Dr. Abbas Qutab, Head of Medical & Science Board

Dr. Abbas Qutab is the head of the Medical and Scientific Board for Kyani. Dr. Abbas Qutab is the founder of Elan Vital Medical Centers located in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts. Since they first opened in 1989, these clinics have been the choice of many thousands of people around the world seeking complementary and alternative medicine treatments.

Dr. Qutab holds degrees in medicine, oriental medicine and chiropractic, and has a Ph.D. in Ayurvedic medicine. He is one of very few physicians in the U.S. who has been awarded an honorary Sc.D. from the World Health Organization Charted University for his work in promoting alternative medicine. Dr. Qutab travels extensively and has taught thousands of physicians in the U. S. and Europe on how to integrate alternative medicine into their practices. He is a sought-after speaker for conferences and health expositions throughout the world. His speaking engagements include the World Health Organization Congress on Complementary Medicine, and lectures at numerous hospitals, such as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital and UMASS Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Qutab has also extensively researched nitric oxide and all of its functions in the body. He is the author of Nitric Oxide-The Molecule of Life, which has been translated into several languages. This book brings exciting details of this amazing molecule, with all of its powerful and positive effects on human health. Dr. Qutab is also co-author of several books on ayurvedic medicine; he is also board-certified in naturopathic medicine. He has received several leadership awards for promoting complementary medicine. Dr. Qutab is on the advisory board of the Congressional Health Care Reforms Committee in Washington, D.C.

In 2003 he received the “Physician of the Year” award by US Congress for his active role in the NRCC of the National Health Care and Medicare Reforms Committee.

Steven G. Pratt, M.D, FACS, A.B.H.M.

Steven G. Pratt, M.D, FACS, A.B.H.M., the first physician to identify the nutrient and mineral rich foods now popularly known as SuperFoods, is a world-renowned authority on the role of nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention of disease and optimization of health. As author of several books including SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods that Will Change Your Life, SuperFoods HealthStyle: Simple changes to get the most out of life for the rest of your life, SuperFoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients, and SuperHealth: 6 Simple Steps, 6 Easy Weeks, 1 Longer, Healthier Life. Dr. Pratt teaches that if your “tank” is filled with the right foods, you can increase your chances of living a longer, healthier life.

Dr. Pratt is currently a senior staff ophthalmologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He has practiced medicine since 1981. Dr. Pratt received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1975, served his internship specializing in Internal Medicine and did his residency specializing in ophthalmology at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, California. He did his ophthalmology fellowship at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, and he was Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and the Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 1981. Dr. Pratt received his board certification by the American Board of Holistic Medicine in 2007.

Barrie Tan, Ph. D., President of American River Nutrition, Inc.

Dr. Barrie Tan earned his doctorate degree in Analytical Biochemistry at the University of Otago, New Zealand and he continued his research and post-doctorate work at Auburn University in Alabama. He served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Chemistry & Food Sciences Departments, authoring over 40 archival journal and technical papers. In 1998 he founded American River Nutrition, Inc.

Dr. Tan is one of the pioneering researchers responsible for the classification of Tocotrienols as a distinct class of nutrients. His research has focused on how Tocotrienols relate to the more commonly recognized vitamin E compounds known as Tocopherols. His findings have concluded that Tocotrienols actually have 50 times the antioxidant capacity of Tocopherols. This discovery led Dr. Tan to develop Tocotrienol ingredients into dietary supplements with great phyto-nutrient value and rich in antioxidants. Dr. Tan continues his research into phyto-nutrients, and in particular Tocotrienols, and their impact and effect on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, atherosclerosis, cancer, myopathy and sarcopenia and cholesterol.