Pedro Bastos, B.A.

Pedro Bastos, member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the International Society of Sports Nutrition, is currently finishing his Master degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and his thesis main focus is on Diet’s Net Acid Load. He has a Post-graduate degree in Exercise and Health from ESDRM (School of Sport Science of Rio Maior, Portugal), where he studied the role of Exercise in Abdominal Organ Transplant Receivers and obtained a certification as a Personal Trainer. He also received a Strength and Conditioning Instructor Certification from CEF (“Centro de Estudos Fitness”), and CEFAD (“Centro de Estudos e Formação de Actividades Desportivas”), two Portuguese Fitness Schools. From 2001 to 2004 he worked as a Health and Fitness Instructor, as well as a Personal Trainer in Squash Soleil Health Club, in Lisbon. Since 2005, he’s a contributor to various health and fitness magazines, and lectures at national and international conventions, symposiums and conferences on topics related to Nutrition, Health and Performance. His latest research has been on Milk and Dairy, having lectured on that topic at various Universities in Brazil on 2008, at the 1st Annual Iberian Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine and Biomedical Technologies, held in Estoril, Portugal on May 2008, and at the International Congress on Functional Clinical Nutrition in São Paulo, Brazil, on July 2007. Presently, he works with Professor Loren Cordain (world scientific expert in the evolutionary and anthropological basis for diet, health and well being in modern humans) in “The Paleo Diet” concept, serves as a nutritional consultant for some nutrition companies and clinics in Portugal and Brazil, and is a member of the editorial board of a brazilian technical nutrition journal (“Nutrição, Saúde and Performance”).

Dr Jim Bell, Ph. D.

Dr. Jim Bell is CEO of the International Fitness Professionals Association (IFPA) and its two subsidiaries, Doctor’s Fitness Centers (DFC) and The Fitness Institute of Technology (FIT). He is the Co-Chairman for the American College of Anti-Aging Sports Medicine Professional (ACASP), providing the latest tactics, strategies and technologies on exercise and nutrition prescription for doctors to combat the over 60 medical diseases, dysfunctions and disabilities of afflicted patients. Dr. Bell holds 2 PhDs in Medical Fitness Specialization and Sports and Fitness Training and is currently working on an ND/PhD degree in Naturalpathic Medicine. He is a former NCAA Gymnast and Martial Artist and was a NCAA Gymnastics Coach while working on a Masters Degree in Engineering, Exercise Physiology and an MBA. He is a world renowned lecturer and author, writing and speaking around the globe on numerous subjects concerning anti-aging, fitness, health, sports nutrition, exercise physiology, sports conditioning-medicine and psychology, and holds the rare honor of twice being the lead speaker on exercise physiology and sports nutrition at the US Olympic and Pan American Coaches College. Dr. Bell is a former US Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and he holds over 60 different certifications in numerous subjects concerning fitness, sports nutrition-conditioning-medicine-exercise and psychology.

Dr. Anna Cabeca

Anna M. Cabeca, DO, FACOG, Dr. Anna Cabeca is a board certified Gynecologist and Obstetrician with an integrative medicine practice in Georgia. She is an expert in women’s health and specializes in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and natural alternatives, successful menopause, age management medicine, reproductive health and helping patients prepare for pregnancy and combat infertility issues. Her belief is that the advantages of creating health and hormone balance are that we not only improve our own health but also improve the health of our generations to follow. It is her goal and purpose as a physician and educator to improve the quality of life of her patients and all women through incorporating cutting edge gynecologic advances, hormone balance, diet, exercise programs, education, and nutritional detoxification regimens all tailored to the individual. She integrates a Mind-Body-Spirit approach in her medical practice. Dr. Cabeca earned her medical degree from Nova-Southeastern University of the Health Sciences in Florida. She did her residency training at Emory University where she is currently a Clinical Instructor and has been in private practice in Southeast Georgia since 1999. Dr. Cabeca is a mother of four, speaks four languages, and grew up in a multi-lingual and cultural household which nurtured her love for international medicine and travel. She has traveled around the world learning from and experiencing cutting edge centers, and alternative healing modalities. She has given presentations nationally as well as internationally.

Ramon Cacabelos

Prof Ramon Cacabelos, M.D., Ph.D., D.M.Sc., Prof Ramon Cacabelos graduated in Medicine and Surgery, by the Oviedo University Medical School, Oviedo, Spain (1980). He did an International Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan, Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan (1981-1983), anda n International Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan, Postgraduate I-IV, Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan (1983-1987). Prof.. Cacauelos obtained his Ph.D. (Medicine and Surgery) from the Santiago University Medical School, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1985), and his Ph.D., D.M. Sci. (Doctor in Medical Science/Internal Medicine/Psychiatry), from the Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan (1987). He is an associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Santiago University Medical School, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1987-1989), a visiting Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Navarra University Medical School, Pamplona, Spain (1990), a visiting Professor, Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA (1991), a Tenure Professor, Department of Human Physiology, Complutense University Medical School, Madrid, Spain (1989-1995). Prof.. Cacauelos is currently the President of EuroEspes Corp. (since 1991) the Director of the Institute for Central Nervous System Disorders, La Coruña, Spain (1991-). He held past positoons such as: European Dementia Network (EUDENET)(1992-2000) President, Spanish Association of Neurogerontology and Neurogeriatrics (1994-2005) Director General, EuroEspes Biomedical Research Center, La Coruña, Spain (1995-) Director, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, CIBE, La Coruña, Spain (1995-) President, EuroEspes Biotechnology (EBIOTEC), La Coruña, Spain, (2001-) President, Ebiotec Foundation, La Coruña, Spain (2003-2008) Professor and Chairman, EuroEspes Chair of Biotechnology and Genomics, Camilo José Cela University, Madrid, Spain (2003-). Prof cacauelos is the Editor-in-Chief of: ANNALS OF PSYCHIATRY/BASIC AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES (1990-2004), NEUROGERONTOLOGY and NEUROGERIATRICS (1993-2004), as well as of the EuroEspes Journal, Gen-T (2007-)

Dr Michael Colgan, Ph.D., C.C.N.

