Speakers
Dr. Myron Wentz
USANA Founder and CEO Dr. Myron Wentz is an internationally recognized microbiologist, immunologist, and pioneer in the development of human cell culture technology and infectious disease diagnoses. He is the author of A Mouth Full of Poison and Invisible Miracles, and is the creator of Sanoviv Medical Institute, a holistic medical facility with full hospital accreditation located in Baja California. Dr. Wentz also founded the Wentz Medical Centre and Laboratory in Uganda and the Wentz Medical Centre in Cambodia to serve children in need. Dr. Wentz launched Gull Laboratories as a one-man operation in 1974 and developed the first commercially available test for diagnosing infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. Dr. Wentz sold his controlling interests in Gull Laboratories in 1992 and founded USANA Health Sciences. In 2007 Dr. Wentz was honored at a special ceremony in Jerusalem with the Albert Einstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Life Sciences. He is the best-selling coauthor of The Healthy Home.
USANA Founder and CEO Dr. Myron Wentz is an internationally recognized microbiologist, immunologist, and pioneer in the development of human cell culture technology and infectious disease diagnoses. He is the author of A Mouth Full of Poison and Invisible Miracles, and is the creator of Sanoviv Medical Institute, a holistic medical facility with full hospital accreditation located in Baja California. Dr. Wentz also founded the Wentz Medical Centre and Laboratory in Uganda and the Wentz Medical Centre in Cambodia to serve children in need. Dr. Wentz launched Gull Laboratories as a one-man operation in 1974 and developed the first commercially available test for diagnosing infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. Dr. Wentz sold his controlling interests in Gull Laboratories in 1992 and founded USANA Health Sciences. In 2007 Dr. Wentz was honored at a special ceremony in Jerusalem with the Albert Einstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Life Sciences. He is the best-selling coauthor of The Healthy Home.
He has inspired, challenged and entertained audiences around the world. From the boardrooms of multi-national corporations to the locker rooms of world-class athletes to the meeting rooms of conventioneers, Denis Waitley, renowned author and inspirational speaker, is devoted to informing and enlightening people. For 45 years Denis Waitley has challenged individuals to make a difference in their lives, the lives of their loved ones, and in society as a whole. He’s written 15 nonfiction books, including several international best sellers: Seeds of Greatness, Being the Best, The Winner’s Edge, The Joy of Working, and Empires of the Mind. He’s recorded hundreds of audio programs and given countless lectures helping millions of individuals succeed personally and professionally. As a former member of USANA’s Board of Directors and Chairman of its Athletic Advisory Council, Denis Waitley has seen up close the value of USANA and its role in helping maintain health and achieve success.
Dr. Oz, the two-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning host of the Daytime Emmy Award-winning The Dr. Oz Show, is vice-chair and professor of surgery at Columbia University. He also directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. His research interests include heart replacement surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, complementary medicine, and health care policy. He has authored more than 400 original publications, book chapters, and medical books, has received several patents, and performs more than 100 heart surgeries each year. Previously, Dr. Oz was a featured health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show for more than five seasons and spanning 55 episodes. He has also served as chief medical consultant to Discovery Communications, where his Transplant! series won both a Freddie and a Silver Telly award. In addition to numerous appearances on Good Morning America, he has also appeared on the Today Show, Larry King Live, The View, guest-hosted the Charlie Rose show, and appeared on all the evening news broadcasts. He also served as medical director of Denzel Washington’s John Q and participated in several other feature films.
For more than a decade, Dr. Libby Weaver has been working with individual patients to help them maintain a healthy weight and learn about health from a holistic perspective. After completing her Ph.D. examining biochemical and nutritional factors in children with autism, Dr. Weaver became one of Australia's leading nutrition specialists and weight loss experts. Australia and New Zealand's national TV and radio programs have regularly called upon her to share her expertise and her passion for health with expansive and attentive audiences. Her new book,
Accidentally Overweight: Solve Your Weight Loss Puzzle, discusses the factors that are essential for burning body fat. Dr. Weaver teaches readers from various backgrounds and body types how to overcome their weight-loss challenges by looking at every factor that affects fat storage—which is more than just energy intake versus energy expenditure. Her holistic approach offers answers for people who have been struggling to lose weight, but haven't seen results.
Industrialist of human potential, Darren Hardy is the visionary force behind SUCCESS magazine as its publisher and editorial director. As a leader in the personal development industry, Darren gets the unique privilege of sitting down with the leading experts on human performance and achievement, as well as many of today's top CEOs, revolutionary entrepreneurs, superstar athletes, entertainers, and Olympic champions, to learn the unique secrets to their extraordinary success. Darren, who had been featured on FOX, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, and ABC, is also an accomplished entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, private equity investor, corporate advisor, and peak performance mentor.
