Florida Hospital is the largest admitting hospital in America. With seven hospital campuses, fourteen rehabilitation centers, and sixteen walk-in medical centers it treats over a million patients a year. Florida Hospital ranks number one in the nation for number of heart procedures performed each year prompting MSNBC to name Florida Hospital “America’s Heart Hospital.” Florida Hospital is the largest provider of Medicare services in the country and maintains the busiest ER. It operates many nationally recognized centers of excellence including Cardiology, Cancer, Digestive Disorders, Orthopedics, Neurology & Neurosurgery. For the last eight years, Florida Hospital has been recognized as one of America’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
Scott Brady, MD (with William Proctor) is the founder and Director of the Brady Institute for Health at Florida Hospital in Celebration, Florida. He has spent the last decade developing his holistic, noninvasive treatments for chronic or recurrent pain. He is the Administrator and Senior Medical Director of Florida Hospital’s sixteen Centra Care urgent care clinics. Dr. Brady and his wife Pamela live in Orlando with their four daughters.
William Proctor, a graduate of Harvard College and Law School, has authored, coauthored, or ghostwritten more than eighty books. His books have sold more that ten million copies in over forty languages.
Walt Larimore, MD (with Sherri Flynt, MPH, RD, LD) has been a medical journalist since 1995. He has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, CBS’s Good Morning, CNN Headline News, and FOX’s The O’Reilly Factor. He has written or co-written a dozen books including the Bryson City series and the Highly Healthy series. Dr. Walt Larimore and his wife, Beth, have two grown children and live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Sherri Flynt (MPH, RD, LD) received her master’s in public health from Loma Linda University. She is a registered and licensed dietitian and serves as head of the Center for Nutritional Excellence at Florida Hospital.
Monica Reed, MD (with Donna K. Wallace, MTS) is the CEO of Florida Hospital’s state of the art medical facility, Celebration Health, in Orlando, Florida. She is the former Senior Medical Officer of the same hospital. A board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr. Reed has dedicated her medical career to promoting health, healing and wellness. She has been married for 15 years to Stanton Reed, and has two daughters.
James M. Rippe, MD is a best-selling author, a world-renowned cardiologist, and found of the Rippe Lifestyle institute. Know as the “father of the modern American walking movement,” Dr. Rippe’s research organization has published hundreds of studies that form the scientific basis for high performance health. The author of thirty-six books, Rippe continues writing, teaching, and developing fitness programs for corporations and professional athletes. He is married to television anchor Stephanie Hart and lives in Boston with their four children.
Dick Tibbits has worked in the field of behavioral and spiritual health for more than thirty years. As a sought after speaker, he uses his training in behavioral sciences to assist tens of thousands of people in achieving whole person health and designing life strategies that work in both the corporate world and private life. Dr. Tibbits currently works as the Chief People Officer (CPO) at Florida Hospital.