Author
Speaker
Health Economist
Community Builder
Healthcare Entrepreneur
"James Maskell has proven himself a proactive healthcare provocateur and visionary leader. With uncanny prescience, he seems to achieve increasingly firm footing in increasingly turbulent times. He deserves our attention."
— Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
CURRENT PROJECTS
HEALCOMMUNITY
Partnering with independent physicians and health systems to deliver virtual group episodes of care for lifestyle-driven chronic conditions.
FUNCTIONAL FORUM
The world’s largest practitioner conference and community – coordinating physician communities on six continents.
EVOLUTION OF MEDICINE
Preparing health professionals for this next era of preventive, participatory medicine through podcasts, summits, video content and educational courses.
VIBILITY
An innovative patient education, coaching and outcome tracking software deployed by 300+ practices and 40,000 patients
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
James has spoken to a variety of healthcare audiences on six continents, bringing insight, entertainment and inspiration in equal measure
“James Maskell is a masterful speaker with a clear and compelling mission behind his words. He moves his audience with an equal attention to innovative thinking and the stories of the lives his ideas inspire. He is a welcome contributor to my community anytime.”
— Dr. Meghan Walker, Impact Lives Conference
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Hire James
In the last decade James and his team have spoken, consulted and supported
For profit health systems and medical organizations
New clinics and franchises
Employers and population health
Sovereign nations and national health systems
JAMES’S BOOKS
The Evolution of Medicine
“This book might change the world” says Dr Mark Hyman of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. In his first book, published in 2016, James gives a step by step guide for health professionals to build the practices of the future. By combining a new operating system of medicine with emerging clinical models, connected by emerging new practice technologies, the opportunity is clearer than ever to “Join the Movement to Solve Chronic Disease and Fall Back in Love with Medicine”
The ‘Functional Micropractice’ Is A Fascinating Concept...
“With physicians losing faith in industrialized medicine at record speed, a new paradigm is needed to engage both physicians and patients into health creation. The ‘Functional Micropractice’ is a fascinating concept and will accelerate the movement towards truly integrated healthcare. I recommend this book to any physician colleague.”
Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP,
Founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing
The Community Cure: Transforming Health Outcomes Together
Imagine if there was a single, elegant solution to the biggest challenges facing healthcare: chronic disease, escalating costs, physician shortages, care access and affordability, physician burnout, loneliness, and mental health.
In his second book, James Maskell shows how community—specifically group medical visits—can help us solve these challenges. By advocating for and facilitating group visits, those who are passionate about health transformation can shift the collective focus to prevention and root cause resolution.
"The Family Medicine Community should give serious consideration to this Cure— the committed messenger and message in these uncertain times of challenge and change should be heard!….
— Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
About James
James has spent the last decade innovating at the cross section of functional medicine and community. He grew up in an intentional community, and has lived in South Africa, UK and America. Originally trained in health economics, James is on a mission to flatten the curve of healthcare costs building companies and creating content along the way. A lively speaker and in demand impresario, James has spoken to audiences on six continents. He lives in Northern California with his wife and two daughters. He loves playing cricket, riding horses and plotting our survival on this planet and emergence into our potential.
OTHER PROJECTS
Affordable Alternative to Health Insurance
James founded Knew Health in 2017. After the sudden death of his business partner in 2019, Knew Health was acquired by the lead investor.
Plant-based Alternative to Dairy for Kids
James is supporting his friends Alex and Lauren Abelin in building this timely project as an investor and advisor.
Cutting Edge Immuno-Rejeuvination
Founded by the Godfather of Functional Medicine, Dr Jeffrey Bland, James is an advisor, supporter and host of the Big Bold Health podcast.
The Sprouting Company
James is supporting Doug Evans in popularizing Sprouting through advocacy, education and the first sprouting technology upgrade in history.