MARK HYMAN, MD is a four-time New York Times bestselling author and an internationally recognized leader in functional medicine. He is Chairman-elect of the Institute for Functional Medicine, and was awarded its 2009 Linus Pauling Award for Leadership in Functional Medicine. Dr. Hyman 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. He is founder and Medical Director of The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, where he directs a team of physicians, nutritionists and nurses who utilize a comprehensive approach to health. Before starting his practice, he was co-Medical Director at Canyon Ranch Lenox, one of the world's leading health resorts.

Dr. Hyman is on the Board of Directors of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, and a faculty member of its Food As Medicine training program. He is also on the Board of Advisors of Memhet Oz’s HealthCorps, which tackles the obesity epidemic by “educating the student body” in American high schools about nutrition, fitness and mental resilience. As a volunteer for Partners in Health, Dr. Hyman worked on the ground immediately after the Haiti earthquake in January 2010 and was featured on 60 Minutes. He continues to help rebuild the Haitian health-care system. He helped to introduce the Take Back Your Health Act of 2009 into the United States Senate, to provide for reimbursement of lifestyle treatment of chronic disease. He continues to work in Washington on health reform, recently testifying before a Congressional hearing on Functional Medicine, nutrition and the use of dietary supplements

Dr. Hyman will serve on the Scientific Advisory Committee for an upcoming research program at Harvard Medical School, providing expertise on Functional Medicine. He also received the American College of Nutrition 2009 Communication and Media Award for his contribution to promoting better understanding of nutrition science and has been featured in recent months on 60 Minutes, Larry King Live, CNN, and MSNBC. His book The Diabesity Cure and a companion PBS special will be released in March 2011, addressing the global epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

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