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Brian Capell, MD, PhD is dermatologist serving as an assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania. His other professional affiliations include being a core faculty member of the Penn Epigenetics Institute and member of the Abramson Cancer Center and the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine. His research lab seeks to answer fundamental questions regarding how the epigenome impacts cellular homeostasis (i.e. metabolism, immunity), and in turn, how this contributes to cancer, inflammatory disease, and aging of epithelial surface tissues like the skin.

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Corey L. Hartman, MD, FAAD, is the founder and medical director of Skin Wellness Dermatology in Birmingham, Alabama. He aksi serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Alabama at School of Medicine. He has a special interest in dermatologic surgery, injectables, hair restoration, and laser dermatology. His injectable skills have earned him the honor of being named an Allergan Advanced Injector Trainer and he is a speaker for the skincare brands Skinceuticals and Scientis. Dr. Hartman was voted the 2016 Best of Birmingham: Dermatologist by the readers of Birmingham Magazine and the 2018 Best Dermatologist by the readers of About Town Magazine.

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Adnan Nasir, MD, is a dermatologist who teaches at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and practices in Raleigh, NC. He is a noted clinician and researcher of immune diseases of the skin and has received numerous awards for his work, including the AMS Research Forum Award. His book, Eczema-Free for Life has an evidence-based approach for new treatments and holistic remedies for both adults and children with eczema.

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Jedidiah Ballard, DO is a Emergency Medicine Physician with Wellstar. A former US Army Ranger and combat veteran, he is passionate about service and fitness. He has done humanitarian work on four different continents and taught clinical Ultrasound courses to Physicians in Panama and Peru. Domestically, Dr. Ballard is regularly involved with the Boys and Girls club, Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Organization, and the Denver Children’s Hospital Burn Camp. In 2016, Dr. Ballard won the Men's Health Ultimate Guy contest which later involved being featured on The Today show, Yahoo News and as a fitness consultant for The Doctors TV show.

Italo M. Brown, MD, MPH, is an ER physician, a health equity expert, and a leader in minority health. He currently serves as a clinical assistant professor in emergency medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He’s also the Chief Impact Officer of T.R.A.P. Medicine, a barbershop-based wellness initiative that leverages the cultural capital of barbershops to address the physical and emotional health of Black men and boys. In 2017, the National Minority Quality Forum named Italo among the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health.

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Dr. Robert Glatter is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health. He was voted Spokeperson of the Year by the American College of Emergency Physicians in 2016. Dr. Glatter is currently an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. In 2020, he began working as a physician for US soccer. Prior to his selection to US soccer, he was a sideline physician for the New York Jets from 2004-2008.

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Sandeep Dhindsa, MD, is an endocrinology specialist who treats conditions that include diabetes, low testosterone, thyroid, pituitary and adrenal disorders. His primary area of research is in the field of hypogonadism and type 2 diabetes. He has shown that one-third of men with diabetes and obesity have low testosterone. He is currently studying the role of testosterone in insulin resistance and diabetes control. Dr. Dhindsa is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and serves as the director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He is a member of the American Diabetes Association and the Endocrine Society. A fellow of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Dr. Dhindsa is also a member of the Scientific Reproductive Committee of that organization.

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Michael Boyle is one of the worlds’ foremost educators in the areas of performance training, personal training and athletic rehabilitation. Boyle has been involved in training and rehabilitation with a wide range of athletes, including stars in every major professional sport. Mike has also served as a consultant to some of the top teams in the NFL, NHL, as well as numerous division one athletic programs. In addition, Boyle has been involved in Olympic Gold Medal efforts in women’s soccer, women’s ice hockey, gymnastics and judo.

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Ben Bruno is a Los Angeles-based trainer who has published or been featured in more than 200 articles in publications ranging from Men’s Health and Women’s Health to Sports Illustrated and ESPN. He has also consulted with a number of pro sports organizations regarding their strength and conditioning programs, lectured to trainers internationally, and is regularly featured on The Today Show.

