Dr. Maret is President of the Dove Health Alliance, a nonprofit foundation based in Aptos, California, focused on the creation and promotion of global research and education networks in energy medicine. He practices complementary and alternative medical modalities including nutrition, functional medicine and energy medicine at the Dove Center for Integral Medicine in Aptos, CA. Trained in both electrical and biomedical engineering before his medical studies in Canada, he also completed a 4 year post-doctoral research fellowship at UCSD, where he developed all the instrumentation for the successful American Medical Research Expedition to Mt. Everest in 1981. In Mt. Everest's harsh environment, he experienced first-hand the benefits of nutraceuticals in providing better stamina and endurance. Dr. Maret lectures internationally in complementary medicine, energy medicine and subtle energy healing. For two years he has been investigating the nutritional qualities of medicinal mushrooms and found Chaga to be one of the ten best medicinal mushrooms in the world today. He continues to work with scientists to research the potential of Chaga for the benefit of humanity.