Farzanna Haffizulla MD, FACP, FAMWA

Host & Clinical Editor

Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Career Highlights: Assistant Dean for Community and Global Health/ Assistant Professor, Medicine

Awarded "Leading Physician of the World" by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals and she was also selected as an “Outstanding Woman in Healthcare." The IWLA also recognized Dr. Haffizulla as a “Woman of Outstanding Leadership” in May 2014.

Author of 2 books, Lead With Your Heart: A Doctor's Rx for Personal & Professional Success and Harmony of the Spheres: Career, Family and Community - a Working Mom's Lessons of Love, Strength and Balance

Awarded a "Quality First Award" by the Florida Health Care Coalition Founder and owner of HousecallsMD aka JFDOC PL, a concierge, hybrid medical practice combining office visits, housecalls and telemedicine

Founder of AMWA's Preventive Medicine Task Force, Fellowship program and Affiliate Program

Nationally recognized expert and speaker on work/life balance and empowering women to lead and live with passion and true fulfillment

Host, Medical Correspondent of the nationwide public health program: Mission Critical Health

National Speaker, Thought Leader and Activist for Women.

Service with AMWA: 2014-2015 National President of AMWA; Founder and chair of the Preventive Medicine Task Force; Founder and co-chair of AMWA's Fellowship program; past co-chair of Public Relations; past member of Governance, Membership, Finance; Past executive co-chair of fundraising; past President/Founding Officer, AMWA South Florida Branch. AMWA lifetime member.

Quote: With humility, drive, passion and a positive outlook, you can yoke and harness your own inner strength as a parent and as a working professional, achieving all your life goals.

Biography:
Farzanna Sherene Haffizulla, MD FACP FAMWA is the 2014-2015 national President of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and served as the South Florida AMWA branch President and one of its founding officers. She graduated summa cum laude and with University Honors in Molecular Biology and Microbiology from the University of Central Florida. She completed medical school at The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Her residency training was at the Cleveland Clinic Florida and at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio and she is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. As national President of the American Medical Woman’s Association, she leads the organization into its centennial year. Her leadership vision is to build strong community, national and global networking by encouraging positive strides in healthcare, leadership, scholarship and academia and improving the synergy among health care and professional organizations. During her current tenure as AMWA President she spearheaded the formation of an affiliate program for AMWA and continues to speak nationally on improving cohesion among health care organizations and physicians. She is involved on many levels with AMWA including being the chair and founder for AMWA’s Preventive Medicine Task Force, founder of AMWA’s fellowship program and she served as the executive chair of the fundraising committee.

Dr. Haffizulla is the on-camera show host, anchor and medical correspondent for the nationwide health program, Mission Critical Health. She currently teaches Honors Organic Chemistry to the pre-med seniors at American Heritage School and she is an Affiliate Clinical Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University and a Voluntary Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami. She is also a primary scientific board member for Shulman Institutional Review Board. Dr. Haffizulla was chosen as a National Delegate, representing Florida for Drexel’s Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership’s Vision 2020 program. She also serves as a Physician Ambassador for Broward County’s Department of Health promoting prevention of disease.

Dr. Haffizulla has earned several awards including a Quality First Award from the Florida Heath Care Coalition, a “Leading Physician Of The World Award” from The International Association of Healthcare Professionals and she was also selected as an “Outstanding Woman in Healthcare” by the International Women’s Leadership Association (IWLA). The IWLA also recognized Dr. Haffizulla as a “Woman of Outstanding Leadership” in May 2014. Dr. Haffizulla was featured in “Practice Link” magazine’s Winter 2014 edition featuring her medical practice and work/life balance techniques. Dr. Haffizulla was also featured in the American College of Physicians “My Kind of Medicine” series in September 2014 shortly after receiving the Florida Chapter of the ACP’s 2014 award for Volunteerism and Community Service.

Dr. Haffizulla is a nationally recognized speaker and expert on work/life balance and published “Harmony of the Spheres: Career, Family and Community” in 2011. She also founded and runs a work/life balance site www.BusyMomMD.com. She authored and nationally published several articles to parenting and professional communities and in July 2014 published her second book: “Lead with your Heart: A Doctor’s Rx for Personal and Professional Success.” She founded and opened her own concierge, Internal Medicine hybrid private practice in 2008 after practicing in a traditional setting for 5 years. Her innovative, creative approach to medical practice allows her to efficiently fuse traditional clinical practice with technology. Her medical practice allows her to offer office visits, house calls and telemedicine to her patients. She describes her unique private practice on her personalized website: www.HousecallsMD.us. Dr. Haffizulla lives in South Florida with her husband Dr. Jason Haffizulla and their four children.

David Holden

Executive Creative Director

Mr. Holden has 20 years in educational television production and creative content planning. In 1998 Mr. Holden started in television as an Associate Producer for a production company dedicated to the development of public television educational programming. Mr. Holden was promoted to Senior Producer with management responsibilites to fulfill monthly programming content development.

