Committee Members

Professor Schoenthaler has been teaching for 51 years. He has worked with 14 professors in the school of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley; produced his third clinical trial on nutrition and felonies, published in 2021, in Crime and Delinquency; and is available for free on-line at times. He has met two US presidents, received an Award for being the Outstanding Research Scientist of 2,002 for his publications on nutrition and crime, and has been married for 54 years. His father and grandfather were nutritionally oriented physicians that caused is interest in nutrition. Another ancestor was The Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, which spurred his interest in criminology causing him to put the two fields together.

Oliver Becker has been practicing Ayurvedic medicine in his own practice for many years. At the European Academy for Ayurveda, he works as a lecturer, module leader, educational coach and interpreter on the Ayurveda medicine course. In addition, he teaches in-depth knowledge from preventive and therapeutic Ayurveda practice in the Ayurveda nutrition and psychology training courses. His main areas of expertise as a lecturer include nutritional therapy, pharmacology and internal Ayurvedic medicine, as well as topics in which his profound knowledge of yoga, Vedic knowledge systems and Sanskrit is applied.

Brigitte Ferencz runs her own practice for complementary therapy in Bern. She has a degree as a complementary therapist in the Ayurveda therapy method and as a nutritionist. Brigitte lived and worked in Sri Lanka for a long time, where she also gained her first insights into the world of Ayurvedic medicine. Today she teaches at the Heilpraktikerschule Luzern and at the European Academy for Ayurveda.

Prof. Dr. Martin Mittwede, Director of Studies of the Master of Science in Ayurveda Medicine course at the European Academy of Ayurveda. He is an Indologist, religious scientist and psychotherapist. Prof. Dr. Mittwede habilitated in 1996 with a research project on Ayurveda and has many years of experience in medical training. He teaches at the University of Frankfurt/Main and has published numerous works on Ayurvedic medicine. At the European Academy for Ayurveda, he ensures that students are well looked after.

Gregory Ninot is a Professor at the University of Montpellier and the Montpellier Cancer Institute in Montpellier (France). He is the Founder and Executive Director of the “Plateforme CEPS” (www.plateforme-ceps.fr), a collaborative academic international platform, working on non-pharmacological intervention (NPI) assessment methods. The platform develop open source tools for NPIs research such as a free meta-search engine identifying NPI trials (MOTRIAL www.motrial.fr), an international register of researchers and institutions specialized on NPIs (NIRI www.niri.fr), and an open source database for academic documents (PhD, Masters, research reports, slideshows) related to NPIs (NISHARE www.nishare.fr). Gregory Ninot has spent the last 25 years working on clinical research evaluating the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of NPIs in patients with chronic diseases (such as cancer or COPD) or at risk of chronic diseases (such as fall-prevention in elderly persons). He has published 142 articles in international scientific and medical journals, 11 books and 20 book chapters. He has created a blog (www.blogensante.fr) and a conference (www.iceps2020.fr) to encourage research in NPIs.

Zhenhuan Liu professor of pediatrics, Pediatric acupuncturist Ph.D.tutor. He has been engaged in pediatric clinical and child rehabilitation for 40 years. Led the rehabilitation team to treat more than 40,000 cases of children with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and autism from China and more than 20 countries, More than 26800 children with deformities returned to school and society and became self-sufficient. The rehabilitation effect ranks at the international advanced level. Vice-chairman of Rehabilitation professional committee children with cerebral palsy, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies. Visiting Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in recent 10 years. He is most famous pediatric neurological and rehabilitation specialists in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in China. He has edited 10 books. He has published 268 papers in international and Chinese medical journals.

Dr. Perlman earned his B.A. at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. He earned his M.D. at Boston University School of Medicine, where he completed a residency, followed by a research fellowship in general internal medicine and a residency in preventive medicine. He simultaneously earned a Master of Public Health at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Perlman specializes in both integrative and functional medicine. His clinical interests include the applied science and integration of lifestyle, nutrition, complementary medical modalities and health coaches in treating complex conditions as well as improving patient and employee wellbeing.

Dr. Perlman’s diverse research interests have focused on osteoarthritis, massage, chronic pain management, health coaching and resilience. He is frequently invited to give presentations on his work both nationally and internationally and has authored numerous journal articles, book chapters, abstracts and other written publications. His research has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and featured in the New York Times.

In addition to his clinical and research activities, Dr. Perlman serves on the Joy Advisory Council, Mental Health Task Force and is Chair of the Integrative Medicine and Health Specialty Council. Dr. Perlman is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has also served on many boards and committees for professional organizations. He is a past chair for the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health and currently on the consortium’s Senior Advisory Group.

Dr.TruthSayer has a BA degree in Chinese Linguistics, an AA degree in American Sign Language, and a doctorate in Chinese Medicine. She is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist. She earned 3 master’s degrees in counseling psychology: Marriage Family Child Counseling, Deafness Counseling, and Rehabilitation Counseling, which reflects her lifelong interest and commitment to Mind/Body/Spirit healing. She has certifications in Clinical Hypnosis, Master Addictions Counselor, EMDR Approved Consultant, and Rehabilitation Counseling. She has completed California State training in Gambling Psychology, other training in Somatic Therapy, Eating Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Panic Disorders, Trauma, Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, Sand Tray, Play Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, EFT, Past Life Regressions, Holotropic Breathwork. She has developed her own system of working with Dreams.

