The BHRT Symposium

Founder & Chief Science Officer, EVEXIAS Health Solutions

A board-certified nurse practitioner, author and national speaker, Dr. DeNeui created the EvexiPEL® method. She holds advanced certifications in integrative and functional medicine, advanced endocrinology and sex hormone optimization.

She started out in high-risk obstetrics and emergency medicine at a major Dallas trauma center before turning to prevention. In 2008 she opened the practice that became EVEXIAS Medical Centers, where her team of nurse practitioners has treated thousands of patients with a functional, integrative model.

Her work refining hormone pellet therapy became the EvexiPEL® method, now used by thousands of trained practitioners nationwide. She wrote Hormone Havoc: Dispelling the Myths & Misconceptions about Hormones in Women & Men (2023) and lectures across the country on endocrinology and hormone optimization in disease prevention.

At the symposium

• Day 2How to Monitor and Adjust BHRT: Follow-Up Labs, Titration, and Side Effects

OB-GYN · Anti-aging & regenerative medicine

Dr. Ginsberg is dual board certified in OB-GYN and in anti-aging and regenerative medicine, with an advanced fellowship from the Metabolic Medical Institute. Her practice goes after the root causes behind perimenopause and menopause symptoms, hormone imbalance, PCOS, fertility challenges and metabolic health, with longer healthspan as the goal.

Her clinical work spans bioidentical hormone therapy, genomics, the gut–brain connection and precision diagnostics. She also uses AI-assisted support, including a digital twin, to keep patients guided between visits. She is A4M faculty and writes on hormone health.

A lifelong athlete and black belt, she still runs marathons and Spartan races and has completed Ironman triathlons.

At the symposium

• Day 1Hormones 101: Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone, DHEA, and Their Links to Thyroid and Cortisol
• Day 1Perimenopause in Practice: A Case-Based Approach to Starting BHRT, Cycle Control, and Contraception

Chief Medical Officer, Functional Medicine Institute

Dr. Holthouse is a clinician, educator and researcher with 36 years in family and integrative medicine. He is board certified in family medicine, previously held certification from the American Board of Integrative Medicine, and was part of the first IFM cohort to become a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner.

At the Functional Medicine Institute he teaches and practices full time. He has taught preventive cardiology as an Assistant Professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine since 2014, and from 2013 to 2025 he developed the core Men’s Health module for the Institute for Functional Medicine.

A recently published researcher and author, he focuses on hormone optimization in men and women, cardiometabolic health and peptides.

At the symposium

• Day 3Testosterone Deficiency in Men: Diagnosis, Candidacy, and Choosing a Therapy After TRAVERSE
• Day 3Monitoring Men on Testosterone: Hematocrit, Estradiol, PSA, and Preserving Fertility
• Day 3Pellet Therapy in Women and Men: Evidence, Patient Selection, Dosing, and Troubleshooting

Naturopathic physician · Women’s health & hormones

Dr. Jones is a naturopathic physician with more than 20 years in women’s health and hormones, known across the field as the “Queen of Hormones.” She completed a two-year residency in women’s health and endocrinology, earned her MPH, was among the first board certified by the American Board of Naturopathic Endocrinology (FABNE) and is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP).

She was the first Medical Director at Precision Analytical (the DUTCH Test), the first Head of Medical Education at Rupa Health (a Fullscript company) and a member of Under Armour’s Human Performance Council. She consults and teaches for women’s health, supplement and lab companies.

She co-hosted the Root Cause Medicine Podcast, with more than 10 million downloads, and now hosts her own show, Hello Hormones.

At the symposium

• Day 2The HPA Axis, Cortisol, and Lifestyle: Stress, Diet, and Endocrine Disruptors
• Day 2PCOS: A Functional and Hormonal Approach

Chair, International Peptide Society · A4M clinical co‑chair

A clinical pharmacist, author and board-certified clinical nutritionist, Jim LaValle has more than 40 years of experience in natural products, lifestyle medicine, drug–nutrient depletion, compounding and peptides. He has cared for thousands of clients through a metabolic model of health in Orange County, CA, and Austin, TX, and formerly at the LaValle Metabolic Institute in Cincinnati.

He founded Metabolic Code Enterprises, which pinpoints metabolic roadblocks using symptom surveys, lab markers, biometrics and wearable data. He taught for 18 years as adjunct faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, served on its College of Medicine faculty, and is adjunct faculty in George Washington University’s Master of Integrative Medicine program.

The Natural Products Association named him National Clinician of the Year in 2012, A4M named him Educator of the Year in 2017, and American Druggist listed him among the 50 Most Influential Pharmacists. He has written more than 26 books, including Cracking the Metabolic Code, plus 20 e-books, four databases and over 200 articles.

At the symposium

• Day 3Peptides and Hormones: Where They Fit in BHRT

Founder, Modern Thyroid Clinic

McCall McPherson is a physician associate and entrepreneur focused on thyroid, hormone and metabolic health. As founder of Modern Thyroid Clinic, she draws on both clinical training and personal experience to bring a practical, balanced approach to care.

Her book Take Back Your Thyroid is out from Penguin Random House in February 2027. She is a TEDx speaker and hosts the Modern Thyroid & Wellness podcast. Her clinic made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing health companies in 2023 and 2024, and Inc. named her a Top 500 Female Founder in 2025.

At the symposium

• Day 2Thyroid and Sex Hormones: Testing, T4/T3 Therapy, and the Hashimoto’s Patient on BHRT
• Day 2Thyroid, Weight, and GLP-1s in the Hormone Patient

Integrative & preventive medicine

For more than 30 years, Dr. Schwartz has combined the best of conventional and integrative medicine with one aim: preventing disease. She was among the first physicians in the US to treat patients with bioidentical hormones and preventive IVs, and today she prescribes peptide therapy.

She graduated from NYU and earned her MD cum laude at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She has written six best-selling books for the public, along with medical articles, a YouTube channel and bylines in major publications.

She teaches clinicians as faculty for A4M and the International Peptide Society, and has made it her mission to improve care for the individual patient.

At the symposium

• Day 1Welcome — Why Hormones Matter, and Why Our Experts Practice Differently

At the symposium

• Day 1How to Test: Serum, Saliva, Urine, and Dried Blood Spot
• Day 1Dosing 101: How to Choose and Start Hormone Regimens
• Day 2Hormone Therapy, Estrogen Metabolism, and Breast Cancer: Evidence vs. Myths

President & CEO, NeuroPharm

Dr. Swidan, former CEO of Pharmacy Solutions, is Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy at Wayne State University.

She earned her PharmD and completed a three-year research fellowship in biopharmaceutics and gastroenterology at the University of Michigan, then served as Director of Pharmacy at Chelsea Community Hospital and clinical pharmacist for its inpatient Headache and Chronic Pain Service.

Board certified and an advanced fellow in anti-aging and regenerative medicine, she speaks internationally on pain management, headache medicine and hormone optimization. Her recent work includes chapters in Metabolic Therapies in Orthopedics (2nd ed.) on drug-related muscle pain, sarcopenia and hormones in recovery; co-editing Advanced Therapeutics in Pain Medicine; and co-authoring Mastering Chronic Pain with Matthew Bennett, MD.

At the symposium

• Day 1BHRT Safety, Efficacy, and Common Myths
• Day 1Delivery Forms: Creams, Patches, Troches, Oral, Vaginal, and Injections