Dr. Quevedo is an accomplished clinical and academic nephrologist with a passion for integrative approaches to treating diabetes and kidney disease. He is currently affiliated faculty at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California in San Francisco.

Previously, he served in key senior clinical leadership positions at the Duke Integrative Medical Center, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and Stanford University. Dr. Quevedo also serves as a medical editor for Medpedia.com, a collaborative medical information initiative sponsored by Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and the University of Michigan.

He earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and a Master of Public Health degree at Harvard's School of Public Health. Dr. Quevedo's postdoctoral training included family and community medicine, internal medicine, studies in law and public policy at the Stanford University Law School in California, and a fellowship in nephrology and medicine at Stanford University Medical Center, where he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar.

As Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Stanford Medical School, he served as Associate Chief of Nephrology and Medical Director of the Artificial Kidney Center at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a Stanford teaching hospital. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif., and also served for three years as the Director of Clinical Programs at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where he was Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and held the Osher Foundation Chair in Integrative Medicine.

He was then appointed Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and Consulting Medical Director of Duke Integrative Medicine where he had overall responsibility for the development of clinical programs. Dr. Quevedo has served on national boards and committees of the American Kidney Fund, the National Academy of Sciences and the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Abel has long been a nationally renowned teacher of conventional eye therapy. He assisted with the translations of ancient Ayurvedic eye therapies and his mission is bringing mind-body medicine to 21st century eye care.

Dr. Abel is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Jefferson Medical College. He performed his ophthalmology training at the Mount Sinai Hospital (in New York City) and a cornea transplant fellowship at the University of Florida. Dr. Abel co-founded the alternative medicine curriculum at Thomas Jefferson University where he is a former clinical professor of ophthalmology. He has helped found eye banks, holds patents on artificial corneas, and received the senior honor award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Board-certified in cardiology, internal medicine, nuclear medicine, and holistic medicine, Dr. Guarneri is the founder and medical director of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Guarneri was an English Literature major as an undergraduate at New York University. Her medical degree is from SUNY Medical Center in New York where she graduated number one in her class. Dr. Guarneri served her internship and residency at Cornell Medical Center, where she later became chief medical resident. She served cardiology fellowships at both New York University Medical Center and Scripps Clinic. Dr. Guarneri served as an attending in interventional cardiology at Scripps Clinic where she placed thousands of coronary stents.

Recognizing the need for a more comprehensive and more holistic approach to cardiovascular disease, she pioneered the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine where she uses state-of-the-art cardiac imaging technology and lifestyle change programs to aggressively diagnose, prevent, and treat cardiovascular disease. She is a member of the American College of Cardiology, Alpha Omega Alpha, the American Medical Women’s Association, and a diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine. Dr. Guarneri has authored several articles that have appeared in professional journals such as the Journal of Echocardiography and the Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Guarneri participated as a member of the writing committee for the American College of Cardiology Foundation Complementary Medicine Expert Consensus Document. This expert consensus statement on integrating complementary medicine into cardiovascular medicine was published in 2005. She is the author of The Heart Speaks, a poignant collection of stories from heart patients who have benefited from integrative medicine approaches. The Heart Speaks and her clinical work have been featured on NBC’s Today Show. She has been recognized for her national leadership in integrative medicine by the Bravewell Collaborative.

In her new book, The Heart Speaks, Dr. Guarneri takes you on a journey of the heart—exploring the emotional heart, able to be crushed by loss; the intelligent heart, with a nervous system all its own; and the spiritual heart, which yearns for a higher purpose. With groundbreaking new research and unparalleled experience, Dr. Guarneri skillfully weaves the science and drama of the heart’s unfolding.

William G. Kracht, D.O., F.A.A.F.P. is a board-certified family physician with extensive post graduate training in complementary and integrative medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, an active member of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, the American Academy for the Advancement in Medicine and the American Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Dr. Kracht was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America at age 15 and has served as Assistant Scout Master at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. He received his B.S. in Pre-Medicine with High Distinction and Honors in Religious Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his Doctor of Osteopathy at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. While attending Penn State, he was the recipient of the Paul/David Wentroble Award for the Outstanding Premedical Student. He completed his family practice residency at Eglin Air Force Base and was named chief resident his third year. He subsequently served four years as an active duty family physician in the United States Air Force.

While serving in the Air Force, he held numerous positions to include Medical Director of Emergency Services, Medical Director of the Allergy Clinic, and co-founder and co-manager of the Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse Group. He was cited in the 11th edition of Who's Who in the World. While at Tyndall Air Force Base, he was deployed to Cuba to provide medical aid to the Cuban refugees at Guantanamo Bay. Dr. Kracht was Tyndall's nominee for the Air Force Physician of the Year, 1994. He separated from the Air Force with three Commendation Medals, an Achievement Medal, a Humanitarian Medal and Honorable Discharge with the rank of Major.

