Founding Members

Physicians involved in founding IMA (formerly FLCCC) and developing treatment guides.

  • Paul E. Marik MD, FCCM, FCCP

    Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist
    Chief Scientific Officer
    IMA

  • Joseph Varon MD, FCCM, FCCP

    Professor of Medicine
    President and Chief Medical Officer
    IMA

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    Pierre Kory MD, MPA

    Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist
    President Emeritus, IMA
    Founder, Leading Edge Clinic

  • Fred Wagshul MD

    Pulmonary Specialist & Medical Director
    Lung Center of America
    Senior Fellow, Pulmonology
    IMA

  • G. Umberto Meduri MD

    Adjunct Professor in Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    Retired tenured professor in the Department of Medicine at UTHSC
    Senior Fellow Medical and Research Integrity
    IMA

  • Jose Iglesias DO, FASN, FACP

    Assoc. Prof., Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
    Dept. of Nephrology & Critical Care / Community Medical Center
    Dept. of Nephrology, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
    Senior Fellow Nephrology
    IMA

  • Keith Berkowitz MD, MBA

    Medical Director, Center for Balanced Health

Clinical Team

Staff members with medical training who help with research, patient education, and clinical support.

Pei Harris, DNP, NP-C, APRN

  • Director of Scientific Research for the IMA

  • Athena Medical & Wellness

  • Holistic practitioner with clinical expertise in endopsychiatry (hormone optimization & psychiatric conditions management)

  • Medical Researcher and Analyst

  • North Bend, Oregon

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Katarina Lindley, DO, FACOFP

  • Owner, Lindley Medical

  • Co-founder, President, The Global Health Project

  • Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians

  • Board-certified family physician

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Matthew Halma, M.Sc.

  • Director of Scientific Research

  • PhD Candidate (Biophysics) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  • MBA Candidate Fundação Instituto de Administração

  • Expertise: Single molecule biophysics, evidence synthesis, molecular biology

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