David Martin, born 1973 in Vermont, USA, grew up in the USA, France and England. He is a paediatrician, paediatric endocrinologist, oncologist, diabetologist and haematologist. He holds the Gerhard Kienle Chair of Medical Theory at the University of Witten/Herdecke, heads the Institute of Integrative Medicine of the University of Witten/Herdecke and leads the paediatric endocrinology, diabetology and integrative paediatric oncology services in the Filderklinik, Germany.

He has received several prizes for his research in the field of growth, skeletal development and endocrinology and is Counselling Professor of the German National Academic Foundation. He is founder and director of www.feverapp.de, www.warmuptofever.org and co-director of www.lebens-Weise.de, www.medienfasten.org and https://www.uni-wh.de/igim/das-graduiertenkolleg/.

Prof Martin has published ca 160 papers, articles, books and book chapters.