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Alwyn Cosgrove is co-owner of Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, California and the co-owner of a fitness professional consulting company Results Fitness University. During his career as a fitness coach, Cosgrove has studied under top fitness professionals and coaches in the world and has worked with a wide variety of clientele, from the general population to top-level athletes and world champions in a multitude of sports. A nationally known speaker, Alwyn has co-authored nine best selling fitness books, is a member of the Nike Performance Council, and has been a presenter on the Perform Better tour for over a decade.

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Michael Fredricson, MD, is a sports medicine physiatrist and was the first physician promoted to Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Stanford University and is currently Director of PM&R Sports Medicine in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, co-director of the Stanford Longevity Center, and Founder of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Fredricson has worked at both a national and international level with USA Track & Field and the International Olympic Committee. He has published over 245 peer-reviewed articles, 43 book chapters, and five books focused on improved treatment and prevention strategies for overuse injuries in athletes and more recently lifestyle medicine interventions for health and longevity. His efforts has been honored via the American Academy of PM&R, PASSOR Mid-Career Legacy Award, and the 2023 Distinguished Member Award

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Dr. Martin Gibala is a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Canada. His research examines the physiological basis of exercise at the molecular to whole-body level. In addition to basic, mechanistic studies on the regulation of skeletal muscle energy metabolism, his laboratory conducts applied research that examines the impact of physical training and nutrition on human health and performance. Dr. Gibala’s science communication efforts include a bestselling book on the topic of time-efficient exercise, The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That’s Smarter, Faster, Shorter.

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Daniel Giordano, DPT, CSCS is a Doctor of Physical Therapy & Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist specializing in performance medicine. He is the co-founder of the nationally recognized physical therapy clinic Bespoke Treatments, specializing in sports & orthopedic rehabilitation with an emphasis on manual therapy and strength & conditioning training. Dr. Giordano has had the opportunity to work on the medical team for numerous events such as: USA Track & Field Olympic Trials, IAAF Track and Field World Championships, USA Track & Field National Championships, Nike EYBL Peach Jam, SLAM Summer Classic and Quicksilver Pro Surfing Championships.

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Bill is the owner of IFAST Physical Therapy and co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness And Sports Training (IFAST) in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the author of the Amazon best-selling book All Gain, No Pain: The over-40 Man's Comeback Guide to Rebuild Your Body After Pain, Injury, or Physical Therapy. From his private practice, Bill provides relief to patients in pain who could not be helped elsewhere. His detective skills for locating the source of patients’ true problems are often compared to his favorite nocturnal comic book hero although he wears no cape or cowl (but does often wear a bat on his chest under his work clothes… you never know when a hero will be needed).

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David Otey, CSCS, is a personal trainer and an advisor for Men's Health where he authored the popular 90-Day Transformation Challenge. Otey specializes in strength and hypertrophy protocols as well as athletic performance. He was the 2015 Fitness Manager of the Year for Equinox where he acted as an educational resource for more than 50 personal trainers, helping acclimate them to the Equinox brand and teaching best practices in program design. Otey has extensive experience working with professional athletes, youth athletes, older adults, and the general population.

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Mark Peterson, PhD is a professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on understanding factors that influence health and life expectancy in persons with disabilities. Dr. Peterson has more than 100 published peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals, on topics related to muscular strength optimization and physical activity advocacy for enhancing metabolic health, improving function and cognitive capacity, increasing life-expectancy, and maximizing athletic performance. He is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, and certified with distinction, as a strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

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Don Saladino is a coach and fitness expert who is in high demand as a personal trainer for professional athletes, golfers, and celebrities. His client roster includes the likes of Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Sebastian Stan, Annie Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, and David Harbour, to name a few. Along with being a MH advisor, Saladino has demonstrated workouts and shared his training philosophy on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Golf Channel, Page Six TV, People NOW, E! News, Fox News, and WebMD.

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Brad Schoenfeld, PhD, CSCS, CSPS, FNSCA, is an exercise science professor at Lehman College in New York where he serves as the graduate director of the Human Performance and Fitness program. As a leading authoritiy on body composition training, Dr. Schoenfeld has authored the seminal textbook Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy and multiple fitness books including The M.A.X. Muscle Plan, which has been widely referred to as the "muscle-building bible." In 2016, Dr. Schoenfeld was a recipient of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award, presented by the United States Sports Academy for outstanding achievement in fitness and contributions to the growth and development of sport fitness through outstanding leadership activity, as well as earning the 2018 National Strength and Conditioning Association Young Investigator of the Year Award.

