About Heeling Solutions: Medical Advisors

The Heeling Solutions R.E.S.C.U.E. Program™ was created under the guidance of a multi-disciplinary team of sports and medical professionals.

• Jeffrey S. Peterson, M.D. - Northern California Institute of Sports Medicine

  Born in Long Beach, California, Dr. Jeffrey Peterson did his undergraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley before moving on to the Boston University School of Medicine to get his M.D. in 1996. He completed a surgical internship and an emergency medicine residency at Stanford University Medical Center. He has also completed an emergency medicine research fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a sports medicine fellowship with Stanford Sports Medicine. Dr. Peterson is currently practicing as a sports medicine physician at Stanford University Hospital as well as the Center for Sports Medicine at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, California. He is also a clinical instructor in Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University Hospital. Despite his busy life, Jeff has a true love of sports and works hard to make time for physical activity. He is an avid swimmer, surfer, runner and cyclist. He is also a competitive triathlete and a marathon runner.

• Luke D. Cicchinelli - Doctor of Podiatric Medicine

  A native Upstate New Yorker, Dr. Cicchinelli is a 1986 graduate of North Carolina State University. He completed his Podiatric medical schooling in 1990 at the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, in Philadelphia. He then completed a three-year residency in reconstructive surgery of the foot, ankle and lower leg in Atlanta Georgia. After graduation from residency, he spent two years abroad between Australia and Spain teaching international Podiatrists and Orthopedists. He continues a strong international interest with yearly medical mission trips to Central and South America. He relocated to Greenville, North Carolina in 1996. He is married to Dr. Devonne Roman and is an avid marathoner and cyclist. You can visit Dr. Cicchinelli and his wife at Eastern Carolina Foot & Ankle Specialists.

• David Nader - Exercise Physiologist

  David Nader was trained at the University of Michigan, where as an undergraduate he was a member of the varsity gymnastics team. During graduate school at U of M, he taught exercise physiology laboratory classes and researched the adoption of corporate fitness programs in Costa Rica. Mr. Nader worked as an independent fitness consultant in Ann Arbor, MI and for M-Fit, the U of M Medical Center's corporate wellness program. In 1996 Mr. Nader relocated to San Francisco, California where he began working as a clinical researcher for Quintiles. In 1999 he started LifeTrials, Inc. - an internet start-up designed to use the web to recruit patients for clinical trials. Mr. Nader has also worked as a consultant to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Merck and Co., Elan Pharmaceuticals, and Eli Lilly and Co. Mr. Nader is currently the founder of Veotu Productions, a video production company. Veotu produces, markets and sells visual media in the area of health care and exercise. Mr. Nader is a Spinning instructor at Gorilla Sports and enjoys competing in road and mountain bike races, as well as triathlons.