HEALTHE - Key Persons


Fred Maxik

Job Titles:
  • Founder, Healthe Chief Scientific Officer

Harry Oken

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland, Nutrition and Crohn 's Disease Researcher
Dr. Oken is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at The University of Maryland and has been listed in Best Doctors of America and has been named a Baltimore's "Top Doc." Dr. Oken is board-certified in the specialty of Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. His research focuses on nutrition as well as Crohn's disease. He has published articles in a variety of professional journals. Dr. Oken's central theme with his patients is stressing good nutrition, attaining a healthy weight, getting regular exercise, and controlling stress. He continues to spearhead this theme as Medical Director for the Columbia Association (CA), one of the nation's largest homeowners association. He is also the co-author of the recently published book, BOOM!, Back to Good Health.

Michael Roizen

Job Titles:
  • First Chief Wellness Officer at the Cleveland Clinic
  • Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Roizen has served as the First Chief Wellness Officer at the Cleveland Clinic. He is also the founding Chair of the Clinic's Wellness Institute. Dr. Roizen currently serves the Cleveland Clinic as Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus, and is a Professor, Lerner College of Medicine of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University. Certified in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology, Dr. Roizen is renowned for the initiation and development of the RealAge concept to motivate behavior change. Among Dr. Roizen's other notable accomplishments include serving 16 years on FDA advisory committees, starting 13 companies and co-inventing the FDA approved methylnaltrexone (Relistor). He is the author of over 190 peer reviewed scientific publications, four New York Times #1 best selling books and co-authors a daily column with Dr. Mehmet Oz that is syndicated in over 100 newspapers. In recognition of his work, Dr. Roizen is a recipient of an Emmy, an Elle, and the Paul Rogers best medical communicator award from the National Library of Medicine, and The United Way of Cleveland Humanitarian of the Year Award.

Smith L. Johnston, III

Job Titles:
  • Chief Medical Officer at Axiom Space, Former NASA Medical Officer and Flight Surgeon
  • Chief Medical Officer at Axiom Space, Inc
Dr. Johnston is the Chief Medical Officer at Axiom Space, Inc. the world's leading commercial space station company, and a member of the associate clinical faculty at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Preventive, Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Galveston, Texas. He has spent most of his career as a NASA Medical Officer and Flight Surgeon at Johnson Space Center (Retired), which included supporting over 25 Shuttle and 2 International Space Station (ISS) Expedition Missions, being the medical director of the Occupational and Aerospace Medical Clinic, and leading the development of the fatigue management and human health, performance, and longevity training programs. Dr. Johnston's expertise centers on taking the innovations discovered from the US, International, and Commercial Space Programs to benefit the lives of his earth-bound patients. Dr. Johnston's work has appeared in over 100 scientific publications. He is the recipient of numerous awards from NASA and is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association.

Terry Tamminen

Mr. Tamminen served as the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was later appointed Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger. An expert in business, farming and the environment, he has many notable accomplishments in support of a clean environment, including helping Nigeria create its first solid waste recycling program. In 2010, Mr. Tamminen co-founded the R20 Regions of Climate Action, a public-private partnership to implement economic development projects that can help address the climate crisis and build a sustainable global economy. He is also the author of several books on the environment.