Natural Wellness Therapy - Staff


 

Jill Noonan-Slane

CEO

 

After a "traditional" career, Jill Slane began her career in the entertainment business as an actress. In addition to several small feature films, her commercial acting credits are extensive. Her producing credits include numerous commercials, and several television programs and feature films. In early 2004, she partnered with a European producer, and established the feature film production company Dreams Beyond Pictures with offices in Copenhagen and London. The need for personal stress relief and an interest in self-improvement led Jill to spend the year 2005 co-creating The Life Program with her husband, Rod.

 

Rod Slane

Composer/Artistic Director

Rod Slane began exploring the science of music in the 1960's.  Over the course of nearly forty years, he had a distinguished career as a composer, cinematographer, producer and director for feature films and television.  But his passion for exploration of the effects of sound vibrations on the human mind and body remained with him from his early days.  His journey for self-improvement and extensive research into various forms of sound therapy led to the creation of The Life Program in 2005 and Natural Wellness Therapy in 2006.  He currently resides in Florida.

 

 

Jon Neff

Attorney

 

Jonathon Neff has a longstanding law practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His corporate clients have included several Fortune 500 companies. His recent specialties have been corporate start-ups, franchising, and small business planning. Additionally, Jon is a novelist, businessman, entrepreneur, pilot, skier, black belt, backpacker, equestrian, and conservationist. He has traveled in more than thirty countries on five continents; including a month long trek in Nepal, a solo journey across North Africa, and a hike across the Yucatan with Mayan Indians. Having lived in New York and California, he now chooses to make his home near Tulsa, Oklahoma. John's lifetime interest in personal health and wellness, along with a long-term friendship with the Slanes led to a natural partnership with The Life Group.

 

Alejandro Junger, M.D.

Cardiologist

 

Dr. Alejandro Junger, was born and raised in Uruguay, He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at NYU Downtown Hospital in New York City. He accepted a fellowship in Cardiology at Lenox Hill Hospital, another NYU affiliated teaching Hospital, working and training for six years with some of the top doctors and scientists in the world. A search for alternatives to commonly prescribed anti-depressants lead Dr. Junger to explore the concept of meditation. After much exploration, he was initiated into an ancient tradition of Meditation. His initial experiences were so strong that after graduating as a cardiologist, he traveled to India, volunteering his work as a doctor in exchange for the opportunity to study meditation where this tradition was born. He stayed there for a year, directing a health clinic, coordinating the work of health practitioners from all over the world, treating up to 400 patients a day. There, he saw first hand the positive effects of meditation in individuals and groups of people. Back in the USA, he moved to Palm Springs and joined a busy cardiology practice with admission privileges in 4 hospitals, hoping to bring some of what he learned in India and integrate it to his medical practice. Today, Dr Junger is the medical director of We Care Holistic Health Center in Desert Hot Springs. He also practices medicine in Los Angeles where he works closely with a doctor of Chinese Medicine and a chiropractic physician.

 

Jerry Block, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Internal Medicine

 

Dr. Jerry Block is a Board Certified Internist, a graduate of the New Jersey College of Medicine in Newark, N.J., with an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Los Angeles County General Hospital. He brings to the practice many years of experience in internal and integrative medicine. He has served as an Associate Clinical Professor in Medicine for the University of Missouri, UCLA, and UMKC School of Medicine. Dr. Block is a senior examiner for the Federal Aviation Commission. Currently he is on the clinical teaching staff at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. A Board Certified Physician and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Block has written for many publications on medical subjects and has published several books. Dr. Block's interest in integrative medicine and natural wellness therapies led him to The Life Group.

 

Jerome True, D.C., DABCN

Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist

 

Dr. Jerome True graduated from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, MO with honors. He completed his training in Neurology through New York Chiropractic College and maintains active diplomate status with the American Chiropractic Neurology Board. Dr. True is highly regarded in the profession of Chiropractic Medicine as an authority in neurology. He is a principle co-author and medical illustrator of the neurology textbook titled: Myelopathy, Radiculopathy and Peripheral Entrapment Syndromes by CRC Press. He has written and co-authored many other textbook chapters and articles on a wide range of topics such as pathomechanics of the shoulder, acute and chronic pain, electrodiagnosis, nerve injuries in competitive sports, and many others. He has written position papers for the Florida Department of Health and the ACA Council on Neurology. He has also provided expert opinions for the Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine. In addition to his practice, Dr. True has a busy lecture schedule. He has lectured for many national conventions and continuing education seminars in the field of Chiropractic Neurology and neuromusculoskeletal therapy. Dr. True practices in Stuart, FL at Harmony Healing Arts Center. Dr. True is an experienced Chiropractic Neurologist with 25 years in practice. He maintains a consulting practice for second opinions and challenging cases.

 

Clancy McKenzie, M.D.

Psychiatrist

Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Capital University

 

Dr. Clancy McKenzie is one of the country's preeminent authorities on schizophrenia, depression, posttraumatic stress and other serious disorders. The author of numerous psychiatric textbooks, his book Delayed Posttraumatic Stress Disorders from Infancy: The Two Trauma Mechanism, co-authored with Dr. Lance Wright was nominated for a Pulitzer for Advancement in the Field of Psychiatry by Gordon and Breach. Dr. McKenzie is a recipient of Temple University's Nelson and Winnie Mandela Humanitarian Award. In honoring Dr. McKenzie's thirty five years of groundbreaking research, medical service and humanitarian efforts in the United States House of Representatives, The Honorable Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania had these words to say about Dr. McKenzie. "Dr. McKenzie has worked daily to improve the treatment of mental health patients and his trailblazing techniques, particularly in the area of schizophrenia, have awed the medical community over the years. His findings represent one of the greatest breakthroughs in that field of medicine and allows for the prevention of this disease. Dr. Clancy McKenzie, under the careful tutelage of Dr. O. Spurgeon English has made significant advances in the understanding of mental illness, and most importantly its prevention. His efforts should benefit future generations worldwide, through the understanding and prevention of mental disease."

 

Monty Moeller

Marketing Executive, Healthcare Solutions

 

Monty Moeller has logged more than 30 years in the advertising business, including many years at the helm of his own agency. The Moeller Ad Group. Currently, his focus is on healthcare marketing. Monty is also a past-chair of the Board of Directors of the National Mental Health Association.

 

Hal Collins

Marketing Executive, Digital Solutions

 

Hal Collins brings more than 20 years of experience in strategic marketing management and marketing solutions development to his work with The Life Group. His expertise includes creative design and direction, strategic planning, customer relationship management, marketing, market segmentation and strategy for customer acquisition / retention.

Hal has been responsible for client advertising and marketing strategies, eBusiness development, multimedia, customer experience and information architecture, design and online/offline marketing with many organizations across North America and around the globe.