The Annual PLMI Clinical Mastery Conference Pre-Sale

Speakers

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  Jeff Bland, PhD Functional Medicine Founder and Pioneer
  

  Jeff Bland, PhD

  Functional Medicine Founder and Pioneer

  Dr. Jeffrey Bland is a personable and highly respected thought leader who has spent more than four decades focused on the improvement of human health.
  
  He is known worldwide as the founder of the Functional Medicine movement, which represents his vision for a care model that is grounded in systems biology and informed by research that he has a unique ability to synthesize. His pioneering work has created the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute (PLMI), as well as the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), the global leader in Functional Medicine education. Since 1991, hundreds of thousands of healthcare practitioners have participated in PLMI and IFM programs, and this collective knowledge has positively impacted the lives of patients all over the world.

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  David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM Author and World-Renowned Neurologist
  

  David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM

  Author and World-Renowned Neurologist

  Dr. Perlmutter is a Board-Certified Neurologist and six-time New York Times bestselling author. He serves on the Board of Directors and is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition.

  Dr. Perlmutter received his M.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine where he was awarded the Leonard G. Rowntree Research Award. He serves as a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and has published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals including Archives of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and The Journal of Applied Nutrition. In addition, he is a frequent lecturer at symposia sponsored by institutions such as the World Bank and IMF, Columbia University, Scripps Institute, New York University, and Harvard University and serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

  Dr. Perlmutter’s books have been published in 32 languages and include the #1 New York Times bestseller Grain Brain, The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs and Sugar, with over 1 million copies in print. Other New York Times bestsellers include Brain Maker, The Grain Brain Cookbook, The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan, and Brain Wash, co-written with Austin Perlmutter,
  M.D. He is the editor of The Microbiome and the Brain authored by top experts in the field and published in December2019 by CRC Press. His latest New York Times bestselling book, Drop Acid, focuses on the pivotal role of uric acid in metabolic diseases, and was published in February 2022.

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  Dale E. Bredesen, MD Senior Director of Precision Brain Health at Pacific Neuroscience Institute® and the Chief Scientific Officer at Apollo Health
  

  Dale E. Bredesen, MD

  Senior Director of Precision Brain Health at Pacific Neuroscience Institute® and the Chief Scientific Officer at Apollo Health

  Dale Bredesen, MD, is an internationally recognized neurologist with specialty expertise in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases. He is the Senior Director of Precision Brain Health at Pacific Neuroscience Institute® and the Chief Scientific Officer at Apollo Health.

  Guided by his philosophy and belief that Alzheimer’s disease is not just preventable but reversible, Dr. Bredesen’s innovative research has helped explain the physical mechanism behind the erosion of memory seen in Alzheimer’s disease. His decades of clinical study and neurological research have opened the door to new treatment approaches leading to the ReCODE Protocol™. Also known as the Bredesen Protocol, this methodology has emerged as a viable attempt to prevent, arrest, and reverse symptoms of cognitive decline associated with conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and mild cognitive impairment.

  Dr. Bredesen earned his medical degree from Duke University Medical Center and served as Chief Resident in Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) before joining Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner’s laboratory at UCSF as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow. He held faculty positions at UCSF, UCLA, and the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Bredesen also directed the Program on Aging at the Burnham Institute before joining the Buck Institute in 1998 as founding President and CEO.

  Dr. Bredesen has made significant contributions to medical knowledge and literature, holding over thirty patents to his name. Notably, he put much of his findings and research into the 2017 New York Times Best-Seller, The End of Alzheimer’s.

  Additional book titles include The End of Alzheimer’s Program and The First Survivors of Alzheimer’s, the latter of which presents the stories of seven individuals who reversed their cognitive decline using the ReCODE Protocol, and The Ageless Brain, a revolutionary new approach to preventing the onset of neurodegenerative disease and creating sustained brain health.

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  Austin Perlmutter, MD Author and Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician
  

  Austin Perlmutter, MD

  Author and Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician

  Dr Austin Perlmutter is a board-certified internal medicine physician, New York Times bestselling author, published researcher and international educator. His mission is to help people improve their health by targeting the biological basis of “stuckness” in our brains and bodies. His writing, presentations, podcasts, and online educational programs explore how environmental factors influence our cognitive and mental state and have reached millions. Dr. Perlmutter currently serves as the managing director at Big Bold Health, a food-as-medicine company focused on helping people rejuvenate health through better immune function, where he is running a first-of-its kind study exploring the effects of plant nutrients on human aging through epigenetics.

