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Patch Adams, M.D , Virginia USA

Patch Adams, M.D., is a nationally known speaker on wellness, laughter, humor, and life as well as on the subjects of healthcare and healthcare systems. He approaches the issues of personal, community, and global health with "zestful exuberance" (Time Magazine). Dr. Adams believes that "the most revolutionary act one can commit in our world is to be happy." Dr. Adams is founder and director of the Gesundheit Institute, a free health facility in operation for 15 years. Over 15,000 people have been provided with free medical care at the Institute.
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Dr. Stuart Altman , Massachusetts USA

As one of the nation's leading experts in healthcare policy and economics, Stuart Altman has confronted some of the most critical problems existing in federal health policy. The Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Dr. Altman is an economist whose research interests are primarily in the areas of federal health policy. His work spans decades and covers most of the policy issues that have and continue to impact all areas of nursing and healthcare delivery, as well as point to the future of healthcare delivery in the new millenium.
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Holly Atkinson, M.D., M.S , New York USA

Dr. Atkinson, a gifted and noted international professional speaker, has engaged national audiences on achieving wellness for more than 20 years. She is the senior on-air Medical Correspondent and Chief of Medical Affairs for HealthiNation, the leading consumer health video network, is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine and Co-Director of the Advancing Idealism in Medicine Program at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and is Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. With degrees in both medicine and journalism, she possesses a unique blend of experience and skill—medical expertise, media savvy and business acumen. Dr. Atkinson has worked in print, broadcast television and web-based technologies for both consumers and medical professionals and has extensive international business experience.
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Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA , Wisconsin USA

With more than 25 years in healthcare, Kristin Baird speaks the language of nurses, senior leadership and management. Her keen understanding of culture development tempered with her practical approach to daily issues in hospitals and clinics is a breath of fresh air
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Susan Keane Baker, MHA , Connecticut USA

Susan Keane Baker MHA, is the author of Managing Patient Expectations: The Art of Finding & Keeping Loyal Patients. Her book has been ranked #3 on Amazon.com’s list of 100 top sellers in the general medicine category. Susan is an experienced health care professional with seventeen years experience as vice president at New York and Connecticut hospitals. She also directed the quality initiatives program for a national PPO with 19 million members.
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Kathleen Bartholomew , Washington USA

Kathleen Bartholomew, RN, MN, has been called the most important new voice in American Nursing. With breakthrough professional books such as SPEAK YOUR TRUTH ( HCPro, 2005) and ENDING NURSE-TO-NURSE HOSTILITY (HCPro, 2006), her unprecedented, dynamic speeches and public appearances, and her significant contributions to healthcare as one of the nation's most sought-after nursing consultants, Kathleen is changing nursing by compassionately holding a mirror to the profession and exposing a century of hidden truths.
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Jeffrey Bauer, PhD , Colorado USA

Dr. Bauer is a nationally recognized health futurist and medical economist. He is Senior Vice President of Superior Consultant Company, Inc. (Southfield, MI), a leading provider of Digital Business Transformation services to the healthcare industry. In his numerous publications and presentations, he forecasts the future of health care and describes practical, competitive approaches to restructuring the health care delivery system with a special focus on medical science, information technology, and public policy.
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Robert Bazell , New York USA

During his career with NBC News, Chief Health and Science Correspondent Robert Bazell has reported on a wide range of subjects in the areas of science, technology and medicine, from throughout the United States and around the world. His reports appear on NBC Nightly News, Today, and Dateline NBC, and viewers have long known that when there is a major breakthrough in science or medicine, Bazell will be there to explain it in a lively and understandable way.
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Susan Blumenthal, M.D , Maryland USA

Rear Admiral Susan J. Blumenthal, MD, MPA served as US Assistant Surgeon General and Senior Global Health Advisor in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where her work for over 20 years as a top Federal government leader focused on a broad range of public health and science issues facing the Nation and world. She is an internationally recognized medical expert and leader who has been a major force in bringing important public health issues including women’s health, disease and violence prevention, global health and mental illness to scientific and public attention, helping to place them at the top of our nation’s health care agenda.
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Joan Borysenko, Ph.D , Colorado USA

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., has a powerfully clear personal vision: to bring science, medicine, psychology and spirituality together in the service of healing. Her brilliance as a scientist, clinician and teacher have placed her on the leading edge of the mind/body revolution, and she has become a world-renowned spokesperson for this new approach to health, sharing her pioneering work with a gentle graciousness, enthusiasm and humility.
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Kent Bottles, MD , Pennsylvania USA

Reading his audiences with 20-20 vision, Kent Bottles custom fits his presentations with a wealth of personal examples. Energetic, approachable, humorous and profound, Dr. Bottles is not the boring lecturer you had in college! He has the rare ability to drive home a sophisticated message in a comprehensible but not condescending manner to vastly diverse audiences.
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Kathy Brown, RN, CSP , Minnesota USA

