Lecture abstract:

COVID-19 sparked unprecedented global chaos, pushing an already defective healthcare system further into turmoil. Amid coercion and groupthink, many healthcare professionals were steered towards decisions that may have caused more harm than good. Now more than ever, it’s time we returned to Patient-First Medicine. Dr. Martenson, Dr. Kory, and Dr. Marik lead the way, sharing stories from their personal battles against isolation and misinformation. Despite the challenges, these experiences catalyzed their journey toward a renewed era of medical freedom, energized by trust, love, and a relentless pursuit of truth.

Dr. Martenson is an economic researcher and futurist specializing in energy and resource depletion. He is the founder of Peak Prosperity, a website and online community focused on building understanding, encouraging small actions, and then aligning with solutions.

As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, he rose to prominence with the launch of his seminal video seminar: ‘The Crash Course,’ which has also been published in book form. His second book, ‘Prosper!,’ addresses personal resilience by building eight forms of capital.

During COVID, Dr. Martenson’s video series garnered in excess of 40 million views and helped millions of people better understand, adapt, and prepare for life in the pandemic. In addition to the analysis and commentary he writes for Peak Prosperity, he shares his insights on his own social media channels, as well as through traditional media, academic, and civic and private organizations around the world.

Dr. Kory is considered a world pioneer in the use of ultrasound by physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients. He helped develop and run the first national courses in Critical Care Ultrasonography in the U.S. and served as a director of these courses with the American College of Chest Physicians for several years. He is also the senior editor of the most popular textbook in the field titled, ‘Point of Care Ultrasound.’

Dr. Kory and Dr. Marik first collaborated on the research and treatment of septic shock patients with high doses of intravenous ascorbic acid. The two later went on to co-found the FLCCC Alliance with other critical care specialists from around the country and around the world.

Not only did Dr. Kory lead ICUs in multiple COVID-19 hotspots throughout the pandemic; he also co-authored more than 10 influential papers on COVID-19. The most impactful was a paper that was the first to support the diagnosis of early COVID-19 respiratory disease as an organizing pneumonia, thus explaining the critical response of the disease to corticosteroids.

His book, ‘The War on Ivermectin,’ chronicles the personal attacks, professional setbacks, and nefarious efforts of the world’s major health agencies and medical journals to dismiss and deny ivermectin’s efficacy as a treatment for COVID-19. In 2022, he founded his own telehealth practice.

Known as a Master Educator, Dr. Kory has won numerous departmental and divisional teaching awards in every hospital he has worked. He has delivered hundreds of courses and invited lectures throughout his career.

Dr. Marik, an innovator in the practice of critical care medicine, has had an immeasurable impact on the practice of medicine during his 30-year career. With over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles, 80 book chapters, and four critical care books, Dr. Marik is the second-most published critical care physician in the world. He is quadruple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neurocritical Care, and Nutrition Science. He also holds advanced degrees in Pharmacology and Anesthesia.

Dr. Marik is known for developing several revolutionary protocols, notably for treating sepsis with intravenous ascorbic acid. In April 2020, Dr. Marik founded FLCCC with fellow critical care colleagues who recognized the urgent need for effective prevention and treatment therapies for COVID-19.

Since then, Dr. Marik has built on this body of work to develop treatment strategies for other complex conditions, like cancer and Type II diabetes, using lifestyle changes, readily available FDAapproved medications, and nutritional supplements. In August 2023, he published ‘Cancer Care: The Role of Repurposed Drugs and Metabolic Interventions in Treating Cancer.’ This unbiased, objective, and truly scientific evaluation of alternative interventions for the management of cancer has already had a positive impact on the lives of cancer patients.

Dr. Marik’s medical career began in 1989 in Soweto, South Africa. He moved to the United States in 1992, working at Wayne State University, Detroit Receiving Hospital, and several other facilities in the northeastern U.S. before eventually settling at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in 2009. In early 2022, Dr. Marik retired from his position at EVMS to dedicate more time to leading the FLCCC and fighting to protect the doctor-patient relationship.