Dr. Kracht holds admitting and treatment privileges at the following hospitals: Grandview Hospital in Sellersville, Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, and Quakertown St. Luke's Hospital in Quakertown. He serves as a community preceptor for the family medicine residents at Lehigh Valley Hospital. In addition, he is the current chairperson of the Family Medicine Department at Grandview Hospital.

In addition to his conventional family medical training, Dr. Kracht has received additional advanced post doctorate training in Environmental Medicine and Allergy, Osteopathic Cranial Sacral Therapy, Homeopathic Medicine, Preventive, Functional and Nutritional Medicine. Using the best of many medical modalities, he is able to provide an integrative, patient centered medical care that specializes in the individual patient; whether it be a common or complex problem. His comprehensive family medical care includes preconception care, newborn and child care, adolescent, adult and geriatric care all with the warmth and sensitivity of a family physician.

Dr. Kracht resides in East Rockhill Township with his wife, Terri and their children Taylor Marie, Zachariah William and Laurel Nicole.

Dr. Lemole received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University in Philadelphia in 1958, and doctor of medicine degree from Temple University School of Medicine in 1962. From medical school, Dr. Lemole returned to his birthplace, Staten Island, N.Y., where he served a one-year internship at Staten Island Hospital.

Upon completing his internship, he returned to Philadelphia for a residency in general surgery at Temple University Hospital. He did his cardiac training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas from 1967 to 1969, under the direction of Dr. DeBakey at Baylor and Dr. Denton Cooley at the Texas Heart Institute.

Dr. Lemole became certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and began serving as an instructor in surgery. In 1968 he was a member of the surgical team that performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States.

Dr. Lemole returned to Philadelphia from Texas in 1969 as an instructor in surgery at Temple. That same year he performed the first coronary bypass in the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. At age 32, he was named Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Temple University. He was Chief of Surgery at Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Brown Mills, N.J. from 1972 to 1984. In 1975, at age 38, he became a full professor at Temple – an achievement which also made him one of the youngest full professors of surgery in the United States. In 1982, as a visiting Professor at the University of Istanbul, Turkey, Dr. Lemole performed that nation's first successful coronary artery bypass procedure.

Dr. Lemole relocated his practice in 1986 to develop the first open heart surgery program in the State of Delaware.

In addition to the Medical-Dental Staff of Christiana Care Health System, Dr. Lemole is a member of the medical staffs of the A.I. du Pont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Episcopal Hospital, Graduate Hospital, Holy Redeemer Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, all in Philadelphia. His major professional memberships include the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Society for Vascular Surgeons, and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. He also is a member of many societies and associated committees related to his profession, and he was the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Academy of Cardiology from 1980 to 1995.

Dr. Lemole has lectured extensively and written numerous articles for professional publications. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Dublin and Istanbul, the Military Medical College of Ankara, Allegheny General Hospital, Fengtai Heart Institute, Beijing, China, People's Hospital and 2nd Military Medical University, China, and Columbia Presbyterian University Hospital.

He is listed in the publication "Who's Who in the United States" and the Marquis "Who's Who Directory of Medical Specialists." He is a past recipient of the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Dr. Lemole is listed in Philadelphia Magazine and Delaware Today Magazine in the "Best Doctors" issues as well as the National Listing of Best Doctors in America.

Dr. Oz is Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University. He directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. His research interests include heart replacement surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, complementary medicine, and health care policy. He has authored over 400 original publications, book chapters, and medical books and has received several patents. He performs over 350 heart operations annually.

Dr. Oz received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and obtained a joint MD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business School. He was awarded the Captain's Athletic Award for leadership in college and was Class President followed by President of the Student Body during medical school. He lives in Cliffside Park, NJ with his wife Lisa of 19 years and their 4 children, Daphne, Arabella, Zoe, and Oliver.

In addition to numerous appearances on network morning and evening news programs, Dr. Oz was recurrently featured on Oprah and numerous other talk shows and has guest hosted the Charlie Rose show. He now hosts the Dr. Oz Show, a syndicated daily television program focusing on medical issues and personal health. He is a chief medical consultant to Discovery Communications and has hosted several shows including "Second Opinion with Dr Oz." He also served as medical director of Denzel Washington's "John Q."

In addition to belonging to every major professional society for heart surgeons, Dr. Oz was elected as a Global Leaders of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, won the prestigious American Association for Thoracic Surgery Gross Research Scholarship, and has received an honorary doctorate from Istanbul University, He was voted "The Best and Brightest" by Esquire Magazine and was elected one of the Doctors of the Year by Hippocrates magazine, and Healers of the Millennium by Healthy Living magazine. He is annually elected as one of the best physicians in the USA by the Castle Connolly Guide as well as other major ranking groups.