Kathy Brown is a dynamic keynote speaker with a passion to energize, enlighten, and inspire her audiences to make the most out of every moment. She is an award winning communicator who teaches how to create a positive emotional environment, improve communication, manage stress, and promote wellness. Kathy injects humor which becomes contagious laughter resulting in an epidemic of fun.
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L. Robert Burns, Ph.D., M.B.A , Pennsylvania USA

Dr. Burns teaches one- and two-day management seminars on behalf of the Wharton School and other organizations. These seminars are designed to prepare physicians and administrators for managing integrated delivery systems. Dr. Burns sits on the editorial boards of Health Services Research, Health Administration Press, and Health Care Management Review (where he is Associate Editor). He is a past member of the Grant Review Study Section for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
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Judy Carter , California USA

Judy Carter has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, and The Wall Street Journal, andeninalso a regular on National Public Radio. She is the author of Standup Comedy:  The Book (Dell Books, 19th printing) and the newly released The Comedy Bible (Fireside Books).  She has been the keynote speaker for many Fortune 500 companies, including: Fedex, Boeing, Lucent Technologies, Michigan Hospital Administrators, and Blue Cross.  Judy specializes in customizing presentations for individual companies and their specific concerns.  And yes -- stress, downsizing and government regulations can be funny
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Dr. Deepak Chopra , Massachusetts   USA

Deepak Chopra has written more than twenty-five books, which have been translated into thirty-five languages. He is also the author of more than one hundred audio- and videotape series, including five critically acclaimed programs on public television. In 1999 Time magazine selected Dr. Chopra as one of the Top 100 Icons and Heroes of the Century, describing him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine." Dr. Chopra currently serves as CEO and founder of The Chopra Center for Well Being in La Jolla, California. As we approach the millenium, achievements in science, medicine, and technology continue to change the world. Dr. Chopra believes that the one advancement that will truly revolutionize our lives remains relatively unexplored: "How to more fully realize our ability to change reality to create physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, and social well being."
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Christine Clifford, CSP , Minnesota USA

When Christine Clifford's life was turned upside down with a diagnosis of breast cancer in 1994, she recognized that laughter provided a necessary release from the tension and anxiety. Searching for signs of humor in herself and her predicament, the more she laughed, the stronger she grew, and her first book and her organization, The Cancer Club, were born. Today, author of four award-winning books including Not Now...I'm Having a No Hair Day!, Our Family Has Cancer, Too! (written especially for children), Cancer Has Its Privileges: Stories of Hope & Laughter, and Your Guardian Angel's Gift, Christine speaks to audiences world-wide with her ground-breaking theories on the use of therapeutic humor. Don't forget to laugh! TM
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Michael H. Cohen, MBA, JD , Massachusetts USA

Michael H. Cohen, Esq. is a lawyer and Harvard University professor who specializes in the integration of complementary and alternative medicine into mainstream health care. He writes the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Law Blog, which informs clinicians, hospitals and other health care organizations, medical schools and medical spas, lawyers, regulators, corporations, and the public about the legal and business issues involved in bridging conventional care with complementary and alternative medicine. Michael has published numerous articles and ground-breaking books in the field, and has represented clients from Beijing to California and Dubai.
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Glenna Crooks, PhD , Philadelphia USA

Glenna M. Crooks, Ph.D., former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health for the Reagan administration, is founder and president of Strategic Health Policy International, Inc. (SHPI). Based in Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC, SHPI assists businesses and governments to understand and manage policy and political issues in health care.
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Ronald Culberson, MSW, CSP , Virgina USA

Ronald P. (Ron) Culberson, MSW, CSP is a speaker, humorist and author of Is Your Glass Laugh Full? He works with organizations that want their people to lighten up by using humor to minimize stress and maximize effectiveness. Through humorous presentations, products and seminars, Ron can teach staff and managers how humor can reduce stress, improve communication and create a healthy new perspective which will lead to a more productive work environment. Ron will entertain, inspire and tickle your funny bone. Ron is based in the Washington, DC area but shares his message throughout the United States.
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Kathy Dempsey , Arizona USA

Kathy energizes her audiences through speaking and training. Her creative and unique approach is highly interactive, engaging, and packed full of practical strategies for immediate implementation. Kathy brings with her over 25 years of health care, educational training and organizational development experience.
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Hugh Downs , Arizona USA

Hugh Downs has enjoyed a distinguished 64-year career in radio and television as a reporter, newscaster, interviewer, narrator and host. A longtime anchor of ABC's prime-time news magazine "20/20," he is one of the most familiar figures in the history of the medium. He hosted PBS' "Live from the Lincoln Center" for a decade, helped launch "The Tonight Show" in 1957, anchored "The Today Show" from 1962 to 1971, and has broadcast numerous specials and documentaries. In 1985, he was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as holding the record for the greatest number of hours on network commercial television. In the course of his career he has broadcast from every continent and both poles. Downs left "20/20" in September 1999 to write and lecture.
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Christine Dumas , California USA

Christine has spent a decade reporting on trends in health, lifestyle, fitness and sports giving her a leading-edge perspective that is sought-after by Fortune 500 corporations, leading associations and group forums, like The California Governor and First Lady’s Conference on Women and Families. Her background and broad-based career experience give her a unique perspective that resonates with audiences. She has covered a broad range of issues in her reporting – from profiling athletes to legal issues surrounding drugs that are unsafe for children -- all with unparalleled intensity, commitment and compassion.
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Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D , California USA

