We are delighted to introduce our 2026 Faculty, Specialists, and Advisors.
DOC 2026 Faculty & Specialists

George D. Yancopoulos M.D., Ph.D.
President & Chief Scientific Officer
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Shadi Kourosh M.D., MPH
Associate Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Rachel Sarnoff M.D., MSCR
Physician, Founding Clinician: Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction - Internal Medicine Clinic
UCLA Health

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

Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D.
David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, UCSF
Founder & Executive Director, Neuroscape
DOC Advisors
DOC 2025 Faculty & Specialists
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Max Allsworth Ph.D. | Chief Science Officer | Owlstone Medical |
| John Battelle | Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief | DOC |
| Britney Blair Ph.D. | Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer | Lover |
| Helen Blau Ph.D. | Professor | Stanford University |
| Claire Clelland Ph.D., M.D., MPhil | Endowed Chair | John D French Alzheimer's Foundation |
| 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. | Founder, CEO, Women’s Health Researcher | Stealth |
| Kara Goldman M.D. | Assoc. Professor Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Director, Fertility Preservation | Northwestern University Feinberg School Of Medicine |
| Heather Hirsch M.D., MS, MSCP | Physician, founder CEO | The Collaborative by Heather Hirsch MD |
| Reid Hoffman | Partner | Greylock |
| 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 |
| Jack Kreindler M.D. | CEO | Wellfounded Health Ltd |
| Mike Krieger | Co-Founder of Instagram | Chief Product Officer, Anthropic |
| Stephanie Kuku M.D., MBCHB, MRCOG | Chief Development Officer | Conceivable Life Sciences |
| Valter Longo Ph.D. | Director of the Longevity Institute | University of Southern California |
| Tony Masri M.D. | Sleep Specialist | Helyx Health |
| Susan Monarez Ph.D. | Former Director | Centers for Disease Control |
| Brit Morin | Co-Founder and General 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. | CEO | Ornish Lifestyle Medicine |
| John Osborne, MD, PhD, FACC, FNLA M.D., Ph.D., FACC, FNLA | Chief Medical and Scientific Officer | ClearCardio Preventive Cardiology |
| Neil Parikh M.D. | Chief Executive Officer | DOC, Inc |
| Bailey Renger | Founder & CEO | BeSound |
| Daisy Robinton Ph.D. | Co-founder | Oviva Therapeutics |
| Kevin Ryan | CEO and Founder | AlleyCorp |
| Jordan Shlain M.D. | Founder & Chair | Private Medical |
| Nicole Sirotin M.D. | 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 | Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
| Stephen Williams M.D., Ph.D. | Chief Medical Officer | Standard BioTools |
| Leonard Zon M.D. | Director, Stem Cell Program | Boston Children's Hospital |
DOC 2024 Faculty & Specialists
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| John Battelle | Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief | DOC |
| Aloe Blacc | Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, biotech investor, founder | (not set) |
| Edward Chang M.D. | Chair, Department of Neurosurgery | UCSF |
| Arjun Desai M.D. | 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. | Director, UCSF Breast Care Center | UCSF |
| Brenton Fargnoli, M.D. | Partner | Lightspeed Venture Partner |
| Andrea Gartenbach M.D. | Founder | 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 | Founder & CEO | The Engager Company |
| Michael Howell, M.D., MPH | Chief Clinical Officer | |
| Lisa Joy | Writer, Director, Producer | Kilter Films |
| Vinod Khosla | Partner | Khosla Ventures |
| Daniel Krizek | Portfolio Manager | Citadel |
| Stephanie Kuku M.D., MBCHB, MRCOG | Chief Development Officer | 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 Ph.D. | 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 | Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
| Meagan Wasfy, M.D., MPH | Cardiologist | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Leanne Williams Ph.D. | Vincent V.C. Woo Professor of 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 M.D. | Director, Stem Cell Program | Boston Children's Hospital |

























