FLCCC Winter 2024 Conference

Dr. Chris Martenson

PhD, MBA CEO and

Founder Peak Prosperity

Dr. Martenson is an economic researcher and futurist specializing in energy and resource depletion. He is the founder of Peak Prosperity, a website and online community focused on building understanding, encouraging small actions, and then aligning with solutions. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, he rose to prominence with the launch of his seminal video seminar: ‘The Crash Course,’ which has also been published in book form. His second book, ‘Prosper!,’ addresses personal resilience by building eight forms of capital. During COVID, Dr. Martenson’s video series garnered in excess of 40 million views and helped millions of people better understand, adapt, and prepare for life in the pandemic. In addition to the analysis and commentary he writes for Peak Prosperity, he shares his insights on his own social media channels, as well as through traditional media, academic, and civic and private organizations around the world.

Dr. Marik

MD, FCCM, FCCP Co-Founder and

Chief Scientific Officer The FLCCC Alliance

Dr. Marik, an innovator in the practice of critical care medicine, has had an immeasurable impact on the practice of medicine during his 30-year career. With over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles, 80 book chapters, and four critical care books, Dr. Marik is the second-most published critical care physician in the world. He is quadruple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neurocritical Care, and Nutrition Science. He also holds advanced degrees in Pharmacology and Anesthesia. Dr. Marik is known for developing several revolutionary protocols, notably for treating sepsis with intravenous ascorbic acid. In April 2020, Dr. Marik founded FLCCC with fellow critical care colleagues who recognized the urgent need for effective prevention and treatment therapies for COVID-19. Since then, Dr. Marik has built on this body of work to develop treatment strategies for other complex conditions, like cancer and Type II diabetes, using lifestyle changes, readily available FDAapproved medications, and nutritional supplements. In August 2023, he published ‘Cancer Care: The Role of Repurposed Drugs and Metabolic Interventions in Treating Cancer.’ This unbiased, objective, and truly scientific evaluation of alternative interventions for the management of cancer has already had a positive impact on the lives of cancer patients. Dr. Marik’s medical career began in 1989 in Soweto, South Africa. He moved to the United States in 1992, working at Wayne State University, Detroit Receiving Hospital, and several other facilities in the northeastern U.S. before eventually settling at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in 2009. In early 2022, Dr. Marik retired from his position at EVMS to dedicate more time to leading the FLCCC and fighting to protect the doctor-patient relationship.

Dr. Kory

MD, MPA Co-Founder and

Chief Medical Officer The FLCCC Alliance

Dr. Kory is considered a world pioneer in the use of ultrasound by physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients. He helped develop and run the first national courses in Critical Care Ultrasonography in the U.S. and served as a director of these courses with the American College of Chest Physicians for several years. He is also the senior editor of the most popular textbook in the field titled, ‘Point of Care Ultrasound.’ Dr. Kory and Dr. Marik first collaborated on the research and treatment of septic shock patients with high doses of intravenous ascorbic acid. The two later went on to co-found the FLCCC Alliance with other critical care specialists from around the country and around the world. Not only did Dr. Kory lead ICUs in multiple COVID-19 hotspots throughout the pandemic; he also co-authored more than 10 influential papers on COVID-19. The most impactful was a paper that was the first to support the diagnosis of early COVID-19 respiratory disease as an organizing pneumonia, thus explaining the critical response of the disease to corticosteroids. His book, ‘The War on Ivermectin,’ chronicles the personal attacks, professional setbacks, and nefarious efforts of the world’s major health agencies and medical journals to dismiss and deny ivermectin’s efficacy as a treatment for COVID-19. In 2022, he founded his own telehealth practice. Known as a Master Educator, Dr. Kory has won numerous departmental and divisional teaching awards in every hospital he has worked. He has delivered hundreds of courses and invited lectures throughout his career.

