Foundations of NEM Part 2

Dr. Denise Furness, PhD is a molecular geneticist and nutritionist. She is a pioneer in the field of nutrigenomics and personalised health with 20 years of experience in the area. Denise began her career as a research scientist focusing on nutrigenomics, epigenetics, and DNA damage to support fertility and pregnancy health. She has published her work in peer reviewed journals and won numerous awards for her research and conference presentations. During her post-doctoral fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology she worked alongside a team of medical specialists and researchers within a recurrent miscarriage clinic, which resulted in an 80% success rate of healthy pregnancy outcomes. In 2012 she founded Your Genes and Nutrition and began applying her knowledge in clinical practice. Denise has a special interest in fertility, thyroid and autoimmunity (after recovering from autoimmune thyroid disease herself), as well as healthy ageing.

Christabelle is the Medical Director and a Medical Practitioner at Next Practice GenBiome – Edgecliff. Her work with patients focuses around optimising gut health, microbiome, mitochondrial and brain performance. She applies the premise that dysfunctions can be corrected with established practices of nutritional and environmental medicine. She is passionate about sharing her in-depth knowledge on the interconnectedness of human metabolism, biology, and behaviour. Dr. Yeoh dedicates her practice to working with patients with complex chronic conditions, neuro-immune mediated, or chronic inflammatory illness. Christabelle graduated from medicine at the University of London in 1999 and obtained her membership with the Royal College of Physicians (UK). She has a Masters degree in Nutrition from King’s College London. After practicing hospital medicine, she has been working as a general physician with an interest in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. She was a director (2014-2021) and president (2016- 2018) at ACNEM and is active on the teaching faculty.

Dr. Sanjeev Sharma MBBS, MD(Psychiatry), Fellow Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrist (FRANZCP), Fellow Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (FACNEM), Masters in Clinical Nutrition (SAHAMM, Malaysia) & Fellow of Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine (FAChAM). He works as Consultant Psychiatrist in Perth, Australia with interest in treating substance use disorder. He has been in Perth since 2002 and now in Private practice in Abbotsford Private and Marian Centre. He completed his post-graduate training from Northern India and before moving to Australia, he worked in National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, (NIMHANS) Bangalore which is one of the premier Indian institute in the field of neurosciences. He has interest in incorporating nutritional strategies in management of Psychiatric disorders and completed Fellowship of Australian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM) in 2022. In addition, he has recently completed Fellowship of Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine.

Dr. Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., ND, one of the world’s leading authorities on science-based natural medicine, was appointed to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy by President Clinton in December 2000 and to the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee by President Bush’s administration in November 2002. A physician, educator, researcher, and expert spokesperson, Dr. Pizzorno is founding president of Bastyr University. He is editor-in-chief of Integrative Medicine: A Clinicians Journal, a member of the scientific review board of the Gateway for Cancer Research, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Institute for Functional Medicine. Licensed as a naturopathic physician in Washington State since 1975, he has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his academic, professional, and public affairs leadership. Dr. Pizzorno is the co-author of the internationally acclaimed Textbook of Natural Medicine, the best-selling Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine (1,000,000 copies in six languages), and nine other books.

Russell has been working through various roles (Coach, educator, business owner) in the Health and Fitness Industry for over 35 years. During this time, he has conducted many thousands of PT sessions, group exercise sessions, and also had many thousands of conversations with people helping them to achieve better health, longevity and improved physical performance. He has also had numerous roles as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in the AFL, WNBL, Cricket Australia, VFL, and the Australian Institute of Sport. He now operates his own consultancy and education company and is working on his latest project in fitness @pilates. Russell holds a Masters in Exercise Science, is a qualified Pilates instructor and is an ASCA Level 3 Strength and Conditioning Coach.

Dr. Nindhi Ahilan graduated from the UNSW in 2004 and it was during her time there that she developed an interest in Nutritional Medicine and Holistic Practices. She travelled to Kerala, India to do her medical elective in Ayurvedic Medicine in 2002. After graduating with Honours, she obtained her Fellowship from the RACGP and went on to do further training with ACNEM, A5M, AIMN, Medisca and recently obtained a Professional Extension in Herbal Medicine with Professor Denis Stewart. She is an examiner for the RACGP. She also informally mentors doctors interested in incorporating NEM into their own practice. Her main objective has been to empower patients in their healing journey and utilising as many tools and supporting team members as required. More recently her focus has been on addressing the emotional and spiritual realms of wellbeing.