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  Thomas G. Guilliams, PhD Molecular Immunology Expert
  

  Thomas G. Guilliams, PhD

  Molecular Immunology Expert

  Tom earned his Ph.D. in 1996 from the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), where he studied molecular biology/immunology. After his graduate studies, he joined Ortho Molecular Products- a premier physician channel dietary supplement manufacturer- establishing the roles of both science and regulatory affairs. Since that time, he has become an expert in the mechanisms, actions and therapeutic uses of nutritional and non-pharmacological agents, as well as the complex regulatory and quality issues related to dietary supplement manufacturing and marketing. This expertise allowed him to begin writing and teaching, and in 2014 he began writing a series of teaching manuals (Road maps) that outline and evaluate the evidence for the principles and protocols that are fundamental to the functional and integrative medical community. These textbooks explore the root cause pathophysiology of complex chronic diseases, along with the evidence and mechanisms for non-pharmacological therapeutic solutions. Tom teaches at the University of Wisconsin- Madison School of Pharmacy, where he holds an appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor, and lectures widely to a range of healthcare professionals interested in leveraging lifestyle and natural agents as first-line therapies. Today, Tom serves as a consultant to organizations within the natural products, integrative and functional medicine space where he endeavors to make a real difference in the health and lives of millions. He lives (and works) off the beaten path outside of Stevens Point, Wisconsin with his family; where he has too many hobbies to list here.

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  Peter Staats, MD, MBA, ABIPP, FIPP
  

  Peter Staats, MD, MBA, ABIPP, FIPP

  Dr. Peter Staats is a renowned expert in pain medicine, known for founding the division of Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, and as a founding partner in the Premier Pain Centers in New Jersey, which recently merged with National Spine and Pain Centers. He has served as the past President of esteemed societies like the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS), the New Jersey Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and the Southern Pain Society. With an extensive background in pain management and numerous publications in respected journals, including JAMA, Lancet, and Pain Medicine, Dr. Staats brings a wealth of knowledge to the discussion.

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  Peter Kozlowski, MD Author and Functional Medicine Expert
  

  Peter Kozlowski, MD

  Author and Functional Medicine Expert

  Dr. Peter Kozlowski is a board-certified Functional Medicine physician dedicated to transforming healthcare through root-cause, evidence-based medical care and clinical innovation. With over a decade of private practice experience and advanced training under renowned mentors including Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Deepak Chopra, and Dr. Susan Blum, Dr. Kozlowski integrates traditional Family Medicine with cutting-edge functional approaches.

  Currently serving as Director of Clinical Intelligence at Ortho Molecular Products, Dr. Kozlowski leads strategy, development, and stewardship of AI-driven clinical programs and treatment protocols. He guides the creation and governance of digital clinical content for practitioners and patients, manages advisory teams, and ensures clinical solutions are aligned with the latest evidence, regulatory standards, and safety best practices.

  Dr. Kozlowski is the author of Unfunc Your Gut and Get the Func Out, which deliver clear, practical guidance on nutrition, gut health, immune system balance, hormones, detoxification, and the mind-body connection. His expertise centers on how these systems interact and contribute to chronic disease.

  A nationally recognized speaker, Dr. Kozlowski has presented at premier conferences such as IFM’s Annual International Conference, A4M’s Spring Congress, and the IntellxxDNA Genomics Conference, reaching audiences through both live and virtual workshops. He educates clinicians and the public on genomics, toxicant exposure, gut health, and functional medicine approaches to chronic illness.

  Dr. Kozlowski also served as a clinical writer for Function Health, researching and developing educational resources that make complex medical topics accessible and actionable for diverse audiences

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  Ashley Koff, RD Chief Nutrition Officer
  

  Ashley Koff, RD

  Chief Nutrition Officer

  Ashley Koff RD is a nationally recognized dietitian with a career that’s spanned a variety of different areas of dietetics and business. A 25+ year private practitioner, Koff’s focus has been to help people identify and make their better nutrition choices more often practicing what she now calls “truly personalized nutrition,” while coining terms such as “Qualitarian” “INFObesity” and the mantra “Better Not Perfect”. She’s written two books, authored chapters for several others, developed app-based personalized nutrition programs and The BNP Toolkit to help practitioners more easily evaluate and optimize their patient’s total nutrition. You may have seen her as a national media expert with regular segments on shows like Good Morning America, Today Show, The Doctors and The Dr Oz Show. Ditching a career where she helped create not better options (Smart Start, Raisin Bran Crunch), Koff helped launch ingredients such as hemp seeds (Manitoba Harvest), bifidobacteria infantis (Align), coconut water (ONE), acai (Sambazon), gummy / chew supplements (SmartyPants), refrigerated protein bars (Perfect Bar) and glucoraphanin (TrueBroc). Selected as the Global Wellness Ambassador for Westin Hotels, inStyle magazine Hollywood’s Nutritionist, among CNN’s Top 100 Health Makers and as an advisor for The Partnership for a Healthier America and Tufts University Nutrition Entrepreneurship program. Today she helms a team at The Better Nutrition Program a company she founded in 2019 and is a fractitional Chief Nutrition Officer for entities like Vitaboom.