Mr. Holden launched Capital Media Group Inc in 2004 and began to develop training and educational programming for the U.S. Armed Forces, Emergency Managers, First Responders and medical professionals. Overseeing every aspect of content development from Executive Producer, script writing, and director to offline editing and complete post production, provides Mr. Holden with the ability to engage every production with a holistic perspective. A few companies Mr. Holden has worked with include the Mayo Clinic, B. Braun Medical, Elsevier, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, National Council La Raza, Florida Atlantic University and more.

Tim Rygh

Director of Photography

Mr. Rygh has more than 25 years experience as award-winning director of photography and editor for national and international assignments. Mr. Rygh is currently a Judge for Silver Telly Council for the Telly Awards.

He has created various television programs and spots for national and international syndication. Some of his clients included Discovery Channel, the WE Channel, CNN, NBC, Nintendo, Microsoft, and others. Mr. Rygh is skilled in the development of documentary style programs seen in theaters and Netflix.

Dian Rygh

Production Coordinator

Mrs. Rygh has more than 20 years experience as an award-winning production coordinator, field producer and make-up artist for national and international assignments. Her achievements include multi award winning documentaries and television productions.

A few of the companies Mrs. Rygh has worked with include Stryker, Tivo, Scripps, Phillips, Biomet, Cross international, Voice Trust, Rainforest Alliance, and more.

Dan Taylor

Sound/Lighting/Camera

Mr. Taylor has more than 25 years of experience in TV and film production working in various genres within the business, including documentaries, medical videos, commercials, network and local news, infomercials, sports (live and packaged), concerts, legal depositions, soap operas, cooking shows, reality TV, law enforcement, music videos, behind-the-scenes of feature films, webcasts, etc.

Whether operating the likes of a field sound mixer/recorder, utilizing a variety of LED, tungsten, HMI, or fluorescent lighting packages, or with his eye focused into a camera viewfinder, his work has appeared on a number of local, regional, and national networks, such as ABC, CBS, CNN, ESPN, FOX, Golf Channel, HBO, History Channel, MLB Network, MSNBC, MTV, NBC, NBC SportsNetwork, Netflix, ORF (Austria), OWN, PBS, Showtime, SportsChannel Florida, Sportsnet (Canada), STARZ, TLC, Travel Channel, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, VH1, etc. Mr. Taylor is a proud alum of the University of Florida (B.S. in Telecommunication).

Christina Vidal

Makeup Artist & Spanish / English Producer

Mrs. Vidal is a Storytelling Video Producer who is passionate about creating inspiring, thought-provoking and uplifting stories. Interviewing unassuming people, especially those who have overcome great obstacles is what she craves most. Having worked in video production for decades in various capacities has empowered her to understand what it takes to put it all together and create effective media from concept to final edit.

Mrs. Vidal worked as an Associate Producer on the award-winning documentary "For Once In My Life" (2010). The film was screened in more than 100 cities across the country, received rave reviews in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Today Show and was chosen by the U.S. Department of State to be shown in U.S. embassies around the world. So far, "For Once in My Life" has been seen in more than 20 countries, including nations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This is the true story about a band of 29 musicians and singers with severe mental and physical disabilities who share their personal lives, unique talent, sense of humor and by doing so, inevitably change our perspective on the potential we each have inside.

Stories about life's greatest challenges, loss, forgiveness and transformation are part of the human experience. There is no greater satisfaction than that of capturing each person's spiritual journey with honesty while inspiring viewers to seek the truth for themselves.

Kelly Diedring Harris

On-camera Talent

Kelly Diedring Harris is a television personality with a wild career – literally! Her television expertise ranges in scope from direct response TV to live home shopping, local and national news and environmental edutainment, where she wrestled alligators and romped with tigers!

An experienced public speaker, host and spokesperson, Kelly combines her love for the environment and working in television with her expertise in public and media relations. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Wildlife Biology and a Masters of Arts Degree in Mass Communications.

Kelly is a guest host and product expert on the Home Shopping Network (HSN). She also hosts educational segments and thrives on the challenge of instant live interaction. As an accomplished spokesperson with a unique ability to engage her viewing audience, she exudes a sense of knowledge, trust and confidence.

Michele Winters

Hair & Makeup Artist

Mrs. Winters attended the Palm Beach Academy of Health and Beauty in North Palm Beach where she received her Esthetician license. Mrs. Winters received the honor of representing North Palm Beach as Mrs. North Palm Beach 2007 in the Mrs. Florida US Continental Pageant, where she was voted most photogenic and came in as 2nd runner-up in the pageant. That experience provided her the experience to understand what it takes to look your best.

Mrs. Winters teaches in the cosmetology and esthetics program at the Palm Beach Academy of Health and Beauty in North Palm Beach.

Jennifer Caudle, D.O.

Medical Correspondent

Dr. Jennifer Caudle, D.O., is a board-certified Family Medicine physician and Assistant Professor in the department of Family Medicine at Rowan University-School of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a regular on-air health expert for local and national news networks. She has appeared on CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, FOX News, CBS Philly 3 News, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, PBS and many others.

