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Dr. David Nico (Dr. Healthnut)

Tampa, FL, USA
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Health Strategist & Leadership Expert | Advocate for Well-Being & Peak Performance

Dr. David Nico, widely known as "Dr. Healthnut," is a renowned health strategist and leadership expert who captivates audiences with his insightful and practical approaches to leadership, well-being, and peak performance. With nearly three decades of diverse expertise in the health industry, Dr. Nico is recognized as one of "America's Ultimate Experts" by Woman's World magazine. As a former visiting fellow at Harvard University, he has dedicated his career to advancing the science of whole leader health and contributed significantly to the future of work and organizational growth. Dr. Nico's keynotes are designed to transform lives and organizations. He addresses critical issues such as human flourishing and well-being, leadership resilience, and the creation of health-centric corporate cultures. His engaging presentations provide actionable insights and strategies to boost vitality, enhance professional effectiveness, and foster a productive work environment.
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Leadership
Resilience
Overcoming Challenges
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WHOLE LEADER HEALTH: A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO CULTIVATE A DYNAMIC CULTURE
World-class leadership begins with the Whole Leader. Promoting wholeness requires addressing multiple dimensions of well-being. Considering that system-induced stress is a significant cost personally, professionally, and organizationally, strategic leaders should consider a holistic approach to improving results. The science of Whole Leader Health is based on Nico's original research as a visiting fellow at Harvard. Learning Objectives: * Why wholeness is the new standard for individual, team, and organizational well-being. * How to improve resilience to reduce the effects of system-induced stress. * How to lead a company culture with higher engagement, learning, and growth levels.
Event Types: Hybrid, In-Person, Virtual
FOOD IMMUNITY: BUILDING HIGH-IMPACT TEAMS THAT FLOURISH
How do you anticipate future challenges not only to survive but also to flourish? Although most companies recognize stress as a top health risk in the workforce, lifestyle factors such as diet impact the progression of the stress continuum. Learn the protective power of foods against chronic diseases that reduce health, energy, and vitality. Learn how certain foods will make you stronger, wiser, and more resilient. Optimal nutrients can help your teams become more productive. Learning Objectives: * How metabolically friendly foods boost well-being, resilience, and positivity. * Why quality nutrition is vital for immune support and overall health. * How to excel at work or home by incorporating advanced lifestyle therapeutics.
Event Types: Hybrid, In-Person, Virtual
THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP: THRIVING IN THE AGE OF CHANGE
What is the future of workplace well-being? Learn how the C-suite can reframe well-being to optimize work and life integration and improve workforce results. Learning Objectives: * Discover the most current advancements and research in organizational behavior, leadership, and well-being. * Learn how to motivate your workforce and shift organizational values to improve performance, trust, and burnout. * Help organizational members reach their full potential and increase employee engagement.
Event Types: Hybrid, In-Person, Virtual
HUMAN CAPITAL STRATEGY: THE NEW COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Human capital is a significant organizational asset that utilizes the tacit knowledge and skills of the workforce to accomplish goals. Strategic leaders are responsible for sourcing and developing top talent to produce growth and leverage stakeholder value. Re-imagining people management and integrating change requires practical coaching skills, conflict management, creating shared experiences, and efficient programs to reduce burnout and improve workforce continuity. Learning Objectives: * How to align your vision, mission, and core values with leading people well. * The entrepreneurial mindset to address change and administrative constraints. * How to cultivate team well-being and maximize lifestyle wellness tools to avoid brain drain.
Event Types: In-Person, Virtual, Hybrid
RESILIENT LEADERSHIP: NAVIGATING THE MAZE OF CRISIS
In a very short time, the world has turned upside down. The threat of a global pandemic, death, market disruptions, unemployment, stress, fear, and chaos creates daily uncertainty. How do we lead? Learn the critical skills and resources for survival now and in the future. In this leadership-centric keynote, discover: *How to build optimal well-being to protect against the most lethal cultural threats. *Nutrients and lifestyle practices to thrive. *How to protect yourself and your organization from falling prey to a health disaster.
Event Types: Hybrid, In-Person, Virtual
Testimonials
Dr. Oz
Dr. Oz Show - Emmy Award Winning Host, Physician, New York Times-Best Selling Author, Professor
"I enjoyed your presentation" (feedback shared after live event)
Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Pegg Frates MD
Harvard Medical School | Harvard School of Public Health - President | Clinical Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor
"His mission to educate leaders using a more comprehensive model of well-being to apply to leaders’ lives is inspiring."
