Dr. Phil Ovadia
Conducting over 3,000 heart surgeries taught Dr. Philip Ovadia that good health comes from lifestyle and nutrition, not from surgery. He is now on a mission to help people stay off his operating table by giving them the tools and mindset never to need a heart surgeon.
After growing up in New York, Dr. Ovadia graduated from the accelerated Pre-Med/Med program at the Pennsylvania State University and Jefferson Medical College (now Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University). He then went on to complete a Residency in General Surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Tufts-New England Medical School.
Dr. Ovadia has practiced Cardiothoracic Surgery in Beaver, PA, and Clearwater, Florida. In 2020 he established Ovadia Cardiothoracic Surgery and now works as an independent contractor Cardiothoracic Surgeon in various locations throughout the United States.
In an effort to overcome his lifelong struggle with obesity, Dr. Ovadia adopted a low-carbohydrate-focused way of eating in 2015. He has maintained a weight loss of nearly 100 pounds and, since March 2019, has maintained a mostly carnivorous way of eating. He has extensively researched the health benefits of low-carb with a focus on heart health through many hours of reading the medical literature, and books and listening to podcasts, as well as personal discussions with many of the physician leaders and citizen scientists involved in the low-carb movement. In his recent book, Stay Off My Operating Table, Dr. Ovadia discusses the principles of optimizing metabolic health to prevent heart disease and other chronic diseases. He also hosts the Stay Off My Operating Table Podcast, is a frequent guest on other podcasts focused on metabolic and heart health and has delivered lectures at conferences focused on metabolic health.
Dr. Ovadia has also established Ovadia Heart Health, a Telehealth practice that focuses on preventing and treating metabolic and heart disease utilizing lifestyle and dietary modification. He incorporates his hands-on clinical experience with heart disease and the insights he has gained in his struggle with obesity and poor metabolic health.
Dr. Ovadia is board certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery and General Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners.
Dr. Ovadia currently lives in Florida with his wonderful wife and 2 amazing daughters.
Alan Wozniak
Alan Wozniak, CIAQP, CIEC former president/CEO and founder of Pure Air Control Services, Inc. in Clearwater, Florida, an environmental / HVAC Mechanical Firm established in 1984 with divisions including Building Sciences, Environmental Diagnostics laboratory, and Building remediation group. In 2021, he successfully managed the sale of the firm to a Fortune 500 organization, RPM International.
Pure Air Control Services is a provider of indoor environmental services in over 19,000 facilities covering 900 million sq. ft. both nationally and internationally and is one of the largest full services, comprehensive healthy building indoor environmental firms in the nation with heavy experience in governments, healthcare, higher education, lower education, commercial and entertainment markets.
Mr. Wozniak has authored numerous articles on IAQ, is a NEWSWEEK Magazine Expert Author, and has been a guest lecturer on many webinars, podcasts, workshops, and at IAQ symposia
Some of Mr. Wozniak’s many accomplishments include leading the firm to:
•INC 500 national list 4 years in a row
•370% growth in the past 5 years
•Tampa Bay FAST 50 – bay area fastest-growing private firms
•Tampa Bay Business Journal – MBE Top 25
•National Hispanic Businesses - Top 500
•Frost & Sullivan – Product Differentiation Innovation Award for its Solutions for Improving IAQ
• Provided the management and oversight of the M&A selling his firm for 17.5X EBITDA