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  Patrick Hanaway, MD Certified Family Physician
  

  Patrick Hanaway, MD

  Certified Family Physician

  Patrick Hanaway, MD, is a board certified family physician trained at Washington University. Dr. Hanaway served on the executive committee for the American Board of Integrative Medicine and is past president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. For the past 20 years, he has worked with his wife in clinical practice at Family to Family: Your Home for Whole Health Care in Asheville, NC.

  After 10 years as chief medical officer at Genova Diagnostics, Dr. Hanaway became the chief medical education officer at The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM), where he oversaw the development and implementation of IFM’s programs worldwide. He has taught with IFM since 2005, he leads the GI Advanced Practice Module, and he continues his support of IFM as co-chair of the Expert Advisory Board.

  In 2014, Dr. Hanaway helped develop the collaboration between IFM and the Cleveland Clinic, where he was the founding medical director. He later became the research director and now serves as a research collaborator at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. His research interests focus on evaluating outcomes of Functional Medicine models of care.

  The focus of Dr. Hanaway’s work is to leverage his skillset to transform medical practice through education, research, and clinical care. In addition, Dr. Hanaway has been initiated as a Mara’akame [indigenous healer] by the Huichol people of the Sierra Madres in Mexico. He holds community fires, leads ceremonies, and offers traditional healing sessions.

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  Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD Director - Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine (CCSM)
  

  Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD

  Director - Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine (CCSM)

  Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD is the Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor in Neurology and Professor of Neurobiology at Northwestern University. She is also the Director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine (CCSM) and Chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. As Director of CCSM, Dr. Zee oversees an interdisciplinary program in basic and translational sleep and circadian rhythm research, and findings from her team have paved the way for innovative approaches to improve sleep and circadian health. Dr. Zee practices sleep medicine at Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine in downtown Chicago and is the founder of the first circadian medicine clinic in the US, where innovative treatments are available for patients with circadian rhythm disorders.

  Dr. Zee has authored more than 300 peer reviewed original articles, reviews and chapters on the topics of sleep, circadian rhythms, and sleep/wake disorders. She has also trained over 50 pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students and has mentored numerous faculty members. Dr. Zee is a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Sleep Research Society, American Neurological Association, World Sleep Society, and Society for Research on Biological Rhythms. She has served on numerous national and international committees, NIH scientific review panels, and international advisory boards. She is past President of the Sleep Research Society, past President of the Sleep Research Foundation, past Chair of the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board, a past member of the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Disorders Advisory Council, is the past President of the World Sleep Society and is the current Chair of the American Brain Foundation’s Research Advisory Committee. Dr. Zee is the recipient of the 2011 American Academy of Neurology Sleep Science Award, the 2014 American Academy of Sleep Medicine academic honor, the William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award, the 2020 Sleep Research Society Distinguished Scientist Award which is the society’s highest award and recognizes significant, original and sustained scientific contributions, the 2021 National Sleep Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2025 World Sleep Society Distinguished Service Award.

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  Elroy Vojdani, MD Functional and Predictive Immune Testing Authority
  

  Elroy Vojdani, MD

  Functional and Predictive Immune Testing Authority

  Dr. Elroy Vojdani is the founder of Regenera Medical, a boutique Functional Medicine practice in Los Angeles, California.

  Upon graduating medical school from the University of Southern California and completing his residency at USC Keck School of Medicine, Dr. V began his career as an Interventional Radiologist, diagnosing and treating complex, late-stage cancers and other extremely debilitating diseases. While this experience gave him unique insights into hospital based medicine, his desire to stop disease before it reached the point of becoming a chronic illness remained at the core of his desire to practice medicine. Today, he continues in his father’s footsteps – pioneering to find answers to medical conditions that go undiagnosed and untreated.

  Dr. Vojdani has co-authored over 20 articles in the Scientific literature and continues an integral role in research related to Autoimmune, Neurodegenerative, and Autoinflammatory conditions.  He is also the co-Author a medical textbook entitled “Food Associated Autoimmunity”.