Clinical Advisory Board
The Women’s Hormone Network is honored to introduce our
exceptional Clinical Advisory Board
There is a lot of misinformation about hormone replacement therapy, which has caused confusion to both doctors and patients alike. We have carefully chosen our CAB because of their extensive knowledge and longtime clinical expertise working with bioidentical hormones especially Physiologic Restoration. Each is committed to assist WHN in a variety of ways according to their proficiency -- such as assisting with educational growth, advising on and fine-tuning our research studies, as well keeping us abreast of the most advanced science of Physiologic Restoration. One of the most important roles of our esteemed CAB is to provide support and advice to new and existing prescribing professional members only on dosing and patient responses.
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Dr. Brooke Azie-Rentz is the founder and medical director at Alpine Integrated Medicine (aim4healthNW.com) in Redmond, WA. The clinic has a focus on integrated primary care with specialties in regenerative medicine, bioidentical hormones and anti-aging therapies. Dr. Brooke has been prescribing rhythmic hormones for over 15 years. She sits on the clinical advisory board for the Women’s Hormone Network (WHN), and is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians (WANP). She is a co-founder of the medical technology company Elixir Health, LLC, developing the ArtemisCalendar application (artemiscalendar.com), an app that helps doctors and patients connect around their bHRT program. AIM and Elixir are both dedicated to fostering the larger community, such as AANP, INM, WHN, and research around women’s health and hormones, through corporate donations.
Dr. ACE is a Licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor who specializes in personalized natural medicine, including environmental, gastrointestinal, hormonal and joint health as well as regenerative medicine and athletic performance. She completed her medical education at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM) in Tempe, Arizona where her clinical training encompassed a wide range of medical conditions. She has also completed extensive training in Regenerative Injection therapies, Bio-identical Hormone Replacement therapy and Environmental Medicine.
Her experiences of pain and dysfunction at an early age following an auto accident left her determined to build a strong and healthy body. She continues, to this day, with a rigorous strength and conditioning program. Her experiences with limitations, injuries and digestive issues have sparked her passion for treating others and empowering them to create their ideal health. Dr. ACE is well aware of how acute and chronic pain can affect performance and recovery, and the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Her goal with all of her patients is to help them become an active participant in their health care decisions and treatments. This includes finding the root cause of dysfunction to alleviate symptoms, truly heal the body and increase performance.
Dr. ACE is passionate about movement, health and community. She is a lifelong athlete with a diverse sports background including competitive basketball, swimming and triathlon at the collegiate level and strength and conditioning. She loves getting outdoors and enjoying our beautiful California weather and the healthy opportunities our community offers.
Dr. ACE is a member of the California Naturopathic Doctors Association, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the American Osteopathic Association of Prolotherapy Regenerative Medicine, and the National Academy of Environmental Medicine, and the Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine.
Gretchen Jones, PA is a certified physician assistant specializing in hormone therapy and internal medicine. Along beside her internal medicine clinical experience, she has helped thousands of women effectively and safely manage hormone deficiencies. A recognized expert in the use of bio-identical hormones for treating ovarian dysfunction, menopause, peri-menopause and low testosterone in women and men, Gretchen Jones is a leading advocate for changing the way in which hormone therapy is understood and managed by physicians. She provides the expertise, the experience, and the energy behind bio-identical hormone replacement therapy.
Having completed her medical degree in physician assistant studies at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, she then worked in a rural town of Wilmington, Illinois for over 7 years which later became a life changing event for her and the beginning of her experience with rhythmic hormone therapy.
Dr. ACE is a Licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor who specializes in personalized natural medicine, including environmental, gastrointestinal, hormonal and joint health as well as regenerative medicine and athletic performance. She completed her medical education at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM) in Tempe, Arizona where her clinical training encompassed a wide range of medical conditions. She has also completed extensive training in Regenerative Injection therapies, Bio-identical Hormone Replacement therapy and Environmental Medicine.
