PODCAST GUESTS
IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
DR RHONA CREEGAN
Dr Rhona Creegan is a Nutritional Biochemist/Consultant with extensive experience in clinical biochemistry, molecular genetics and nutrition. Rhona has worked as a senior medical scientist in major teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom and Australia in both Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostic Molecular genetics laboratories. She has completed formal studies in Biomedical Science, Clinical Biochemistry, Nutrition Medicine and as a researcher investigated abnormal lipid metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease. She has a nutrition medicine consulting business (Omega Nutrition Health), working adjunct to conventional medicine to optimise health with targeted functional testing, nutrition and lifestyle plans. This integrated approach aims to determine the root cause of common, chronic health issues affecting digestion, mood disorders, hormone balance, fatigue, weight management and metabolic disorders.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 1/2
JANE HUTCHENS
Jane Hutchens is a naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist, registered nurse, lecturer, textbook contributor and household name in both nursing and complementary health. She has a Master of Science in Medicine (Reproductive Health Sciences and Human Genetics) from the University of Sydney and is currently at the end of her PhD (Public Health) at University of Technology Sydney.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 1/2
NICOLE BIJLSMA
Nicole Bijlsma is the founder of the Building Biology movement in Australia, CEO of the Australian College of Environmental Studies and best selling author. Her PhD explored the impact of toxicants and wireless technologies on human health and their implications for clinical practice. She has lectured at tertiary institutions for 30 years, has published in peer reviewed journals, has written extensively for Body+Soul newspaper (Herald Sun), is regularly consulted by the media to discuss mould, electromagnetic fields and toxic chemicals, and lectures in Australia and abroad about environmental health issues. Nicole has conducted over 30 interviews on every major television network (Sunrise, TODAY show, 7PM Project, Channel 7 news, The Circle etc) in addition to numerous radio interviews (ABC etc).
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 1/2
LEAH HECHTMAN
Leah is an experienced and respected clinician and has been in private practice for over 20 years. She specialises in fertility, pregnancy and reproductive medicine and holds fellowships and memberships with many International organisations. Leah is the Director of The Natural Health and Fertility Centre, in Sydney Australia. Over the years she has helped thousands of couples conceive healthy, vibrant children often in situations where they were told there was no hope left. She is a keynote speaker at conferences locally and internationally to both the functional and complementary medicine communities as well as the wider fertility and gynaecological areas of medicine. She is the author of multiple seminal naturopathic textbooks and is a contributor to journals and other texts within the Naturopathic and Functional Medicine areas as well as general gynaecology, fertility and infertility.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 1/2
BRITTANY DARLING
Brittany is a Clinical Accredited Nutritionist and Western Herbalist with 10+ years experience and is a mum of two. She has a special interest in the areas of paediatric nutrition, women’s health including fertility and pregnancy nutrition. Brittany is the founder of I’m Nutrients, and believes in a wholefood approach to nutrition and addresses misalignments with a holistic, evidence based and functional perspective. Brittany is a keen researcher, keynote speaker and regular expert in the media.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 3
DR AILINA ISMAIL
Dr. Ailina Ismail is a Functional Medical Practitioner and Fatigue Decoder Expert. As a holistic consultant, she supports tired working mums to regain their energy, improve mental clarity, and achieve physical vitality. But what she is really PASSIONATE about is helping mums live purposeful and abundant lives! She graduated from Flinders University in South Australia in 1995, and was conferred her fellowship from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2012. However due to her personal and family challenges, she evolved into becoming a Functional Medical Practitioner. She has received training from the Institute of Functional Medicine, The Walsh Research Institute, Mindd Foundation and ACNEM. There are multiple root causes for fatigue such as Hashimoto's, Chronic Inflammation causing CFS/FM and Functional Gut Issues. She uses a personalised systems approach that has helped herself and other women overcome fatigue.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 3/4
DR FRANK GOLIK
MBBS (Hons QLD) FRACGP, FACNEM graduated from the University of Queensland with 2nd class Hons in 1975; 2 years junior RMO at Royal Brisbane Hospital; 1 year as senior RMO at Atherton Hospital, Nth Qld. He commenced in solo Private Family Practice at Clayfield, Brisbane in 1979. He later formed a multi disciplinary clinic at Clayfield in 2002. Dr Golik gained his fellowship in the RACGP in 1982; and is a Fellow and occasional lecturer of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. His special areas of interest and passion are Autism, ASD, ADHD, Musculoskeletal medicine, Dietary and lifestyle therapy, the Gut-Microbiome-Immune-Brain Interconnection, Streptoccocal infections, Thyroid conditions; and the Metabolic Syndrome. He is the first Australian doctor to complete the MedMAPS (USA) training and qualify for its Fellowship. He is passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of children of any age.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 4/5
KEONIE MOORE
Graduating from Southern Cross University with a Bachelor of Naturopathy in 2006, Keonie has extensive experience in naturopathic management of pediatric neuro-developmental conditions, OCD and PANS/PANDAS.With a strong focus on clinical relevance, Keonie has become a sought-after keynote presenter both in Australia and internationally due to her focus on how research findings can be implemented into clinical practice and influence key outcomes with patients.Keonie was invited to present on pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) at the 8th International Conference in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Kochi India and published a case report in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. Drawing on her extensive clinical experience, Keonie is the founding director of ReMed Natural Medicine clinic where she leads a team of over 18 practitioners and staff. Keonie is committed to lifting the standards of complementary medicine in Australia and establishing clinic systems that ensure that evidence is integrated into clinical practice.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 4/5
TABITHA MCINTOSH
