Dr. Dhanabalan is a highly respected and educated physician and known to most as Dr Uma. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree with High Honors from Rutgers University and her Medical Degree from the University of Medicine & Dentistry in Newark, New Jersey. She completed her Family Practice Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston, South Carolina. She has her Master’s in Public Health and completed her Occupational & Environmental Medicine Residency and Fellowship in Heavy Metals at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. She is a Diplomat in Cannabinoid Medicine Certified by the American Academy of as a Cannabinoid Medicine, and a Medical Review Officer Certified by Medical Review Officer Certification Council. She has received awards from the American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine for her research project: “Occupational & Environmental Exposure to Lead in South India”; from The 7th World Ayurveda Conference & Arogya Expo for her presentation “Cannabis & The Therapeutic Uses" ; The Educational Achievement Award presented by Clover Leaf at Cannabis Business Award 2017; Award from High Times Inaugural Female 50 and Harvard T.H.Chan School Of Public Health, Lighting Talk Presenter – Misinfodemic - “Cannabis The Exit Drug”™ Dr Uma is the Founder/CEO for Global Health & Hygiene Solutions, LLC established in 2006, with a mission to promote wellness and prevent illness. She is an educator, advocate, activist and speaks globally. She created the model TotalHealthCareTHC and runs an Independent Clinic at Uplifting Health & Wellness. where she “Educates, Embraces, Empowers” her patients and public about preventive health and safe effective alternatives including cannabis as a plant medicine. Her mission is to change the Stigma regarding Cannabis and for the world to know about the Endocannabinoid system through education. Dr Uma Says®, “Cannabis is not for everyone, yet it should be a first line option not the last resort” ™ “Cannabis is entrance to a better quality of life; it is an exit drug from pharmaceuticals, narcotics, alcohol and nicotine.”™ “Safety first, Do No Harm.”™ “Cannabis The Exit Drug®”