New Experts Join Medical and Scientific Advisory Board
The Synergy WorldWide/Nature’s Sunshine’s
Medical and Scientific Advisory Board (MSAB) combines a diverse range of
world-renowned experts. Each member of the MSAB is recognized as a leader within
his or her respective field. These are medical professionals who maintain active
practices, researchers who publish ground-breaking discoveries, and scientists
with a history of cutting-edge, innovative product development. Their varied
background and experiences offer a unique blend of knowledge that provides
valuable insight into current and emerging science and strengthens Synergy's
commitment to be the world’s premier health, wellness and lifestyle company.
Their expertise drives discovery and innovation in the development of
revolutionary products that help to transform lives throughout the
world.
Members include:
•
Luis
N. Pacheco, M.D., family physician from Southern California
•
Sang
Geon Kim, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology at Seoul National University
Hanoi
•
Nigel
Gericke, medical doctor, ethnobotanist and ethnopharmacologist from South
Africa
•
Hani C.
Soudah, M.D., Ph.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine (St.
Louis)
•
William
J. Keller, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Resource Officer at NSP
•
Ingrum
Bankston, M.D., urologist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama
See below for
individual Bios.
Luis N. Pacheco,
M.D.
Luis N. Pacheco, M.D., is an Emmy Award-winning
doctor and one of the most widely recognized physicians in the U.S. Latino
community. He is board-certified in family medicine and has an active medical
practice in Southern California. Dr. Pacheco serves as Clinical Associate
Professor at the Keck School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the
University of Southern California.
Affectionately known as “Dr. P.,”
Pacheco has been recognized repeatedly for his medical excellence. He received a
Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine and is a Fellow of
the American Academy of Family Physicians. He was selected as Outstanding
Teacher at the USC School of Medicine. He received Congressional recognition for
his work with the American Youth Soccer Association (AYSO). And he has received
accolades from The American Diabetes Association.
Dr. Pacheco completed
his residency in Family Medicine at USC. He earned his doctorate degree from
Central University in Puerto Rico and performed his clinical clerkships at
Harvard, Tufts and Boston Universities. He received his bachelor’s degree in
Biology from Columbia University.
Sang Geon Kim ,
Ph.D.
Sang Geon Kim, Ph.D., currently serves as Vice
Director of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Seoul National
University in Seoul, Korea. He is also the Director of the Innovative Drug
Research Center for Metabolic and Inflammatory Disease (IDRC) at Seoul National
University and maintains a professorship in the College of Pharmacy at the
university. In addition, he sits on the Toxicology Advisory Board for the Korean
Food and Drug Administration. Kim has conducted extensive research studying the
molecular biology and underlying principles (including dysregulated kinase
signal transduction pathways) implicated in metabolic dysfunction leading to
illness, an area of particular interest to Nature’s Sunshine Products’ (“NSP”)
research and development.
Dr. Kim’s accomplishments are many. In 2010, he
was honored by the President of the Republic of Korea, Ministry of Health and
Welfare. Earlier that year, he was named the Scientist of the Month by the
Ministry of Science and Education. He also received the Best Pharmacologist
Award from the Korean Society of Pharmacology in 2008. Dr. Kim’s work has been
published in peer reviewed journals over 200 times.
Dr. Kim earned his
Ph.D. from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He earned his
master’s degree in Pharmacology and his bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy both from
Seoul National University.
Nigel Gericke, M.B.B.Ch.
Nigel Gericke is a medical doctor, ethnobotanist
and ethnopharmacologist specializing in documentation, discovery, innovation and
unique product development from medicinal and food plants. He has a particular
interest in phytochemicals that impact the central nervous system and in finding
solutions for tropical diseases including malaria.
Dr. Gericke has
conducted extensive research on indigenous African plants for over two decades
and is an expert specializing in their use as botanical foods and medicine to
development and commercialization, isolating active compounds, examining
molecular biology and directing clinical studies validating plant safety and
efficacy.
Dr. Gericke is a founding director of H, G & H
Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. of South Africa. He is also the founding director and CEO
of Integral Bioceuticals, Ltd., which pioneers novel bioactive ingredients,
extracts and isolated compounds from African bioresources. He also has served as
the head of ethnobotany for Esperanza Medicines Foundation and served as the
founding director of Phyto Nova, Ltd.
Dr. Gericke holds several
patents in both the US and other countries for the use of various plant
compounds and extracts. He has written books and contributed to the African
Herbal Pharmacopoeia. His research has been circulated by many prestigious
publications, including Neuropsychopharmacology, Journal of Alternative and
Complementary Medicine, Planta Medica, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology,
Journal of Botany and the Journal of Ethnopharmacology. He has presented his
findings all over the world.
Dr. Gericke studied at the University of the
Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and graduated with an M.B.B.Ch. in
1984. He also holds undergraduate degrees in botany and zoology from the same
university.
Hani C. Soudah, M.D., Ph.D.
Hani Soudah,
M.D., Ph.D., serves as an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the
Department of Internal Medicine for Washington University School of Medicine and
is a Visiting Associate Professor at Nanjing University Medical School. A
doctor of internal medicine, he is an expert in the field of obesity
management.
Dr. Soudah has spent many years in specialized research and
training. His findings have been published in several prestigious scientific
journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, Gastroenterology, The
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, The American Journal of
Physiology and more. He has presented his findings all over the United States
and in Germany and Belgium.
Dr. Soudah completed his internship and
residency in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital at Washington University
School of Medicine. Prior to this, he completed a post-graduate research
fellowship in the Division of Gastroenterology in the Department of Internal
Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He completed rotating
internships in Medicine and Surgery at the University Medical Center
Hamburg-Eppendorf and Altona General Hospital in Hamburg, Germany, where he had
previously earned his undergraduate degree. Dr. Soudah also holds a Ph.D. in
Medicine from the University of Hamburg, Germany School of Medicine.
William J. Keller, Ph.D.
Dr. William J. Keller began working for Nature’s
Sunshine in April 2001 as the Vice President of Health Sciences and Educational
Services. He has led the efforts of this department for more than a decade and
currently serves as the Chief Scientific Resource Officer at Nature’s Sunshine
Products (NSP).
Prior to NSP, Dr. Keller
has:
• served as Secretary for the American Society of
Pharmacognosy
• been a member of the Board of Trustees for the American
Herbal Products Association
• served on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the
Colleges of Pharmacy at Texas A&M University and Idaho State
University
• served as the Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
at the McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University in Alabama
• served
on grant review panels, editorial boards and as a manuscript
referee
Dr. Keller worked for almost 30 years as a professional
pharmacist in three different states. He has done extensive teaching at the
Schools of Pharmacy at both Samford University and Northeast Louisiana
University. His research has been published over 50 times in prestigious
journals including the Journal of Natural Products, Pharmaceutical Biology,
Phytochemistry, the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, and many
others.
Dr. Keller earned his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from the
University of Washington. He earned his master’s degree in the same field and
his bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy both from Idaho State
University.
Ingrum W. Bankston, M.D.
Dr. Ingrum W. Bankston is a
board-certified urologist and practicing surgeon at the Tuscaloosa Urology
Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His pre-launch work on NSP’s Equolibrium™ product
was invaluable. Using Equolibrium with his male patients in his practice helped
NSP better understand exactly how the product performs.
Dr. Bankston
currently serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Department of
Surgery at the University of Alabama and has served as President of the Alabama
Urological Association since 2006.
Dr. Bankston received his medical
degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) where he also
completed his undergraduate degree. He completed his internship in general
surgery at the Ochsner Foundation in Louisiana and did his residency work at the
UAB Division of Urology.
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