Medical Advisory Board

The Medical and Scientific Advisory Board provides professional and informed counsel to the company, with a clear vision of the opportunities, discoveries and overall scientific direction of the treatments and products offered. The Board is comprised of licensed medical professionals representing the multiple disciplines across the conventional and complimentary medicine spectrums.

EDWARD C. KEYSTONE, M.D., FRCP(C) Honourary Chairman

Dr. Keystone obtained his Doctorate of Medicine degree from the University of Toronto in 1969, and received his specialty degrees in both Rheumatology and Internal Medicine in 1974. He then carried out his research training at the Clinical Research Centre in Harrow, London, UK until 1976. He was on staff as a consultant rheumatologist at The Wellesley Central Hospital, Toronto, Canada from 1976 to 1998 before taking up his current position as Senior Consultant in Rheumatology at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. Dr. Keystone is also professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Chairman of the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium (CRRC), and Associate Clinical Director of the Canadian Arthritis Network. Dr. Keystone recently established The Rebecca Macdonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease - a centre devoted to research into genomics, therapeutics, and outcomes in autoimmune inflammatory joint disease and osteoarthritis. He is Director of the Centre and heads the Advanced Therapeutics Division which focuses on novel therapeutics in both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. He is also a consultant to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry both in the USA and abroad, and is a member of numerous biopharmaceutical advisory boards. He is the author of more than 145 peer-reviewed papers, reviews, and book chapters and has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards and honors, including the Senior Investigator Award of the Canadian Rheumatology Association.

David Venturi M.D. B.Sc. M.A.Sc.: Medical Director

As Medical Director of HealthSonix Inc., Dr. Venturi oversees the medical and technical aspects of all treatment programs. He provides professional and informed counsel to the company with regards to its overall scientific direction, opportunities and discoveries. Specifically, he provides input on the safety and effectiveness of medical services and health supplements; provides counsel on the protocols for the devices; reviews treatment results; and acts as spokesperson to the medical and academic communities. Dr. Venturi is a licensed physician and surgeon in both Canada and in the State of Michigan. He is a practicing physician in a large medical practice in Mississauga. In addition to being a medical doctor, Dr. Venturi is an accomplished biophysicist and has developed and patented a new functional food supplement. He has also initiated many commercial and clinical programs, has authored or co-authored 10 publications and has participated in 22 clinical abstracts. Dr. Venturi graduated from the University Of Toronto Faculty Of Medicine in 1984 after having earned his Bachelor of Science degree (Honours Physics - Gold Medal) from the University of Windsor (1974) and his Master of Applied Science (Aerospace Studies) degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (1976).

Gordon Chang B.Sc. M.Sc. Ph.D.

Dr. Chang received his education at the University of Toronto where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree (Physiology and Pharmacology) in 1981; followed by his Master degree in 1984 where his research area was gastrointestinal physiology; and finally in 1989, his Doctorate from the Department of Physiology and Institute of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Chang was the recipient of the Research Fellowship award from the Hospital for Sick Children and his research area was cellular adhesion, biomaterials, and blood material interactions. From 1989 to 1992 Dr. Chang was a Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the Toronto General Hospital, funded by the Canadian Medical Research Council: his main research areas were antioxidants, free radical chemistry, and oxidative injury. Since 1992, he has served as founder and President of Omega Alpha Pharmaceutical Inc.

Leon Kayumov, Ph.D. (Psychology), DABSM, FAASM

Dr. Kayumov received his Ph.D. from Moscow University in the field of neuropsychology. He is currently Director of Sleep Research Laboratory at the Toronto Western Hospital (part of the University Health Network) and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He has authored more than 100 research publications in the area of sleep medicine. He was also involved in the preparation of several space expeditions designing special regimens for psycho physiological and physical training of cosmonauts, including express adaptation to the hypoxic conditions and sleep-wake patterns in different extreme situations. Dr Kayumov is a member of Israeli Association of Neuroscience, American Academy of Sciences; a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Harold T. Earle M.D. B.Sc. BEd.

Dr. Earle earned his B.Sc., BEd. and M.D. degrees from Memorial University in Newfoundland, where he practiced family medicine until 1988. While In Newfoundland, he was on staff at the Western Memorial Hospital, acting as Chief of Staff 1982-1983 and Chairman of the Medical Records Committee 1984-1985. In 1988, Dr. Earle moved to Brampton, Ontario to practice family medicine, including Emergency and Obstetrics. He also joined the staff of Peel Memorial Hospital/William Osler Health Centre and was Chairman of Medical Records committee at Peel Memorial Hospital in 1989-1990. He currently serves as Medical Director of Peel Manor LTC facility and of Tall Pines LTC facility. In 1996 he became CEO of the Doctor's Help Line, an on-call service that provides medical advice by telephone. He is a Medical Consultant for the Region of Peel since1994 where he deals with Occupational Health and Safety reviews, as well as the management of insurance and disability claims.

Don Fitz-Ritson BA (Hons.), DC., FCCRS (Canada), DACRB (USA).

Dr. Fitz-Ritson graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1974 with an Honours BA degree, majoring in Psychology and Kinesiology. He became a Doctor of Chiropractic (CMCC) in 1979 and armed with a F.C.E.R. bursary, he pursued post graduate courses in Neurophysiology at the University of Toronto until 1983. In 1996, Don became a Fellow of the College of Chiropractic Rehabilitation Specialists Canada (FCCRS), and in 2000, he earned his Diplomat of the American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Board (DACR) in the United States. As an Assistant Professor at CMCC, Dr. Fitz-Ritson has demonstrated his love of lecturing, and his penchant for research and has published 17 scientific papers and 3 definitive chapters on the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of spinal injuries. Recently, he has concentrated on the effects of Low Energy Laser therapy on acute and chronic patients. He is currently President of Advanced Laser Sciences Corp.