Dr. Gazda

MD Founder Neurology Institute of San Antonio

Dr. Gazda approaches neurological disorders with a systems-based approach that addresses the root cause of disease. Her diverse professional and personal perspective on neurological disorders includes the evaluation and treatment of long COVID and post-vaccine syndrome. With over three decades of experience and specialized efforts in multiple sclerosis treatment and clinical research, Dr. Gazda is a noted speaker and presenter who has been recognized by both industry organizations and consumer media. Dr. Gazda received a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Texas in Austin, then attended medical school at the Health Science Center in San Antonio. She has participated in over 200 clinical research studies and has extensive learning in Functional Medicine, which enhances her patient care and diagnostic capabilities.

Dr. Saleeby

MD Medical Director Carolina Holistic Medicine and Priority Health Academy

A core contributor to the FLCCC I-RECOVER treatment guide for post-vaccine syndrome, Dr. Saleeby has degrees from the Medical College of Georgia and East Carolina University School of Medicine. For almost two decades, he pursued a career in emergency medicine and held posts in occupational medicine, urgent care, and family medicine, retiring from traditional mainstream medicine in 2013. He currently practices integrative and functional medicine at Carolina Holistic Medicine, where he serves as medical director. He is also the founder and director of the Priority Health Academy, a functional medicine educational platform and practice building program. He is the author of a 2006 book on specialty medicinal herbs, “Wonder Herbs: A Guide to Three Adaptogens”, is a featured speaker on nutrition and adaptogen herbs, and has contributed numerous book chapters.

Dr. Varon

MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM, FRSM Chairman and President Dorrington Medical Associates

A co-founder of the FLCCC, Dr. Varon is Chairman and President of Dorrington Medical Associates and formerly the Chief of Critical Care Services and the COVID-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center/United General Hospital in Houston, Texas. A specialist in Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary and Chest Diseases, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Sleep Medicine, and Emergency Medicine, he is known for his groundbreaking contributions in the fields of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapeutic hypothermia. Dr. Varon has contributed to more than 915 peer-reviewed journal articles, 14 full textbooks, and dozens of book chapters. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Critical Care and Shock and Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews. During the COVID pandemic, Dr. Varon became known for his work on treating hospitalized COVID patients. He is a co-developer of the FLCCC’s MATH+ treatment guide for hospital COVID care, and worked at the bedside for more than 700 days during the pandemic. He recently authored ‘ The Adventures of the COVID Hunter,’ which outlines his account of life on the frontline during the pandemic.

Dr. Jordan Vaughn

MD, ABIM CEO and Owner, MedHelp Clinics

Dr. Vaughn received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alabama, his medical degree from the University of Alabama (UAB) School of Medicine, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at UAB Hospital. After finishing training, Dr. Vaughn brought his knowledge of internal medicine to further expand MedHelp Clinics, which was started by his father, Dr. Michael Vaughn, in 1982. Focused on caring for patients in all aspects of outpatient medicine — acute and chronic, body and spirit — Medhelp Clinics now has six locations, sees over 190,000 patients a year, and employs 18 physicians and over 200 healthcare workers. As owner and CEO, Dr. Vaughn pushed the organization since the appearance of SARS-CoV2 to be on the leading edge of properly delivering early outpatient treatment for his patients and the Birmingham community. He is now also incorporating this knowledge into the treatment of those with long COVID (post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection or PASC), specifically with regard to the spike protein’s ability to cause endothelial damage and clotting of the microcapillaries.

Dr. Kathleen Ruddy

MD, Co-Founder Radius Exchange Group

Dr. Ruddy is an internationally recognized breast cancer expert and the founder and president of Breast Health and Healing, her own private practice in New Jersey. She also founded the Breast Health and Healing Foundation and is the creator of the ongoing Pink Virus Project. Dr. Ruddy’s commitment to helping women with breast cancer began early in her medical career, when her own mother was diagnosed with the disease. After completing her surgical residency as Chief Resident in 1994, Dr. Ruddy was chosen as the first Fellow on the Breast Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The following year, Cancer Treatment Centers of America recruited her to establish the Breast Service at the Clara Maass Medical Center, where she has since cared for more than 6,000 patients while conducting research and initiating projects that focus on how best to deal with the growing epidemic of breast cancer — by trying to understand its causes, rather than focusing exclusively on its cures, with the goal of preventing the disease.