Michael Colgan, Ph.D., C.C.N., is an internationally renowned research scientist. He is acknowledged as one of the world’s most popular scientific experts on the inhibition of aging. From 1971 to 1982, Dr. Colgan was a senior member of the Science Faculty of the University of Auckland, where he taught in Human Sciences and in the Medical School and conducted research on aging and physical performance. Startling results of his early research convinced him to write his first book for the public, Your Personal Vitamin Profile, 1982, (New York: William Morrow) during his 3-year tenure as a visiting scholar at Rockefeller University in New York. This revolutionary book rapidly became a definitive guide for accurate, scientifically researched nutritional information, and has been in print continuously for the last 25 years. From 1979 to 1998, Dr. Colgan was the Director and President of the Colgan Institute. He serves now as Chairman of the Board. The Colgan Institute has branches in the United States, Canada and Australasia. The Institute is a consulting, educational and research facility concerned with the effects of nutrition, exercise and environmental influences on athletic performance, aging and the prevention of degenerative disease. Dr. Colgan has served as a consultant to the US National Institute on Aging and to the New Zealand and Canadian Governments, as well as many corporations. His professional memberships include the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the British Society for Nutritional Medicine, In 2002 Dr. Colgan was inducted into the Canadian Nutrition Hall of Fame. Dr. Colgan has lectured worldwide for the last 30 years. He has written more than 50 research papers, and more than 500 popular articles and programs for a wide variety of international media. He has also written two college texts and 16 books for the public, including two best sellers. His latest popular book, Save Your Brain, 2007 (Vancouver: Science Books) and DVD, Release the Power of Your Brain, 2007, Vancouver: GSC Corp) have received excellent reviews. For more information on Dr. Colgan and the Colgan Institute, visit http://www.colganinstitute.com.

Francisco Llano Corona M.D.

Dr. Francisco Llano Corona, obtained his M.D. from The Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), he studied Anti-Aging medicine and Aesthetic Medicine, he lectures in different Universities in México and Latin America, he has presented scientific conferences in many International Medical Congresses in topics such as Theories of Aging, Stem Cells and regenerative Medicine, Predictive Medicine, Apoptosis, and Healthy Aging. Dr. Llano is actually the International Medical Director of Kurabiol Laboratories (Anti-Aging therapies from Switzerland), and also the Medical advisor of Florida Laboratories, making and interpreting genetic tests.

Dr. Eduardo Franco

Eduardo B.Sc., M.P.H., Dr.P.H, Dr. Franco is Professor of Epidemiology and Oncology and Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology at McGill University`s Faculty of Medicine, in Montreal, Canada. He was formerly a faculty member at the French-language Université du Québec (1989-94) and Senior Researcher and Head of the Epidemiology Unit at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1985-89). He holds B.Sc. (1975) and Licentiate (1976) degrees in biology from Universidade de Campinas, Brazil, and master`s (MPH, 1982) and doctoral (DrPH, 1984) degrees in public health microbiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a Guest Researcher at the US Centers for Disease Control, in Atlanta (1980-81 and 83-84), and a post-doctoral fellow in cancer epidemiology during 1984 at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, and at Louisiana State University, in New Orleans. Professor Franco`s research during the last 20 years has focussed mainly on the molecular epidemiology and prevention of cervical cancer, upper aero-digestive tract cancers and childhood tumours, and the development of epidemiologic methods for evaluating screening efficacy and assessing misclassification. He has also conducted studies of societal and clinical influences on the survival of cancer patients and written a variety of statistical software programs for epidemiologic data analysis. Much of his research has been international, with collaborative projects in Brazil, the Congo Republic, US, and with the International Agency for Research on Cancer, in France. His research has been funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Medical Research Council of Canada (MRC), National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC), Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). He has published over 220 scientific articles and chapters (pdf files of the most recent ones are available for download in the web site below) and edited two books on cancer epidemiology and prevention. He has held Associate Editor assignments with the American Journal of Epidemiology (1993-98) and with Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention (since 1995), and as Editorial Board Member for Epidemiology (1993-2004), Medical and Pediatric Oncology (2000-), and Cancer Detection and Prevention (2001-). He has served in several scientific or grant review panels for the above agencies and for several national and international health organizations, as well as a consultant to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector on cancer screening and prevention. He has mentored 65 graduate students, guest researchers, and post-doctoral fellows since 1985 and, in addition to his teaching at McGill, he has been an instructor in several annual or sporadic cancer epidemiology courses in the US, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. He has served as member of and occasionally chaired organizing or program committees for 17 national and international conferences on epidemiology, infectious diseases, and oncology themes. He chaired the organizing committee for the 16th World Congress of Epidemiology, held in Montreal in August 2002. He was inducted into the Delta Omega and Sigma Xi honorary societies and received a superior Performance Award from the US Centers for Disease Control in 1984. His recent awards include: James McGill Chair (2002), MRC Distinguished Scientist (2000), Educational Excellence at McGill University (2000), City of Montreal`s “Ambassadeur du Palais des Congrès“ (2000), FRSQ`s “Chercheur National“ Award (1999). He is the elected representative for North America at the Council of the International Epidemiological Association (2002-05).