Prior to this, Dr. Caudle was a faculty member in the Johns Hopkins University / Sinai Hospital Residency Program in Internal Medicine in Baltimore, MD, and an Instructor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Caudle graduated with Honors from Princeton University and earned her medical degree from UMDNJ - School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Tyeese Gaines, DO, MA, MBA, FACEP, CPE

Medical Writer

Dr. Tyeese L. Gaines, lead media strategist for Doctor Ty Media, LLC, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician as well as a 15-year news veteran. Dr. Ty has a master's degree in journalism from Northeastern University and previously served as health editor of theGrio.com (Formerly MSNBC) for 3 years.

After interning at media outlets such as WAVE3 (NBC) in Louisville and WCVB (ABC) in Boston, she got her start as an associate producer for NBC6/WTVJ in Miami during medical school. Over the years, Dr. Ty has appeared as an on-air medical expert for local, online and national news shows and has written for various online, magazine and newspaper outlets.

Dr. Ty is a practicing emergency medicine physician. She completed her residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital where she was chief resident, and later taught as a clinical instructor.

Donald Samulack, PhD

Strategic Partnerships

Dr. Samulack has spent over 40 years in various roles within the academic, marketing/market research, and communications spaces within the university, scholarly publishing, and pharmaceutical sectors, worldwide. As a thought leader, change influencer, and with working knowledge of North American, European, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Asian academic, publishing, and pharmaceutical markets, he has been a major player in shaping perceptions, defining workflows, and delivering programs surrounding the publication, interpretation, and communication of research findings and corporate mission. He has a drive for networking and developing new business models to accomplish meaningful and persistent change.

With advancing and communicating science as his passion, Dr. Samulack graduated from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) with a PhD in medical physiology and specialization in the neurosciences (credited with the first primate skin and hand transplants). During his post-academic professional career, Dr. Samulack has been actively involved in supporting the publication needs of the academic, publisher, and pharmaceutical communities, managing workflow across global time zones, and raising the level of awareness and professionalism of good publication practices, worldwide. He has been involved in scholarly publishing and communication management regarding peer-to-peer, peer-to-public, and peer-to-policymaker research communication and support services, and maintains cross-functional awareness in pharmaceutical and medical device drug development, clinical trial publication, regulatory writing, and marketing/market research practices.

As such, he understands all aspects of scholarly communication and through several hundred corporate interactions and conference presentations around the world, he has been a major player in shaping perceptions, defining scholarly communication practices, and delivering quality.

Steve Goodman

Writer

Steve Goodman is an award-winning writer with over 30 years of experience, specializing in medical and health related content. While studying journalism and communications, Mr. Goodman obtained practical knowledge of medicine and medical terminology working as a Paramedic in New York City.

Steve is currently working as a Project Editor and Ghostwriter for the Health and Medical division of Forbes Advantage Books. His medical content has appeared on broadcast networks such as PBS and Discovery and has been featured in national magazines and peer reviewed journals.

Steve prides himself on his ability to take complex medical concepts and make them accessible to the lay audience.

Barbara Bendall

Producer and Script Writer

Ms. Bendall has more than 20 years experience as an award-winning script writer for television news and features producer for national and international assignments. Ms. Bendall also has experience as an advertising executive, public relations strategist and graphic designer.

Cynthia Klein

Strategic Partnerships

With over 30 years in the business, Mrs. Klein’s cross-functional experiences have allowed her to expand her knowledge and her understanding of how a food business operates and has been able to achieve the numerous objectives in assisting her clients innovate, build, lead and maintain successful and profitable organizations.

Mrs. Klein began her food industry career in 1980 in the almond and pistachio industry working for Tenneco West/Dole Dried Fruit and Nut Company as their Quality Engineering Supervisor, where she found her passion for innovation and received a technical patent for developing an inspection algorithm to sort almonds. She also worked as an Engineering Analyst with Nestle Ice Cream Company, an Operations Manager with Gist-Brocades, a baker’s yeast facility, a Vice President with Skincare Research USA, a Quality and Food Safety Manager at Grimmway Farms in the “RTE” (Ready to Eat) baby carrot division, General Manager for Munger Farms where she again proved her passion for innovation. Cynthia’s vision and insight was the key in the development and delivery of Berry Quick Snacks which won multiple awards for innovation, convenient packaging, and food safety. Under her leadership, Munger Farms became the first Fruit and Nut Company to achieve SQF 2000 level-3 certification in the United States. Cynthia served as a Board Member of the Pistachio Federal Marketing Order, United Fresh’s Food Safety and Technology Committee and continues to support Women in Agriculture for Mentoring & Empowerment (WAME) as a speaker for the World Ag Expo educational seminars. Prior to building her own marketing and consulting company, Cynthia was the Director of Operations and Distribution for Sun World International.

Kathleen Middleton

Master Certified Health Education Specialist

Kathleen is responsible for the development of educational print resources. The goal for each of CMG's educational videos is to deliver informative content and a supportive print campaign, instructor guide, lesson plan, take home materials or materials for public display can go along way to support the educational value of a TV or video campaign.

Ms. Middleton is a nationally acclaimed expert and trainer in health education and assessment and has provided consultation and training to more than 10 state departments of education.