Dr. Nathan Goodyear

MD, MDH, ABAARM, FAAFM Medical Director Brio Medical

Dr. Goodyear received his Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana Tech University and his Doctor of Medicine from LSU Health Sciences Center. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and served as the Chief Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Goodyear has practiced Integrative Medicine since 2006. He is a Fellow in Functional and Regenerative Medicine and served on the board of the American Functional Medicine Association. He is dually licensed by the Arizona Medical Board and the Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Board in the State of Arizona. As the medical director at Brio Medical — a holistic, integrative cancer healing center in Arizona — Dr. Goodyear uses the principles and science of holistic, natural, and integrative therapies to treat and heal people with cancer.

Dr. Cadegiani

MD, MSc, PhD CEO and Medical Director Corpometria Institute (Brazil)

Dr. Cadegiani is a leading expert in Endocrinology, Sports Medicine, and Obesity Management. A core contributor to the FLCCC COVID-19 treatment guides, Dr. Cadegiani has successfully treated thousands of COVID-19 patients in Brazil with few hospitalizations and no deaths. After attaining his medical degree from the University of Brasilia in 2008, Dr. Cadegiani completed a residency in internal medicine in 2010 and a fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2012. He has conducted extensive research on fatigue-related conditions, ‘hormonal conditioning’, and pharmacological weight loss management, and is the creator of the first scientifically proven effective therapy to prevent bariatric surgery in morbidly obese subjects. When it comes to COVID-19, Dr. Cadegiani conducted some of the largest clinical trials and observational studies, including the Itajaí ivermectin studies. He is responsible for the first hypothesis that explains the massive number of post-vaccine myocarditis cases and sudden deaths, particularly among young males and athletes.

Dr. Mumper

MD, FAAP President and CEO The Rimland Center

A practicing pediatrician with several decades of experience, Dr. Mumper is the originator of FLCCC’s I-CARE: For Kids treatment guide, which helps parents understand how to prevent their children from getting COVID-19 and what to do if they get sick. Dr. Mumper’s clinical experience includes over a decade as Director of Pediatric Education in a Family Practice Residency Program, 16 years as clinical faculty at the University of Virginia, and five years as Medical Director of the Autism Research Institute. She is currently on the faculty of MAPS (Medical Academy for Pediatric Special Needs) and is certified by the Institute of Functional Medicine, where she developed the first advanced clinical training in pediatrics for the organization. Dr. Mumper has written book chapters, had her clinical research at the Rimland Center published in peer-reviewed journals, and has lectured nationally and internationally.

Dr. Robert Lufkin

MD Physician and Medical School Professor

Dr. Lufkin has served as Full Professor at both the UCLA and USC Schools of Medicine. He is currently Adjunct Clinical Professor at the USC School of Medicine with an academic focus on the applied science of longevity. In addition to being a practicing physician, he is author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 14 books that are available in six languages. His many inventions include several patents in artificial intelligence. He developed a Magnetic Resonance-compatible biopsy needle used worldwide today as the “Lufkin Needle.” Dr. Lufkin is active on social media, with over 250,000 followers. His most recent book, ‘Lies I Taught in Medical School’ is coming out in June 2024.