Dr. Gazzaley

Dr. Gazzaley, Ph. D, M.D., Dr Gazzaley was born and raised in New York City. He was interested in science since childhood and was always convinced that it was his career path. However, he did not discover his passion for the brain until later in his undergraduate years. He went on to receive his M.D. and Ph.D degree in Neuroscience through the NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. His doctoral research, under the mentorship of Dr. John Morrison, focused on plasticity of glutamate receptors in the hippocampus and implications for cognitive changes in normal aging. This research earned him the prestigious 1997 Krieg Cortical Scholar Award. He then completed an internship in internal medicine and residency in neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. Following residency, Dr. Gazzaley traveled to UC Berkeley for a research fellowship with Dr. Mark D’Esposito and Dr. Robert Knight. The research involved studying memory and attention in humans and the changes that occur with normal aging using functional MRI and EEG. During that time period he also completed a clinical fellowship in cognitive neurology at the Memory and Aging Center under the direction of Dr. Bruce Miller and became board-certified in neurology.� Following his post-doctoral training, he was hired as an Assistant Professor at UCSF in the Departments of Neurology and Physiology and as an Assistant Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. He now directs a cognitive neuroscience laboratory at the UCSF Mission Bay campus, which focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms of memory and attention in humans, how these processes change with normal aging and dementia, and how we might intervene to improve cognitive abilities in those suffering from deficits. In addition to his laboratory, he has recently established and now directs the Neuroscience Imaging Center (NIC) at UCSF, a core facility designed to use the tools of human neurophysiology, notably functional MRI, to study the healthy and impaired brain.

Dr. Robert M. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., DO, FAASP

Dr. Robert M. Goldman is the chairman of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine(A4M). He has spearheaded the development of numerous international medical organizations and corporations. Robert Goldman. M.D., Ph.D., D.O., FAASP has served as a Senior Fellow at the Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts University, and as an Affiliate at the Philosophy of Education Research Center, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. Dr. Goldman is a Clinical Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea Medical University. He also serves as Professor, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Central America Health Sciences (Belize). In addition, Goldman presently holds the position of Visiting Professor at Udayana Medical University (Indonesia). Dr. Goldman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sports Physicians and a Board Diplomat in Sports Medicine and Board Certified in Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Goldman received his Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.) from Brooklyn College in New York, then conducted three years of independent research in steroid biochemistry and attended the State University of New York. He received the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Degree from the Central America Health Sciences University, School of Medicine in Belize, a government-sanctioned, Ministry of Health-approved, and World Health Organization-listed medical university. He received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (D.O.) degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at MidWestern University. His Ph.D. work was in the field of androgenic anabolic steroid biochemistry. He co-founded and serves as Chairman of the Board of Life Science Holdings, a biomedical research company with over 150 medical patents under development in the areas of brain resuscitation, trauma and emergency medicine, organ transplant and blood preservation technologies. He has overseen cooperative research agreement development programs in conjunction with such prominent institutions as the American National Red Cross, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Defense, and the FDA\'s Center for Devices Radiological Health. Dr. Goldman is the recipient of the \'Gold Medal for Science (1993), the Grand Prize for Medicine (1994), the Humanitarian Award (1995), and the Business Development Award (1996). During the late l990s, Dr. Goldman received honors from Minister of Sports and government Health officials of numerous nations. In 2001, Excellency Juan Antonio Samaranch awarded Dr. Goldman the International Olympic Committee Tribute Diploma for contributions to the development of sport Olympism. In addition, Dr. Goldman is a black belt in karate, Chinese weapons expert, and world champion athlete with over 20 world strength records, he has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Some of his past performance records include 13,500 consecutive situps and 321 consecutive handstand pushups. Dr. Goldman was an All-College athlete in four sports, a three time winner of the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Physical Fitness Award, was voted Athlete of the Year, was the recipient of the Champions Award, and was inducted into the World Hall of Fame of Physical Fitness. In 1995, Dr. Goldman was awarded the Healthy American Fitness Leader Award from the President\'s Council on Physical Fitness Sports and U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Goldman is Chairman of the International Medical Commission overseeing sports medicine committees in over 176 nations. He has served as a Special Advisor to the President\'s Council on Physical Fitness Sports. He is founder and international President Emeritis of the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the cofounder and Chairman of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. Goldman visits an average of 20 countries annually to promote brain research and sports medicine programs.

Prof. Michael F. Holick

Michael F. Holick, Ph.D., M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics; Director of the General Clinical Research Center; and Director of the Bone Health Care Clinic and the Heliotherapy, Light, and Skin Research Center at Boston University Medical Center. After earning a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry, a medical degree, and completing a research postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dr. Holick completed a residency in medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Holick has made numerous contributions to the field of the biochemistry, physiology, metabolism, and photobiology of vitamin D for human nutrition. He determined the mechanism for how vitamin D is synthesized in the skin, demonstrated the effects of aging, obesity, latitude, seasonal change, sunscreen use, skin pigmentation, and clothing on this vital cutaneous process. Dr. Holick has established global recommendations advising sunlight exposure as an integral source of vitamin D. He has helped increase awareness in the pediatric and medical communities regarding vitamin D deficiency pandemic, and its role in causing not only metabolic bone disease, and osteoporosis in adults, but increasing risk of children and adults developing common deadly cancers, autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, and heart disease. Dr. Holick is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and a member of numerous organizations including the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and the American Association of Physicians. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the American Skin Association’s Psoriasis Research Achievement Award in 2002, the American College of Nutrition Award in 2002, the Robert H. Herman Memorial Award in Clinical Nutrition from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition in 2003, the Annual General Clinical Research Centers’ Program Award for Excellence in Clinical Research in 2006, and most recently the Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Award from the Institute for Functional Medicine in 2007 and the Eli Lilly Award from the Canadian Endocrine Society in 2007. Dr. Holick serves on a number of national committees including NIH and NASA, editorial boards, has organized and/or co-chaired several international symposia and is Editor in Chief for the Journal for Clinical Laboratories and Laboratories Related to Blood Transfusion. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, and written more than 250 review articles, as well as numerous book chapters. He has acted as editor and/or co-editor on 11 books, and has written the book entitled, The UV Advantage.

