Faculty and Staff

Specialties

• Women's Health
• Chronic Disorders
• Wellness Support
• Gastrointestinal Disorders

Education

• BA, Chemistry, Washburn University
• MD, University of Kansas

Post Graduate Education

• Internship (Internal Medicine, North Shore University Hospital/ Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York
• Residency (Diagnostic Radiology), Saint-Luke's Roosevelt Medical Center, New York
• Residency (Diagnostic Radiology), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
• Fellowship (Integrative Complementary and Alternative Medicine), Center for the Improvement in Human Functioning and the Olive Garvey Clinic, Wichita

Certification

• Diagnostic Radiology
• Nutrition Specialist (CNS), American College of Nutrition
• Basic Proficiency Chelation Therapy

Awards

• Hugh D. Riordan Endowed Professorship, Faculty of Distinction
• 2006 Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Award
• Rainbow Award Nominee (Medical Student Award to Faculty)
• 1 of Top 10 Researchers of the Year, KU Medical Research Center

Professional Affiliations

• American College for Advancement in Medicine
  • President
• Orthomolecular Medical Society
  • Physician Member
• Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
• Institute for Functional Medicine
  • Advisory Board Member
  • Forum Education Host
• International Society for Nutrition and Cancer
  • Secretary/Treasurer
  • Co-Chair for the 8th International Meeting
• Women in Medicine and Science

Specialties

• Wellness
• Integrative Oncology
• Sustained Symptoms/Chronic Disease

Education

• BA (Math and Biology), University of Kansas
• MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Post Graduate Education

• Fellowship (Integrative Medicine), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
• Residency (Family Medicine), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa
• Research Fellowship (Orthomolecular Medicine, Systems Biology & Bioinformatics), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

Additional Education

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Chemical Sensitivities Instructional Course, American Academy of Environmental Medicine
• Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice Instructional Course, Institute of Functional Medicine
• Frontiers in Integrated Oncology and Oxidative Medicine Workshop, American College for Advancement in Medicine
• Summer School 2008, Biophotonics and Applications of Biophotons, International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany
• Bioinformatics-Microarray Data Analysis Workshop Series, University of Kansas Medical Center

Professional Affiliations

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Medical Association
• American College for Advancement in Medicine
• Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine

Education

• BS, Psychology, with Chemistry Minor, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
• NMD, Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Tempe, AZ

Post Graduate Education

• Naturopathic Student Clinician, Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center, Scottsdale, AZ

Professional Affiliations

• Missouri Association of Naturopathic Physcians
• American Association of Naturopathic Physcians
• Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association
• Ohio Chapter of American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
• Naturopathic Public Awareness Campaign - State of Ohio Representative

Education

• BS, Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Post Graduate Education

• Post Sophomore Fellowship in Pathology, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Specialty

• Integrative Medicine
• Internal Medicine, Board Certified

Professional Affiliations & Awards

• American College of Physicians
• Amercian Medical Association
• Mark Beck Award in Humanism

Research Focus

• Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies and Insufficiencies in Cancer Patients and Various Disease States.

Education

• BA,  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder
• MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine 

Post Graduate Education 

• Integrative Medicine Fellowship, University of Kansas Medical Center

Speciality

• Integrative Medicine
• Pediatrics, Board Certified

Professional Affiliations & Awards

• Amercian Academy of Pediatrics
• Amercian Medical Association 
• Natural Medicine Recognition Award

Research Focus

• Vitamin D Supplementation in Pediatric Migraine Treatment
• Metabolic Biomarkers in Autism Spectrum Disorders  

Education

• BSN, Bachelor of Science of Nursing, University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
• MSN, Masters of Science of Nursing, University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS

Experience

• Integrative Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Public Health Nursing
• Medical Surgical Nursing 

Professional Affiliations

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Specialties

• Nutrition Counseling
• Food Sensitivities
• Nutrition Deficiencies
• Diet-related Conditions

 Education

• BS, Dietetics, Iowa State University
• MS, Dietetics, University of Kansas Medical Center

 Research

• University of Kansas Medical CenterRetrospective Chart Review to Determine Methylation Status in Adult Integrative Medicine Patients including protocol development, determination of insufficiencies, methylation promotion and status clarification.

Focus

• Intravenous Ascorbate in Cancer
• Research Coordinator for Clinical Studies

Education

• BS, Nursing, Creighton University, Omaha

Experience

• Integrative Medicine
• Medical Surgical Nursing

Specialties

• Neurofeedback
• Neuromapping

Training

• Neurofeedback Training Course
• Paramedic Training Program

Credentials

• Paramedic, National Registry Emergency Medical Technicians
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Program
• International Trauma Life Support

Specialties

• Neurofeedback
• Neuromapping

Training

• Medical Assistant

Certifications

• CPR certified
• NRCMA, Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant

Focus

• Leadership
• Communications
• Marketing
• Finance

Education

• BS, Busines Management, Baker University, Baldwin, KS

Experience

• Over 17 years of Business Experience in the Investment Management industry

Focus

• Patient Service

Experience

• Customer Service, Midland/Odessa, TX
• International Customer Service, KS

Focus

• Patient Service

Experience

• Medical Assistant/ Receptionist
• Electronic Medical Records

Training

• Medical Assistant

Certifications

• NRCMA, Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant

Specialties

Phase I Pharmacokinetic Trials
Institution, State, Federal Regulatory Documentation
Protocol and Consent Development
Specimen Collection and Processing

Education

Botany/Plant Science studies at Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.
BS, University of Kentucky
MS (ABT) Research Analysis and Design, University of Kentucky

Certification

• CCRP, Certified Clinical Research Professional

Professional Affiliation

• SOCRA, Society of Clinical Research Associates

Relevant Research Publications

• Single-dose pharmacokinetics and tolerability of absorption-enhanced 3,3'-diindolylmethane in healthy subjects.Reed GA, Sunega JM, Sullivan DK, Gray JC, Mayo MS, Crowell JA, Hurwitz A.,Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Oct;17(10):2619-24.
• Probe drug investigations suggest no pharmacokinetic interactions with ginseng and ginkgo biloba supplements Reed GA, Sunega JM, Peterson KS, Stucky C, Sullivan DK, Gray J, Mayo MS and Hurwitz A..The FASEB Journal. 2007;21:891.6

Research Focus

• Preclinical research of ascorbate treatment to cancers as adjunct to standard chemotherapeutics
• Basic and translational studies of ascorbate effects on tumor metasasis
• Role of host immune system in ascorbate treatment
• Mechanisms for the selectivity of ascorbate induced cytotoxicity
• Explore the role of ascorbate in infections

Education

• BS, Bioengineering, Sichuan University, China
• PhD, Biochemistry, Sun Yet-sen University, China

Post Graduate Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Clinical Nutrition Section, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

Awards

• Invited speaker, 2nd World Cancer Congress, Beijing, 2009
• Invited speaker, American College for Advancement in Medicine, Las Vegas, 2008
• Invited speaker, Linus Pauling Institute Seminar Series, Corvallis, 2007

Professional Affiliations

• American Association for Cancer Research
• American College for Advancement in Medicine
• Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
• Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine