World Leading Doctors & Health Experts

Elite doctors and specialists chosen for their unrivalled expertise

Meet the HOOKE team:

Prof. Pierre-Marc Bouloux
_{Principal Physician}

Pre-eminent endocrinologist and general internal medicine specialist

Professor Pierre-Marc Bouloux is a leading authority on hormones and the nervous system—and their interplay with physiology and psychology. The principal physician at HOOKE, he is equally renowned for his ground-breaking research into neuroendocrinology as he is for his compassionate approach and propensity for looking at—and treating—the ‘whole’ patient.

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Royal Free Hospital’s Senior Lecturer in Endocrinology
Awarded Master of Clinical Research (MCR) Fellowship in Endocrinology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Served on committees for the Royal College of Physicians and the Society for Endocrinology and visiting professor at the Pasteur Institute in Paris
Research into neuroendocrinology and reproductive medicine published in 200+ peer-reviewed papers
Trained at St Bartholomew’s Medical College with postgraduate degrees from both the Hammersmith and Brompton Hospitals

Dr David Porter
_{Chairman of Multidisciplinary Team}

Former Men's 1st Team Doctor at Chelsea FC

Sports physician and specialist in orthobiologics, Dr David Porter honed his expertise managing one of London’s most successful multidisciplinary health teams at Chelsea Football Club. As chairman of HOOKE’s multidisciplinary team—and the first point of contact for most members when they start their HOOKE journey—he reviews all assessments and consults individually with HOOKE members, developing programmes focused on personal optimisation and integrated medicine.

Served on the faculty of FA’s Advanced Trauma Medical Management in Football (ATMMIF)
Former Men’s First Team Doctor at Chelsea FC
Leading authority on patient safety and treatment success in stem cell therapy
Specialist in musculoskeletal health as well as emergency and intensive care medicine
Graduated from University College London Medical School

Dr Ummer Qadeer
_{General Practitioner}

Specialisms to increase a healthy lifespan

Attentive and accessible, Dr Ummer Qadeer engages directly with HOOKE members in an ever-evolving conversation around their health. He consolidates the information delivered by the team, examining key biomarkers to create bespoke treatment plans and support members in achieving their health goals. Dr Qadeer considers all facets of an individual’s life to help them implement positive, proactive changes.

Current specialisms include mental health, sleep, musculoskeletal health, cardiovascular performance and positive lifestyle interventions to increase a healthy lifespan
Involved in rapid digital transformation in primary care during the Covid-19 pandemic, from in-person patient consultations to virtual appointments
Taught fellow GPs and trainees to use digital software to improve efficiency, accuracy and speed of clinical documentation
Wide experience including in A&E; Anaesthetics / ITU; Geriatric; General and Acute medicine; Obstetrics; Gynaecology; Orthopaedics; Psychiatry; Ophthalmology and General Practice
Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) with a first-class honours in Medical Sciences from St George’s University London

Aaron Deere
_Nutritionist

Experience offering nutritional advice to elite athletes

Accomplished general and sports nutritionist, Aaron Deere creates individual programmes for each member to help address specific needs, from managing chronic illness to meeting performance goals. With experience offering nutritional advice to elite athletes through to those facing complex health issues, Aaron is known for his ability to connect with individuals at an authentic level.

Runs industry-leading education programmes for fitness professionals, teaching advanced coaching, evidence-based wellness, and the integration of key fitness principles with nutritional science
Former professional basketballer and holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Bachelor in Sports Science from Australia’s Edith Cowan University and a Masters in Nutritional Medicine from the University of Surrey

Mark Roberts
_{Strength and Conditioning Coach}

Speed, strength & conditioning coach for Harlequins FC

Strength and conditioning coach, sports nutritionist, and athlete Mark Roberts creates personalised programmes tailored to individual goals, designed to deliver both fast and lasting results. With nearly 30 years’ experience, Mark believes that no single discipline works in isolation, so develops an array of suggestions to ensure members find a programme that will genuinely work for them.

