“Unleashes the Power of Vitamin D” presented by Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews ​

Join us at 6:00 PM EST (10:00 PM UTC) for our Perpetual Life Zoom Party and socialize with Immortalists from Around the World, hosted by Rudi Hoffman and Tonya Scholz . Stay “In Zoom” for our 7:00 PM (11:00 PM UTC) YouTube Streaming Service with Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews ​ presentation “Unleashes the Power of Vitamin D.” Dr. Matthews be live for Q & A after the presentation

Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews is celebrated as one of the “Top Vitamin D Experts in the World,” a Mississippi native, Dr. Matthews earned a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry, cum laude, at the University of Mississippi in 1985, followed by an MD in 1989. He completed his surgical residency training at Morehouse School of Medicine, and a two-year surgical critical care fellowship at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN. Dr. Matthews has recently retired from his full-time faculty member position at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta in the department of surgery, previously a full professor of clinical surgery in the fall of 2018, he also served as the director of surgical critical care and trauma surgery. In July 2017, Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta appointed Matthews SICU Guidelines Committee Director and Interim Co-ICU Director, a position he held before recently retiring in December of 2019, Prior to joining the Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Matthews served as a faculty member at the Mayo Clinic, and soon thereafter, as a senior associate consultant in the department of trauma, critical care and general surgery before recently retiring.

A diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Matthews earned certification in general surgery and surgical critical care. Focusing his career on the study of vitamin D deficiency in surgical intensive care patients, where he has been investigating the positive effect of vitamin D therapy on critically ill patients, Dr. Matthews has researched and published many vitamin D deficiency manuscripts, developed a protocol for the use of vitamin D and other nutrients for the sickest patients in the surgical intensive care unit at his hospital, and continues to investigate the treatment of various infections, ailments and injuries in trauma patients with vitamin D3. He has also contributed numerous articles that have been published in the following journals: such as the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine; the Journal of the American College of Surgeons; the American Surgeon; the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine; and the Journal of National Medical Association.

In addition to his work at Morehouse School of Medicine and Grady Memorial Hospital, Dr. Matthews has lectured in Dubai and various other Middle Eastern countries. He has also spoken before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Washington, D.C. six times, where he most recently presented on the clinical updates in vitamin D research. He was the first person to ever speak regarding vitamin supplements for the FDA. Furthermore, Dr. Matthews has also given several presentations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, state and local governments, schools and universities, as well as to top military generals, and has been recognized for his work on the effect of vitamin D on athletic performance and the treatment of concussions. American College of Surgeons elected fellow, member of the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Matthews is well known in his community for his work and for giving back. He has donated resources to support children in his hometown and the Atlanta metropolitan area.

​In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession the State of Mississippi Legislature in their 2015 Regular Session introduced “House Resolution 72” commending Dr. Matthews for advancements made in Vitamin D research and treatments. In 2017 Matthews was presented with the “Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2018 Matthews was invited to join “The Royal Society of Medicine” as an Overseas Fellow. The Royal Society of Medicine is one of the world’s most prestigious and well respected medical societies. Previous members include Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Sigmund Freud, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and more. Matthews’ most recent accomplishments include: being inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) on February 18, 2019; name engraved at the Royal Society of Medicine, Wall of Honor Ceremony on March 31, 2019; featured vitamin D speaker at the 2019 Abu Dhabi International Vitamin D Conference; interviewed as a vitamin D expert on Mongolian National TV (broadcasted to 3.16 million) on April 17, 2019 and invited to speak at the Food and Drug Enforcement (FDA) in Washington, D.C. later this year for a record 7th time on vitamin D (date to be determined).

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