Who's Who On AOL Healthy Living: Our Medical Review Board

AOL Healthy Living will bring you articles from the biggest topics in health and medicine today. Our esteemed panel of medical and wellness experts from around the industry will review and oversee our content. Introducing the AOL Healthy Living Medical Review Board and Medical Editors:

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Dean Ornish, M.D.

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Dr. Ornish currently serves as the Medical Editor for The Huffington Post. He is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, where he holds the Safeway Chair, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. For over 30 years, Dr. Ornish has directed clinical research demonstrating, for the first time, that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery.

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Dr. Ornish currently serves as the Medical Editor for The Huffington Post.

He is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, where he holds the Safeway Chair, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

For over 30 years, Dr. Ornish has directed clinical research demonstrating, for the first time, that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery.

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[Letraix]

10:29 AM on 10/27/2010

So the medical review board consists of Ornish (woo-hoo!), a homeopath, a functional medicine expert, an integrative medicine expert, a er... spirirtualist(?) and some guy who apparently wandered onto the set with a stethoscope. Sounds about right.

But where do the others come from? Could these folks actually have some credibility in the field of medicine? If so, how'd they slip past the bouncers?

Have to wonder why they would want to - it's a bit like going to a Goth party when you know there's a good chance of ending up as the human sacrifice.

[cydRN]

03:27 PM on 10/26/2010

All Docs. I guess I shouldn't be suprised, but I am disgusted.

Nurses outnumber Doctors by a huge margin, are the primary caregivers, and spend more time educating and interacting with patients on a daily basis. You do a great disservice to your readers by having an editorial board made up of only doctors. You should include at minimum one bedside nurse. NOT an administrative nurse, but one who daily cares for patients needing care. Shame on you. It's like having only CEO's representing a particular interest and not considering the "little guy" who actually provides the work.

[emanon]

05:34 PM on 10/26/2010

i strongly agree with the comment but perhaps not the tone.

so, let's give this board an opportunity right this imbalance. i'm familiar with some of the members and trust their knowledge and process skills.

and cydRN, i also agree with the need for an active direct patient care experience vs administrative or policy experience - that goes for physicians and nurses.

[Neco223]

02:28 PM on 10/26/2010

So glad to have the Health section be highlighted in this way! Very cool to have a variety of healthcare options presented - the surgery/pharmaceutical oriented as well as the holistic/herbal/acupuncture/homeopathic; it's great to learn about what is happening in health care from various modalities and sources.

[StThomas]

01:15 PM on 10/26/2010

One of your panel sells magic water for a living.

[dynagirl]

11:29 AM on 10/26/2010

How can I trust that your editorial board will present me with accurate information about health when there's a homeopath among them? I support the exploration of alternative treatments and the importance of holistic approaches, but homeopathic medicines are nothing more than very expensive little bottles of water. There is no scientific evidence that they have any effect other than a placebo effect. I'll go elsewhere for health advice until Huffpost focuses on reality-based health information.

[AnneV]

12:13 AM on 10/29/2010

I am surprised at the number of comments against homeopaths! Homeopathy is real and effective. It is vibrational in nature, and may not be completely understood in its function, but is is used by many, many practitioners and lay people. A homeopath should be on the board. It's an elegant and evolved healing modality.

[artist-53]

11:05 AM on 10/26/2010

This ought to be interesting to see how this sections grows. Will be dependent upon who's allowed to post a comment.

[Dustin Rudolph]

10:33 AM on 10/26/2010

Talk about an all-star lineup! Thanks to all of you guys who provide so much well founded and reliable information.

[euthman]

06:24 AM on 10/26/2010

I'm afraid they lost me at "homeopath."

[Chlowina]

12:12 AM on 10/26/2010

Thanks to all the docs who give of their time and energy to educate us.

[AnneV]

10:16 PM on 10/25/2010

Glad to see Dr. Hyman here. Dr. Marcelle Pick would be great too, as would Dr. Carolyn Sutherland . . . Functional Medicine is great! Ann Louise Gittleman would be wonderful. Glad to see an article by Deepak. Dr. Jonathan V. Wright is another favorite of mine. This will be a good section! Thanks HP!

[DrP]

10:06 PM on 10/25/2010

May I suggest you add to your review board one or more of the obesity/diabetes doctors/researchers who are on the cutting edge of knowledge in the prevention of Type II? I highly recommend Drs. Phinney, Westman, and Volek. And a truly amazing man who also has the best blog on the web and is working with the Canadian First Nations people, Dr. Jay Wortman. He is excellent at cutting to the chase and explaining the science of obesity/insulin-resistance/diabetes in very "user-friendly" ways.

[rinpochet]

10:00 PM on 10/25/2010

I absolutely love this! A site that deals in prevention of disease. Exactly what is needed.

[themainpoint]

07:48 PM on 10/25/2010

Great, except that I expected to see Dr. Andrew Weil on this list! Shame.

[OtayPanky]

06:34 PM on 10/25/2010

Patricia Fitzgerald D.H.M...that means Doctor of Homeopathic Medicine.

I'm confused, because Dean Ornish said that this section would be featuring EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE.

Oh well. Caveat Emptor, as usual.

[MossyOak]

08:05 PM on 10/25/2010

Oh spare me... without a holistic voice or two on this panel it would be nothing but traditional, drug-related BS. The fact Ornish is the head of it is bad news as it is, and no Dr. Weil? Without him the panel is incomplete. So sorry.

[moraldesert]

08:28 AM on 10/26/2010

evidence based medicine =/= holistic + acupuncture + homeopathy

[James Brown]

08:20 PM on 10/25/2010

You sound like a homeopathophobe (new word, new word)!!!

[Aelfgifu]

10:11 AM on 10/26/2010

I hope so. Everyone interested in their health should be a "homeopathophobe."

[Florence Iwegbue]

04:47 PM on 10/25/2010

Welcome Board! You have a huge burden on your shoulders so congratulations on this dynamic responsibility. Huff Post health is long overdue. As a mom to a son on the spectrum you'll be hearing from me a lot:-). We are utilizing, modern, biomedical & holistic treatments in helping our young son and see a great benefit in integrative medicine. I would also like one of you to take the time to Download the new FREE iBiomed App. With it you can Manage & track Prescriptions, Therapies, Nutrition, Supplements,Test results, Diets & Food Allergies, on your iPhone/iPad/iPod . It has journals, reminders, "emailable" histories & reports, AND a Supply tracker that tells you when you need to refill meds. There's also a health forum that brings caregivers vendors and healthcare providers together. With iBiomed, an individual/caregiver can also review their treatment history and create customizable charts & graphs to track progress or regress. iBiomed will soon be available online. Download it at the Apple App store. More info at www.facebook.com/ibiomed www.biomedprofile.com.