Faculty & Specialists — DOC 2025: Longevity Science

Max Allsworth Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
Owlstone Medical

John Battelle
Co-Founder
DOC

Britney Blair Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
Lover

Elissa Epel Ph.D.
Vice Chair, Psychology Research and Community, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California, San Francisco

Li Gan Ph.D.
Director
Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine

Jennifer Garrison Ph.D.
Co-Director, Center for Healthy Aging in Women
Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Kara Goldman M.D.
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

David Jones M.D.
Behavioral Neurologist, Director of the Neurology Artificial Intelligence Program (NAIP)
Mayo Clinic

Anitha Kannan Ph.D.
VP of AI
Curai Health

Mike Krieger
Chief Product Officer, Anthropic
Co-Founder of Instagram

Stephanie Kuku M.D., MBCHB, MRCOG
Chief Knowledge Officer (Scientific Affairs)
Conceivable Life Sciences

Valter Longo Ph.D.
Director of the Longevity Institute
University of Southern California

Tony Masri M.D.
Sleep Specialist
Helyx Health

Brit Morin
Founding Partner
Offline Ventures

Coleen Murphy Ph.D.
Director, LSI Genomics Director, Simons Foundation’s Collaboration on Plasticity in the Aging Brain (SCPAB)
Princeton University

Kari C. Nadeau M.D., Ph.D.
John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dean Ornish M.D.
Founder & President
Preventive Medicine Research Institute

John Osborne M.D., Ph.D., FACC, FNLA
Chief Medical Officer
ClearCardio

Bailey Renger
Founder & CEO
BeSound

Daisy Robinton Ph.D.
Co-founder
Oviva Therapeutics

Jordan Shlain M.D.
Founder & Chair
Private Medical

Nicole Sirotin M.D., DipABLM, FACP
CEO
Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi

George Slavich Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA

Michael Snyder Ph.D.
Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine

Brooks Tingle
President & CEO
John Hancock

Roma Van der Walt
Founder & CEO
Vitelle

Eric Verdin M.D.
President and CEO
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Stephen Williams M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Standard BioTools

Full Name	Job Title	Company
John Battelle	Co-Founder	DOC
Aloe Blacc	Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, biotech investor, founder	(not set)
Eddie Chang, M.D.	Chair of Neurological Surgery	University of California San Francisco
Arjun Desai	Head, Insightec Bio; CEO Stealth Neuroscience NewCo	INSIGHTEC
Gul Dolen M.D., Ph.D.	Professor and Endowed Chair	UC Berkeley
David Eagleman, Ph.D.	Neuroscientist	Stanford University
Behfar Ehdaie, M.D., MPH	Urologic Surgeon	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Laura Esserman, M.D.	Professor of Surgery and Radiology	University of California, San Francisco
Brenton Fargnoli, M.D.	Partner	Lightspeed Venture Partner
Andrea Gartenbach, M.D.	Longevity Physician	Art of Longevity
Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.	David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, UCSF	Founder & Executive Director, Neuroscape
Lynn Hanessian	Chief Strategist, Health	Edelman
Michael Howell, M.D., MPH	Chief Clinical Officer	Google
Lisa Joy	Writer, Director, Producer	Kilter Films
Vinod Khosla	Partner	Khosla Ventures
Daniel Krizek	Portfolio Manager	Citadel
Stephanie Kuku M.D., MBCHB, MRCOG	Chief Knowledge Officer (Scientific Affairs)	Conceivable Life Sciences
Nora LaTorre	CEO	Eat Real
James Madara, M.D.	CEO	American Medical Association
Emeran Mayer, M.D.	Gastroenterologist and Center Director, Distinguished Research Professor	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
James K. Min, M.D. FACC, FSCCT	Founder & CEO	Cleerly
Kavita Patel, M.D., M.S.	Venture Partner	New Enterprise Associates
Karl Pfleger	Investor	AgingBiotech.info
Lois Quam	President	Blue Shield of California
Rebecca Robbins, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School	Sleep Scientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Darshak Sanghavi, M.D.	Program Manager, Resilient Systems	ARPA-H
Jordan Shlain M.D.	Founder & Chair	Private Medical
Eric Verdin M.D.	President and CEO	The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Meagan Wasfy, M.D., MPH	Cardiologist	Massachusetts General Hospital
Leanne Williams, Ph.D.	Vincent V.C. Woo Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Stanford University School of Medicine
Tony Wyss-Coray, Ph.D.	D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences	Stanford University
Leonard Zon	Director, Stem Cell Program	Boston Children's Hospital

John Battelle
Co-Founder
DOC

Aloe Blacc
Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, biotech investor, founder

Eddie Chang, M.D.
Chair of Neurological Surgery
University of California San Francisco

Arjun Desai
Head, Insightec Bio; CEO Stealth Neuroscience NewCo
INSIGHTEC

Gul Dolen M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Endowed Chair
UC Berkeley

David Eagleman, Ph.D.
Neuroscientist
Stanford University

Behfar Ehdaie, M.D., MPH
Urologic Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Laura Esserman, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Radiology
University of California, San Francisco

Brenton Fargnoli, M.D.
Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partner

Andrea Gartenbach, M.D.
Longevity Physician
Art of Longevity

Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.
David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, UCSF
Founder & Executive Director, Neuroscape

Lynn Hanessian
Chief Strategist, Health
Edelman

Michael Howell, M.D., MPH
Chief Clinical Officer
Google

Lisa Joy
Writer, Director, Producer
Kilter Films

Vinod Khosla
Partner
Khosla Ventures

Daniel Krizek
Portfolio Manager
Citadel

Stephanie Kuku M.D., MBCHB, MRCOG
Chief Knowledge Officer (Scientific Affairs)
Conceivable Life Sciences

Nora LaTorre
CEO
Eat Real

James Madara, M.D.
CEO
American Medical Association

Emeran Mayer, M.D.
Gastroenterologist and Center Director, Distinguished Research Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

James K. Min, M.D. FACC, FSCCT
Founder & CEO
Cleerly

Kavita Patel, M.D., M.S.
Venture Partner
New Enterprise Associates

Karl Pfleger
Investor
AgingBiotech.info

Lois Quam
President
Blue Shield of California

Rebecca Robbins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Sleep Scientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Darshak Sanghavi, M.D.
Program Manager, Resilient Systems
ARPA-H

Jordan Shlain M.D.
Founder & Chair
Private Medical

Eric Verdin M.D.
President and CEO
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Meagan Wasfy, M.D., MPH
Cardiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital

Leanne Williams, Ph.D.
Vincent V.C. Woo Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine

Tony Wyss-Coray, Ph.D.
D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University

Leonard Zon
Director, Stem Cell Program
Boston Children's Hospital

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