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JOHN MARTIN is Professor of Clinical Neuroscience in Psychiatry and Neurological Surgery at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in neurophysiology from Columbia University, where he studied somatic sensory mechanisms, and subsequently received postdoctoral training in motor control at the Rockefeller University and Columbia University. His laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience studies
development of the motor systems and repair after brain and spinal cord injury. He also directs the medical neuroanatomy course for first year medical students at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. |
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GREG LOMBARDO, MD, PH.D., is a child psychiatrist in private practice in Manhattan and Westchester County. He is board certified in adult, child and adolescent psychiatry and is a diplomate of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. He is highly trained and experienced in the treatment of children with bipolar disorder. His practice includes biological diagnosis, clinical psychopharmacology, and psychotherapy. He also collaborates closely with psychologists and other therapists in the treatment of children and adolescents with this disorder. |
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LAURA LUM CORBY is currently the Founder/CEO of the Autism Solution Center, Inc. in the Memphis, Tennessee area and the Vice President and Educational Director for FAIR Autism Media. Corby is now using her strong medical and marketing background to address the issues facing autism and those affected by it. She has spent the last five and a half years engaged in intensive biomedical, dietary and therapeutic research, as it relates to Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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MARIA DORFNER, An award-winning broadcast writer/producer, Maria began her career at NBC News in New York as an intern during college in 1984, Her work has earned her a Media Recognition Award from the American Heart Association, a Medical Reporting Scholarship from the American Medical Association She is a member of the National Association of Medical Communicators and the Association of Health Care Journalists. She is also on the Advisory Board of IllumAlliance International Humanitarian Group, a global organization that reaches out to children in crisis around the world |
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OLINKA PODANY has completed her undergraduate degree at Columbia University and obtained her Masters of Science degree from New York University in clinical nutrition. She has twelve years of hospital experience at the upper-east side’s Lenox Hill Hospital. Having been responsible for the
cardiac units has motivated her to also obtain the American Heart Association certification in treatment of hyperlipidemia (high serum cholesterol). Early on in her career it became evident to her that most of the major diseases are linked to obesity. Helping individuals to loose unwanted pounds can significantly improve the quality of their lives. |
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MICHAEL GONZALEZ WALLACE has been involved with athletic sports for over 20 years, which is almost half his age. Michael’s athletic career spans many years practicing semi-pro basketball in Spain. In 1998 He graduated with a major in economics in Madrid. In 2002 he earned a certification by the National Academy Sports of Medicine. For the last six years Michael Gonzalez-Wallace has developed the acclaimed fitness program: “The Brain Muscle Workout”. The program is presented to a vast audience of viewers and readers throughout USA. Several doctors have endorsed the Brain Muscle Workout program and Michael has received an award from a US Governor.
Currently he is implementing the program in schools to fight child obesity and improve motor skills |
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