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Dr. Schnoll-Sussman is a gastroenterologist and professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. She also serves as the director of the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, Associate Chief of Medicine for Network and Outreach Development at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist. Her main clinical and research focus is in the treatment of patients with esophageal and swallowing disorders, including gastroesophageal reflux disease, Barrett's esophagus, eosinophilic esophagitis, achalasia and esophageal cancer. Dr. Schnoll-Sussman is the President of American Foregut Society and has formerly served as the Director of Endoscopy at Weill Cornell, Governor for the American College of Gastroenterology, Co-Director of the New York City Colon Cancer Control Coalition, and the President of the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

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David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Lifestyle Medicine. He is globally recognized for expertise in chronic disease prevention, health promotion, and nutrition. Katz is founder of the non-profit True Health Initiative , founder of Diet ID , and Chief Medical Officer for leading food-as-medicine company, Tangelo . He is also a senior science advisor to Blue Zones. He has authored 19 books, including multiple editions of a leading nutrition textbook, and has earned numerous awards for his contributions to public health, including three honorary doctoral degrees.

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Keith W. Roach, MD, is a general internal medicine doctor currently on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He specializes in treating heart failure, hypertension & high blood pressure, asthma, and other conditions. His research focuses on the prevention of disease with rational use of screening technology and with tools that empower people to make lifestyle choices that improve not only their health but their life expectancy.

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Brian St. Pierre, RD, CSCS, CISSN, is a director of nutrition at Precision Nutrition where he co-authored the Precision Nutrition’s Level 1 Certification textbook, The Essentials of Nutrition and Coaching, and developed the Precision Nutrition Calculator. He also works with a host of elite athletes such as U.S. Open Champion Sloane Stephens where he provides nutrition coaching and performance-specific meal planning.He’s also served as a nutrition consultant for the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs and Brooklyn Nets and the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. In addition, St. Pierre is the author of multiple nutrition books, see the list here.

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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, is an obesity medicine physician scientist and associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She is among the most highly cited obesity medicine physician-scientists, with over 200 peer-reviewed publications. Upon completion of her MPH, Dr. Stanford received the Gold Congressional Award, the highest honor that Congress bestows upon America’s youth. She was named to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA). The National Medical Association selected her for the Meritorious Award, which recognizes a physician with national and international achievement and prominence for exceptional work in medical service, medical research, and academic medicine. Among her accolades, she has received the following degrees and certifications: MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS.

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Gregory Scott Brown MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and serves as the Chair of Council on Communications at the American Psychiatric Association as well as teaching as an associate professor at the University of Houston College of Medicine. Dr. Brown believes in the therapeutic value of yoga, and he often writes and speaks about its benefits for mental health prevention and treatment. His book, The Self-Healing Mind: An Essential Five-Step Practice to Overcoming Anxiety and Depression, and Revitalizing Your Life, provides an evidence-based manual for improving mental health with lifestyle changes.

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Murali Doraiswamy is a professor at psychiatry and professor in medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Doraiswamy has been an advisor to leading government agencies, businesses and advocacy groups including the NIH, FDA, and WHO as well as numerous life science companies. He has served as the chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Brain Research and co-chaired the innovation advisory council for one of the world’s largest social impact funds dedicated to promoting innovative solutions to reverse age related disorders. He co-authors a popular book, The Alzheimer’s Action Plan that details everything people should know about understanding the neurodegenerative disease.

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Thomas Joiner, PhD, is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the FSU Psychology clinic. Dr. Joiner’s research focuses on the psychology, neurobiology, and treatment of suicidal behavior and related conditions such as eating disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders. He is credited for the interpersonal theory of suicide that posits an individual will not die by suicide unless they have both the desire to die by suicide as well as the ability to do so. An author of over 800 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Joiner is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, and was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Residency Fellowship for work on suicidal behavior. Dr. Joiner has authored or edited 19 books on suicide and mental health, you can find a list of his publications here.

