Mark Hyman, MD

Dr. Mark Hyman is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine. He is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Mind Body Medicine in Washington DC, and on the Board of Advisors and faculty for the Food as Medicine training program. He is a family physician, New York Times bestselling author and a lecturer. Dr. Hyman has become an internationally recognized leader in the field of functional medicine. He graduated with a B.A. from Cornell University, and received his medical degree from the Ottawa University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at University of San Francisco’s program in Family Medicine at the Community Hospital of Santa Rosa.

Dr. Hyman is editor of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, a premiere peer-reviewed professional journal in the fields of integrative medicine and alternative medicine; and is the Medical Editor of Natural Solutions, which is dedicated to helping consumers improve their health and the quality of their lives. He is on the editorial board of Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal. Dr. Hyman has testified regarding health promotion and wellness for the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and has consulted with Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona on diabetes prevention. He had testified before the Senate Working Group on Health Care Reform on Functional Medicine.

Dr. Hyman was co-Medical Director for eight years at Canyon Ranch Lenox, one of the world's leading health resorts; co-authored the New York Times bestseller Ultraprevention: The 6-week Program That Will Make You Healthy for Life (Scribner), winner of the Books for a Better Life Award, which honors the best self-improvement books published each year; and wrote the New York Times bestseller UltraMetabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss for which Dr. Hyman also created a public television special that is currently airing nationwide. His latest book, and companion PBS special, The UltraMind Solution, a comprehensive approach for addressing the causes of mental illness and cognitive disorders, was released in January 2009. Dr. Hyman will serve on the Scientific Advisory Committee and provide expertise on functional medicine in new research program at Harvard Medical School.

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