Subhuti Dharmananda PhD
James Duke PhD
Christine Wade, MPH
Fredi Kronenberg PhD
Woodson Merrell MD
Oliver Fein MD

Dr. Subhuti Dharmananda currently directs the Institution of Traditional Medicine, an educational institution based in Portland Oregon. Dr. Dharmananda is a respected Oriental herbalist and can be considered a pioneer of traditional Asian therapies in the West, having lectured widely on the topic for the past two decades. He has written numerous scholarly monographs on topics related to Asian medicines and also authored important academic books including prescriptions on Silk and Paper: "The History and Development of Chinese Patent Medicines". The Link: "A Detailed Analysis of an Epidemic Disease", "Foundations of Chinese Herb Prescribing", "Chinese Herbal Therapies for Immune Disorders" and other popular titles.

Dr. James Duke formerly with the US Department of Agriculture is a renowned senior botanist and who is currently involved with The Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research, and the American Botanical Council. He has written more than a dozen texts, including the "Handbook of Medicinal Herbs", "The CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops for the Tropics", "Amazonian Ethno botanical Dictionary" and "The Green Pharmacy", and the more recent "Amazonian Ethno botanical Dictionary". He has constructed powerful databases on the ecology, photochemistry and utility of thousands of economic plants. Advocating conservation in the Amazon as well as respect for efficacy of herbs over molecular drugs, Dr. Duke has been an all-important figure in the advancement of alternative therapies based on botanicals.

Christine Wade is former Associate Director of Research and Administration for the Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Center for Alternative Medicine at Columbia University, Christine is a graduate of Bard College and received her MPH from Columbia University in 2003. She is the recipient of multiple research grants in areas of botanical research, traditional Chinese Medicine, and Women's Health. She is currently actively engaged in our research project in collaboration with Shanghai on acupuncture treatment of dysmenorrhea.

Dr. Fredi Kronenberg was Professor of Clinical Physiology in Rehabilitation Medicine, and Director of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons as well as directed the NIH-funded Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research in Aging and Women's Health. She was the principal investigator on many research projects, including numerous grant awards from the National Institutes of Health. Additionally, she was a founding editor of the Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine and is on the editorial board the Journal of Tropical and Medicinal Plants.

Dr. Woodson Merrell as the executive director of the Continuum Center for Health and Healing affiliated with Beth Israel Medical Center is one of the nation's most respected figures in complementary and alternative medicine. He was a pioneer in alternative medicine teaching at Columbia University where he is currently Assistant Clinical Professor. He lectures widely on the subject of alternative therapies and is Board member of New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct and (chairman) of New York State Board of Acupuncture.

Dr. Oliver Fein is Associate Dean of Network and International Affairs at Weill Medical College of Cornell University where he is also Associate Professor of Medicine. He is deeply interested in medical education as well as the importance of cross-cultural exchange and has championed the teaching and development of complementary and alternative medicine at Cornell since the mid-90's and is morally instrumental in the formation of Meridian Medical as well as the Institute of East-West Medicine.