Over the past 30 years, Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D. has emerged as the nation's foremost visionary and original thinker regarding the lifestyle, marketing and workforce implications of the "age wave." He is a psychologist, gerontologist and author of ten books on aging-related issues, including Bodymind, Millennium: Glimpses Into the 21st Century, Healthy Aging, his best-seller Age Wave and his latest, Age Power: How the 21st Century will be Ruled by the New Old. He is currently working on two new books, Demography is De$tiny and Re-Inventing Yourself: How to Fulfill Your Dreams in the Third Age of Life.
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Neil Fiore, Ph.D , California USA

Neil Fiore helps people work more effectively with less stress and greater commitment. He helps organization cut healthcare cost and keep key employees. Dr. Fiore is the author of three books and a Nightingale-Conant tape series. He speaks on "Peak Performance on the Job," "Self-Leadership Skills," "Skills for Thriving in the 21st Century," "Effective Self-Coaching." He presents to organizations such as AT&T, Bechtel Corp., Coit Cleaners, National Human Resources Association, Levi Strauss, Stanford Hospital, and the University of California. His customized presentations have been called "practical and inspirational, touching both the heart and the mind of his audience."
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Mary Feeley Fisher, CSP , Missouri USA

Mary Feeley's presentations are the perfect blend of education and entertainment. Her audiences listen, laugh, and learn! She has uniquely combined experience from the corporate corner office and the comedy club stage. Her "performances" are a rare blend of message, motivation, and mirth, modeling the speaking style of the future... "edu-tainment." Her experience includes corporate spokesperson, corporate trainer, emcee, award-winning comedian, and seminar company faculty member.
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Joe Flower , California USA

In his powerful keynotes and interactive workshops, Joe Flower - an internationally recognized healthcare futurist and a world-class presenter - shares his unique grasp of the forces transforming healthcare, such as the aging of the Baby Boom; radically new pharmaceuticals and therapies; digitization and automation; extreme cost pressures; shifts in payment structures; and perhaps greater than any of them, the rising power of the consumer. These talks and workshops help your organization reshape itself to be more nimble, knowledgeable, and change-competent in the face of these great change vectors.
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Ed Foreman, CPAE , Texas USA

Ed Foreman leads corporate executives, worldwide, down the path of health, wealth and happiness toward a more meaningful life. His "successful daily living" message teaches business leaders how to reduce stress and anxiety, turn worry into success, and have more fun. Few speakers, if any, are better qualified to motivate, inspire and educate by their own examples than Ed Foreman.
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Emily Friedman , Illinois USA

Emily Friedman is an independent writer, lecturer, and health policy and ethics analyst based in Chicago. She is contributing editor of Hospitals & Health Networks and contributing writer for the Journal of the American Medical Association, Health Progress, and other periodicals. Ms. Friedman also writes a regular column for Hospitals & Health Networks Online. She was contributing editor and ethics columnist for the Health Forum Journal from 1986 until July 2003, when the journal terminated publication. She is most noted for her work in health policy, health care trends, health insurance and managed care, the social ethics of health care, health care for the underserved, health care history, population demographics, and the relationship of the public with the health care system.
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Garland Fritts , Georgia USA

Mr. Fritts facilitates the evolution of geriatric services for hospitals, integrated healthcare delivery systems, long-term care facilities and large physician groups. His focus is on increasing market share for providers while improving healthcare services to the aging population. His speaking engagements have included the ACHE Congress, ACHE Leadership Forums, AMA Academy for Health Services Marketing, and numerous state hospital associations. His website address is www.geriatricstrategy.com.
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Charles Garfield, PhD , California USA

Charles Garfield, Ph.D., is America's leading authority on high achievement and a strategy advisor to the nation's preeminent business leaders. His career as American's preeminent presenter on high achievement was launched by an unprecedented two cover stories in the Wall Street Journal. "He is a brilliant, one-of-a-kind speaker who profoundly inspires people to think outside-the-box."
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Jeremy Geffen , Colorado USA

Jeremy R. Geffen, MD, FACP is a board-certified medical oncologist, a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, and the founder of Geffen Visions International, Inc. (GVI). A gifted and inspiring writer, speaker, physician, and seminar leader, he is the author of the highly-acclaimed book The Journey Through Cancer (Crown, 2000) and audiotape program The Seven Levels of Healing (Nightingale-Conant, 2001). He has addressed a large number of groups and conferences, and has testified before the United States Congress as an expert witness on integrative medicine and oncology.
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Sherry Granader , Montana USA

Sherry Granader is a nationally recognized speaker, nutritionist, body builder, author and spokesperson for the "Lean Routine." Over the years she has consulted to some of the biggest names - and best bodies - in the world of body building, including Lou Ferrigno, Arnold Schwarzenneger, Lee Haney and Chuck Norris. And while she's been helping the stars shine, she's kept both feet planted in the every day world of people who work, raise families and lead busy lives.
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Terry Grossman, M.D , Colorado USA

