Dr. Scott Howell holds a PhD in Health Science, earned while attending Trident University. In addition to that he is a Certified Strenth and Conditioning Coach (CSCS) as well as having an Advanced Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy Certification (ABHRT-C). He specializes in Sex Hormone Endocrinology and Metabolism while also focusing his efforts on the nuances of Lifestyle Medicine.

As a subject matter expert on the toxicology and pharmacogenetic risk of performance-enhancing drug abuse, Dr. Howell has served as a clinical trial interventionist and bio-mechanist at Wake Forest University on the Strength Training for Arthritis Trial (START) (NIH Funded) and the Runners and Injury Longitudinal Study (TRAILS) (DoD Funded).

His latest research was a 6-Year Cohort Study of the Risk of Androgen Toxicity Among Inpatients and his research interests include androgen sensitivity, sex hormone polymorphisms, and adverse effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals.

“I have always had a passion for hormones even at an early age since my grandmother suffered from insufficient thyroid treatment after removal of her thyroid due to cancer. She was placed only on Synthroid (T4) and gained over 100 pounds rapidly, but once her thyroid hormone was switched to combination (T4-T3) therapy, her fatigue resolved. She was a completely different person…. Hormones do not stop working, people do!”