Kevin Spelman, PhD, MCPP, is an internationally recognized expert on the molecular biology and clinical therapeutics of botanical medicines and served as an herbal pharmacist for the Ayurvedic physician Dr. Vasant Lad for five years. A past National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow and Marie Curie research fellow in the European Union, he has coauthored 27 scientific papers. Dr. Spelman has advised the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and provided expert testimony to the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland Senate, as well as advising foreign governments on dietary supplement issues. Dr. Spelman is also the past Clinical Chairman for Maryland University’s Integrative Health and Clinical Herbal Medicine program.