Clinical Advisory Board

Held to a clinical standard

Brookhaven is building a Clinical Advisory Board of board-certified physicians to scrutinize the claims we publish about the body. Their role is not to approve marketing—it is to bring the same evidence bar they apply in their own practice to the editorial and formulation choices we make.

Pillars of Excellence

The standards we build toward

01

Clinical accuracy in every claim

Medical, hormonal, and mechanistic statements should be reviewed against current peer-reviewed literature by a board-certified physician in the relevant specialty. The advisory board exists to make that review systematic as Brookhaven grows.

02

Independent editorial review

The board is structured to be editorially independent of marketing, with the ability to flag, revise, retract, or remove published content. Brookhaven’s commitment is to honor those decisions even when a claim has commercial value.

03

Full source transparency

Every adaptogen, mineral, and vitamin dosed at the level published research uses, listed individually on the supplement facts panel. The beef organs complex is reported as a single 2,000 mg multi-organ blend—the standard for combined organ extracts. Formulation and dosing rationale are documented and made available to advisory board members for review within their specialty.

04

Independent batch testing

Every lot tested by an independent third-party lab, potency, identity, heavy metals, microbial contamination. Certificates of Analysis are available on request and shared with advisory board members to monitor trends over time.

05

FTC-compliant disclosure

Each advisor's compensation structure, paid, equity, unpaid, is published alongside their profile. We disclose the relationship on every page where they appear, so you can weight their attribution accordingly.

The Board

Physicians joining the work

Each member is board-certified in their field and has agreed to participate in reviewing Brookhaven’s editorial and formulation content within their specialty. Profiles include compensation disclosure and, when applicable, a list of articles the member has reviewed.

Dr. George A. Ford, MD MS, Pediatric Endocrinologist

Dr. George A. Ford, MD, MS

Pediatrics · Pediatric Endocrinology

East Tennessee State University · Niswonger Children’s Hospital

Dr. George A. Ford is a board-certified pediatric endocrinologist and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, where he serves as Division Chief and Pediatric Endocrinology Clerkship Director. He practices at Niswonger Children’s Hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee, caring for children with diabetes, thyroid disorders, growth and puberty disorders and other endocrine conditions. Dr. Ford completed his medical degree at the University of Washington School of Medicine, pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, and pediatric endocrinology fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University. He also earned a Master of Science in Healthcare Ethics from Creighton University. His academic work includes research and publications in congenital hypothyroidism, newborn screening, diabetes care, pediatric endocrine quality improvement, and medical ethics. He has helped develop regional diabetes and endocrine protocols, trained pediatric endocrine clinicians and educators, and received multiple departmental teaching and scholarship awards.

Reviews
Men’s health & hormone optimization · Cardiovascular & metabolic claims · Mineral / vitamin dosing · General formulation oversight (endocrinology focus) · Editorial accuracy across all journal articles
Disclosure
Volunteer (unpaid)
Links
Faculty page Publications
Dr. Mitchell Deshazer, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Mitchell Deshazer, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Mitchell Deshazer is a board-certified pulmonologist and critical care physician with over twelve years of clinical practice. He completed his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, internal medicine residency in 2010, and fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine. His clinical work centers on respiratory medicine and intensive care—the intersection of pulmonary physiology, mitochondrial function, and recovery from acute illness. As a Brookhaven Performance Clinical Advisor, Dr. Deshazer reviews cardiovascular and metabolic claims, formulation decisions, and editorial accuracy across the Brookhaven Journal.

Reviews
Cardiovascular & metabolic claims · General formulation oversight · Editorial accuracy across all journal articles
Disclosure
Compensated advisor
How it works

Process and accountability

What the board reviews

Editorial within each member’s specialty. A pulmonologist would review oxygen, recovery, and respiratory claims. An endocrinologist would review hormone, adaptogen, and metabolic claims. A surgeon would review recovery and post-procedure protocols. No member is asked to opine outside their training.

Beyond editorial, board members are invited to review ingredient sourcing, clinical-dose justifications, and certificates of analysis on a regular cadence as the board matures.

What changes when they object

If a board member identifies a published claim as medically inaccurate, Brookhaven’s commitment is to correct, retract, or remove it. The board’s authority is over factual and medical claims; Brookhaven retains creative control over voice and design. Where the two intersect, the medical question governs.

Disagreements are resolved in writing. A page flagged by a reviewing physician is taken offline within 14 business days and republished only after revision.

Disclosure

How we account for the relationship

Each advisor card above lists that member's compensation type, paid, equity holder, both, unpaid, or other. We publish this on every page where the advisor appears, in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and the FDA's guidance on health and supplement claims.

Written advisory agreements are on file and available to regulators on request. Advisors may withdraw at any time; a withdrawal is reflected on this page within 14 business days, and any article they reviewed is reattributed or revised.

Brookhaven Performance is solely responsible for the products it sells. The Clinical Advisory Board does not prescribe, recommend, or endorse a treatment regimen. Statements on this site have not been evaluated by the FDA. Our products are dietary supplements and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.