Her experiences of pain and dysfunction at an early age following an auto accident left her determined to build a strong and healthy body. She continues, to this day, with a rigorous strength and conditioning program. Her experiences with limitations, injuries and digestive issues have sparked her passion for treating others and empowering them to create their ideal health. Dr. ACE is well aware of how acute and chronic pain can affect performance and recovery, and the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Her goal with all of her patients is to help them become an active participant in their health care decisions and treatments. This includes finding the root cause of dysfunction to alleviate symptoms, truly heal the body and increase performance.
Dr. ACE is passionate about movement, health and community. She is a lifelong athlete with a diverse sports background including competitive basketball, swimming and triathlon at the collegiate level and strength and conditioning. She loves getting outdoors and enjoying our beautiful California weather and the healthy opportunities our community offers.
Dr. ACE is a member of the California Naturopathic Doctors Association, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the American Osteopathic Association of Prolotherapy Regenerative Medicine, and the National Academy of Environmental Medicine, and the Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Brooke Azie-Rentz is the founder and medical director at Alpine Integrated Medicine (aim4healthNW.com) in Redmond, WA. The clinic has a focus on integrated primary care with specialties in regenerative medicine, bioidentical hormones and anti-aging therapies. Dr. Brooke has been prescribing rhythmic hormones for over 15 years. She sits on the clinical advisory board for the Women’s Hormone Network (WHN), and is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians (WANP). She is a co-founder of the medical technology company Elixir Health, LLC, developing the ArtemisCalendar application (artemiscalendar.com), an app that helps doctors and patients connect around their bHRT program. AIM and Elixir are both dedicated to fostering the larger community, such as AANP, INM, WHN, and research around women’s health and hormones, through corporate donations.
Gretchen Jones, PA is a certified physician assistant specializing in hormone therapy and internal medicine. Along beside her internal medicine clinical experience, she has helped thousands of women effectively and safely manage hormone deficiencies. A recognized expert in the use of bio-identical hormones for treating ovarian dysfunction, menopause, peri-menopause and low testosterone in women and men, Gretchen Jones is a leading advocate for changing the way in which hormone therapy is understood and managed by physicians. She provides the expertise, the experience, and the energy behind bio-identical hormone replacement therapy.
Having completed her medical degree in physician assistant studies at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, she then worked in a rural town of Wilmington, Illinois for over 7 years which later became a life changing event for her and the beginning of her experience with rhythmic hormone therapy.
Anthony Llabres is a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. Anthony graduated from USNY with a degree in the Biological Sciences and a Minor in Psychology. Anthony has several Functional Medicine Certifications from the nation’s top schools and serves as a Mentor and Consultant for the School of Applied Functional Medicine.
Anthony is a veteran of the Army and Air Force Reserves (Aerospace Medical Technician) and in 2014 retired after a distinguished 29 career with the Federal Aviation Administration.
In his spare time, Anthony enjoys playing ice hockey, weight training, and researching the world of health and wellness with a focus on hormone optimization.
Anthony’s practice now specializes in hormone counseling/consulting and assisting allopathic practitioners with their training and networking in Functional Medicine.
James S. Nagel, M.D. I am the founder and program director of Quality Of Life Medicine. I was trained and board certified in Internal Medicine. It was my good fortune to be trained in the revolutionary fields of Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine. I also hold certificates in Integrative Cancer Therapies, and Peptide Therapies through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
It was my esteemed privilege to graduate from Loma Linda University in 1989, after which I completed a residency program in Internal Medicine at Kettering Memorial Medical Center. I completed training as a Flight Surgeon through the School of Aerospace Medicine during my stent in the United States Air Force. Prior to entering medical school, I was the chief medical technologist for Lincoln Hospital in East Los Angeles.
It has always been my vision to provide patients with the highest quality healthcare available. I founded Quality of Life Medicine for Health and Wellness in Chico California in order to more fully incorporating into my practice the ideals and principles of Lifestyle and Preventative Medicine.
Taking a “proactive” (not “reactive”) approach to medicine, I partner with my patients as we address the question, what can we do with respect to lifestyle and other technologies to prevent disease from occurring in the first place?
In medical school and residency, I was fascinated by endocrinology. In fact, my Internal Medicine program director at Kettering Memorial Medical Center was an endocrinologist. Even at that very early stage in my training I was curious as to why no effort had been made to replicate normal female biology when replacing estrogen.
About 20 years ago my practice began to slowly evolve into a paradigm that focused on health creation rather than disease management. I’ve had the privilege of integrating into my Quality Of Life Medicine practice the principles of Functional, Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Life-Style Medicine. This transformation in the medical paradigm of my practice was strongly influenced by mentors such as Drs. Pamela Smith, Neil Rouzier, Ron Rothenberg, Terry Herzog, Diane Schwartzbein, Sherman Nagel, Lawrence Longo, and many others including T. S. Wiley.
Many of my mentors had their own unique approach to hormone replacement therapy. Being a novice in hormone therapies some 20 years ago, I tried all of the different approaches. Through careful clinical field research involving thousands of patients, I eventually learned what worked and what did not work. My clinical knowledge continues to evolve. After years of field research in the empiric approach to true physiologic hormone replacement therapy, the principles behind the Panacea Protocol were incubated.
Whether a rational explanation for present-day hormone replacement therapy can be found or not, it seems likely that in women there is an optimum balance of hormones which makes for well-being. It is called “The Hormone Sweet Spot.” Right now, the Standard Of Care is avoid the use of hormones. If for some reason one is compelled to use HRT, then do so at the lowest dose for the shortest duration of time. That approach makes absolutely no rational scientific sense, especially given the state of the art of our current knowledge. The only approach that works and makes any sense is true physiological estrogen replacement for as long as he or she chooses.
Now, 35-years after making those curious observations, there has been no improvement in the approach. There is no effort made to administer estrogen therapy accurately and precisely. It seems that the goal of treatment is to ameliorate a handful of symptoms, but not to fully restore a woman’s femininity or health. Decades of research and clinical data substantiate the fact that when estrogen is accurately restore back to optimal levels, it can prevent and or reverse the vast majority of chronic health problems that women experience. This approach should be of special interest to the internist, family practitioner, rheumatologist, psychiatrist, gerontologist, cardiologist and orthopedist.
After well over a century of awareness that ovarian function plays a central role in the health of women, physiologic estrogen restoration is still not the standard of care. Physician skepticism and corporate intransigence in the medical and pharmaceutical industries, emerge as an insurmountable obstacle to women gaining routine access to the therapies they critically need. It would appear that promoting the health of women is antithetical to the corporate interests of the health industry. There is no profit in promoting health, whereas there is profit in disease management.
Dr. Rebecca Provorse grew up in rural northern California and spent her adolescence wandering the hills, vineyards and orchards of Sonoma and Mendocino counties. Her innate love of the natural world became woven into her wonder of science and medicine. She was pre-med at UC Berkeley in California and completed her bachelor's of science from the University of Oregon. In 2004 she graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) with a doctorate in naturopathy (ND) and a masters in Oriental Medicine (MSOM). She has taught at the graduate level, spoken at numerous professional events and published herbal monographs for supplement companies.
For over 15 years, Dr. Provorse has been in private practice specializing in endocrinology (hormone-related disorders). She was the first rhythmic dosing practitioner in Oregon, blazing trails in this state using circannual rhythmic replacement. She continues to offer this revolutionary hormone therapy (as well as static HRT options) to cis- and transgender adults in her practice for optimal wellness. Many endocrine disorders have an autoimmune component, so Dr. Provorse has become well-versed in many of those conditions: especially Hashimoto's and Grave's disease. Dr. Provorse is a member of the endoANP (endocrinology association of naturopathic physicians).
Anthony Llabres is a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. Anthony graduated from USNY with a degree in the Biological Sciences and a Minor in Psychology. Anthony has several Functional Medicine Certifications from the nation’s top schools and serves as a Mentor and Consultant for the School of Applied Functional Medicine.
Anthony is a veteran of the Army and Air Force Reserves (Aerospace Medical Technician) and in 2014 retired after a distinguished 29 career with the Federal Aviation Administration.
