Member Directory

Joseph Shega, MD, is executive vice president and chief medical officer for VITAS Healthcare, the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care. He is board-certified in geriatric and hospice and palliative medicine, and has been caring for, studying, and teaching about geriatric patients and end-of-life care since 1999. He joined VITAS in 2013 as regional medical director, was named senior vice president and national medical director in 2016, and was promoted to chief medical officer in 2018 and to executive vice president in 2021. Dr. Shega completed medical school at Northwestern University, with a residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and a geriatrics fellowship at the University of Chicago.

Zach Derhake co-founded Endurant Athletics, a company that helps young men boost their testosterone levels. In March 2022, Zach realized he had low testosterone and wanted to change it. He spent months researching the best ways to increase his testosterone, and after a year, his testosterone was around 900 ng/dl. While talking with a friend, Zach realized that the information being spread about testosterone is very confusing and unintuitive.

That led Zach Derhake and Leighton Schur to start Endurant Athletics. Endurant Athletics aims to teach people how to increase their testosterone and a simple and easy way. Zach helps people who are on similar journeys boost their testosterone faster.

Hannah Hanson is a public health professional with an undergraduate degree in human science, an employment background in government and environmental public health. She has extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative research and is excellent with organizational and communication skills. She is steadfast in all of her passions related to contributing to equity-driven, upstream, community-level initiatives, those of which improve health outcomes, with a particular emphasis on the place based built environment work in systemically marginalized populations. Hannah Hanson is a champion of Men's Health through her role as a Public Health Associate, Men's Health Coordinator with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over North Dakota.

As the Men's Health Coordinator, Hannah has started and managed North Dakota’s first statewide Men’s Health Program, which aims to improve health outcomes in men. The program promotes primary care, health education, mental health awareness, and fatherhood resources. In this role Hannah has designed and secured funding for a statewide Fatherhood Experiences survey to capture novel data on the paternal perspective on the transition to fatherhood to identify gaps in services and priority target areas for program development. She has also collaborated with numerous MCH programs to integrate men's health and women's health programs to promote a joined 'Family Health' approach instead of siloed efforts.

Dr. Julius Johnson is a clinical associate professor at the New York University Rory Meyers School of Nursing and teaches in the undergraduate, graduate, and doctor of nursing programs. He serves on the board of the directors for the National Black Nurses Association, is the immediate past president of the Greater NYC Black Nurses Association, and specializes in creating healthy equity through community interventions and translational science projects. In his spare time, he coaches tackle football for the Brooklyn Skyhawks, spends time with his Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity brothers, and is a loving father.

Sean Kullman is an independent researcher and writer. He serves as the President of Global Initiative for Boys and Men, a non-profit that advocates for boys and men and the women who love them.

Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary, MD, is a neurologist, neuroscientist and an internationally recognized expert in the ancient practice of Ayurvedic medicine. She earned her medical degree at Loma Linda University School of Medicine; completed her internship at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and neurology residency at University of California San Diego (UCSD). Chaudhary is the author of “The Prime” (Penguin Random House, 2016) and “Sound Medicine” (Harper Collins, 2020); is a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine and is a highly sought-after speaker, researcher and adviser for Healthy Directions. She is the former director of Wellspring Health in Scripps Memorial Hospital, where she successfully combined conventional treatments with Ayurvedic practices of detoxification, diet and lifestyle management to help patients effectively manage chronic neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and migraine headaches. Her program was so successful that it is now used for a wide range of health concerns, including weight issues and chronic disease. Through her integrative approach, Chaudhary teaches her patients about the connection between mind, body and spirit, which impacts every aspect of health both physically and mentally. Learn more at http://www.DrKChaudhary.com.

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The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative arts, business, engineering, and health sciences. Home to more than 39,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff, the university has an annual budget of $1.7 billion and attracts nearly $450 million in sponsored research revenue. The U of A offers close to 400 rigorous undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in 18 faculties on five campuses. The university has more than 250,000 alumni worldwide. The university and its people remain dedicated to the promise made in 1908 by founding president Henry Marshall Tory that knowledge shall be used for “uplifting the whole people.