Healthspan Academy
Presented by the Healthspan Collective

Not All Light Is Equal

Clinical-Grade Photobiomodulation for Longevity Practices

Wednesday, September 23:00–3:45 PM PDT· 30 min + 15 min Q&A

Hosted by Elias Arjan · featuring Dr. Phil Harrington

Evidence-based|Live Q&A|Replay included

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What you'll learn

Straight Answers On Living Better, Longer

Every Collective session brings a trusted expert to one clear question in longevity and whole-body health — free to attend, with a replay if you can't make it live.

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Expert-led sessions

Clinicians, researchers, and specialists — chosen for depth, not hype — on the topics shaping how we age.

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Evidence first

What the research actually supports, what remains open, and how to tell the difference.

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Whole-body thinking

Hormones, gut, sleep, stress, and metabolism treated as one connected system — the way your body works.

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Live Q&A + replays

Bring your questions to the live room; every session's replay lands in the library after it airs.

Your hosts

Led By Trusted Voices In Longevity & Community

Elias Arjan
Host

Elias Arjan

Founder & Chief Community Officer

Healthspan Collective

A leading healthspan advocate, educator, and speaker, and co-founder of PRUVN Research — known for a relentless commitment to evidence-based wellness and cutting-edge longevity science.

Featured Healthspan Leaders
Liz Sparks, FNP-C
Liz Sparks, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner & Functional Medicine Specialist
Haven Health

A board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and functional medicine specialist who takes a whole-body approach to hormones — looking at how they interact with the gut, blood sugar, stress response, thyroid, sleep, and inflammation to find the real root causes behind everyday symptoms.

Dr. Phil Harrington
Dr. Phil Harrington
Medical Director
Summus Medical Laser

One of the world's leading authorities on Class 4 laser therapy — a career spent researching and refining its clinical use, helping establish photobiomodulation as a credible modality across pain management, rehabilitation, and sports medicine. Lectures nationally and internationally on the science, physiology, safety, and clinical applications of laser therapy.

Gayland Hethcoat
Gayland Hethcoat
Counsel
ArentFox Schiff

A strategic legal partner to providers and innovators across health care — hospitals, physician practices, telehealth, digital therapeutics, and AI-enabled health technology — advising where regulated care meets consumer wellness, data privacy, and advertising law. Leads ArentFox Schiff's Longevity & Healthspan Industry Group.

A new thought leader is featured each month
Klaudia Balogh
Producer

Klaudia Balogh

Director of Communication

Healthspan Collective
Live Sessions

Upcoming From Healthspan Collective

Live sessions from the Collective — new dates added as they're confirmed.

Show
  1. Jul 25Hero WebinarProviders + Consumers11:00–11:45 AM PDT · 30 min + 15 min Q&A

    Peptides on the Docket

    FDA policy · Peptides · Compounding

    1. Inside the Committee's Recommendations

      A peptide-by-peptide look at where BPC-157, TB-500, KPV, MOTS-c, Semax, and Epitalon landed after the two-day review — and the reasoning behind the panel's votes.

    2. Advice, Not a Verdict

      The committee recommends; the FDA decides. What the 503A Bulks List process actually is, and the paths the agency could take from here.

    3. What It Means for the Industry

      Practical implications for compounding pharmacies, clinicians, and companies building with these substances — and how to position for what comes next.

    4. And much more

    Elias Arjan · featuring Gayland Hethcoat

    Healthspan CollectiveArentFox Schiff
  1. Aug 27Hero WebinarProviders + Consumers12:00–12:45 PM PDT · 30 min + 15 min Q&A

    Hormones Are Never Just Hormones

    Hormones · Functional medicine · Root causes

    1. More Than One Root Cause

      Fatigue, weight changes, mood shifts, poor sleep, brain fog, low libido — why these symptoms rarely trace to a single system, and why “just your hormones” is usually an incomplete answer.

    2. The Whole-Body Web

      How your hormones interact with the gut, blood sugar, stress response, thyroid, sleep, and inflammation — and what those connections mean for how you actually feel.

    3. Connecting the Dots

      How a functional medicine approach turns scattered symptoms into a whole-body picture — and sensible next steps toward feeling your best.

    4. And much more

    Elias Arjan · featuring Liz Sparks, FNP-C

    Healthspan CollectiveHaven Health
  1. Sep 2Hero WebinarProviders + Reps3:00–3:45 PM PDT · 30 min + 15 min Q&A

    Not All Light Is Equal

    Photobiomodulation · Laser therapy · Clinical devices

    1. The Mechanism, Plainly

      How light stimulates energy production in the mitochondria — what's actually happening in the tissue, from targeted Class 4 laser therapy to whole-body treatment.

    2. Where the Evidence Is Strongest

      Tissue recovery and inflammation lead the research — and how PBM earned its place across pain management, rehabilitation, and sports medicine.

    3. Clinical-Grade vs Consumer Devices

      What separates systems like Summus's Horizon laser and Laser POD from consumer red-light panels — and why the difference matters for outcomes.

    4. And much more

    Elias Arjan · featuring Dr. Phil Harrington

    Healthspan CollectiveSummus Medical Laser

The 2026 series at a glance

Sessions
3
Themes
3
The Season
Jul–Sep
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