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Don't miss this opportunity to learn from top experts and delve into the potential of the ketogenic diet in the medical field.

Dr. Jocelyn Tan M.D., FACP, DABLM

Dr. Tan is American board certified in Medical Oncology and in Lifestyle Medicine . She also trained in Mind-Body Medicine and Medical Acupuncture.  Dr. Tan serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and is the Integrative Oncology program director at the Pittsburgh Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 Dr. Tan is also a researcher, having been principal investigator for the national clinical trial, Ketogenic Diet in Advanced Malignancies. She specializes in gastrointestinal cancers, including liver and colorectal cancers, blood malignancies, and rare cancers, is aFellow of the American College of Physicians, member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and Society of Integrative Oncology. Online, she is known as the Keto Oncologist and runs a Facebook support group called Keto for Cancer.

Mr. Craig Emmerich

Co-founder and COO at Maria Mind Body Health LLC

Craig Emmerich graduated in Electrical Engineering who has spent the last 16 plus years researching nutrition and working with thousands of clients along side his wife Maria Emmerich. He is an international best selling author of the “Keto: The Complete Guide” and “The Carnivore Cookbook”. He uses his knowledge of how our bodies work to help clients heal and lose weight leveraging their biology to make it easy. Craig has helped hundreds of thousands of people regain their health and vitality with a strong focus on the science of human nutrition.

Ms. Maria Emmerich

Co-founder at Maria Mind Body Health LLC

Maria Emmerich is a nutritionist who specializes in the ketogenic diet and exercise physiology. She struggled with her health and weight throughout childhood which led her to become such a passionate nutrition expert. “My goal is to help transform people’s lives and start living again!” Maria specializes in brain neurotransmitters and how food can increase mental wellness. Her expertise has sent her around the World speaking about ketogenic diets. She has also cooked with Halle Berry and writes for Halle’s website. You can find her at KetoMaria.com.

Dr. Ayman Abdel Halim MD

Holistic , Palliative Care and Pain Specialist

With over 30 years of experience in Anesthesiology, Pain, and Palliative Medicine, Dr. Ayman holds board certifications in Anesthesiology (1997), Pain Management (1998), Palliative Medicine (2016), and Acupuncture (2004). He completed his fellowship in Palliative Care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and has a strong interest in cancer pain and complementary medicine.

Dr. Ayman has been active in academia, lecturing nationally and internationally, publishing a book chapter on palliative care interventions (2011), and founding the Holistic, Palliative and Pain scientific group with 200 members. He regularly conducts biweekly lectures and daily online exchanges with physicians across the Arab world. Since 2022, he has been serving as a Visiting Professor at Ain Shams University in Cairo.

Ms. Robin P. Shwetzer

 National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Functional Medicine Researcher 

Robin Shwetzer is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), Functional Medicine Certified Coach (FMCHC), and ReCODE 2.0 Health Coach specializing in the prevention and reversal of cognitive decline. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Miami and previously served over 25 years as an intelligence analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, where she specialized in biological and chemical weapons analysis and later taught intelligence research methods.

Since retiring from DIA in 2021, Robin has dedicated her career to supporting patients and physicians in personalized treatment of cognitive decline, combining her background in research with her passion for health. She collaborates with ReCODE-certified physicians, contributes to Alzheimer’s research at the University of South Florida’s Microbiome Institute, and develops educational materials on cognition and the microbiome. She also supports non-profit efforts to locate MIA aircraft and repatriate servicemen’s remains.

Dr. Deep Demazumder

Dr. DeMazumder holds an M.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Ph.D. in Biophysics (Synaptic Electrophysiology) from Stony Brook University. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia and fellowships in Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology, and Neurocardiology at Johns Hopkins.

He currently serves as an Attending Physician in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at the VA Pittsburgh Health System and Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, with joint appointments in Surgery, Internal Medicine, and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

His research focuses on heart-brain signaling, oxidative stress, and applying machine learning to clinical studies for early diagnosis and treatment of critical illness. Widely funded, his work has received support from the NIH (including the Director’s New Innovator Award), the Department of Defense, the Leducq Foundation, and the American Heart Association. Dr. DeMazumder is also deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of physicians and biomedical researchers.

Dr. Hossam Kandil

Gastroenterologist and Nutrition PhD

Allegheny General Hospital

Dr. Ahmed M. El Sakka, MD

Dr. Ahmed El Sakka is a neurosurgeon and internationally recognized expert in metabolic oncology. As Research Director at the Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health (USA) and co-founder of Mitovida, he has published pioneering work on ketogenic therapies in cancer, earning global awards including the Best Researcher Prize at the Metabolic Health Summit(2022). At Keto Cairo 2, he will share new insights on ferroptosis and ketogenic metabolism as emerging strategies in cancer care.

 Dr. El Sakka will present his latest insights on ferroptosis as a metabolic

vulnerability in cancer and the synergistic effects of ketogenic metabolism in driving

ferroptotic cancer cell death—an innovative therapeutic frontier with significant clinical potential