Medical Advisory Board
Julian Bailes, M.D.
- Chair of the Neurosurgery Department at NorthShore University Health System and Co-Director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute.
- Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
- Former Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine, a leading authority in neurological research, cerebrovascular disease and neurological sports medicine.
- Board-certified neurosurgeon, bachelor of science and doctor of medicine from Louisiana State University.
- Leading authority and consultant for the NFL Players Association on the lasting effects of head injuries, and Chairman of the Pop Warner Medical Advisory Board, former NCAA and NFL physician.
Joseph Maroon, M.D.
- Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
- A leading specialist in the surgical treatment of injuries and diseases of the brain and spine.
- Team neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers; serves on the NFL’s Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee.
- Co-developed ImPact, the first, most-widely used and scientifically validated computerized concussion evaluation system.
- Senior Vice-President of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine;
- Past-President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Harry Oken, M.D.
- Board-certified in Internal Medicine; 26 years of private practice experience.
- US News and World Report’s Top Doctors 2012.
- Best Doctors of America, 1997- present.
- Former Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Howard County General Hospital, 1994 - 2008.
- Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland.
Norman Salem, Jr., Ph.D.
- Corporate scientist at Royal DSM N.V.
- Former Vice President, Research, and Chief Scientific Officer at Martek Biosciences Corporation.
- Previously led the prestigious Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics at NIH. His work included a focus on the role of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in neural development, as well as how DHA is made in the body and incorporated into the brain and other organs.
- Serves on the editorial boards of Lipids, Nutritional Neuroscience and Nutrafoods.
Kristine Yaffe, M.D.
- Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco.
- Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry and Director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
- Leading researcher on the predictors of cognitive decline and dementia in older adults.
- Published in numerous prestigious journals including the Lancet, JAMA, and The New England Journal of Medicine.



