The Saleeby Longevity Institute was founded in 1998 by Yusuf (J.P.) Saleeby, MD a physician with many years experience in Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Medicine and over five years of Occupational Medicine. Dr. Saleeby is a 1991 graduate of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia and received post-graduate education in the department of Internal Medicine at East Carolina University School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Saleeby is currently co-director of the Emergency Department at Liberty Regional Medical Center in Hinesville, Georgia and is chief staff physician at the Federal Occupational Health Center located in the Corps of Engineer Building in Savannah. He is Medical Director of Research & Development for Vita Sanus Nutraceuticals and is co-founder of Vita Sanus, Inc. which oversees clinical research trials at the Saleeby Longevity Institute location.

Dr. Saleeby has always subscribed to the philosophy of prevention as the primary objective of a practicing physician. He is a strong advocate of treating the "whole" patient. He spends considerable time with each of his clients until they have sufficient knowledge of their disease state and how lifestyle changes and/or medication will impact them. Dr. Saleeby is interested in providing his clients with the best and most advanced programs that modern clinical medicine has to offer with an integrative approach. He spends considerable time developing and researching programs and protocols used at the SLI. Dr. Saleeby is also adjunct professor of medicine for the department of graduate studies in nursing at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Saleeby writes extensively for local medically oriented news columns and is a regionally recognized speaker on the topics of longevity and anti-aging medicine. In 2003 Dr. Saleeby was elected as one of 40 influential business leaders under 40 years of age in the Lowcountry. Hobbies include wine collecting and Olympic style weight lifting as he participates with Team Savannah and competes regularly. He placed first in the Georgia State Games in his masters 94Kg class in 2002.