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 is a consultant and humanist dedicated to promoting ever-expanding states of wellbeing. Somewhat given to unabashed pontification and abstraction, he is nevertheless grounded on this Earth as a Certified Nutrition Consultant and Educator. He is a graduate of Bauman College in Berkeley and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in Humanities and Philosophy. As the President of the Health Medicine Forum, Geoffrey is honored to work with a talented and dedicated board of directors to bring HMF into a more vibrant and meaningful realm for community building and healing. Geoffrey has been the staff nutritionist at the Health Medicine Center in Walnut Creek since 2006, where he works in collaboration with a diverse team of practitioners under the directorship of Len Saputo, M.D. Additionally, he maintains a private practice, MarxConsulting, in Moraga where he devotes considerable time and energy to research, consciousness studies and strategies for wellness.

	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.

	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.