TERRY GROSSMAN MD, is America’s leading medical authority in the field of anti-aging, longevity medicine and life extension therapies. He has co-authored an exciting new book with famed inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, titled TRANSCEND, Nine Steps to Living Well Forever, from Rodale Publishing. TRANSCEND is a practical, easy-to-understand application of the breakthrough scientific findings of their previous best seller, Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forev
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Sanjay Gupta, M.D , Georgia USA

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit at CNN. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery, plays an integral role in the network's medical coverage, which includes lead reporting on breaking medical news, regular health and medical updates for American Morning, anchoring the half-hour weekend medical affairs program House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and reporting for CNN documentaries.
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Trevor Hancock, M.D , Ontario Canada

As a public health physician and health promotion consultant, Dr. Hancock has been at the leading edge of health thinking for more than twenty years and has been described as "one of the ten best health futurists in the world."
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Bernadine Healy, M.D , Washington D.C. USA

Dr. Bernadine Healy is a cardiologist and health administrator who was the first woman to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Known for her outspokenness, innovative policymaking, and sometimes controversial leadership in medical and research institutions, Healy has been particularly effective in addressing medical policy and research pertaining to women.
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David Jacobson, MSW , Arizona USA

David was told arthritis would land him in a wheelchair by the time he was 30. That was when he was a 22 year old athlete who'd been blind-sided by a massive flare-up of arthritis. At 30, he bicycled the 112 mile El Tour de Tucson at a fast enough pace to finish with a silver medal. Much of that victory is attributed to using humor to cope with adversity. David's serious, yet hilarious presentation, will show you how to use humor to improve your own situation.
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Michael Janson, M.D , New Hampshire USA

Dr. Janson inspires and motivates audiences to change their lifestyles and focus on achieving their potential for vitality and longevity. Enjoy his combination of information, personal rapport, humor and philosophy. Michael Janson, M.D., president of the American College for Advancement in Medicine and past president of the American Preventive Medical Association, founded and directed the first complementary-alternative medical center in New England in 1976, providing counseling in nutrition, dietary supplements, exercise, stress management, wellness and personal growth.
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Dr. Gregory Jantz , Washington USA

Dr. Gregory Jantz is a best-selIing author, consuItant, keynote speaker, and business executive. He is the founder and Executive Director of The Center for Counseling and Health Resources, Inc., a premier mental health and chemical dependency treatment agency. Over the past 15 years. Dr. Jantz has developed and implemented "wholeperson" care programs for individuals, business, ministry,and the professions. His unique understanding of human needs has enabled him to address audiences with life-changing messages. Known for his expertise, humor, and down-to-earth speaking style, Dr. Jantz is, above all, a speaker of HOPE.
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Beverly Kirkhart , California United States

For 17 years, Beverly Kirkhart had lived a storybook existence. No one, least of all her, could have predicted it would end suddenly in divorce, bankruptcy, the loss of her home and the sacrifice of the business she had built from scratch and managed for over ten years. Through the worst of it, she used to joke to friends: “At least I have my health!” Then came the devastating news: “Beverly, you have breast cancer.” This admired survivor made lemons from lemonade…and became her own hero.
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Allen Klein, MA, CSP , California USA

Allen Klein, MA, CSP (aka "Mr. Jollytologist") is an award-winning professional speaker and best-selling author who shows audiences worldwide how to use humor to deal with not-so-funny stuff from everyday trials and tribulations to triumphing over tragedy. His books have been published in seven different languages (English, Spanish, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Turkish) with several hundred thousand in print.
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J.D. Kleinke , Oregon USA

J.D. Kleinke is a medical economist, author, and health information technology executive. He serves as chairman and executive director of Omnimedix Institute, a non-profit health care information technology research and development organization based in Portland, Oregon, and as vice chairman of HealthGrades, a publicly traded health care information company based in Denver. During the 1990s, J.D. Kleinke was a founding executive of HCIA, (now Solucient), a pioneering health care information company. He was also a health care business columnist for The Wall Street Journal.
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Jerry Kornfeld, M.D.,FAAFP , California USA

Vast experience in Wellness and Managed Care Survival. As Television Doctor on Local and National programs educated the audiences on longevity, avoiding risk factors for disease and Wellness with aging. Lecture for Pharmaceutical companies and UCLA Medical School. As a primary care doctor and former Medical Director for a large managed care organization, have experience and expertise in both sides of the Managed care equation.
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Jack LaLanne , California USA

Still filled with unwavering dedication, commitment and focus, Jack's adventurous new project is to inspire, educate and motivate business leaders to achieve their absolute best.
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Richard Lamm , Colorado USA

Richard D. Lamm is the former three-term Governor of Colorado, having served from January 1975 until January 1987. On leaving office, he taught at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, as the Montgomery Fellow.
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Loretta LaRoche , Massachusetts USA