Prof. Eugenio Luigi Iorio, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Eugenio Luigi Iorio, MD, PhD, was graduated in 1987 from Medical School, Naples University, Italy, with highest marks “cum laude” and “dignity” to publish the dissertation on neurochemistry (“Role of polyamines in the Nervous Central System”). In the next years he completed the Post-Graduate School in Biochemical and Chemical Chemistry with highest marks “cum laude” and discussed a dissertation on the quality control significance in clinical chemistry. After that he reached the degree of PhD in Biochemical Sciences. In the first years of the scientific career he performed experimental studies on bacterial protein biosynthesis by producing an original t-RNA labelled at the 3’-end with a fluorescent probe. Subsequently he studied the platelet activating factor (PAF) metabolism in inflammatory cells demonstrating the activation of remodelling pathway in polymorfonuclear leukocytes, endothelial cells and mesangial cells after stimulation with bacterial porins. Some of these studies lead to the patent of an original method to detect and quantify alkyl-phospholids in biological fluids. Hence, he performed same trials on the relationships between mood disorders, endocrinology, immunology and nutrition. Very interesting are the studies on the proteoma of the Italian tomato “San Marzano” and on a inhibitor of pectin-methylesterase in kiwi fruit. All this scientific activity has been condensed in almost one hundred academic papers and one hundred communications in international congresses and symposia. After then years of teaching at the Medical School of Naples, four years ago, as an expertise of oxidative stress assessment, he was appointed as the President of the International Observatory of Oxidative Stress (Salerno, Italy), which main aim is to translate into the clinical practice the basic research in the field of free radicals and antioxidants (official web site www.oxidativestressobservatory.org). In particular, he actively participate to the development of some analytical systems for oxidative stress assessment in clinical routine (e. g. d-ROMs test of Carratelli). In this area, he was several times invited speaker in many scientific congresses not only in the European Union (Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Norway, Greece, Czeck Republic, etc.) but also in the United States (Hawaii), in Mexico, in Japan and in South Corea. In the May 2005 he gave a special award to the famous professor Kenneth H. Cooper from Dallas, Texas (the inventor of the “antioxidant revolution”). Dr. Eugenio Luigi Iorio is not only referee for some scientific journals and reviewer of some Italian magazines on health and wellness but also a member of the Italian Society of Biochemistry (SIB), the Italian Society of Laboratory Medicine (SIMEL), the Italian Association of Anti-Aging Medicine (AMIA) and honorary member of the Italian Association for the Kousmine Method (AMIK) and the Italian Association of Antiaging Pharmacists (AIFAN). Now, he is also chief of a biannual program of Continuous Education in Medicine, in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Health, focused on free radicals, antioxidants and oxidative stress in clinical practice. Current fields of interest in this year are the relationships among oxidant status, genomics and lipidomics. As an eclectic biochemist, he is an expertise on Italian typical products of the Mediterranean diet, like olive oil, tomatoes, and buffalo mozzarella cheese and the most known Italian scientist on traditional hand-made Italian pizza. Indeed, he headed, together the Italian pizzaiolo Mogavero, the research’s group who produced the first certified “genuine Neapolitan hand-made pizza”, according to the Italian Norm UNI 10791:98, in the world (Rome, July 2001), the first “fitness pizza” in the world (Rimini, June 2002) and, more recently, the first “integral antioxidant pizza” in the world (Rome, September 2005). Some results of the studies on pizza have been presented at the Second International Conference on Mediterranean Diet “MEDIET” (Athens, April 2005). Finally, he demonstrated the inflammatory properties of “San Marzano” tomato extracts on cultured endothelial cells (Free Radical Res Biol Med, 2004). The next July (2008) he will be invited speaker at the 6th Free Radical Seminar at Tokyo, in Japan.

Prof Francesco Marotta, M.D., Ph.D.

Prof Dr. Francesco Marotta graduated in 1981 from Medical School, Catania University, Italy with highest marks cum Laude, he spent a year as Fellow in Gastroenterology at the University of Chicago. From 1983 to 1986 he served as clinical and research Registrar in Gastroenterology at the University of Cape-Town, Groote Schuur Hospital. In 1986 he completed the Post-Graduate School in Gastroenterology, University of Catania, Italy with highest marks cum Laude. After selection by the Italian and Japanese Ministry of Education and following a Japanese Language Proficiency course at Tohoku University-Sendai, Japan, he entered the PhD course the University of Hirosaki, Japan, Dept of Surgery. At the end of the experimental studies (Superoxide anion generation and role of macrophage oxidative burst in several models of acute pancreatitis) granted a PhD as the only one obtained in the medical field in Japan by an italian after the post-war period. He was then granted a fellowship by the Japanese Science and Technology Ministry at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan where we worked till 1991. From 1991 to 1998 he was appointed as Chief Consultant in Gastroenterology, S. Anna Hospital, Como, Italy. From 1998 to date he works as Consultant at the Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, S. Giuseppe Hosp., Milano, Italy. From 2005 he is the scientific director of GAIA foundation, a no profit Ministry-accredited organization dedicated to aging research. He is also appointed as Consulting Professor, WHO-affiliated Center for Biotechnology, Traditional Medicine Post-Graduate School, Dept. of Anatomy, University of Milano, and Consulting Professor of BioGerontology, Urology Dept., University of Pavia. He his Visiting Professor at major Japanese Institutions where he has extensively being lectured and cooperated in research projects over the past 15 years. He is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics, board member of several well-reputed journals (Biogerontology, JOP, Intl Cancer Res and Ther, Curr Topics Nutrac Res. Etc) and referee of several, European, asian and Middle-East medical journals. Member of several foundations and research institutes of aging. Starting from 1989 he has received on a yearly basis several international awards and invitation as invited speakers in Europe, Japan, China, USA, India and Middle-East. He is authors of 85 full papers (most of which as leading author), over 350 scientific communications and lectures and few book sections dealing with experimental and clinical gastroenterology, oxidative stress and aging. He has currently a pending invitation for an appointement as Clinical Professor at Seoul University, Korea for nutragenomic research. Prof Francesco Marotta,’s biography included in “Who’s Who in the world” annals since 1988.