Founder and Director of Personal Space London—which shares the same building as HOOKE—spearheading an expert team of nutritionists and coaches for over 14 years
Competes nationally and internationally in decathlons
Fitness expert for Sky Television
Speed, strength and conditioning coach for Harlequins FC
Sports career started in Rugby Union, before moving to hurdling and decathlon

Prof. Dave Collins
_Psychologist

Research published in over 350 peer-reviewed papers

Health isn’t just about bodily wellbeing: Professor Dave Collins works with members to help them determine—and make the steps necessary—to realise their unique definition of a rich and fulfilled life. Having worked with more than 80 world-class and Olympic athletes, professional teams, musicians and dancers, he brings a multidisciplinary and psychophysiological focus to HOOKE’s health programmes.

Professorial Fellow in Human Performance Science at Edinburgh University
Director and founder of Grey Matters Performance Ltd
Research on peak performance published in over 350 peer-reviewed papers and 70 books and chapters
Recent work on human development used in schools and colleges in personal development programmes
Career encompassing the military, teaching, psychology, and academic research

Dr Andrew Cruickshank
_Psychologist

Renowned for groundbreaking research

Playing an integral role within HOOKE’s team of psychologists, Dr Andrew Cruickshank works with members to optimise a positive symbiosis between the biological and social aspects of health. Through a range of cognitive-behavioural therapy, rational emotive behaviour therapy, and brief solution-focused therapy, he assesses and tracks cognition, expectation, emotion and motivation to support psychological health and performance.

Senior Performance Psychologist at Grey Matters Performance Ltd, working with professional, Olympic and Paralympic athletes plus national sports governing bodies
Member of the Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and Health and Care Professions Council registration (HPCP); experienced lecturer and doctoral supervisor
Research in the field of applied psychology has been widely presented
Trained at the University of Edinburgh
Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) with a first-class honours in Medical Sciences from St George’s University London

Mark Boyden
_{Psychotherapist and Executive Coach}

Specialist coaching for business leaders

Drawing on close to two decades of experience in psychotherapy and as an addiction specialist, Mark helps members address concerns from depression and executive stress to anxiety and sexual issues. He builds a secure, collaborative relationship as a framework for therapy and works at the member’s pace, attending to strengths and resources as well as areas of difficulty.

Director of Lionheart Consulting since 2014, providing specialist coaching to businesses, philanthropic foundations, universities, and government
Extensive training in Psychoanalytic Therapy and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) at Guy’s Hospital
Certified assessor in Neethling Brain Instruments (NBI) and Hogan Psychometric Testing
Trained in Executive Coaching at Columbia University
Held senior management roles at several blue-chip organisations, allowing a deep first-hand understanding of challenges inherent to leadership and business responsibility

Dr Eric Verdin
_{Chief Scientific Advisor}

Pioneer of longevity and immune system sciences

President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging—the first independent biomedical research institute in the world focused solely on ageing—Dr Verdin is known for his pioneering studies into longevity and immune system. He advises HOOKE on its programmes and the latest in geroscience, and occasionally meets with clients who are particularly interested in cutting-edge developments.

Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco
Extensive experience working with biotech companies, including Novartis,Roche, and Pfizer
Senior appointments at several international medical schools
Completed clinical and research training at Harvard Medical School

Prof Dr Michael Ristow
_{SAB Member}

A leading global longevity specialist

A global longevity specialist, Professor Doctor Michael Ristow brings his pioneering work at the intersection of stress, ageing and hormones to direct client consults with HOOKE members. Currently leading some of the world’s most innovative studies in repurposing existing drugs as anti-ageing compounds—alongside research focused on the role of mitochondrian healthspan regulation and prevention of metabolic diseases—he is transforming the longevity landscape.