Loretta's wit, wisdom and humor is a common-sense view of life that leaves audiences inspired, motivated and roaring with laughter. Often irreverent--always hilarious--keynote speaker and lecturer Loretta helps people discover how thoughts, feelings and behaviors can affect work performance, relationships, success and self-worth. Loretta shows how humor can benefit the health of an organization and its employees, and improve productivity in the workplace. An international consultant and lecturer in the field of stress management, Loretta is widely known as star of six award-winning specials on PBS, including favorite titles, The Joy of Stress, Humor Your Stress, How Serious is This, Relax! You Only Live Once, Get a Life, and her newest addition, Life is Short! - Wear Your Party Pants. She has appeared as a guest-expert on the CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC networks.
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Robert Laszewski , District of Columbia USA

Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates and national advisor on health policy issues for Ernst & Young. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential independent consultants on health care reform. As an executive of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Laszewski participated as a member of the non-partisan Alliance for Health Reform chaired by Senator Jay Rockefeller. USA Today called him "one of the boldest advocates for reform." In his current role, he is an advisor to an impressive list of organizations concerned about the changing marketplace environment for health care.
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Fred Lee , California USA

Fred Lee has the enviable distinction of having been both a senior vice president of a major medical center and a cast member at Disney University . Disney recruited him because of his expertise in helping hospitals achieve a culture that inspires patient and employee loyalty. At Disney he helped develop and facilitate Disney’s healthcare version of its 3-day seminar, Disney’s Approach to Quality Service, and its newest seminar on Customer Loyalty. Using an insider’s experience and a keen eye for cultural comparisons, he authored the healthcare best seller, If Disney Ran Your Hospital: 9 ½ Things You Would Do Differently, which was awarded the 2005 Book of the Year form the American College of Healthcare Executives. He now shares his insights with healthcare groups all over the country.
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Joanne Lichten, Ph.D , Florida USA

Joanne Lichten PhD, RD (a.k.a. “Dr. Jo”) is an accomplished author, speaker, freelance writer and media spokesperson who helps busy people stay healthy, sane, and productive. Dr. Jo has appeared on 300+ TV and radio shows, presented more than 1000 programs at conferences, and has written articles or has been quoted in 200+ newspapers, magazines and websites. She’s also the author of three books including Dining Lean and How to Stay Healthy & Fit on the Road.
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Joy Loverde , Illinois USA

Custom programs geared for family members who want to lessen the financial and emotional burdens of caring for elders. Clients include companies who want to retain productive employees, professionals in the eldercare industry who want to maintain the competitive edge, associations that want to attract and retain members. Clients: ManorCare, National Institutes of Health, California School Employees Association among others.
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James Maas, Ph.D , New York USA

Nearly every American is sleep deprived, although most of us do not realize the profound consequences for thinking, performance and lifespan. Using dramatic media, Dr. James Maas demonstrates how the different stages of nocturnal sleep determine daytime functioning, what happens to performance when you don’t get enough sleep, how to determine your individual sleep requirement, and proven strategies for obtaining a great night's sleep. The information provided in "Power Sleep: Preparing your Mind for Peak Performance," will increase your daytime alertness, psychological mood, productivity, creativity and quality of life. Dr. Maas is the nation’s leading sleep educator, and recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Teaching Award. He is Professor, Weiss Presidential Fellow, and past Chairman of Psychology, at Cornell University. Dr. Maas makes frequent appearances on such programs as ABC's 20/20, NBC's Nightly News, and Oprah!
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Jacqueline Marcell , Irvine California

Jacqueline is the devoted daughter in the riveting best-seller, "Elder Rage or, Take My Father... Please!" Her ingenuity and persistence turned around an impossible situation with her difficult elderly father, compelling her to be an advocate for eldercare awareness and reform. Dementia costs businesses over $33 billion a year, largely due to lost productivity due to absenteeism of employees who care for ailing family members. She stresses the importance of recognizing the 10 warning signs of dementia, early diagnosis and the medications that can slow dementia down. She presents a step by step plan for families, professionals and business to make caregiving more manageable. How to: get durable power of attorney, long term care insurance, elder-proof the house, take preventative measures, find the right doctors, modify difficult behaviors, get loved ones to adult day care, find support groups and resources, and emotionally cope with the stress of caregiving and watching a loved one decline.
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Michael F. Roizen MD , Missouri USA

Dr. Roizen's two New York Times best sellers instantly propelled him into the spotlight as the leading expert on reducing the effects of aging. He has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Fox Television News, 20/20, Good Morning America, CNN, and MSNBC. These media giants recognize him as the "go to pro" on aging! He is the author of RealAge: Are You As Young As You Can Be? and The RealAge Diet.
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David Meinz, MS, RD, FADA, CSP , Florida USA

Does your health affect your productivity? Yes! Recent studies have found a relationship between exercise, eating habits, and absenteeism. Organizations are also finding substantial savings due to increased productivity and efficiency. Morale, motivation, and job satisfaction improve, too! David's credentials include a Master's Degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Missouri, and status as a Registered Dietitian and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association (FADA). He is also a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) in the National Speakers Association. He is the author of the Health & Peak Performance Learning System and a frequent guest on radio and television. David conveys a serious message but packages it in encouragement and humor. He is motivation with content. Everybody Eats! If you're looking for a program that's high in content, enriched with humor and low in fat, call us and reserve David Meinz for your group today.
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Marilyn Moon, PhD , District of Columbia USA