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Avi Klein is a psychotherapist based in New York City. Prior to starting his own practice, Avi helped run one of the first programs in New York City dedicated to working with young adults with severe mental illnesses. While there, he also co-lead a yoga and meditation group and began to incorporate more work with the body and somatic experience as an element of psychotherapy. Avi is trained in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy, two forms of therapy that emphasize the power of emotion, healing, and transformation in relationships.

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Justin J. Lehmiller, PhD, is a social psychologist and is an internationally recognized sex educator. He is currently a research fellow at The Kinsey Institute where he conducts research on sexual fantasies, casual sex, and friends with benefits. Dr. Lehmiller's success as an educator has led him to be honored three times with the Certificate of Teaching Excellence from Harvard University, where he taught for several years. He is the author of a textbook titled The Psychology of Human Sexuality that's used in college classrooms around the world along with his book Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life.

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Drew Ramsey, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychotherapist whose work focuses on evidence-based integrative psychiatry, Nutritional Psychiatry and male mental health. He founded the Brain Food Clinic, a digital mental health practice, and Spruce Mental Health in Jackson, Wyoming. Dr. Ramsey served as an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeon for twenty years where he taught and supervised a number of nutrition and psychiatry courses.

His latest book is Healing the Modern Brain: Nine Tenets To Build Mental Fitness and Revitalize Your Mind and explores the ten tenets vital to cultivating mental fitness and provides direct, actionable techniques to improve brain function and emotional health. His previous books helped establish Nutritional Psychiatry and explore the connection between food and mental health

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Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH, is a provost professor at the Indiana University School of Public Health and director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion. She is also the principal investigator of the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, an ongoing U.S. nationally representative probability survey of Americans’ sexual life that began in 2008 and recently completed its 8th wave of data collection. As a sexual health expert, her five books have become best-sellers exploring topics such as sexual pleasure and masturbation to how parents can navigate conversations around sex to their kids.

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W. Christopher Winter, MD, is a board-certified sleep specialist and neurologist in Charlottesville Virginia and the owner of the Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine clinic and CNSM Consulting. He is the author of The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It and The Rested Child: Why Your Tired, Wired or Irritable Child May Have A Sleep Disorder--And How To Help. His sleep podcast, Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter, has ranked as one of the most popular medical podcasts in the country. His expertise on sleep and performance is sought by numerous elite athletes, professional sports organizations, and military groups. In 2017, his work was named by Sports Illustrated as "The Best Secret Weapon In Sports."

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Shamyra Howard, LCSW, CST, is a licensed clinical social worker with a private practice in Baton Rouge, LA and surrounding areas. As Louisiana's first Black, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, she specializes in sexuality and relationships and had been named one of the "10 Best Non-Monogamy Experts of 2024," and one of the "Most Influential Dating Experts of 2019." Howard is also the best-selling author of Use Your Mouth: Pocket-sized Conversations to Simply Increase 7 Types of Intimacy in and out of the Bedroom along with being the creator of the Use Your Mouth Sex and Relationship Conversation Starter Cards.

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Elizabeth Kavaler, MD, is a double board certified Urologist & Urogynecologist serving as the medical director of Total Urology Care of New York. Her expertise spans both male and female urological issues, from adolescence to end-of-life. She is also one of the preeminent experts in female urological disorders and is one of the few urologists in the country offering the vaginal approach for prolapse surgery—a far less traumatic procedure and faster recovery than traditional robotic surgery. She is the author of A Seat on the Aisle, Please! The Essential Guide to Urinary Tract Problems in Women.

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Larry Lipshultz, MD, is a professor of urology and Chief of the Scott Department of Urology’s Division of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Lipshultz, who holds the Lester and Sue Smith Chair in Reproductive Medicine, is a well-known authority on abnormalities of male reproduction, erectile dysfunction, and male hormone therapy. Dr. Lipshultz was named “Super Doctor” by H Texas magazine in 2003, “Super Doctor” by Texas Monthly magazine in 2007-2009, was listed in Best Doctors in America for 2001, 2002, and 2003, and is routinely listed in America’s Top Doctors. He received the Distinguished Contribution Award from the American Urological Association, the Henry Weyrauch Award from the Western Urologic Forum, and the Barbara Eck Manning Founder’s Award from RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association.