Dr. Joel Walskog

MD Co-Chairman REACT19

After being exposed to COVID-19 in August/September of 2020, Dr. Wallskog followed CDC recommendations to wait three months before getting his first COVID vaccine. He subsequently developed numbness, weakness, and balance difficulties and, in the following months, experienced periods of severe lower thoracic back pain. He was subsequently diagnosed with transverse myelitis with a demyelinated lesion at the T8-T9 level. Although he has been treated with high-dose steroids and IVIG and has participated in physical therapy, his symptoms are essentially unchanged since his diagnosis in January 2021. He helped found REACT19, a non-profit that offers financial, physical, and emotional support to tens of thousands of people injured by the COVID shots in the United States.

Dr. Kristina Carman

ND, NT, IFM Founder Tiny Fish Co.

Dr. Carman is a registered nutritional therapist, naturopathic doctor, functional medicine practitioner, and health coach based in South Carolina. Dr. Carman aims for her practice to be a wellness destination offering approachable, sustainable, accessible advice and support when it comes to a patient’s natural health and movement. She is passionate about food, nutrition, and lifestyle as medicine, and has a real “leave no stone unturned” approach with her patients.

Dr. Avery Jackson, Iii

MD, FACS, FAANS CEO and

Medical Director Michigan Neurosurgical Institute, P.C.

Warner Mendenhall is a lawyer in Ohio who has always fought for the underdog. He has defended whistleblowers, fought against corruption, and tried to stop fraud and abuse his entire career. Having served two terms on Akron City Council, helping citizens fight corruption and the abuse of power, he began to feel that the city law department was not providing accurate answers. So he decided to go to law school and after getting licensed in the late 1990s, won cases exposing block grant fraud and defending Charter Amendments. He is now actively involved in building links between attorneys, medical experts, and citizens injured by unconstitutional policies and forced medical treatments that have violated their basic rights.

Dr. Chris Ewin

MD, FAAFP Founder 121MD

Dr. Ewin founded 121MD, a direct primary care family practice, in 2003. He received his BS and medical degree at Tulane University and completed his family practice residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. He is past president of the Society for Innovative Medical Practice Design (previously the American Society of Concierge Physicians). Dr. Ewin believes we have a primary care, third-party payment fee-for-service systems problem in the US. In the mid 2000s, he helped craft the first iteration of an amendment to Section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code that allows the term “medical care” to include amounts paid by patients to their physician in advance for the right to receive medical services on an as-needed basis. This would allow fees paid for direct primary care to be treated as a medical expense. This effort is evolving and ongoing.

Dr. Yusuf (jp) Saleeby

MD Medical Director Carolina Holistic Medicine and

Priority Health Academy

A core contributor to the FLCCC I-RECOVER treatment guide for post-vaccine syndrome, Dr. Saleeby has degrees from the Medical College of Georgia and East Carolina University School of Medicine. For almost two decades, he pursued a career in emergency medicine and held posts in occupational medicine, urgent care, and family medicine, retiring from traditional mainstream medicine in 2013. He currently practices integrative and functional medicine at Carolina Holistic Medicine, where he serves as medical director. He is also the founder and director of the Priority Health Academy, a functional medicine educational platform and practice building program. He is the author of a 2006 book on specialty medicinal herbs, “Wonder Herbs: A Guide to Three Adaptogens”, is a featured speaker on nutrition and adaptogen herbs, and has contributed numerous book chapters.

Dr. Kat Lindley

President

Global Health Project

Dr. Lindley is a Croatian born, American trained, board-certified family physician with a direct primary care practice in Brock, Texas. She became a family physician out of love for the idea of taking care of the whole family and seeing the family grow. Later in her career, she became interested in helping find solutions to improve the overall healthcare system and is a passionate advocate for her profession, her patients, and her children. She is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and is involved with many medical organizations, including Global COVID Summit and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. She is Past President of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and Texas American Academy of Osteopathic Family Physicians. In 2023, she co-founded the Global Health Project (GHP) and now serves as its president. GHP is a coalition of organizations, experts, and advocates dedicated to improving and protecting the health and future of all humans through education, advocacy, programs, and communication initiatives.