Marilyn Moon is Vice President and Director of the Health Program at the American Institutes for Research. A nationally-known expert on Medicare, she has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute and as a public trustee for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. Dr. Moon continues to write extensively on health policy, both for the elderly and the population in general, and on social insurance issues. Her most recent book, Medicare: A Policy Primer, was published by the Urban Institute Press in 2006. From 1993 to 2000, Moon also wrote a periodic column for the Washington Post on health reform and health coverage issues.
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J. Ian Morrison , California USA

Ian Morrison is an internationally-known futurist and the author of The Second Curve: Managing the Velocity of Change and Health Care in the New Millenium. As president of Institute for the Future from 1990 to 1996, he led the organization's growth and success over that period. A highly respected consultant and speaker, Morrison specializes in long-term forecasting and planning with particular emphasis on health care and societal change. He has worked with more than 100 Fortune 500 companies in the fields of health care, information technology, and financial services and has written, lectured, and consulted on a wide variety of forecasting, strategy, and health care topics for government, industry, hospitals, physicians, and nonprofit agencies around the world. His work focuses on helping clients to plan for their long-term future.
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Maye Musk, MS, RD , New York USA

Maye Musk, author, speaker, counselor and fashion model helps people look and feel fantastic through improved eating habits, increased activity and making a little extra effort to enhance your image. With careful thought and minimal planning, you can look forward to your days with increased energy and a healthier attitude. Confusion about food choices will be easier once you know the newest research on how to improve your health, slow down aging, supplements, additives, fiber, fat, entertaining, alcohol, caffeine, water and salt.
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Dr. Miriam Nelson , Massachusetts USA

For the past 15 years, Dr. Nelson has been principal investigator of studies on exercise and nutrition for older adults, work supported by grants from the government and private foundations. During this time she was named a Brookdale National Fellow, a prestigious award given annually to only five or six young scholars deemed to be future leaders in the field of aging. She was also awarded a Bunting Fellowship at the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College. In 1998, Dr. Nelson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports.
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Christine Northrup, M.D , Maine USA

Christiane Northrup, M.D. is an obstetrician/gynecologist who is internationally known for her visionary, empowering approach to women's health and wellness. As a practicing physician for over 20 years, she is a leading proponent of medicine and healing that acknowledges the unity of the mind and body as well as the powerful role of the human spirit in creating health. Her pioneering work has shown that conditions such as PMS, endometriosis, breast symptoms and uterine conditions are the language through which women’s bodies speak of wounding they have experienced in a culture which has been unsupportive to women and to those values we call womanly.
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Carolyn O'Neil, MS, R.D , Georgia USA

Carolyn O'Neil, registered dietitian, is a journalist who knows about food. And with over 20 years of study and television reporting on food, nutrition and cuisine, O'Neil has provided consumers with helpful information and insights on all aspects of healthy living. She is a registered dietitian with a Master's degree in Nutrition and Communication from Boston University and undergraduate degree in Foods and Nutrition from Florida State University.
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Dean Ornish, M.D , California USA

Dean Ornish, M.D., is the founder, president, and director of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, where he holds the Bucksbaum Chair. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a founder of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine there. Dr. Ornish received his medical training from Baylor College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Kathleen Pagana, Ph.D., RN , Pennsylvania USA

Kathleen D. Pagana has been a leader in healthcare for more than 30 years, with experiences including college teaching, administration, clinical practice, business management, writing, and professional speaking. Among the 22 books she has written, she has co-authored the number one best-selling book on healthcare diagnostic and laboratory testing. This book (Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference, 9th ed) has sold more than 1 million copies and has been translated into French, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean. She has written more than 75 articles and is a contributor to the second edition of Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul.
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Jim Palmer , California USA

In 1990, Jim Palmer was accorded baseball's highest honor by his election into the Baseballs Hall of Fame his first year of eligibility. Jim has built a career as a broadcaster providing commentary to ABC and the cable networks including ESPN and HTS. He has attained success broadcasting for ABC Sports and has been highly acclaimed by viewers for being "bright, opinionated, articulate, having a "sense of humor" and a "tenacious memory" for the details of the game. Jim Palmer is an entertaining, motivational speaker, whose favorite talks include "Striving for the Best and "The Pursuit of Excellence".
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Kathleen Passanisi, PT, CSP, CPAE , Missiouri USA

An experienced healthcare professional, successful businesswoman, and an educator, Kathleen Passanisi, PT, is an expert in the field of therapeutic humor and its impact on health and corporate morale. Working across the country with clients ranging from major healthcare systems, to trauma teams, from seriously ill patients to overly serious patient caregivers, Passanisi is changing lives one laugh at a time by creating new perspectives.
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Judy Pearson , Oregon USA

