Board of Directors - Health Medicine Forum

About HMF Board of Directors	Related topics: HMF Principles The Healing Circle Community Board of Directors

	Geoffrey Marx, NC HMF President Geoffrey Marx, NC, is a certified Nutrition Consultant and Educator. He is a graduate of Bauman College in Berkeley, CA, and holds a Bachelor's Degree from San Francisco State University. He brings to the HMF Board his experience with the National Association of Nutrition Professionals where he currently serves on the Board of Directors and as the editor of NANP's trade journal, the "Nutrition Professional's Quarterly". Geoffrey sees clients with a wide range of health issues in his private practice, which is based on individual assessment, whole foods and conscious eating. His interest in preventive health began at the age of 14 when his father underwent coronary bypass surgery. This life-changing experience was the catalyst for a commitment to understand the biochemistry and psychology of illness and wellness, and a sense of mission to help raise the collective health consciousness in our disease-promoting culture. Geoffrey is passionate about working with people to help them find optimal health and balance in their lives.

	Joni Sare, NE HMF Executive Director, Nutrition Educator, Therapeutic Chef Joni joined HMF's Board of Directors in 2005 and has been an integral part of HMF's success. Her passion for holistic living is the basis for her love and respect for the Health Medicine Forum. Through HMF, Joni promotes and supports the work of healthcare professionals in their mission to help individuals realize their full health. HMF's educational events brings the practitioners and the public together. She believes individuals are empowered through this process by increasing their awareness about themselves. This awareness fuels the imagination, which carries them into the future in a direction they want to go. Joni sees herself as a health avatar - mentoring and educating others on integrative healthful living. In her private practice she provides nutrition counseling and cook's food with a joyful zeal for her client's specific needs. She also caters wholesome food for private and public events.
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	Len Saputo, M.D. HMF Founder & Medical Director Len Saputo, MD, founder and medical director of HMF, is a board-certified internist who has been in private practice in Contra Costa Country for more than 25 years. He is a health educator, motivational speaker, medical editor and writer, television and radio personality, and twice world champion senior singles tennis player. Over the past decade, he has had a leadership role in the development of an integrative, holistic, person-centered, and preventive model of practice that has come to be known as “Health Medicine.” It is Len’s vision that has brought the model of Health Medicine into clinical practice at the Health Medicine Center in Walnut Creek, California, where he is its medical director. Len is responsible for HMF mission, goals and overall direction. He is the representative to the traditional medical community and is responsible for acquiring top notch speakers. He will coordinate the teaching and educational aspects of the Phase II effort.

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	Mike Buchele, MD

	Sarah Carlson

	Mitchell Corwin, DC Dr. Corwin joins Health Medicine Forum as a health care practitioner with a passion for collaborative and integrative medicine practice style. His collaborative experiences began as part of the Total Health Sports Medicine Center in Oakland in the early 1980’s, extending into private practice in Berkeley and eventually joining the Health Medicine Center in Walnut Creek. Dr. Corwin is chiropractic kinesiologist with over 30 years of clinical experience specializing in learning disabilities, scoliosis and heavy metal (mercury) toxicity. His practice style is a unique eclectic blend of applied kinesiology and energetic medicine techniques with an emphasis on chronic illnesses.

	Ofer Erez Ofer Erez has more than 20 years experience in the field of Healing Through Movement. He is the founder of several Sugi Healing Arts including Sugi Yoga® , Sugi Touch™ and Sugi Fitness™. He is the head trainer at the Sugi School of Health and Fitness. The school is approved by the State of California to provide professional trainings to certify Yoga teachers, Personal Fitness trainers and Massage Therapists. Ofer has certifications in The Feldenkrais® Method, Massage therapy, Shiatsu, Reiki, Yoga and advanced work with children with neurological disorders. He uses his extensive knowledge to help his clients and students, of all ages, to restore strong, easy and pain-free movement in all aspects of life, regardless of the original cause. Ofer is also the founder of Diablo Valley School, a private school for children located in Concord.

	Daryl Smith For Daryl, the Health Medicine Forum brings two important elements to health care: education and a sense of community, where various disciplines contribute to health and wellness. From his background in mechanical engineering he knows that every force has an equal and opposite reaction. "I believe each individual has the innate ability to be healthy, and that wellness is a balance of spiritual, psychological and physical forces. Understanding and awareness of these forces is essential to bringing them into balance. "I believe the health care crisis we find ourselves in today is a result of the conflict of interest created by a for-profit health care system. We need a more open and honest discussion of health and wellness than the FDA, pharmaceutical companies and the insurance companies are offering us. The Health Medicine Forum is a critically important part of that discussion."

	Kathie Thompson Kathie Thompson joins Health Medicine Forum with a long time passion for wellness and education. Kathie began her journey while experiencing her own health concerns and being introduced to integrative medicine through Dr. Frank Shallenberger and his wife Judy. While assisting Dr. Shallenberger with his Bio-Energy Testing project, she met Dr. Len Saputo and Kay Sandberg at the Health Medicine Institute and became an advocate of the Health Medicine Forum. Kathie enjoys providing community support and awareness through her practitioner alliances and HMF. She spends her days providing business management skills to Walnut Creek dentists Dr. Lynne Martz and Dr. Andrew Marshall where she has the opportunity to share the knowledge she has gained by learning from these amazing health care providers. She spends all free time available with her family and friends whom she adores.