Tabitha McIntosh is an experienced and respected Naturopath, clinical Nutritionist and educator. After attaining her Bachelor of Medical Science (University of NSW, 2001), she went on to pursue her passion for Integrative healthcare by completing an Advanced Diploma Naturopathy and Diploma Nutrition (Nature Care College, 2005), and Post Grad Dip of applied Science in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (Swinburne University, 2006). Absolutely passionate about improving the health of everyone she comes into contact with, Tabitha’s impressive resume includes presenting at conferences and professional development seminars around Australia, lecturing in Nutrition at both Nature Care College and Endeavour College of Natural Health, International Community Health work, and contributing to Publications and Natural Medicine textbooks such as Clinical Naturopathic Medicine Second Edition on topics such as Paediatric Nutrition and Environmental Medicine.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 6/12
SANDI ROSS
Sandi Ross is a practitioner of naturopathic and traditional Chinese medicine, having studied straight out of high school, she decided to study both modalities which has paved the way she teachers and practitioner. Sandi has multiple degrees, as well as a Masters Degree in Health science (Traditional Chinese Medicine) from Sydney University, and over thirteen years clinical experience. Sandi has worked with children in her clinical practice from when she first graduated, including internationally running a multi modality clinic in Bangkok, Thailand, where she had a major part of her clinical years working with difficult health conditions in pediatric patients. Sandi has also been a lecturer at one of Australia’s leading natural medicine colleges since 2016, where she teachers many topics in the Chinese medicine departments including pediatric medicine. Sandi has written for many publications, has her own podcast called Her Earth Medicine, and her online paediatric health course, Bloom.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 6
ROCCO DI VINCENZO
Rocco Di Vincenzo is a Consultant Dietitian who has a strong integrative functional nutritional and environmental medicine focus in his private practice and has formal qualifications in this area. Rocco’s focus is on multidisciplinary, holistic, individually tailored, patient-centred nutrition intervention programs and the justifiable, evidence-based, systematic, strategic, goal-oriented use of pharmaceutical grade, practitioner-only nutritional supplements to work in conjunction with GP/Specialist prescribed pharmaceuticals as a treatment adjunct in helping treat the cause of disease and alleviation of patient symptomatology. Rocco has a special interest in addressing gastrointestinal and liver dysfunction and disorders (including NASH/NAFLD), neurological disorders such as depression/anxiety, neuropsychiatric disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), autoimmune disorders and metabolic syndrome.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 7/12
DEBORAH SMART
Deborah works as a clinical nutritionist at the Narangba Valley Medical Centre in North Brisbane. After an early career as a high school teacher, she spent four years working with churches and communities devastated by AIDS in southern Africa, returning to Australia in 2010 to complete her degree in Nutritional Medicine. Deborah was diagnosed with MS in 2005 which has fueled a special interest in autoimmune conditions. She works with patients suffering from a wide range of chronic inflammatory conditions and immune disorders.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 7/11
DR ELIZABETH MUMPER
Dr. Mumper is President and CEO of The RIMLAND Center, established to mentor clinicians interested in children with neurodevelopmental problems. Her general pediatrics practice is Advocates for Children. Advocates for Families is her practice devoted to the care of children with autism and other neurodevelopmental problems. Dr. Mumper graduated magna cum laude from Bridgewater College with a degree in General Science. She attended the Medical College of Virginia, did residency training at the University of Massachusetts and University of Virginia, and was invited to serve as Chief Resident of Pediatrics at UVA.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 8/9
AMANDA HOWE
Amanda Howe is a naturopath and author of Know Your Flow - have a perfect period, and live the life you want any time of the month and The Nourished Family - 100+ healthy, gluten and dairy-free recipes for your family. Amanda has extensive experience in the areas of women's hormonal health, pre-conception care, natural pregnancy care and natural thyroid management. This has naturally evolved to manage the health of infants through to children. Amanda has also created an online health program providing daily meal plans to assist with many health complaints as well as healthy weight-loss.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 8/9/12
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DR LEILA MASSON
Dr Leila Masson is a Sydney based consultant paediatrician and author of “Children’s Health A-Z” a parent’s guide to natural therapies for common childhood ailments. She specialises in nutritional and environmental medicine for children’s health issues, including allergies, asthma, behavior problems, autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. She sees patients at her clinic in Tamarama and mentors doctors in integrative paediatrics. Leila has worked in the US, Europe, New Zealand, and volunteered for 2 years setting up a rural clinic in Pakistan.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 10
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EMMA WISBEY
I graduated from the Southern School of Natural Therapies in 1997, and have since enjoyed a diverse career as a naturopath for the past 24 years. In this time, I have been fortunate to work with various nutraceutical companies in supporting and educating practitioners as well as in clinical practice. Although qualified in all areas of general naturopathy, I have a particular interest in mental health which includes, but is not limited to, childhood behavioural issues, ASD, anxiety, depression and issues with sleep. Within the health industry I have guest presented at various events including the International Summit of Mental Health, and was a keynote speaker at the 2017 workshop series Resetting The Addicted Brain. I have facilitated various industry practitioner trainings and currently offer mentoring to students and new grads of naturopathy. I have also been a speaker at many local events as well as a guest presenter on Geelong’s Bay FM The Waiting Room. I am a mother of 3 children and as a result have found my strength is in supporting families to achieve more healthy and balanced lives.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 10/11
JESSICA BAYES
Jessica Bayes is a clinical nutritionist based in Melbourne who specialises in mental health. She is passionate about using food and nutrition to support mood and has a keen interest in research. She is currently undertaking her PhD at the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney. Her thesis is looking at dietary interventions for treating depression in young men. Jessica is also a lecturer at Endeavour College where she teaches Clinical Nutritional Medicine. She is devoted to educating and empowering others to reach their highest potential and optimum health through diet and lifestyle. Her areas of specialty include, but are not limited to, gastrointestinal health, mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression, skin concerns and weight management.
APPEARS IN: EPISODE 11
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