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Board of Advisors
Thomas D. Aarts
Eugene Baranov, Ph.D.
Nikolai I. Tankovich, M.D., Ph.D., FASLMS
Brian Keller, Pharm.D., RPh, FAACN
Ron Rothenberg, MD, FACEP, ABAM, ABEM
David A. Howe, MD, DC, CNN
Lee Wood, D.C.
Thomas D. Aarts is Managing Director of Nutrition Business Advisors, LLC (NBA), a strategic advisory firm focused on the $58 billion Nutraceuticals Industry. He co-founded the Nutrition Business Journal (NBJ), which is the "journal of record" for strategic information and market intelligence in the nutrition and natural products industry. NBJ has been cited in most of the national and regional major news media including The New York Times, Forbes, Time and The Wall Street Journal, as well as thousands of business plans and market reports. In 2001, Mr. Aarts successfully managed a transaction to sell NBJ to New Hope Natural Media, a division of Penton Media. He continues on as a consultant for New Hope and NBJ. He is also the Founder and co-chair of the NBJ/Newport Summit, the premier executive retreat in the Nutrition Industry.
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Prior to this he was also a founding Partner with Health Business Partners (HBP), one of the leading investment banking and consulting firms in the Nutrition Industry. Mr. Aarts is a keynote speaker and chairperson at many of the industry's leading conferences. He also serves on several editorial advisory boards and has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and trade publications.
Mr. Aarts has more than 20 years' experience in management consulting, M&A transactions, investment analysis and market research. In the nutrition industry, Mr. Aarts successfully managed the sale of Nutrition 21, a $20 million company, and has advised many of the leading companies in the Nutrition, Food and Pharmaceutical industries on their strategy and direction including GNC, Rexall, Nestle, Bayer, and Cargill.
Tom received a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Baranov is an internationally recognized leading researcher, innovator and educator for applications of physical chemistry, biophysical methods and imaging technology in cancer research and biotech related disciplines. He has published more than 60 articles (including publications in such highly-ranked scientific journals as Cell, Cancer Cell, and Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the USA). He has presented the results of his research at over 30 conferences and seminars worldwide.
|  | Dr. Baranov has been an educator at several international universities and an inventor of three U.S. patents. He was also a consultant for several U.S. companies specializing in nutrition, cosmetics and cancer research. Dr. Baranov's research has been significant in the anthracycline drugs' cell membrane transport kinetics and their interaction with DNA; the development of vital fluorescent dye and laser based technology for the early cancer diagnosis for clinical usage; the implementation of a double derivative method for data image analysis of collagen structure in normal and pathological tissues (breast cancer and diabetes); the application of fluorescent, polarized, and nanosecond time-resolved spectroscopy for studies of drug interactions and their molecular complexes with their targets.
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Dr. Tankovich is a recognized innovator, researcher and educator for laser applications in medicine and other medical related disciplines. He is a proven researcher and has inventions that have set the basis for entire new industries. Founder and Director of several corporations, Dr. Tankovich is respected worldwide and published and honored for his innovative work in laser and new drug usage including medical and aesthetic applications. He has more than 110 US and International patents issued and pending.
|  | Dr. Tankovich has been an educator at International Universities, published more than 60 articles and has been a presenter or speaker at over 200 conferences or seminars. He has conducted extensive research and development of laser applications for medical usage as well as for cancer research. Among his numerous awards and honors are the Gold Kurchatov Medal for the Atomic Science Application in Medicine and Biology awarded by the Atomic Energy Agency in 1998. Dr. Tankovich's inventions include laser hair removal and laser skin peeling, non-ablative wrinkle removal, and laser lancet (all three licensed and FDA approved). He was the first in the world to propose, invent, develop, patent, build and use a 1.54 micron Er:Glass laser for medical applications.
Dr. Tankovich has conducted extensive research and development of laser applications for medical usage as well as for cancer research. As a result of his advanced technology laser applications in plastic and cosmetic surgery and dermatology, Thermolase Corporation was founded and still uses his intellectual property and patents on Laser Hair Removal and Skin Resurfacing. Dr. Tankovich also has worked on laser diagnosis and surgery of malignant and background diseases of uterine cervix and the intraoperation laser diagnosis of early forms of breast cancer. He holds an M.D. degree from Semashco Medical University (Moscow), a Master of Science degree in Plasma Physics from Moscow University, and a PhD in BioPhysics from Lomonosov Moscow University.
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Dr. Brian C. Keller is Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Research and Development of Bio Labs, a biopharmaceutical company established in 1987. In the mid-1990s, Drs. Keller initiated an aggressive research and development program in conjunction with the late Dr. Dan Lasic, then the world's leading authority on liposomes. Dr. Keller has been on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy as a Associate Clinical Professor. He is an internationally known lecturer and scientific author and has been granted six patents in the areas of drug delivery and inflammation.
|  | Additionally, Dr. Keller is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition and a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the American Oil Chemists Society, and the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Keller's background in research, development, and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals equips him well for his responsibilities in technology and product development.
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As a pioneer in the field of Anti-Aging Medicine, Ron Rothenberg, M.D., was among the first group of physicians to be recognized for his expertise in this rapidly emerging field. Indeed, he was the 10th M.D. in the world to become fully board certified by the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. Upon graduating from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, in 1970, Dr. Rothenberg was one of the first physicians in the US to become board certified in Emergency Medicine as well.
|  | He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in 1975 and practiced Emergency Medicine at Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas where he remains an Attending Physician. He received academic appointment to the UCSD School of Medicine Clinical Faculty in 1977 and was promoted to full Clinical Professor of Preventive and Family Medicine in 1989.
Dr.Rothenberg founded California HealthSpan Institute in Encinitas, California in 1998. Dr. Rothenberg, author of "Forever Ageless", has become an international leader in Anti-Aging and Preventive Medicine practice and the education of physicians in same. He was featuered in the April 2006 anti-aging medicine cover story of Business Week.
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Dr. Howe is the owner and Medical Director of the San Diego Clinic of Preventive Medicine, which is a private medical clinic specializing in the most current treatments in alternative, as well as mainstream medicine. As both a medical physician, and a chiropractor, Dr. Howe has had extensive training in clinical nutrition throughout his thirty years in the medical field, and incorporates this natural approach to health.
|  | Dr. Howe is a member of the American College for Advancement in Medicine, and a member of the American College of Osteopathic Pain Managements and Sclerotherapy.
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Dr. Lee Wood owned and directed a high volume, highly profitable, multiple DC clinic for twenty six years in La Costa, California. A veteran consultant, he has worked with hundreds of chiropractors on new patient attraction, practice management, prosperity consciousness and communication skills. A passionate, enthusiastic leader, he adds a savvy "west coast" flavor to his coaching, and his integrity, hard work and ability to raise the bar with a loving attitude helps him in supporting practitioners to achieve the practice and lifestyle of their dreams.
|  | As of April 2007, Lee is the newest of the Success Coaches on the prestigious Masters Circle.
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