Judy Pearson, professional speaker and author started her career in an uncommon way. Judy was an ordinary housewife and mother of two teenagers when her life changed forever. In a post operative consultation her doctor dropped the news. "Tumor the size of a grapefruit, cancer in the 3rd degree, chemotherapy in two weeks." Overwhelmed, her only words were, "My mind doesn't believe in chemotherapy." To which her doctor replied, "Your mind has nothing to do with it, you must take chemotherapy." Sometimes you just have to take stock, stand up and SAY "YES!" TO LIFE. This was one of those times. A pivotal decision was made to explore the world of alternative and natural health care. Scared yet determined, she acquainted herself with naturopaths, chiropractors, and herbalist.
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Dr. Pamela Peeke , Maryland USA

Dr. Pamela Peeke is an internationally recognized expert and speaker in the fields of nutrition, metabolism, stress, and fitness. Using her unique blend of wit and wisdom, Dr. Peeke translates cutting edge science into eye opening, enlightening and easy to understand "news you can use" for her audiences.
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Joe Piscatella , Washington USA

A high-energy speaker, he is a man with a visionary message and the extraordinary skill to tell it. He uses the art of storytelling, contagious humor and decades of experience to deliver a powerful, practical message that moves audiences to live healthier lives. Over 2 million people have attended Joe's powerful keynote speeches and breakout sessions steeped in humor, insight and practical "how to" tools. He knows the science of balanced living. More importantly, he understands the practical application of that science for today's busy lifestyles. With his energy, sense of humor and decades of experience, Joe captivates and motivates audiences, inspiring them to take ownership and responsibility for their health. "Joe Piscatella knows more about healthy living than anyone I know," says Dr. Williams C. Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of The Amercan Journal of Cardiology. Joe is a best-selling author. His work includes Don't Eat Your Heart Out and nine other books with 7.5 million copies sold.
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Jake Poore , Florida USA

Jake's excellent training, facilitation, and customer service skills were developed in part over his 18-year career with The Walt Disney Company and with the Franklin-Covey organization. He began his Disney career in 1982 as a research specialist during a time when Disney was expanding into worldwide markets and needed demographics for its many mergers and acquisitions. Jake then spent several years with the Disney University, the internal training arm of Disney, both in Orlando and their Disneyland Paris counterpart pursuing his passion for training and development. In that role he was responsible for teaching corporate philosophy and business practices to the 65,000 Disney Cast Members and helped develop the Service Excellence program for Disney's leadership teams.
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James Randi , Florida USA

Recognized internationally for his tireless and successful investigations of psychic, supernatural and "magical" claims and dealing with subjects that border on both science and mythology, James Randi has become known as one of America's most original and fearless thinkers, winning him the prestigious MacArthur Foundation"Genius" Fellowship.
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Judith Reichman , California USA

Dr. Judith Reichman balances the demands of a thriving Los Angeles practice in gynecology, infertility, and menopause with requests for her straightforward analysis of complex medical matters on television and in print. As the physician Correspondent on the Today show, Dr. Reichman was also the writer and host of the acclaimed tow-part series on PBS, "Straight Talk on Menopause with Dr. Judith Reichman." Her latest book is entitled I'm Too Young to Get Old: Health Care for Women After Forty.
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James L. Reinertsen, M.D , Wyoming USA

James L. Reinertsen brings his skills to clients such as The Institute for Health Care Improvement, and to senior executives, medical staff leaders, and Boards of major health care systems in the United States and Europe. He was a subcommittee member for the Institute of Medicine’s pivotal reports, To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, and continues to lead and challenge health care thinking both as an author of papers in major medical journals, and as a provocative, highly-sought speaker at national forums.
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Betty Rollin , New York USA

Betty Rollin is a TV correspondent, an accomplished author and a captivating speaker. A contributing correspondent for NBC News, her special reports for Nightly News included a series on the Native Americans of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, which won both the duPont and Emmy awards. She also contributes reports for PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. Rollin is the author of six books, including First You Cry, a moving story - the first of its kind - about her breast cancer and mastectomy. Published in 1976 and recently re-published in honor of the author's 25th "cancer anniversary", it received wide critical acclaim and was made into a television movie starring Mary Tyler Moore as Ms. Rollin.
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Peter Salgo , New York USA

Dr. Peter Salgo is an Emmy Award-winning medical journalist, practicing physician, and respected healthcare futurist. He has a reputation for providing insights to medical trends that extend the lives of Americans from generation to generation. Currently practicing Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, he also teaches at Columbia University School of Medicine. He currently hosts PBS' cutting-edge medical reality show, Second Opinion.
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Dan Shapiro, Ph.D , Arizona USA

Dan Shapiro, Ph.D. holds joint appointments in psychiatry, psychology and internal medicine. His book, Mom's Marijuana, is an autobiographical story about his mother's ability to overlook her own anti-drug prejudices in order to help her son through cancer. Dr. Shapiro is an assistant professor in the college of medicine at the University of Arizona.
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Diane Sieg, RN, CLC , Colorado USA

