Dr David DeRose M.D. MPH is a board-certified specialist in both Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine. He also holds a Masters of Public Health degree with an emphasis on Health Promotion and Health Education.

Dr DeRose is a published scientific researcher, who is also known for his ability to take complex subjects and explain them in lay terms. He is President of CompassHealth, Inc. and a faculty member at Weimar College with Weimar's NEWSTART program.

Dr DeRose is currently heard on over 50 stations as host of the nationally syndicated health radio program, American Indian Living on LifeTalk Radio.

His medical research emphasizing lifestyle connections with health and non-drug strategies for illness has been published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Annals of Epidemiology, and Preventive Medicine.