Director, Hildemar Dos Santos, DrPH, MPH Dr. Dos Santos is a Preventive Care Specialist who teaches at the Preventive Care Program at Loma Linda University. Dr. Dos Santos teaches the courses Lifestyle Diseases and Risk Reduction, Stress Management, Smoking Cessation and Substance Abuse Prevention. He is an MD (Brazil) and has an MPH in Nutrition and Health Promotion as well as a DrPH in Preventive Care from Loma Linda University. He also chairs the Loma Linda University Church Health Ministries Committee. Dr. Dos Santos has worked in the area of prevention for more than 30 years. His focus and specialty is community health. He believes in the empowerment of communities to develop healthy environments and behaviors to prevent diseases that are lifestyle-related.
Director, Joel Fuhrman, MD
Dr. Fuhrman is a family physician who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. He is the author of several books on nutrition, weight loss, disease reversal and prevention, and is widely published in professional journals as well as lay publications. He is a frequent speaker on nutrition at hospitals and for corporate wellness programs, as well as for TV and radio. Dr. Fuhrman is also a director of the Eat Right America Foundation. He is board certified in Family Practice. For more info, see DrFuhrman.comDirector, Matthew Lederman, MD
Dr. Lederman is a board-certified, Internal Medicine physician specializing in nutrition and lifestyle medicine in Los Angeles, California. He cofounded Exsalus Health & Wellness Center, with his wife and partner (also a Lifestyle Medicine physician), where they empower patients to achieve and maintain their optimum health – physically, emotionally, and medically – through a comprehensive, patient-centered approach. Dr. Lederman has participated in projects such as lecturing for the the eCornell Certificate Program in Plant Based Nutrition, films such as Healing Cancer and Forks Over Knives, and will be the Chief Medical Advisor for the upcoming website PlantBasedDiet.com. He coauthored the popular new book, “Keep It Simple, Keep It Whole: Your Guide to Optimum Health,” which has received many rave reviews from nutritional experts including McDougall, Campbell, Esselstyn and Fuhrman. His is currently collaborating with T. Colin Campbell on another book, a follow-up to The China Study, addressing common and prevalent nutrition and lifestyle questions. Dr. Lederman works closely with other Lifestyle Medicine experts as a passionate promoter of nutrition and lifestyle medicine around the country.Director, Ernie Medina Jr., DrPH, MPH, CHFS
Dr. Medina is a preventive care specialist who, in 1993, started working at Beaver Medical Group in Redlands, Ca., where he focuses on obesity, diabetes, stress management, and smoking cessation. Dr. Medina also co-founded MedPlay Technologies which focuses on using the latest technologies ("active video games" or "exergaming") to promote behavior change. Dr. Medina holds an MPH in Health Promotion and a Doctorate in Public Health in Preventive Care. He is a certified Health and Fitness Specialist by the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Medina is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University. Belonging to numerous associations, he is an active member on the American Public Health Association's Physical Activity Special Interest Group. He is also the former Executive Director of the American Preventive Care Association.Director, Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH
Dr. Dexter Shurney currently serves as Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, and Medical Director, Employee Healthcare Plan, for Vanderbilt University and Medical Center. He has an extensive background in health care management and policy. In 2007, he was named to Chair Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen’s Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement Board. He serves on the board of the American College of Medical Quality and represents ACMQ as the organization’s delegate to the American Medical Association. Previous positions that Dr. Shurney has held include chief medical officer for the disease management and wellness company, Healthways, Health Policy Strategist in the department of Global Government Affairs for the biotechnology company Amgen Inc., chief medical officer and vice president of medical affairs for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and editor of the Journal of Managed Care Physicians. Dr. Shurney is board-certified in general preventive medicine and public health.Young Director, Greg Steinke, MD, MPH
Dr. Steinke is a Resident Physician at Loma Linda University Family and Preventive Medicine Residency, Lifestyle Medicine Track. He has served as Chief Resident of the residency and has completed a Masters in Public Health, majoring in Nutrition. He enjoys lecturing extensively on the benefits of healthy lifestyles. He has served as a Director of several community-based Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) programs. Dr. Steinke is a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and serves as Secretary of the ACLM Foundation.Director, Ron Stout, MD, MPH
Dr. Stout currently serves as Medical Director for Procter & Gamble's Global Health and Wellbeing Business Unit. He was previously the Medical Director for Preventive Medicine and Occupational Services at Kettering Medical Center. He served the U.S. Air Force as: IMA, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Consultant, Senior Preventive Medicine Consultant and a Principal Investigator, Air Force Health Study. Dr Stout serves on the American College of Preventive Medicine as MidWest Regent, as a Trustee of the American Board of Preventive Medicine and on the Board of Editors, Chemical Health & Safety. He is board certified in Family Practice, Preventive Medicine/Public Health and Occupational Medicine.