Adi Aran, MD – Director of pediatric neurology at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.  Dr. Aran specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related genetic disorders. His research is focused on the endocannabinoid system involvement in ASD and related disorders and the evaluation of new therapies for the treatment of these disorders. Dr. Aran serves as a board member on the Israeli Society for Pediatric Neurology, and is a member of the International Society for Autism Research. He completed his Medial Studies in the Hebrew University and continued to Postdoctoral research fellowship in Stanford, CA. Dr. Aran is a pioneer in the research of medical cannabis in Autism, a subject that is currently receiving public attention worldwide.

Dr Balzola has published results of his research in international medical journals and has presented at numerous scientific meetings. At present, he maintains his practice in gastroenterological fields with a special research interest in autism. He is driving several clinical research in Italy on the identification and treatment of the autistic enteropathy with dietetic and pharmacological approaches. He lives in Turin with his wife, Paola, and two daughters, Beatrice and Margherita.

Dr Ioná Bramati graduated from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) in 2001 and for the past 18 years has been practicing in London at IBCcare. Dr Bramati is a specialist with a doctorate on the effects of visceral osteopathy in autistic children suffering from gastrointestinal dysfunction. She was awarded a PhD by the University of Westminster, London, a project that was approved for collaboration with King’s College Hospital, London, endorsed by the National Autistic Society and sponsored by BCOM via a grant from the British Naturopathic and Osteopathic Association. Dr Bramati is committed to helping improve the quality of life and wellbeing of children on the autism spectrum using a non-invasive form of therapy, Visceral Osteopathy.

After graduating from BCOM, Dr Bramati attended numerous post-graduate courses in visceral, cranial, and structural osteopathy. She is a former BCOM Clinic Tutor and Paediatric Lecturer, has worked at the specialist Osteopathic Centre for Children, London and has been a practitioner on call at St John and St Elizabeth’s Birth Unit, treating new-born babies and mothers post-labour. She currently lecturers Visceral Osteopathy at the University College of Osteopathy (UCO) in London.

Dr Bramati is also an international speaker at a large number of osteopathic colleges and conferences in the UK and Europe and was awarded the Elsevier/International Conference on Advances in Osteopathic Research New Researcher Prize at ICAOR 10 in Brazil for her research in treating autistic children with visceral osteopathic techniques.

Stella Chadwick is a CNHC Registered Nutritionist qualified in Nutritional Genomics (the science of the relationship between genetics, nutrition and health). Her professional training includes a 1st Class BSC Honours (Nutritional Therapy) degree as well as a specific training focus on the principles of Functional Medicine, which assesses and addresses the underlying causes of conditions. She has a special interest in brain-gut connection, food and chemical sensitivities and the impact of autoimmune conditions.

One of her underlying focuses is on restoring a healthy link between the gut and the brain by combining carefully planned nutritional and lifestyle changes, utilising her specialised functional medicine-led approach. She founded the Brainstorm Health Clinic in 2014 with a passion to serve patients and families who are dealing with co-morbidities associated with ASD.

Dr Richard Frye is a Child Neurologist with expertise in neurodevelopmental and neurometabolic disorders. He received an MD and PhD in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University and completed his Child Neurology Residency and Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology and Learning Disabilities at Harvard University/ Children’s Hospital Boston. He has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and serves on several editorial boards. He has conducted several clinical trials demonstrating the efficacy of safe and novel treatments that target underlying physiological abnormalities in children with ASD. He is the Chief of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Developmental Medicine at the Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Dr Amy Herlihy is a specialist in Autism and Nutritional Medicine based in Cork, Ireland. Dr Herlihy graduated with Honours from UCC and obtained her MRCS and MRCGP with Distinction in Edinburgh thereafter. In 2014 she set up Special Kids Medical Clinic. With her background as a GP, Fellow of the Medical Academy of Paediatric Special Needs (MAPs), GAPs practitioner and having a Diploma in Nutritional Medicine from the University of Surrey Dr Herlihy aims to help those with ASD and other developmental delays reach their full potential. The clinic focuses on improving gastrointestinal function nutritional deficits.

David Horn is formerly a UK surgeon, now for 15 years a senior Business Management Consultant operating within the medical sector. David has wide experience within both clinical and management settings across the UK NHS, including NHS Acute Trusts and NHS Commissioners (CCG). His expertise spans medical business start-ups, business case development, Transformational Change, Clinical Process Redesign, and performance management within the NHS.

Dr Marlow is a Consultant Paediatrician specialised in Neurodisability. He trained at UCL London and spent the majority of is career in Luton which has the second largest population of children with additional needs in the UK. He also has a background in Biochemistry through a previous degree that saw him work in the pharmaceutical industry for GSK and at research institutions within the US. His oldest child Freddie 5 has a diagnosis of severe Autism, providing Dr Marlow with an experience and perspective of a parent trying to navigate through the obstacles and challenges in place within the NHS and the education system.

Dr Jaleel Miyan is a Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience at The University of Manchester where he has been since 1990. He completed his Bachelors in Neurobiology at the University of Sussex and a PhD in Neurobiology at the University of Glasgow. After working at Edinburgh and Sheffield Universities he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship which he held for 10 years initially at Edinburgh and then transferred to Manchester. His research interests are in neurodevelopment, particularly of the cerebral cortex, and in bidirectional neural control and coordination of the host defence and immune system. These two research areas have recently come together in a novel view of developmental disorders, specifically ASD. His lab has produced a supplement based on an understanding of cerebral folate metabolism and how this can go wrong in developmental disorders. In preclinical studies this supplement has been able to prevent hydrocephalus (the target condition) but also maximises normal brain development indicating its potential for a range of conditions.

Dr Stolar received her medical degree at The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL, and her B.S. in Biochemistry at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. She is board certified in Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics after successfully completing the fellowship program at Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital – Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), Tel Aviv, Israel. She completed her pediatric residency at Meir Medical Center, Kefar Saba, Israel.

Dr Stolar has been working as a clinical director of the Early Childhood Services at the Autism Center of Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Israel, since 2009. The Autism Center is a national center undertaking diagnosis, treatment and research of autism spectrum disorders, which is a combined project of Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and ALUT (The Israeli National Association for Children with Autism). Dr. Stolar is the Medical Director of “Alutaf”, the Early Intervention Program that consists of eleven daycare centers for treating toddlers with ASD. She established and directed a multi-disciplinary eating disorder clinic for children with ASD (active until 2015) and a pharmacological clinic at the Autism Center.

Dr Wroczyńska is a board certified internal medicine specialist. She works as a physician and academic teacher in a National Centre of Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk and is a member of Polish Institute of Evidence Based Medicine.

Dr Wroczyńska has published over 50 articles in peer reviewed journals, conference presentations and book chapters. Since 2014 she has been the physician in charge of her 11 years old son with autism and complex medical issues.

Dr Iwona Żarnowska is an experienced paediatrician and child neurologists. She received an MD and PhD on the application of ketone bodies in experimental epilepsy. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and autism. Her current expertise is concentrated mainly on the application of ketogenic diet in epilepsy and autism. She investigates the mechanisms of ketogenic diet activity especially in the context of kynurenine pathway metabolites.

Prof Tomasz Żarnowski is a professor and chairman at the Chair of Ophthalmology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland (Professor title in 2012). He specializes in glaucoma and neuro-ophthalmology. His research is focused on neuroprotection in glaucoma and neurological diseases. He is also interested in epilepsy and autism. In numerous studies he investigated tempol, lithium, citicoline, ketone bodies, ketogenic diet, kynurenine pathway metabolites. He published over 150 peer-reviewed publications including Nature (cumulated IF over 200) and is active in several editorial boards. He received two British Council Fellowships: in Norwich (UEA) and Oxford (St. John’s College).