Dr. Krystal Gheen DrPH
Loma Linda University School of Public Health - Event Director
“Highly sought after and ranked by conference participants, as well as other conference speakers. The Loma Linda University School of Public Health, is proud to support Dr. Nico in his preventive focused efforts.”
Dr. Dan Fuentes
AMEC Mexico - Director
“Dr. David Nico has extensive experience as a positive and motivational speaker and he is equally engaging one-on-one in a mentoring and advising relationship. His passion lies in motivating and encouraging others toward their goals in health education and life.”
Dr. Kiril Svilenov
The Bulgarian CMA - President
“I am pleased to strongly recommend my colleague Dr. David Nico for a speaker to a conference. His personal charisma and dedication made him one of the speakers that made the most impact at that convention.”
Dr. Sue Vogan
Physician’s Round Table - CEO | Event Director | Author | Speaker
“Will inspire and move you to take action in your life. He focuses on the importance of mind, body and soul and taking charge of our lifestyles. Without hesitation, I highly recommend Dr. David Nico as a speaker.”
Dr. Hans Diehl
Lifestyle Medicine Pioneer - Bestselling Author | Professor | World-Class Speaker
“His presentation on the importance of taking more intelligently charge of our lifestyle and thus affecting our health was outstanding and one of the best presentations at the two-day annual conference. I have no hesitation to highly recommend as a speaker.”
Dr. Peter Okaalet MD, MTH, MDIV
Okaalet and Associates - Founder and Executive Director | Conference Speaker & Host
“Dr. Nico is an educator, researcher, and spokesperson for Dr. Healthnut which inspires people to live an active, healthy, and exciting lifestyle by taking personal responsibility for their lives. He has appeared as guest speaker on television and radio programs. To that end, I have no hesitation to highly recommend Dr. Nico as a speaker to similar conferences or events.”
Dr. Alan J. Bauman MD
Bauman Medical - #1 Top Hair Restoration Surgeon - North America by Aesthetic Everything
"GREAT presentation at A4M! Inspiring and valuable leadership insights!"
Dr. Elio Coradin MD
Memorial Regional Hospital - International Conference Speaker | Physician
“His presentation was excellent, very educational, and professional. I have no hesitation to highly recommend Dr. Nico as a speaker.”
Dr. Gerry Farris MD
On Point Medicine PLLC - Medical Director
"Insight that we are leaders and how we can improve ourselves and others."
Dr. Peter K. Raisanen, NMD
Vkind - Founder
"Motivational. Great session!!"
Dr. Veronica Lagos-Jaramillo MD
Sutter Health - Internal Medicine Physician
"Super motivated to change and grow and live to your best potential. Talks like this change lives."
Dr. Syed Asad MD
Universal Neurological Caree - Founder and Neurologist
"A great lecture on developing individuals to be leaders and to inspire teams."
William Weiland
US Army - Executive Officer
"Good work. More engaging than most of the presentations, better for business and entrepreneurs too."
Dr. Marcus Cobb MD
Integrative Healthcare Partners - Board Certified Internist
"One of the most informative and inspiring lectures I've ever attended."
Dr. Fiona Frie MD
BeCLINICAL - Medical Director | Founder
"I missed 96% of it and the two minutes I saw made me regret my tardiness."
Dr. Mart Maiprasert MD
Dhurakit Pundit University Thailand - CEO and Deputy Dean College of Integrative Medicine
"Quite good for leadership. Thanks."
Dr. Amy Kroeker ND
Tier 1 Health - Centre for Natural Medicine Canada - Naturopathic Physician
"A talk that will help businesses and business leaders implement health change throughout their company. Strategies that help to design a business that helps you and helps others."
Tammy Hadfield, MSN
Embrace Wellness - Founder | CEO
"How to inspire myself and my team."
Dr. Eric McMillan MD
Renewal Medical Clinic - Founder
"Helped me gain insight on an issue I didn’t realize I needed help on."
Dr. Evelyn Cintron MD
Bayamon Clinic, Belladonna Medical Wellness, Puerto Rico - Founder
"It was very inspiring! We should bring him back."
Dr. Serif Krkic, DC
Tallmadge Chiropractic - Managing Physician
"Inspiring. Finding your purpose is the key. Very good speaker. You have great energy and enthusiasm."
