Dr. Dave is a published, multi-award-winning humanitarian & functional medicine physician
A graduate of Otago Medical School, Dr. Dave Jenkins built and led one of New Zealand’s largest medical practices.
He served as a senior lecturer at Auckland Medical School before dedicating his career to humanitarian aid, and optimal health, longevity, and cognitive restoration.
SurfAid Founder & Medical Director
In 2000, Dr. Dave took a trip to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia. The tiny graves and preventative suffering he witnessed changed the trajectory and focus of his life.
Lifestyle & Functional Medicine
From root cause medicine to lifestyle and behaviour change, Dr. Dave is on the forefront of effective, efficient and sustainable health & wellness.
Regenerative & Longevity Medicine
Longevity is not just about living longer, but feeling better and living well with energy and vitality enabling us to participate in life without health restrictions.
Founder & Medical Director of SurfAid International
As the founder of the NGO SurfAid, he has guided its growth and continues to play an active role in its mission.
Bringing the same commitment to excellence that helped SurfAid become one of the world’s top NGOs, Dr. Dave works closely with concierge patients on their path to optimal health and longevity.
Through precision medicine and advanced technologies, he thoroughly analyzes each patient’s unique aging profile, risks, and priorities using detailed biomarker data. By combining AI-driven insights with personal evaluation, he creates personalized lifestyle, medical, and supplement plans that are regularly updated as patients progress and new scientific advances emerge.
To read about the founding of SurfAid, go to:
www.surfaidinternational.org/foundersstory
Lifestyle & Functional Medicine
With an additional strong background in advanced health coaching, Dr. Dave collaborates closely with patients to design and implement meaningful lifestyle changes such as improving sleep, movement and nutrition.
Though testing and lifestyle, in partnership with the client, they detect early signs of major disease processes and work to reverse them through lifestyle modifications and modern therapeutics.
For instance, a quick 10-minute AI-assisted ultrasound can predict a future heart attack with 98% accuracy, enabling stabilization of arterial plaque before it occurs.
Regenerative & Longevity Medicine
Beyond prevention and optimization, Dr Dave has helped many patients successfully reverse and stabilize life-threatening diseases such as early Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease and has co-published research on the reversal of Alzheimer’s.
When appropriate, and to complement a optimal healthy lifestyle, Dr Dave incorporates innovative rejuvenation therapies into personalized protocols to stimulate cellular repair and slow the aging process. Expertise includes advanced peptide treatments, exosomes, and gene therapy which usually deliver remarkable results for patients.
Link to Dr. Dave's co-authored publication on 100 Cases of Reversal of Cognitive Decline
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