sulaiman bharwani - Biography

Dr. Sulaiman Bharwani, MD is a board-certified gastroenterologist and board-certified nutritionist with over 30 years in research, education, and clinical care. He currently serves as Professor of Pediatrics and Family Medicine at UAMS Arkansas Children's Hospital, where he directs advanced clinical programs and founded the first pediatric gastroenterology subspecialty clinic in Northeast Arkansas.

Dr. Bharwani trained at Brown University School of Medicine and the University of Chicago, with additional training at Harvard, Tufts University, Baylor, and the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. He has published close to 100 peer-reviewed papers and abstracts, cited nearly 3,000 times, and is a recipient of the Southern Society Research Award, the Castle Connolly Top Doctor award (two consecutive years, top 7% nationally), and the United Kingdom Liver Foundation award.

He has spoken internationally — including at Harvard, Tufts, Michigan, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, London, Ireland, Spain, the UK, and Qatar — and has helped establish clinical and academic programs in Afghanistan, Qatar, the UAE, and East Africa, where he currently consults on a new Gastrointestinal Motility Center in Nairobi.

Dr. Bharwani founded Lifax Longevity to bring the science of the gut-brain axis to CEOs and executive teams — translating decades of clinical research into a framework for cognitive stamina, resilience under pressure, and long-term performance. He is the author of Of Myriad Paths and Wind in the Flute, a co-author of the international bestseller Cracking the Rich Code (endorsed by Tony Robbins), and is currently completing two additional books: Rewiring from the Gut and Microbiome and Me. He speaks on executive longevity, the biology of burnout, and the gut-brain foundations of leadership performance.

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