his insurance and securities licenses and began his career in Financial Planning.  He formed his own firm, Wassmer & Associates.  He continued his work in the nuclear area while continuing his education in the financial field, and he completed a post-graduate program from the Henry W. Bloch School of Business, University of Missouri Kansas City, obtaining a Certificate in Financial Planning.

In 1992, Paul retired from the Industrial Automation Industry and devoted himself entirely to his Financial Planning practice.  In 1998, Paul changed the name of his firm to Freedom Financial Services reaching out to people who were seeking help in Financial Planning.  Since that time, his firm has grown and has received several awards in the Financial Planning field.

Paul and his wife, Rebecca, also have a non-profit ministry, CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS OF KANSAS CITY. Over the last 20 years, this ministry has intervened to help save the lives of almost 10,000 of these precious babies.

Paul and Rebecca have 5 children and 6 grandchildren.

Dr. Perretz is a board-certified specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He has spent over twenty years building the foundations of his integrative practice in musculoskeletal pain elimination and non-surgical orthopedics.  His original training was in acupuncture.  The patients he saw were, most often, the challenging cases, who had seen eight or ten doctors before visiting him.  His desire to help with these patients led him to study osteopathy at the University of New England, and complete a residency at the University of Chicago.  He is one of a small handful of doctors in the country to have integrated these philosophies and skills in his approach to medicine.

His first exposure to prolotherapy was as a patient, himself.  After tearing ligaments while skiing, he could not fully straighten, nor fully bend, his right knee.  Only four days after prolotherapy, however, he felt his knee had completely healed!  Now, athletes seek him out for prolotherapy to restore their joints to high-level function, while others have sought his care just to help them get back on their feet.

Dr. Perretz has lectured at conferences of integrative healing, and has served as a preceptor for students from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bastyr University, and the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Topic Treated: Enhancing Cellular Repair

Michael  Stern also holds a Bachelors Degree in Biology from UMBC and has worked in scientific and analytical research for the prestigious John Hopkins University, international chemical giants WR Grace, and Cypress Industrial Minerals. His primary areas of research were in molecular biology, biochemistry, organic and analytical chemistry. Mr. Stern spent 15 years researching alternative and energetic health related products and technology, as well running two companies focused on delivering these type of products to the alternative and integrated health care community.