About
Dr Olivia Ly Lesslar is Australian-educated and has a Bachelor of International Relations with a triple major including French and Diplomacy, and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. She finished her hospital residency in 2016 and has completed postgraduate studies in skin cancer medicine and clinical nutrition management. She is currently undertaking a Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy. Her medical registration is in Australia.
Dr Olivia has interest in preventative medicine, psychoneuroimmunology, "biohacking", longevity medicine, and complex conditions like neurodegeneration, cancer, allergies, and the emerging pentad of MCAS - Dysautonomia - Hypermobility - GI dysmotility - Autoimmunity. Her unique skill set is in problem-solving multisystem, chronic conditions from an evolutionary and psychophysiological perspective.
She works with innovative, high-profile international clinics, including the Los Angeles celebrity concierge company LifeSpan Medicine, Virginia longevity clinic Everest Health, and Sydney neuro centre Cingulum Health founded by renowned neurosurgeon Professor Charles Teo - where she curates personalized programs of synergistic adjuncts for neuroplasticity including transcranial magnetic stimulation TMS, hyperbaric oxygen HBOT, photobiomodulation PBM, breathwork, judicious use of supplements and medications, and nootropics including peptides. She is interested in metabolism in neurodegeneration and in cancer, and where appropriate will consider dietary interventions such as the ketogenic diet, the Autoimmune Protocol AIP, Bredesen's Keto Flex 12/3, The Wahl's Protocol, low carb, and the carnivore diet.
Dr Olivia works closely with Australian allergist Professor Pete Smith on complex allergy issues, including atopy - asthma, hayfever and eczema. She is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with Griffith University’s National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases, a world-class research facility focusing on mechanisms of ME/CFS and long covid. She is a faculty lecturer at the Geneva College of Longevity Science. She is the Science Director of Sens.ai - a neuromodulation technology company, Chief Medical Officer of Atlus - a plant medicine company headquartered in Australia, Chief Medical Advisor to The Human Regnerator Jet UK, and the Resident Medical Consultant of CFS Health - an online ME/CFS recovery program. Dr Olivia is affiliated with the UK’s premier longevity and functional medicine clinic Wellgevity.
She is a regular speaker on podcasts and at conferences. In August 2023, she lectued at Berkeley University on psychoneuroimmunology, in July 2023 she spoke at the Inaugural Smart Ageing Summit at Oxford University, and in November 2022, she took to the TEDx Melbourne stage. In 2021, Dr Olivia was featured in NYC Journal 50 under 50 for being an industry disruptor and leader in the field of integrative medicine. Dr Olivia is a Trustee of the British College for Functional Medicine where she is the Research Lead.
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