Life Extension Foundation Inc.

Herbert Pardell, DO, FAAIM, practices internal medicine at the Emerald Hills Medical Center in Hollywood, FL, and specializes in antiaging, chelation, hormone replacement, and complementary medicine. He is a medical director of the Life Extension Foundation.

Mike Menkes is a transplanted Brooklynite who has lived in South Florida and New Zealand since 1970. Licensed as a health care practitioner since 1983, with a degree in Psychology and a minor in bio-chemistry, Mike has been trained in, and has implemented, natural therapies, including: herbal remedies, nutritional advice, sports and stress-relieving hands-on work, exercise, hydrotherapy, oral chelation, cranial therapy, and electrical modalities. A former National Sales Manager for a California-based nutrition company, as well as being an Advisor for Life Extension Foundation, Mike integrates western medicine with alternative support. He has a successful track record of developing and marketing proprietary nutritional formulas, and linking original nutritional supplements with name-brand vitamin companies.

Dr. Eric Braverman is the Director of The Place for Achieving Total Health (PATH Medical), with locations in New York , NY , Penndel , PA (metro-Philadelphia), and a national network of affiliated medical professionals. Dr. Braverman received his B.A. Summa Cum Laude from Brandeis University and his M.D. with honors from New York University Medical School , after which he performed an internship in Internal Medicine with a Yale Medical School affiliate in Greenwich , CT. Dr. Braverman is one of the foremost experts in Integrative Medicine-the combination of Conventional, Alternative and Holistic therapies recognized as the paradigm for the 21st Century. He views every patient as a whole, with recognition of the brain's global impact on illness and health. In addition to private practice at PATH Medical, Dr. Braverman maintains Directorship of The PATH Foundation, a nonprofit research organization established to collect and analyze information concerning the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of all aspects of brain biochemical disorders, with specific focus on the impact of brain illness on overall health. PATH Foundation projects, conducted with affiliated associates, have yielded revolutionary research documenting that brain disease or genetic weaknesses significantly contribute to psychiatric disorders. The PATH Foundation also has been intensely involved in the development of both clinic-use and at-home therapies dedicated to improving the health of the brain. Dr. Braverman has conducted research with renowned scientists in the field of brain research including Rodolfo Llinas, M.D., Ph.D., who developed an in vitro brain model, Ernest Noble, M.D., Ph.D. and Kenneth Blum, PhD who made breakthroughs in the genetics of alcoholism research and the electrophysiology of addictive behavior, as well as Nora Volkow, M.D. who was recently appointed head the National Institute of Drug Abuse.

is the author of two books on cancer therapy, Cancer and Natural Medicine (1996) and Natural Compounds in Cancer Therapy (2001). He obtained his doctorate at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences with research at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, focusing on screening models to identify promising new anticancer drugs. He is currently a post doctoral fellow at Stanford University Department of Statistics.

is a board-certified cardiologist who specializes in cardiovascular disease prevention. He serves as medical director for the Center for Prevention & Wellness at Baptist Health South Florida, past chairman of the American Heart Association of Miami, and clinical professor of medicine and cardiology at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Ozner is author of The Miami Mediterranean Diet and regularly lectures on heart disease prevention.

Peter H. Langsjoen, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been practicing cardiology since 1985. After five years of invasive cardiology at the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Texas, he set up a private cardiology practice in Tyler and for the past 16 years has worked exclusively as a non-invasive cardiologist, specializing in congestive heart failure, primary & statin-induced diastolic dysfunction, and other diseases of the heart muscle. Dr. Langsjoen has been involved with the clinical application of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) since 1983 when he began working with his father, Per H. Langsjoen, M.D., F.A.C.C., the cardiologist who pioneered clinical research with CoQ10 in the United States and who performed the first human double blind controlled heart failure study with CoQ10 in the United States. They practiced and performed research trials together up until Per's death in 1993. Dr. Peter Langsjoen is a founding member of the Executive Committee of the International Coenzyme Q10 Association (www.coenzymeQ10.org), he is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, American College of Physicians, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Texas Club of Cardiologists, Texas Medical Association, Smith County Medical Society, and of the International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (www.thincs.org). Coenzyme Q10 continues to be a major part of Dr. Langsjoen's clinical practice as well as an ongoing research endeavor. Over the past three years Dr. Langsjoen and his wife Alena have established a research laboratory in Tyler, Texas, for the measurement of both reduced and oxidized CoQ10 in both plasma and heart muscle. Dr. Langsjoen lectures on coenzyme Q10 all over the world.

Roberto Marasi, MD, is a psychiatrist and clinical nutritionist in Brescia and in Piacenza, Italy. He is involved in anti-aging strategies and weight management. His interests include the prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and the relationship between nutrition, inflammation, oxidative stress, aging, and degenerative diseases.

Roman Rozencwaig, MD, is a pioneer in research on melatonin and aging. He practices in Montreal, Canada, as research associate at Montreal General Hospital, Department of Medicine, McGill University.

Ron Rothenberg, MD, is a full clinical professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and founder of California HealthSpan Institute in San Diego, CA. Dr. Rothenberg is an internationally recognized clinician, researcher, lecturer, and educator in preventive and antiaging medicine.

Mr. Kent is a founder of BioMarker. He also founded Life Extension Foundation, a successful non-profit organization, which has been a benefactor of anti-aging research for many years. Mr. Kent serves as a Director of the Life Extension Foundation, which provides cutting-edge information and nutrient products to its over 120,000 members. The Foundation also funds groundbreaking life extension research, publishes new information about improving health and extending life span, and funds anti-aging cryopreservation and resuscitation research. Mr. Kent is a founder of two other research companies: 21st Century Medicine and Critical Care Research.