Diane Sieg spent more than 20 years of her nursing career working in hospital emergency rooms across the country helping people in crisis. She also has more than 20 years experience in the health and fitness field as a Certified Lifestyle Counselor (CLC), Personal Trainer and Health Fitness Instructor. Today, as a speaker, author and lifestyle consultant, Diane helps people stop living life like an emergency by learning how to slow down, take time and take good care of themselves.
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Bernie Siegel, M.D , Connecticut USA

Dr. Bernie Siegel is one of the world’s foremost physicians, authors and advocates for individuals facing the challenge of chronic illness. Since founding Exceptional Cancer Patients, an organization based on a loving, safe, therapeutic confrontation that facilitates personal change and healing, he has also authored best-selling books such as Love, Medicine & Miracles and Peace, Love & Healing. As a best-selling author and speaker, Bernie has inspired millions of people to tap their own healing potential and to overcome adversity. A champion of patient empowerment, he is actively involved in humanizing medical education and making the medical profession aware of the human side of healing.
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Nancy Snyderman, M.D , California USA

Nancy L. Snyderman, MD is a medical correspondent for ABC News and can be seen on Good Morning America and 20/20. She also writes a monthly column for Good Housekeeping and is the medical contributor to Health Magazine. She reports on wide-ranging medical topics affecting both men and women.
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Fran Solomon, RN, MSEd , California USA

Fran Solomon is vice-empress of Playfair, Inc., an international consulting company that offers keynote presentations, management seminars, team-building programs, and playfulness trainings to over 100,000 people each year. She helps conduct the research for Matt Weinstein's book, Managing To Have Fun. For almost 20 years they have been innovators in the design and presentation of programs that focus on the value and impact of humor in team building, reward and recognition, creativity, stress management, people-oriented management, and in living a healthier worklife.
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LeAnn Thieman, RN, CSP , Colorado USA

A nurse for thirty years and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, LeAnn Thieman knows first hand the “war zones” of healthcare today. As a renowned motivational speaker, LeAnn shares life-changing lessons learned from her daring Operation Babylift adventure, when she helped to rescue 300 babies as Vietnam was falling to the communists!
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Bill Thomas, MD , New York USA

Dr. Bill Thomas is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. He currently serves as president of The Center for Growing and Becoming, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and developing constructive, holistic approaches to aging and the care of our elders. He is the founder of The Eden Alternative, a global non-profit organization that is committed to improving the care received by people who live in institutions everywhere. Most recently, Dr. Thomas developed the Green House, a radically new approach to long-term care. In 2005, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced a five year ten million dollar grant that will result in the creation of Green House projects in all fifty states.
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Joe Tye, MBA , Iowa USA

Joe Tye is CEO of Paradox 21 and a highly-regarded speaker on leadership strategies for cultivating high performance organizations. He is a former senior executive for a large teaching hospital who earned a masters degree in hospital administration from The University of Iowa and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

He is the author of more than a dozen books and tapes on personal and organizational success, including the forthcoming book Leading Values: Real World Strategies for Working with The Twelve Core Action Values, and the forthcoming novel Lilies in the Snow.
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Robert Wachter, M.D , California USA

Robert M. Wachter, MD is Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, Associate Chairman of UCSF’s Department of Medicine, and Chief of the Medical Service at UCSF Medical Center. He was the first elected President of the Society of Hospital Medicine, the fastest growing physician professional society in the U.S. Dr. Wachter has given over 200 plenary or keynote speeches on patient safety, medical errors, and healthcare quality.
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Gail Wilensky, Ph.D , Maryland USA

GAIL WILENSKY is a Senior Fellow at Project HOPE, an international health education foundation, where she analyzes and develops policies relating to health care reform and to ongoing changes in the health care environment. From 1990 - 1992, she was Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, overseeing the Medicare and Medicaid programs. She also served as Deputy Assistant to president (GHW) Bush for Policy Development, advising him on health and welfare issues from 1992 to 1993.
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Mikki Williams, CSP , Connecticut USA

What do the Cree Indians of Canada, bankers in Australia, farmers in Indiana, insurance agents in Singapore, and German fitness professionals all have in common with AT&T, IBM and Lockheed? Mikki Williams, CSP, international speaker, trainer, consultant, coach, author, radio & TV personality and entrepreneur extraordinaire. She was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, named one of the Outstanding Connecticut Women of the Decade by the United Nations and ABC did a television documentary about her life. She has spoken on six continents, at President Mandela's South African home and two times at The White House.
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Paul Wolpe, Ph.D , Pennsylvania USA

Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also holds appointments in the Department of Medical Ethics and the Department of Sociology. He is a Senior Fellow of Penn's Center for Bioethics, is the Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Ethics at the School of Medicine, and is a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. He is also a member of Penn's cancer Center and Center for AIDS Research.
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Patty Wooten, RN, BSN , California USA

Patty Wooten is a woman who knows how to laugh about life. Often called "The Queen of Jest", she is a leading national expert in the field of therapeutic humor. Ms Wooten works with companies that want to put fun back into the workplace. Patty is dedicated to the promotion and development of therapeutic humor. Patty teaches and helps health care professionals, patients, caregivers, educators, and business executives to help them understand how to use humor to improve their working environments -- employee relations, client satisfaction, and stress reduction.
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