About the Presenters

Dr. Timothy Cook Medical Doctor, FRCPC, MPH, LCol (Ret'd), CD

Dr. Timothy Cook graduated from Queen’s University School of Medicine in 1986 and completed a General Internal Medicine specialty fellowship at the University of Toronto in 1995. He holds a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of London (UK) in 2006. During a 20-year tenure in the Canadian Forces Medical Services (CFMS), he trained in occupational, environmental health and tropical medicine, and served as the personal physician to two Governors General of Canada. Dr. Cook founded and directed CFMS clinics dedicated to veterans who returned from the Gulf War with unexplained illnesses. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2003.

Since then, Dr. Cook's practice has focussed on health promotion, disease prevention, and longevity medicine through the lens of Integrative and Functional health principles. This approach encompasses the identification and management of root causes of illness, utilizing advanced technology such as genomics and metabolomics. He has expertise in patients with complex illnesses including, Chronic Fatigue / ME / chronic tick-borne diseases / environmental toxicity. In addition, he has executive and corporate health experience through leadership roles in three executive health clinics in downtown Toronto.

Dr. Eleanor Stein, MD

Dr. Stein is a physician, psychiatrist, and an expert in helping people with ME, CFS, FM, environmental sensitivities, long COVID and chronic pain recover their health and joy in life.

Through her own 35-year illness journey, reading thousands of scientific papers and working with thousands of patients, she has developed a unique, science-based approach to healing from chronic pain called Healing Through Neuroplasticity. This course teaches core strategies to rewire the brain for more comfort and better function.