In his spare time, Anthony enjoys playing ice hockey, weight training, and researching the world of health and wellness with a focus on hormone optimization.
Anthony’s practice now specializes in hormone counseling/consulting and assisting allopathic practitioners with their training and networking in Functional Medicine.
James S. Nagel, M.D. I am the founder and program director of Quality Of Life Medicine. I was trained and board certified in Internal Medicine. It was my good fortune to be trained in the revolutionary fields of Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine. I also hold certificates in Integrative Cancer Therapies, and Peptide Therapies through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
It was my esteemed privilege to graduate from Loma Linda University in 1989, after which I completed a residency program in Internal Medicine at Kettering Memorial Medical Center. I completed training as a Flight Surgeon through the School of Aerospace Medicine during my stent in the United States Air Force. Prior to entering medical school, I was the chief medical technologist for Lincoln Hospital in East Los Angeles.
It has always been my vision to provide patients with the highest quality healthcare available. I founded Quality of Life Medicine for Health and Wellness in Chico California in order to more fully incorporating into my practice the ideals and principles of Lifestyle and Preventative Medicine.
Taking a “proactive” (not “reactive”) approach to medicine, I partner with my patients as we address the question, what can we do with respect to lifestyle and other technologies to prevent disease from occurring in the first place?
In medical school and residency, I was fascinated by endocrinology. In fact, my Internal Medicine program director at Kettering Memorial Medical Center was an endocrinologist. Even at that very early stage in my training I was curious as to why no effort had been made to replicate normal female biology when replacing estrogen.
About 20 years ago my practice began to slowly evolve into a paradigm that focused on health creation rather than disease management. I’ve had the privilege of integrating into my Quality Of Life Medicine practice the principles of Functional, Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Life-Style Medicine. This transformation in the medical paradigm of my practice was strongly influenced by mentors such as Drs. Pamela Smith, Neil Rouzier, Ron Rothenberg, Terry Herzog, Diane Schwartzbein, Sherman Nagel, Lawrence Longo, and many others including T. S. Wiley.
Many of my mentors had their own unique approach to hormone replacement therapy. Being a novice in hormone therapies some 20 years ago, I tried all of the different approaches. Through careful clinical field research involving thousands of patients, I eventually learned what worked and what did not work. My clinical knowledge continues to evolve. After years of field research in the empiric approach to true physiologic hormone replacement therapy, the principles behind the Panacea Protocol were incubated.
Whether a rational explanation for present-day hormone replacement therapy can be found or not, it seems likely that in women there is an optimum balance of hormones which makes for well-being. It is called “The Hormone Sweet Spot.” Right now, the Standard Of Care is avoid the use of hormones. If for some reason one is compelled to use HRT, then do so at the lowest dose for the shortest duration of time. That approach makes absolutely no rational scientific sense, especially given the state of the art of our current knowledge. The only approach that works and makes any sense is true physiological estrogen replacement for as long as he or she chooses.
Now, 35-years after making those curious observations, there has been no improvement in the approach. There is no effort made to administer estrogen therapy accurately and precisely. It seems that the goal of treatment is to ameliorate a handful of symptoms, but not to fully restore a woman’s femininity or health. Decades of research and clinical data substantiate the fact that when estrogen is accurately restore back to optimal levels, it can prevent and or reverse the vast majority of chronic health problems that women experience. This approach should be of special interest to the internist, family practitioner, rheumatologist, psychiatrist, gerontologist, cardiologist and orthopedist.
After well over a century of awareness that ovarian function plays a central role in the health of women, physiologic estrogen restoration is still not the standard of care. Physician skepticism and corporate intransigence in the medical and pharmaceutical industries, emerge as an insurmountable obstacle to women gaining routine access to the therapies they critically need. It would appear that promoting the health of women is antithetical to the corporate interests of the health industry. There is no profit in promoting health, whereas there is profit in disease management.