Board-certified physician, specialist in internal medicine, and expert in longevity
Full professor for Human Nutrition at the University of Jena and a fullprofessor of Energy Metabolism at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Post-doctoral scientist at Harvard Medical School
Identified FDA-approved compounds and new phytochemicals as critical influences on extending human healthspan and the first researcher to correlate the effects of low calorie intake, physical activity and sirtuin stimulation
Trained and completed residency at the University of Bochum Medical School

Dr Satchidananda Panda
_{SAB Member}

Pioneering work in chronobiology

A leading expert in the field of circadian rhythm research, Dr Satchidananda (Satchin) Panda focuses on the way circadian clocks in every organ work together to orchestrate optimum timings for gene functions. He supports members to prevent and address chronic disease via interventions including daily habits, environmental changes, time-restricted eating, plus other concepts from his pioneering work in chronobiology.

Professor at the Salk Institute and author of The Circadian Code
Founding executive member of the Center for Circadian Biology at the University of California, San Diego; Pew Scholar and recipient of the Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research
Discovered the pathways by which blue light affects our circadian clock, regulating mood and sleep patterns
Postdoctoral research in Dr John Hogenesch's lab at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego
Attended graduate program at the Scripps Research Institute in California, where he studied the circadian oscillator mechanism in plants and received his PhD in 2001

Prof. Paul Fletcher
_{SAB Member}

Recipient of a Wellcome Trust Investigator award

Using pharmacological challenges, neuroimaging, and behavioural population studies, Professor Fletcher's research is committed to understanding the basis of learning and decision-making in the human brain. Given the influence of health-harming decisions and behaviours on major global non-communicable diseases, understanding the integration of body, brain and environmental signals—and how they shape behaviours—is a vital part of improving members' health.

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Recipient of a Wellcome Trust Investigator award
Working with the video game studio, Ninja Theory Ltd, he was a member of the team who made the video game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, which won five BAFTAs and other awards for its portrayal of mental illness
Elected the Bernard Wolfe Professor of Health Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge in 2008
Trained in Medicine and Psychiatry before undertaking a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience

Lev Mikheev
_Founder

Disrupting outdated, one-size-fits-all medical thinking

“Any middle-aged person willing to apply a concentrated effort to their physical and cognitive fitness can put the best years of their lives ahead of them.”

‍HOOKE Founder Lev started regular endurance training while working as a hedge fund manager at the age of 48, uncovering untapped potential that astounded him. He became a keen student of geroscience, realising that modern medicine as it relates to ageing is largely ignored despite the wealth of information now available. In essence, HOOKE aims to right this wrong.

Russian-educated polymath with a career spanning theoretical physics, finance, and 21st century medicine
Member of the Horn Fellowship, helping the University of Cambridge bridge the gap between science and policy
Managed hedge fund portfolios at Moore Capital, London and worked in Fixed Income Arbitrage group at Salomon Brothers
Highly accomplished cross-country skier and long-distance runner

Kate Woolhouse
_CEO

Experienced in growing innovative businesses

Kate Woolhouse spearheads the financial, commercial and regulatory aspects of HOOKE—a role she undertook due to her passion for working with innovators and disruptors to realise a vision. Having advised HOOKE from the point of incorporation, she took up a non-exec role with the company in September 2019, before becoming an Executive Director in January 2020.

Worked at leading UK and US law firms for over 10 years advising a broad range of clients, from listed companies to start-ups and sole traders, giving her an understanding and enthusiasm for taking commercial enterprises from inception through launch and expansion
Focused on intellectual property, regulatory and corporate/commercial matters in industries including digital/IT, retail, medical devices and biotech
Committed to demystifying privacy and data protection

Hollie Crisp
_{Client Manager}

An experienced client service professional

With excellent people and presentation skills, Hollie ensures every client experiences the highest level of service at HOOKE.

Spiros Beretoulis
_{Research and Development Manager}

A skilled researcher and analyst

Spiros manages research and development at HOOKE, with a particular focus on genetics, data and technology, so that clients always benefit from the latest advancements.

Heather Coetzer
_{Operations Manager}

A highly proficient organisational manager

Heather organises every client's programme delivery and is responsible for the operational success of the client pathway.

Dennis Cole
_{Facilities & Corporate Services Manager}

Maintaining HOOKE'S exquisite home

Dennis is responsible for HOOKE'S Mayfair home, ensuring it is a welcoming and luxurious space for our clients.

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