Dr. Paulo Müller

Paulo Müller. M.D., M.A., Dr. Paulo Müller has a degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). After a two-year degree in General Surgery, he joined Prof. Pitanguy´s Master Degree Course. After completing his masters Dr Müller worked as Dr. Pitanguy´s assistant and right-hand for 6 years. He currently has his own practice office in Ipanema (Rio de Janeiro) with a strong Brazilian and international clientele.

Dr. Sónia Melo

Sónia Melo, MSc, GenoSolutions Epigenetic and Oncologist Scientist, has a degree in Biochemistry by the University of OPorto. She as worked in scientific research ever since, having passed by the National Institute of Biomedical Engineering – INEB were she studied the main functions of the hormone leptin; and by the Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology – IPATIMUP – were she started her way into cancer research. She was recruited in 2005 by the GABBA PhD program known by its scientific excellency were she had trainee in various areas of science throughout the world: Population Genetics, Biostatistics, Genetics and epidemiology, Cell Cycle, Regulation of genetics expression, Evolution, Structural Biology, Bioethics, T lymphocyte biology and Parasitology at IBMC (Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology); Rnomics at IMM (Institute of Molecular Medicine); The nervous and Immune systems at Minho’s University; Immunological system António Freitas (Pasteur Institute, France); Neurobiology and Music Bolanger (MIT – USA); Neurosciences José Castro Lopes, (FMUP) Rui Costa, (Duke University USA); Oncobiology and Advanced course in oncobiology IPATIMUP; Development Fernando Casares,(CABD Seville, Spain); Bioinformatics CRG Barcelona (Spain); Chromatin Babraham Institute, Cambridge; Epigenetics of Cancer Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore. She also has pos-graduations courses in: Molecular and Celular Mechanisms of Cancer at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Lisbon; Forensics Medicine by the Portucalense University of OPorto; Advanced course in Oxidative Stress and Cell Signalling at IBMC - Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Informed Consent at the Centre of Biomedical Law in the University of Coimbra. She is currently working as GenoSolutions’ Oncologist Scientists as well as working in Madrid at CNIO – Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas doing a PhD in Human Biology by the Faculty of Medicine of OPorto University. Her work focuses mainly on the Epigenetics of Cancer.

Prof. Dra. Isabel Hoffmann Miles, B.Sc.H., M.A., Ph.D.,

Prof. Dra. Isabel Hoffmann Miles, B.Sc.H., M.A., Ph.D., is the President and Chair of the Iberian Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine and BioMedical Technologies (A4M Iberia), as well as the founder and Managing Director of GenoSolutions LDA, and a Visiting Professor of The School of Management in Porto (EGP, Porto University). Prof. Hoffmann Miles has founded eight companies in the past 19 years, in the fields of health care, internet medical continuing education, entertainment and software. She has negotiated strategic investments with groups such as CBC Networks, Mitsubishi International, and Global Television Canada. She has also raised equity investment and convertible debenture notes in Wall Street, negotiating several joint venture agreements; she was the main strategic negotiator on several business acquisitions, including a US$28M acquisition of Corel Multimedia business division. She co-founded Vibrance Medical Group, a Beverly Hills anti-aging clinic, and up until recently was the Managing Director of this clinic. Prof. Hoffmann Miles is widely respected for her creativity and dynamism, has been honored by numerous publications and societies. She is a winner of Ernst and Young`s Entrepreneur of the Year Award (1996), winner of the Financial Post`s Best 40 under 40 Award (1997), winner of Canada`s National iWAY Award presented by the Canadian Royal Bank and CANARIE Inc. (1999), winner of the 1999 Women in Technology Award by Bell Mobility (The Toronto Sun), and of the 1999 American-Canadian Business Council award. In 1995, she was the recipient of the University of Toronto`s Alumni of the Year Award, and was awarded in 1995 with the Maclean`s Honor Roll for Canadian Excellence. As a result of her leadership, H+a, a software company which she founded and was its President and CEO, was ranked 27th on 1998`s PROFIT 100 (Profit Magazine`s recognition of Canada`s top 100 fastest-growing companies). That same year, H+a received The Financial Post`s Fast 55 Award, a national award recognizing H+a as the 15th fastest growing technology company in Canada. In 1996, Prof. Hoffmann Miles received the Goodwill Industries` Employer of the Year Award. Prof. Hoffmann Miles is a highly sought after keynote speaker for industry presentations and conferences around the world. Her presentations have covered topics ranging from Leadership, Entrepreneurship to the Preventive and Predictive Medicine. Prof. Hoffmann Miles’ presentations include: 2003 EGP, Porto University New Frontiers: from Digital to Genomic technology, Portugal (Nov); 2003 International Women`s Day, Anti-Aging issues, Portugal (March); 2003 British Chamber of Commerce, Leadership and Change, Portugal (Feb); 2002 Association of Americans in Portugal, Being an Entrepreneur at any Age, Portugal (Nov); 2000 Emmys International Awards, Interactive Television: what the new millennium will bring, USA; 2000 MIPCOM, Interactive Television Section, Meeting Kids expectation with iTV, France; 2000 The Golden Marble Awards, Brand Management on the Internet, NY; 2000 TED, On Entrepreneurship, Canada; 2000 Toronto Board of Trade, “Women of Success”, Canada ; 1999 Niagara Connect, Developing a Global Network, USA ; 1999 Toronto Venture Group, Internet Success is a Child`s Play: Raising Money on a Internet Valuation, Canada ; 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Valuation Criteria for Interactive Media Companies, USA; 1999 Banff TV Festival, The Interactive Screen, Canada ; 1998 Women of Influence Luncheon Series, Delivering the Right Message, Canada; 1996 The Rotary Club, On Leadership, Canada; 1995 London Board of Education, Emerging Technologies and the Role of the Educator, Canada; 1995 Toronto International Film Festival, New Business Models for the Entertainment Industry, Canada. From 1996 to 1998 Prof. Hoffmann Miles was co-host of a technology show on the Discovery Channel, where she commented on topics related to the multimedia industry and education. Prof. Hoffmann Miles has been profiled in several publications including: “Who`s Who in Canada“ (Global Press) since 1998; Canadian Who`s Who (University of Toronto Press) since 1999, “Chatelaine presents Who`s Who of Canadian Women“ since 1997; “Silicon Valley North presents Who`s Who in Canadian High Tech“ since 1998; “Canadian Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management“, (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) 1997; “In the Company of Women“, by Katherine Gay (Harper Collins) 1997; “Toronto Women: Changing Faces, 1900-2000“, (Eastend Books); Toronto Women: Changing Faces, 1900-2000, Randall White, Eastend Books, 1997 A high achiever in the academic as well as the corporate world, Prof. Hoffmann Miles holds an Honors Degree in Mathematics and a Masters Degree in Computer Science and Education, both from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. Emeritus from Wolfe`s, The University of King`s College within the University of Toronto Prof. Hoffmann Miles has served on several boards of directors, including Communications and Information Technology of Ontario (CITO) and US Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). In 1998, Prof. Hoffmann Miles was appointed an Honorary Member of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem`s. In the same year she was a judge for the Heidrick and Struggles Marketer of the Year Award. In 2000 she also served as a judge for the International New York Festivals Awards.

