// About The Speakers

Dr. Jason Hawrelak is Head of Research at ProbioticAdvisor.com. His passion for gastrointestinal health, the GIT microbiota, and probiotics was ignited during the final year of his undergraduate training. Subsequently, Dr Hawrelak did his Honours (First Class) and PhD degrees in the areas of the gastrointestinal microbiota, irritable bowel syndrome, and the clinical applications of pre- and probiotics. He has written extensively in the medical literature  on these topics – including 16 textbook chapters – and his research has been cited over 800 times. Dr. Hawrelak has taught health professionals at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level for the past 18 years.

Shivan Sarna is the author of Healing SIBO, TV host, and the creator of the SIBO SOS® Summits and Community, the Digestion SOS™documentary series, the Gut & Microbiome Rescue Summit, the Lymphatic Rescue Summit, the Dental-Health Connection Summit, and Chronic Condition Research, a 501(c) 3 non-profit to further research under-funded medical conditions. After a lifetime of struggling with health issues, Shivan made it her mission to demystify her own health struggles - and to share that information with others who were struggling. Her special skill is finding and connecting with the leading expert doctors and connecting those experts with the people who need their help. Her personal mantra is SOS: Save Our Selves, and that's what she has helped thousands of people do! 

Dr. Allison Siebecker is Instructor of Advanced Gastroenterology at NUNM, an award-winning author, and the 2021 lifetime achievement award recipient from the Gastroenterology Association of Naturopathic Physicians. She was the former medical director and co-founder of the SIBO Center for Digestive Health at NUNM. Dr. Siebecker has specialized exclusively in SIBO since 2011, serving as a second and third opinion referral doctor for patients who have failed previous treatments, and is the creator of many staple SIBO treatments. Dr. Siebecker is passionate about education, she has been teaching physicians, medical students and patients internationally since 2010, with many going on to become SIBO specialists and teachers, sharing alongside her at conferences and in their own courses, websites and books.