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CEO; 3X Founder; Holistic Health Coach; Entrepreneur & Author

Well Being: A Story of Healing from Autoimmune Disease and a Guide to Charting Your Own...

Stephen L Hauser

Neurologist, Leader in Multiple Sclerosis Research & Director of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries: The Education of a Doctor

Jason DaSilva

Award-Winning Documentarian & Disability Advocate

Jason DaSilva - NYC Mayor's Office

Ryan Zimmerman

MLB World Series Champion for the Washington Nationals; Founder of the ziMS Foundation

David Altshuler

Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Akiko Iwasaki

Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine; Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Akiko Iwasaki - American Medical Association

Risa Groux

Author of "Food Frame: Diet is a Four-Letter Word" And Online Courses, "Achieving Optimal Thyroid Health" & Functional Nutritionist, Autoimmune Coach

Amina AlTai

Author of "The Ambition Trap"; Business & Career Coach, Proud Immigrant, and Chronic Illness Advocate

Dr. Doreen Galli

Entrepreneur & Author of "Distributed Operating Systems" and "Galli's Keys to Success"

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Olga Lucia Torres, JD, MS

Narrative Medicine Expert & Author of Multiple Articles, Lecturer & New York Advocacy Committee Chair & Ambassador and Multicultural Media Correspondents & Medical Advisory Board

MarlaJan Wexler

Pediatric Nurse, Patient Advocate & Lupus Awareness Warrior; CEO of "Luck Fupus"

Hetlena Johnson

Author, TEDx Speaker, Lupus Awareness Advocate; Founder of "The Lupus Liar"

Gabrielle Davis

Lupus Awareness & Patient Advocate; Former Journalist; Founder of Lupus Sistas

Robert Root-Bernstein, Ph.D.

Professor of Physiology at Michigan State University; Author of "Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People"

Jacob Thompson

Inspirational Author, Award-Winning Recording Artist, Rare Disease Advocate, Para-Athlete & Host of "Dear Young Athlete," Podcast

Stephanie Millward

Double Paralympic Swimming Gold Medalist, Four-Time World Champion & Motivational Speaker; Author, "Paying the Price"

Paying the Price

Dr. Elie F. Berbari

Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Mayo Clinic

Angella Wynn

Author, Teacher, Recording Artist & Multiple Sclerosis Advocate

Sumaira Ahmed

Founder of The Sumaira Foundation for NMO (Neuromyelitis Optica)

Wendy Booker

Mountain Climber, Marathon Runner, Adventurer & Author with Multiple Sclerosis