Sheila Ranchhod, B.A.

Sheila Ranchhod has a degree in Exercise and Health and a Post-Graduate degree in Exercise and Health, Specializing in Personal Training, both from ESDRM (School of Sport Science of Rio Maior, Portugal). She has also attended post-graduated courses in Human Nutrition from Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, and she is a certified Strength, Condition and Group Class Trainer from CEF (Centro de Estudos Fitness). In 2007 she received her Master Trainer Certification from Power Plate International, and has been, since, The Director of Power Plate® Education and Training for Portugal, through Livingfitness, exclusive distribuitor. Sheila also has been working as Manager and a Nutritional Advisor for a sport supplement shop, Em Forma Sport, and has been a Fitness and a Personal Trainer since 1998.

Dr. Luís Romariz M.D.

Luís Romariz is a Master in Age Management Medicine. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Porto in 1979. He specialized in Familiar Medicine in 1988 and has the degree of Graduated Assistant of Familiar Medicine. In the last 25 years has been developing the preventive medicine as a permanent member of staff at ARS Aveiro. He achieved the International Certificate of Age Management Medicine at the Cenegenics Medical Institute at Las Vegas (2005). Harvard Medical School Pos Graduate (2007). Member of A4M since 2006. Member of Andropause Society, U.K., since 2005. Founder of NewAge Medical Institute, at Porto.

Prof. Dr. Leonard A. Rubinstein, M.D., F.A.A.C.S., F.A.A.Oto-HNS

Prof. Dr. Leonard Rubinstein, M.D., F.A.A.C.S., F.A.A. Oto-HNS, has a B.S. Biology- from LaSalle University, an M.D. from The Medical College of Pennsylvania and did his Internal Medicine Residencyin Abington Memorial Hospital and his General Surgery Residency in Lankenau Hospital. He is Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery/Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Leonard Rubinstein is a Professor of Dept. of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Zunyi College of Medicine, Guizhou Province, P. R. of China, and a Visiting Professor of East-West College of Natural Medicine, Sarasota, Florida USA, he is also Faculty of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Prof. Dr. Leonard Rubinstein is the Founding Director of the Sino-American Inter-University Medical/Dental/Nursing Exchange Program, the President of the American Society of Cosmetic Surgery (the USA affiliate of the Ibero-American Federation of Cosmetic Surgery), a Diplomat of the International Board of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery (not part of the ABMS), a Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, a Fellow of the American Academy of Liposuction Surgery, a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, a Fellow of the Southeast Asia Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, a Fellow of the Mexican Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, and an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Breast Surgery. He is an Honorary Professor of the Spanish Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, an Honorary Professor of the Southeast Asia Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, an Honorary Professor of the Mexican Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. Prof. Dr. Leonard Rubinstein is an active Member of the International Association of Medical Science Educators, of the Association of Medical Educators of Europe, of the National Hispanic Medical Association, and of the American Academy of Oriental Medicine and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. One of the most respected names in his field, Dr. (Prof.) Leonard A. Rubinstein has been an invited speaker and Faculty Member of numerous national and international medical symposia where he is invited to teach the innovative techniques he has developed. In private practice for over 22 years in Sarasota, Florida, USA, Dr. Rubinstein has offices also in Mexico, Baja and P. R. of China. His integrated comprehensive approach to patients includes both traditional (Allopathic) and Holistic techniques of Medicine (Homeopathic, Oriental, Osteopathic). Dr. Rubinstein was selected as “One of America’s Top Plastic Surgeons” by Consumers’ Research Council of America in 2006 and again in 2007. For his accomplishments, Dr. Rubinstein was recently nominated to serve on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020. Dr. Rubinstein is credited for many advances in the fields of Cosmetic Surgery, including an innovative approach to Cosmetic Breast Enhancement Surgery wherein his surgical approach can be performed without a resultant scar on the skin. This unique approach, called RejuvENHANCE™ Intra-Areolar Multi-W-Plasty Technique, which he developed, has been featured in several trade journals, including the April 2003 issue of the national publication Cosmetic Surgery Times, and has been the featured topic of many medical symposia. As one of the first Cosmetic Surgeons to perform Liposuction Surgery in the United States, Dr. Rubinstein`s unique techniques of Liposculpture Body Contour Enhancement, including his RejuvLiposelective™ Ultrasound-assisted Liposculpture, have earned him world-wide recognition as a master surgeon and he is frequently invited to serve as Faculty of Liposuction Surgery meetings. Dr. Pierre Fournier, considered by many as the “Father of Liposuction“ has invited Dr. Rubinstein to serve as co-faculty of Dr. Fournier`s Liposuction Courses. In the Fall of 2006, Dr. Rubinstein was recognized in the International Anniversary Meeting of 30 Years of Liposuction held in Rome, Italy, by Drs. Fournier and Giorgio Fischer for his contributions over the years to the field of Liposculpture Surgery. November of 2007 he participated as Faculty in the 5th International Conference of the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine held in California. Dr. Rubinstein prides himself in always reaching out to the latest advances in his field and strives to provide the latest treatment options to his patients. He promotes an Integrative Approach to the practice of Medicine. As such, after completing his Allopathic Medical training at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, his Internal Medicine and Surgical Residencies, and his specialty training in Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, he pursued further training in Homeopathic Medicine in Germany and Oriental Medicine in China. Dr. Rubinstein’s office includes a merging of Allopathy, Homeopathy, Osteopathy, and Oriental Medicine into virtually every aspect of his care of patients.