Dr. Rebecca Provorse grew up in rural northern California and spent her adolescence wandering the hills, vineyards and orchards of Sonoma and Mendocino counties. Her innate love of the natural world became woven into her wonder of science and medicine. She was pre-med at UC Berkeley in California and completed her bachelor's of science from the University of Oregon. In 2004 she graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) with a doctorate in naturopathy (ND) and a masters in Oriental Medicine (MSOM). She has taught at the graduate level, spoken at numerous professional events and published herbal monographs for supplement companies.
For over 15 years, Dr. Provorse has been in private practice specializing in endocrinology (hormone-related disorders). She was the first rhythmic dosing practitioner in Oregon, blazing trails in this state using circannual rhythmic replacement. She continues to offer this revolutionary hormone therapy (as well as static HRT options) to cis- and transgender adults in her practice for optimal wellness. Many endocrine disorders have an autoimmune component, so Dr. Provorse has become well-versed in many of those conditions: especially Hashimoto's and Grave's disease. Dr. Provorse is a member of the endoANP (endocrinology association of naturopathic physicians).
Native southern Californian and valedictorian of her graduating class at Mount Saint Mary's College, Julie Taguchi graduated from the USC’s School of Medicine. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology, Dr. Taguchi began her career at the City of Hope’s Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation and then relocated to Santa Barbara’s Sansum Clinic in 1993. She is the principal investigator for the oncology department’s clinical research programs with UCLA’s TORI network and US Oncology and is an assistant clinical professor of medicine for USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Taguchi is a co-author of the book Sex Lies, and Menopause (2003), information that supported the use of hormone replacement. She has spoken in many countries about hormone replacement in women with a history of breast cancer.
Gregory H. Wolf, M.D is board certified in Family Medicine, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. He has been in private medical practice in Orange, CA since 1985.
Dr. Wolf received his B.S. in Psychobiology from UCLA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1978. He went on to attend medical school at UC Irvine, receiving his M.D. from that institution in 1982. He completed his internship and residency specializing in Family Medicine under the auspices of USC and became board certified in Family Medicine in 1985. The Family Medicine Specialty Board has recertified Dr. Wolf three times since 1985, most recently in 2006.
Dr. Wolf has been practicing Anti-Aging and Integrative Medicine since 1993. He has an expansive expertise in the application of Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for both women and men, which he has developed over a 30 year career. Dr. Wolf is a highly empathetic, compassionate and heart centered physician utilizing skills developed over a lifetime of working with master practitioners, healers, intuitive’s and depth psychologists. He brings a refreshing, open, non-judgmental and insightful perspective to each of his patients. He also brings wisdom.
Native southern Californian and valedictorian of her graduating class at Mount Saint Mary's College, Julie Taguchi graduated from the USC’s School of Medicine. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology, Dr. Taguchi began her career at the City of Hope’s Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation and then relocated to Santa Barbara’s Sansum Clinic in 1993. She is the principal investigator for the oncology department’s clinical research programs with UCLA’s TORI network and US Oncology and is an assistant clinical professor of medicine for USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Taguchi is a co-author of the book Sex Lies, and Menopause (2003), information that supported the use of hormone replacement. She has spoken in many countries about hormone replacement in women with a history of breast cancer.
Gregory H. Wolf, M.D is board certified in Family Medicine, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. He has been in private medical practice in Orange, CA since 1985.
Dr. Wolf received his B.S. in Psychobiology from UCLA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1978. He went on to attend medical school at UC Irvine, receiving his M.D. from that institution in 1982. He completed his internship and residency specializing in Family Medicine under the auspices of USC and became board certified in Family Medicine in 1985. The Family Medicine Specialty Board has recertified Dr. Wolf three times since 1985, most recently in 2006.
Dr. Wolf has been practicing Anti-Aging and Integrative Medicine since 1993. He has an expansive expertise in the application of Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for both women and men, which he has developed over a 30 year career. Dr. Wolf is a highly empathetic, compassionate and heart centered physician utilizing skills developed over a lifetime of working with master practitioners, healers, intuitive’s and depth psychologists. He brings a refreshing, open, non-judgmental and insightful perspective to each of his patients. He also brings wisdom.