our team
We founded Kuya in order to introduce a new model of healing to the world. We call it Transformational Medicine because that’s what it does—it transforms you through healing and empowers you to lead a life that is joyful, exhilarating, and full of purpose in a way it never has been before.
Our medical team is comprised of specialists in psychiatry, neurology, and psychotherapy who are trained in psychedelic-assisted therapy. We work closely with an advisory board of trusted wellness practitioners who have dedicated their careers to transforming the field of medicine.
Craig Koniver, MD
Medical Director
We exist to help people find meaning in wellness and in life. Our goal is to help you figure out everything going wrong inside your cells and then create an individual protocol designed specifically to get your cells operating at the highest level of efficiency.
Dr. Craig Koniver has been practicing performance medicine for over 18 years. Not satisfied with the disease-based model of modern medicine, Dr. Koniver seeks to help his clients optimize their health and performance through time-tested nutrient- and science-driven protocols that are the cutting edge of medicine. Dr. Koniver founded and created the patent pending FastVitaminIV and re-engineered the NAD+ IV protocols, now called Brain Refuel. Dr. Koniver’s client list includes Navy SEALs, NFL players, PGA golfers, UFC fighters, Hall of Fame NHL players, world-class professional athletes, Fortune 100 Executives, US Congresspersons, well-known celebrities, and TV personalities.
Dan Stickler, MD
medical director
Dr. Scott is board certified in psychiatry and neurology. Her healing practice combines functional medicine, integrative psychiatry, and Advanced Nutrient Therapy aimed at normalizing brain chemistry.
Dr. Daniel Stickler is the visionary pioneer behind systems-based precision lifestyle medicine, a new paradigm that redefines medicine from the symptoms-based disease model to one of limitless peak performance in all aspects of life. Dr. Stickler is also Chief Medical Officer of the Apeiron Center for Human Potential, Chief Science Officer for Apeiron Academy, Medical Director for Neurohacker Collective, a guest lecturer at Stanford University on Epigenetics in Clinical Practice, a physician to high-performing executives and entrepreneurs who want to upgrade their current state, an author, speaker, blogger, and podcaster.
medical advisory team
Craig Koniver, MD
Dr. Craig Koniver is the founder of Koniver Wellness and has been practicing performance medicine for over 18 years. Not satisfied with the disease-based model of modern medicine, Dr. Koniver seeks to help his clients optimize their health and performance through time-tested nutrient- and science-driven protocols that are the cutting edge of medicine. Dr. Koniver founded and created the patent pending FastVitaminIV and re-engineered the NAD+ IV protocols, now called Brain Refuel. Dr. Koniver’s client list includes Navy SEALs, NFL players, PGA golfers, UFC fighters, Hall of Fame NHL players, world-class professional athletes, Fortune 100 Executives, US Congresspersons, well-known celebrities, and TV personalities.
Dan Stickler, MD
Dr. Daniel Stickler is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Apeiron Center for Human Potential and Chief Science Officer for Apeiron Academy. He is the visionary pioneer behind systems-based precision lifestyle medicine, a new paradigm that redefines medicine from the symptoms-based disease model to one of limitless peak performance in all aspects of life. Dr. Stickler is the Medical Director for Neurohacker Collective, a guest lecturer at Stanford University on Epigenetics in Clinical Practice, a physician to high-performing executives and entrepreneurs who want to upgrade their current state, and an author, speaker, blogger, and podcaster.
a note from our co-founder
Kuya means love.
I see a population that is largely suffering. I hear the mundane hum from stories of lives lived with unquenched desires, with wholeness never achieved, without purpose, and therefore without fulfillment. I see so many dreaming of better with no map or support to get there. I see a culture that is lost.
Yet I continue to see a vision of a better tomorrow. A future civilization of harmony where we feel a deep sense of belonging. Where we are in right relation with each other, with all living things, and with our planet.
This vision flows from the thread of a prayer that’s weaving a tapestry of life in the future. Our future relatives speak of the world we dream might exist. And they beckon us to take right action and make effective choices towards that future.
Kuya is a cog in that dream—a symbol of hope and inspiration to those who are suffering in desperation and to those reeled in by the curiosity of what lies on the other side of their own transformation.
What happens when we step through the veil of the organized structures we’ve constructed as our reality? The endpoints may look different for each; however, past the liminal lies wonder and awe, deep gratitude, and overwhelming love.
I invite you to share that dream. I invite you to collaborate in hope.
Kuya means love.
So please, join us, come claim a life you love.
Guenter Bergmann
Kuya Co-Founder + CEO