Prof. Juan Sabater. Ph.D.

Prof. Juan Sabater. Ph.D. is an European Specialist in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EC4). Former Professor of Biochemistry at the Medical School of the AU of Barcelona. He has been awarded with the City of Barcelona Prize of Research (Sciences). He is a Full Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy and also foreign Member of the National Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Mexico and of the New York Academy of Sciences. He has Published 155 papers and presented 183 communications in national and international meetings and co-authored ten books. He has participated in 144 courses as guest lecturer. He has directed twelve Ph.D. theses. Since its creation he is Professor of the Master on “Anti-aging Medicine” of the AU of Barcelona and of the AU of Mexico.

Dra. Cristina Sales, M.D.

Cristina Sales, was born in 1956, she graduated from the School of Medicine in the Classic University of Lisbon in 1982. She specialized in Familiar Medicine in 1996 and has the degree of Consultant of Familiar Medicine. She is registered in the Portuguese Medical Order and possesses the title of Specialist on General and Familiar Medicine and has the medical competence in Acupuncture (2004). As a Family MD integrate the permanent group of the National Health Service from 1986 to 2006 in the ARS of O’Porto. Always interested on promoting the larger therapeutics approaches in preventive and healing medicine, specially directed for chronicle and degenerative diseases, she is constantly implementing her formation on multiple medical areas. On 2005, she becomes an expert on Clinical Metal Toxicology by IBMCT – International Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology. On 2006, Dr.ª Cristina acquires the title of Master in Nutrition by the University of Cadiz, Spain. She attended the course of Climatology and Hydrology in the School of Medicine in the University of O’Porto in 1995. She achieved the International Certificate of Completion of Advanced Level Study in Homeopathic Medicine, The Faculty of Homeopathy (UK), 2003. She has a post-graduation in “Homotoxicology, a vision of Biological Medicine” in 2002. On her medical office placed in O’Porto area, she develops, since 1989 on private practise, a medical work specially vocationed for chronicle and degenerative diseases, where she applies her academic classic knowledges and the potentialities of Nutritherapy and also all of the complementary therapeutics with distinction for Acupuncture, Homeopathy and Chelation Therapy. It’s been ten years since Dr.ª Cristina Sales, created, leads and is Clinical Director in her medical office of a multidisciplinary team of Integrative Medicine with 20 professionals, which includes the Dental Medicine Mercury Free, Nutritionist, Physiotherapy / Homeopathy, Personal Trainer of Movement Therapy and a nurse nucleus specially formed on Integrative Medicine. On 2004, she also creates on her medicine office, an Advanced Center of Functional Diagnosis, with which it has been establishing a vast of partnerships with the most credited clinical labs of Functional Medicine of EU and USA. In the academic years of 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2006/07, she is a doctor of reference for Orientation of Investigation in Complementary Integrative Medicine in the School of Medicine of the University of Minho, Portugal. In the academic year of 2007/08, she is invited by the Biomedical School of the University of O’Porto (ICBAS) to teach “Complementary Medicine”, an optional class of the 6th year of the degree course of Medicine. Here she is responsible for the following themes: “Homeopathy” and “Orthomolecular Medicine”. Between 2004 and 2007 she has done more than 20 actions of formation for chemists, all credited by the “Chemists Order” with the following title: “Prevention of the Modern Life and of the Obesity diseases with Nutritional Therapeutics”. On February of 2006 she pronounced the closing conference of the XV International Journeys of Atherosclerosis on the Portuguese Hospital of Coimbra University with the title: “Cardiovascular Prevention by less conventional ways”. Since 2006, she is a regular collaborator for the health television program “Biosfera” on RTP2 channel. The themes are prepared and presented by Dr.ª Cristina and they are the ones with bigger audience of the channel. She is also a member of Medical Portuguese Society of Acupuncture, an organism that belongs to the Medical Order and in 2004-05 she was the editor of the Official Informative Magazine; of SPCNA – Portuguese Society of Alimentation and Nutrition Sciences; of ACAM – American College for Advancement in Medicine, USA; of IBCMT – International Board of Clinical Metal Toxicology – USA; of the Life Extension Foundation – USA; of IFM - The Institute for Functional Medicine - USA; of ISOM - International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine and of International Academy of Homotoxicology, Germany. Prizes: On 1996, Dr.ª Cristina Sales receives the first place of “Azevedos Prize” - “Medicine Humanization” with the work “Born Well”. On 1998, she’s the first classified of the contest “Sea Medicines” organized by INFARMED in the context of the commemoration of the International year of the oceans.

