Sara (Gottfried) Szal MD

Director of the Precision Medicine Program

Sara (Gottfried) Szal MD is Director of the Precision Medicine Program at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, Sidney Kimmel Medical College. She has developed a cutting edge, advanced nutrition course for our Masters Degree in Integrative Health Sciences that is like none other. Her novel clinical programs focus on scientific wellness and are grounded in deep phenotyping of the ene/environment interface. Dr. Gottfried is a graduate of MIT then Harvard Medical School, and then residency and board certification in OBGYN and Integrative Medicine. She is the author of 4 New York Times bestselling books.

Daniel Monti, MD, MBA

Founding Director and Chief E Officer

Daniel Monti, MD, MBA is the founding director and now chief executive officer of the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health- Jefferson Health. He is Professor and founding Chair of the historic, first-ever Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Monti works closely with his superb colleagues in the institute and department to continuously expand, refine, and define Integrative Medicine at Jefferson, including innovative clinical programs of excellence, cutting edge medical education, and world-class research.

Joseph Pizzorno, ND

Transformational leader in medicine

Joseph Pizzorno, ND is a transformational leader in medicine. Through half a century of work, he has helped establish and advance the academic, scientific, and clinical foundation of natural, functional, integrative, and environmental medicine. As founding president of Bastyr University in 1978, he coined the term “science-based natural medicine” and led Bastyr to become the first ever accredited institution in the field. He has set worldwide standards of practice by authoring or co-authoring 6 textbooks for doctors, including the Textbook of Natural Medicine (over 100,000 copies in 4 languages across 5 editions) and Clinical Environmental Medicine.

Rachel Carlton Abrams,

MD, MHS, ABFP, ABoIM

Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD, MHS, ABFP, ABoIM graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, received her Medical Degree at the University of California San Francisco as well as a Masters Degree in Holistic Health and Medical Sciences from the University of California Berkeley. She is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine. She is the Board Chair of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine and has been a Board member of the Academy since 2019 (AIHM.org), and on the Board of the AHMA prior to that, leading in the areas of education, DEI initiatives, and ethical leadership.

Mimi Guarneri

MD, FACC, ABOIM

Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, ABOIM is board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, and Integrative Holistic Medicine. She is an integrative cardiologist focusing on disease prevention, health creation, and the connection between planetary and human health. She is co-founder and medical director of Guarneri Integrative Health, Inc., an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), the Associate Clinical Professor of Cardiology & Internal Medicine at California Northstate University, and the founder and president of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM).