Advisory Board Members
Charmaine S. Frederick, RN, MBA
Charmaine's clinical background in intensive care at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Diploma in nursing from Orange Memorial School of nursing, Baccalaureate degree from Florida Southern College, Masters in Nursing Administration from the University of Florida, Masters in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida. She has held a variety of managerial and administrative positions at Orlando Regional Healthcare in laboratory, radiology, nuclear medicine, respiratory care, emergency departments, and the Level 1 trauma program. Her most recent position was Director of Clinical Informatics responsible for physician and clinician adoption of new clinical information systems. She retired from Orlando Health in October of 2008. Charmaine's interest re: In Need Of Diagnosis, Inc. (INOD) stemmed from the difficulty she encountered in getting diagnosed with Parkinson's.
Dr. Tatum specializes in a wellness approach to mental, emotional and physical health. He has extensively studied Pschodynamic Psychotherapy, Functional Medicine, QEEG and other specialty areas. He is a contributor to the "Textbook of Functional Medicine" and other publications. He is in private practice in Winter Park, Florida. Past positions include Chief of Psychiatry at the Florida Hospital in Altamonte Springs, FL, Chief of Psychiatry of the Navy Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida and Medical Director of the North East Orange Community Mental Health Center in Winter Park, FLMedical College of Georgia 1970-1974; Armstrong State College 1966-1970 (B.S. Chemistry with Honors); The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital 1974-1977 (Specialty training).
Juanita Brown, D.O.
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James E. Hardy, D.M.D.
Dr. Hardy has practiced mercury-free Health-Centered Dentistry since 1982. He is a national and international lecturer on the dangers of mercury in dentistry and is the author of the book Mercury-Free. He holds the U.S. national trademark on "Health-Centered Dentistry" and was the first dentist in Central Florida to order the Cerec 3 Cad Cam system that produces crowns, inlays, onlays and veneers in one visit. Sixteen years ago, he was one of the first to have digital X Rays, reducing the patient's exposure to radiation by up to 90%. The last two years (2008, 2009), he has been named by Consumers' Research Council as one of "America's Top Dentists." Member of Better Business Bureau, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. Dr. Hardy treats each patient as a whole person, unique and original.
Betty Medeci
Betty Mekdeci is the founder and director of Birth Defect Research for Children, a national birth defect information clearinghouse and research organization started in 1982. Betty currently serves on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Public Interest Group and the coordinating committee for the national Collaboration on Health and the Environment. In 2001, the Orlando Business Journal selected Betty as one of Central Florida’s most influential business leaders for her work on behalf of Vietnam and Gulf War veteran families. She also received the National Gulf War Resource Center’s Outreach and Education Award for excellence in reaching and educating veterans, families, the public and the government about Gulf War Syndrome. The Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine awarded her organization, its Research Innovation Award for creative and ethical research in the design and development of the National Birth Defect Registry. Betty is married to Dr. Michael Mekdeci, Assoc. VP of Stetson University and has two children, Kristy, a high school art teacher and David who is the Assistant Director for BDRC.