Prof. Ricardo Silvestre, Ph.D.

Prof. Ricardo Silvestre received his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology at the University of Connecticut under the supervision of Dr. William Kraemer and Dr. Jeff Volek. Much of Dr. Silvestre's research focused on the metabolic and endocrine responses to exercise and various dietary interventions. Prior to his doctoral training, Dr. Silvestre received a Masters Degree in Exercise and Health from the University of Human Movement in Lisbon. Currently, Dr. Silvestre is a senior officer at the Portuguese Institute for Sports, where he evaluates and counsels high performance athletes. He is also an invited Professor at the University of Human Movement where he teaches “exercise in health and disease”. He also collaborates with the Ministry of Science and Technology to study the efficacy of exercise interventions in university students. Dr. Silvestre's primary area of interest is the effects of low carbohydrate diets for improving markers of metabolic syndrome in obese, overweight and normal weight individuals.

Dr. Vera Stejskal, Ph.D.

Dr. Vera Stejskal received her doctoral degree from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. For 18 years worked as a Senior Research Adviser and Head of Immunotoxicology at Astra, Sweden, now AstraZeneca. She is Associated Professor of Immunology at the University of Stockholm and at 1st Medical Faculty at Charles University, Prague, where she is involved in clinical research. Dr. Stejskal has been and adviser to the World Health Organization, and served as an expert witness to a US Congressional Committee on the issue of vaccine safety and thimerosal allergy. Inventor of the MELISA® test, Dr. Stejskal is the author of more than 100 scientific publications in the field of allergy and immunotoxicology. She is also board member of European Academy of Environmental Medicine and scientific member of ESAAM and I-GAP.

Filomena Trindade MD, MPH

Dr Trindade is a board certified family physician who has sub-specialized in Functional and Anti-Aging Medicine. She is a graduate of the fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. Dr Trindade is originally from Açores and speaks fluent Portuguese and Spanish. Dr Trindade received her medical education in the United States, obtaining her BA from University of California Santa Cruz, her Masters in Public Health (MPH) from San Diego State University in the areas of Epidemiology and Environmental Health and her MD from University of California Davis. She attended a UC San Francisco Residency in Family Practice in Santa Rosa, California. As a faculty member of the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and the UCSF/Santa Rosa Residency Program she is currently very active in developing teaching programs in Anti-Aging and Functional Medicine.

Prof. Jeff Volek, Ph. D., R.D., F.A.C.N.

Prof Jeff S. Volek is an associate professor and exercise and nutrition researcher in the number 1 ranked Department of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut. He is a Registered Dietitian (R.D.) and holds a Ph.D. from Penn State University, where his major fields of study were exercise physiology and nutrition. Having published more than 180 peer-reviewed studies in the last decade, he is one of the most prolific exercise, diet, and supplement researchers in the world. He has performed some of the seminal scientific work on dietary carbohydrate and creatine, carntine, and other dietary supplements. He currently manages several million dollars in extramural support where his research team is focused on understanding how manipulation in carbohydrate and other dietary nutrients affect exercise adaptations, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. He primarily uses prospective diet and/or exercise interventions and uses sophisticated cellular techniques to understand changes in metabolic outcomes. Dr. Volek presents several times a year nationally and internationally at scientific and industry conferences as an invited lecturer. He is co-author of “The Testosterone Advantage Plan” and author of “Men`s Health TNT Diet.

Rudolf Weyergans

Rudolf Weyergans, born in 1953, studied sociology, psychology and medicine in Aachen. Already during his course of studies he worked on a research about „Body Image“ together with body builder by the end of the seventies. His conclusion how “body image” affects self-confidence brought the Swedish state to cover the member contributions of unemployed teenager, who made body building. Very early Weyergans got in touch with the Lymphology, a special field in the medicine. In this field the passionated motor bike driver developed a treatment method against swollen arms and legs, in which with help of air chambers (the first prototypes were motor bike tubes) an automatic pressure massage could be provided. In the meantime this method of lymph drainage is a well-known standard in the therapy of oedema and cancer aftercare. Since mid of the eighties Weyergans is also engaged with the Cellulite syndrome. Numerous lectures and publishing, his co-operation in the panel of experts of the „Stiftung Warentest“, mutual researches with the Max- Planck- Institute as well as his book „Active Against Cellulite“ brought him the nickname „Cellulite Pope”. In the meantime the co-founder of the Association for Medical Cosmetic (Verband Medizinische Kosmetik e. V.) is also considered as an important innovation – partner in the area of cosmetic, Wellness, vascular medicine and rehabilitation – also sports medicine. Also the German Aerospace Association (Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrtgesellschaft – DLR), with which he has developed the negative pressure therapy („space tube“), does also belong to his network. With numerous patents and awards, Weyergans has been devoted more and more to the prevention market in the last years. As a “mastermind“ in the area of Medical Wellness, Weyergans is not only dialogue and concept partner of professional supplier, moreover also of health insurances and patient associations.