Shannon Kilgariff
EasyFairs UK - Editor and Event Manager
"Loved the concept of focusing on teams for success!"
Dr. Yelena Ostrovsky DDS
Cable Car Dental - Founder
"Valuable information on building office culture and creating organizational purpose."
Dr. Ken Patterson MD
Restore Wellness Centre - President and Medical Director
"Plumbed the depths, viewed the heights, charted the course!!"
Dr. Frank Stile MD
Stile Aesthetic - World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon
"Inspiring"
Inessa Shlifer, PA
Park Avenue Aesthetics - Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Surgery
"Great session, will give you a lot of guidance."
Dr. Hannah James MD
Lee Physician Group - Internal Medicine Physician
"You had a great speech. I enjoyed it. Thank you."
Dr. David Jones MD
RenewMe Medspa - Board Certified Emergency Physician/Owner
"Executive training"
Steve Loyd
Galahad Life Sciences - CEO
"Strong organizational system to lead and develop an organization."
Dr. Loretta Farrell MD
Abundant Wellness MD - Founder
"Excellent. Love the concept of whole person health and whole person leadership. Thank you for including spiritual aspect. Sooo refreshing! In target with the truth!"
Chase Vicars
Golf Impact - Founder
"Must hear!"
Dr. Manoj Sharma DO
Elite Medical - President
"This is valuable and key to all of us doing what we do well. How to run your group with high morale and culture — have less turnover— be happy and satisfied as a leader in your organization and overall as a happy human :)"
Dr. Michael Chai MD
Concierge Medicine and Executive Health | UC Riverside School of Medicine - CEO | Clinical Assistant Professor
"Informative. Helpful and necessary. What was most powerful was your transparency and honesty."
Andy Rogers PA-C
Performance Medicine - Executive
"Very valuable and a different way of looking at leadership and culture."
Dr. Clarence Morgan MD
Ash Morrow Medical Center, Inc. - Owner
"It gave me a renewed passion to go back to Atlanta and sit down with my staff to find healthy & positive chemistry so we can improve what we deliver & how we feel about ourselves."
Dr. Claudia Mondragon DO
US Military Entrance Processing Command - Physician
"It was great. Thank you."
Pierina Nicole Pilco Barcia
Pacific Ocean Life - Ecaudo - Office Manager
"He is a great speaker. You will learn a lot from him."
Linda Jansing
Medical Transformation Center - Executive Assistant
"AWESOME and very important info for everyone in office."
Dr. James Stirrett ND
Bluewater Medical - Naturopathic Physician
"Great for leader or owner of practice that feels stuck or is lacking motivation."
Dr. Gladys B. Ceballos-Logan MD
Healability Natural Medicine Solutions - Owner
"Wonderful and life-affirming. Insightful and needed in these times of reconnection on all facets of work-life!"
Dr. Catherine Kodama MD
BioAge Health - Founder
"Leadership insights."
Dr. Narsis Moshfeghi MD
West Hills Hospital and Medical Center - Internal Medicine Specialist
"Inspiring as a way to live and work."
Tierra Ricks
Health Secret - Owner
"Very valuable information will help you want to keep going and know the best way to take care of yourself and your practice he had great advice! Highly recommend him! Have him come again!"
Dr. Joseph Perlman MD
Advanced Plastic Surgery Center | USA Boxing Team | Baylor College of Medicine - US Olympic Team Physician | Voted Top 3 Cosmetic Surgeon | Associate Clinical Professor
"Very informative…I will definitely use his overall concepts. My wife Jeannie and I enjoyed your talk."
Dr. Shain Amanat MD
Southern Arizona VA Health Care - Musculoskeletal Radiologist
"Inspiring! Will use his great advice in my life and my work!"
Dr. William Ruiz MD
Dorado Wellness and Anti-Aging Solutions - Founder
"Eye opening…for being a whole in a team set up and for my own life."
Dr. Jamie Lyn Rezoski ND
Valero Wellness - Naturopathic Physician
"It was energizing! Made me understand the connection between my purpose / passions and my team / what I am creating."
Dr. Farah Idrees
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, United Kingdom - Acute Medicine Fellow
"Enthusiastic. Engaging."
Stavan Bhatt
The Institute of Anti-Aging Medicine - Director of Research/Development, Integrative Age-Management Medicine
"Very uplifting, engaging and energetic!"
Dr. Sandra Levitt MD
Innovative Primary Care - Founder
"Very inspiring. Gets you to think and not just act."