Dr. TruthSayer started as a shaman, Spiritual Healer/Teacher. As such she taught meditation, self-awareness, mindfulness, and how to find one’s own spiritual path, or how to deepen and strengthen it. She worked with energetic healing of mind/emotions/spirit. She grew up in China and is fluent in Chinese, French, and American Sign Language. She grew up in an international community rich with people of all colors, religions, nationalities, political beliefs, ages, class backgrounds, sexual orientations, and genders.

While many of the therapies she’s mastered facilitate deep and lasting change, hungry to go to the root of dis-ease, she studied and became a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, in the process, creating what she calls Transcendental Acupuncture, using classical Chinese Medicine to go to where spirit infuses matter in the body and move qi/energy to help patients to make the most profound shifts with ease and comfort to help them materialize the shifts the transformation that they are working to manifest.

For over 45 years, Dr.Ladislau Rosenberg activated in research, education, and practice of various fields of integrative medicine, being recognized specialist in apitherapy, aromatherapy, phytotherapy, and homeopathy.

Dr.Ladislau Rosenberg was Associate Professor at two important universities in Romania, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Targu Mures and the University “Lucian Blaga” of Sibiu. He is the author of 4 books about the role of natural therapies in medicine and numerous scientific papers (82), published in Romania and abroad.

Over time, he collaborated on various international projects in research, education, and culture, under the auspices of UNESCO, the World Bank, the European Union, the Organisation of World Heritage Cities, etc. Now, being an expert in the history of pharmacy and an honorary member of the Romanian Society for the History of Pharmacy and of the Romanian Society for Apitherapy, Phytotherapy, and Aromatherapy, he coordinates health education projects, which promotes various natural therapies and their role in preventing and treating diseases.

Dr. Christina Winkler completed diploma in Gestalt-therapy at the Institute of Gestalt Therapy of the Pyrenees and Languedoc and was granted after she completed studies in Linguistics and Psychology. She hold an ECP (European certificate of psychotherapy) and ECGT (European Certificate of Gestalt-Therapy) holder and was a member of different professional organizations. Christina regularly give presentations at different conferences.

She hold diplomas in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the National Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, of which she is a member. Hospital workshops at the Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing have expanded herknowledge and enriched her clinical experience. For several years, she have been learning the healing methods of Mister Sun, a world famous master of medical Qi Gong.

Christina Winkler was born in Germany, but she have lived in France for many years. She take a special interest in the psychological well-being of expatriates and have extensive experience in counseling those who feel out of place and lost in a new environment. She also work as a translator and conduct therapy sessions in French, English, and German according to the needs of each client.

Dr. Simkin is a board-certified Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist who is certified in Functional Medicine by the Institute of Functional Medicine, and in Complementary and Integrative Medicine by the American Board of Integrative Medicine. She is also certified in Neurofeedback by BCIA. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Emory Medical School where she teaches Functional Medicine. She has served as Co-Chair of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) Committee on Complementary and Integrative Medicine for 10 years. Prior to that, she served as Co-Chair of the AACAP Addiction Committee. She is a Distinguished Fellow for AACAP. She represented AACAP as Co-Chair for the ASAM Revision of Patient Placement Criteria for Treatment of Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders and represented AACAP at the Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy for Adolescent Substance Abuse at NIDA. She also served as the Liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Substance Abuse.

She co-edited 2 textbooks on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric (CAP) Disorders for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. She is well known for her expertise in the Gut-Brain Axis and has written several chapters and articles on the subject. She and her Co-Chair, Gene Arnold, are Co-Editing 2 more textbooks on Complementary and Integrative Medicine/Functional Medicine (CIM/FM) in CAP Disorders and are establishing Clinical Updates in CIM/FM for AACAP. She has spoken internationally and nationally on CIM topics in the area of TBI, PTSD, gut-brain axis, autism, meditation, ADHD, refractory depression, and mood disorders and authored over 30 articles or chapters. She was a co-editor for the Adolescent Section of the ASAM textbook.

She has served as faculty at Dartmouth, LSU, USA, Florida State medical schools, and served as residency director at USA. She received the most outstanding faculty teaching award at LSU, USA, and Emory.

Dr. Mahadevan Seetharaman is a Duke Integrative Healthcare Leader and an Ayurvedic Health and Nutrition consultant who graduated from the AADP-Accredited Ayurvedic Nutrition Study Program. He is also certified as a Yoga Teacher by Yoga Alliance International.

Besides holding a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, he has done post-doctoral research at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Foundation. During those years, he also pursued a Master’s in Science & Technology Entrepreneurship at the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management.

In 2005, Dr. M joined a startup as part of the senior management team and helped grow the company to over 650 people globally where he currently serves as an Executive Vice President. In addition to entrepreneurship, he is interested in sustainable grassroots development activities, and served as the President of the Minnesota chapter of the Association for India’s Development (AID), a non-profit.

Dr. M spend 4 years in India on sabbatical as the CEO and Managing Director of the Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (I-AIM) and Professor & Dean, School of Health Sciences, Transdisciplinary University (TDU). Apart from advising and mentoring various clinical and research faculty, he served as a member of the University Board of Management, Scientific Advisory Board, Academic Council, Graduate Committee and Institutional Ethics Committee. Dr. M has also recently helped Isha Foundation set up an Integrative Healthcare Centre in India.