Board of Directors

Jeanne Stryker, MD President

Dr. Jeanne Stryker began her career as a labor and delivery nurse at UCSD Medical Center and Mercy Hospital in San Diego, CA. Her vision for healing women led her to Albany Medical College in 1988. She completed her medical degree in 1992 finishing in the top 10% of her class. She attended UCLA for her internship, a four year residency in diagnostic radiology at Dartmouth and extended training in pediatric radiology at Harvard Children's Hospital of Boston.

She is fellowship trained in women's imaging and interventional radiology from the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. Stryker is accomplished as a board certified, fellowship trained Radiologist, an officer in the US Army Reserves, certified in Homeopathy and Acupuncture from UCLA School of Medicine and Helms Institute.

Dr Stryker is the President of the Institute for the Advancement of Medical Thermology (IAMT) and is active in the certification of healthcare providers and thermographers in the art and science of Thermology. Her passion is to save the lives of women through the practice of pro-active and preventive care. She sees thermography as the functional imaging of the future and supports the integration of this technology for the benefit of the patient as well as the practitioner.

She is happily married to a Navy Commander and the proud mother of three children. In her spare time she enjoys gardening, gourmet cooking, athletic activities and ministry work at her church.

In addition, she was recognized as one of the 101 Powerful Women in San Diego - Who They Are and Why You'll Want to Know Them in 2005.

Ken Hoffman, D.Ac. Secretary

As a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Ken holds licensure in both Rhode Island and Connecticut as well as national certifications in Oriental Medicine and Chinese Herbology. His specialty training has taken him throughout the US studying functional blood chemistry analysis and endocrinology, allergy elimination and advanced bio-energetic techniques of healing.

Ken is a member of the American Association of Oriental Medicine, Connecticut Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Society and Nambutripads Allergy Research Foundation. He is a certified CPR/First Aid instructor for the American Red Cross and trains law enforcement officers and emergency personnel.

Ken is a currently pursuing a PhD in Alternative Medicine with research focusing on the prevention of breast cancer using Medical Infrared thermography and natural herbal medicinals. While his background is varied, the core of his approach to medicine is to bridge the ancient traditions of healing with modern medicine to provide each of his patients with individual care in a way that engages the innate healing abilities with proven science.

Ken is a founding board member of the Institute for the Advancement of Medical Thermology (IAMT). As an excellent teacher and trainer, he leads the Certification training for doctors and clinical thermographers in this vital and emerging technology.

Marilyn MacClellan, L.Ac. Board Member

Dedicated to the protection of women's health, Marilyn feels an obligation to provide thermography, one of the most effective screening methods available, and she has a unique way of offering thermography to the women of Virginia.

Marilyn began her thermography practice in 2004. Marilyn had a dream and she began to live the dream with Image of Health, a mobile imaging service. She and her team went on the road starting at the end of 2005. She covers the state of Virginia with a route along the Blue Ridge Mountains in her self-contained trailer including a generator with a built in inverter for maximum environmental control. She spreads the word at health fairs and sees patients at the invitation of healthcare practitioners along the way that want their patients imaged. Business is growing every month. Marilyn plans to travel full time and expand to NC, Atlanta and surrounding states. All she needs is a wireless signal.

Marilyn graduated from East West College of Natural Medicine in Sarasota, Florida with a Masters Degree of Oriental Medicine and a Bachelor of Professional Health Sciences. She continued her studies as an intern with the renowned Dr. Hongjian He of China. While studying and treating patients at the PLA General Hospital in Beijing (the largest facility in China) she perfected a back and pain treatment that she currently uses exclusively in her own practice. Her specialties include neck and back pain, Fibromyalgia, Menopause, and women's breast health. Marilyn is currently a board member of the ASVA (Acupuncture Society of Virginia).

S.W. Flowers, M. D., M.T.O.M. Dipl. O.M., F.A.C.O.G.
      Treasurer

Dr. S.W. Flowers is the first doctor in the United States to obtain Board Certification in both acupuncture and Chinese Herbology (NCCAOM). Active in athletics, he won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships of Track and Field in Miyazaki, Japan and in 2002 he took fourth place in the 400m finals in the National Championships of Track and Field at the University of Maine.

Dr. Flowers formal education is as follows:

Jay H. Mead, M. D. Vice President

Jay H. Mead M.D. is a leading expert in salivary hormone testing. For five years, he served as the medical director of one of the nation's largest salivary testing laboratories. Dr. Mead has been practicing as a clinician for over twenty years and understands the need and value of accurate and reliable hormone testing. Dr. Mead is a board certified pathologist, a flight surgeon in the United Air Force Reserves and cofounded and directs a complementary and alternative medical clinic; The Center for Integrative Medicine. He has certification in blood banking and lead the American Red Cross as medical director for over 10 years.