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Betty D. Anderson, RN, MA - Co-Director
of the Sacramento Biofeedback Center, Fair Oaks, CA since
1975. Focus of practice is Chronic Pain Management predominantly
injured workers and personal injury cases. Registered
Nurse, Certified Biofeedback Practitioner (CA), Speech
Pathologist, (inactive).
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Frank Andrasik, PhD - Senior Research
Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
and a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the
University of West Florida in Pensacola.
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Carey R. Aron, DVM - Clinical Liaison
in the departments of Clinical Development and Education/Scientific
Affairs for Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. Prior to joining
the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Aron practiced clinical
veterinary medicine in the Portland, OR area. Dr. Aron
is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of
Veterinary Medicine.
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Robert L. Barkin, MBA, PharmD - Associate
Professor Rush Medical College; Faculty of Anesthesiology,
Family Medicine, Pharmacology, Psychiatry - The Rush Pain
Center; Rush-Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center, Chicago;
Pharmacologist North Shore Pain Center, Skokie, IL.
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Sara Bates, MA, OTR, RYT - Registered
occupational therapist and a registered yoga teacher.
She has a private therapeutic yoga practice in Santa Monica,
CA specializing in chronic pain management.
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Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD - Associate
Professor of Anesthesiology and Chief of the Pain Service
at CWRU School of Medicine and University Hospitals of
Cleveland. He is director of their fellowship program
in pain management and is board certified by the American
Board of Anesthesiology in Pain Medicine, by the American
Academy of Pain Management and the American Board of Pain
Medicine.
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Kevin S. Bowen - Co-founder and President
of the Pilates Method Alliance, the not-for-profit international
professional organization for the Pilates method. Owner
and director of Pilates Miami, a Pilates exercise business
with two locations in the city of Miami. Has been involved
in the Health and Wellness business for more than 14 years
and has been teaching Pilates since 1995 and currently
is an Associate Director for Core Dynamics Pilates comprehensive
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Christopher R. Brown, DDS, MPS - Past
President of the American Academy of Pain Management.
Dr. Brown has authored over 100 articles on pain management
and has spoken throughout the United States. |
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Kathleen Brown, PhD - Director of Pain
Rehabilitation Program, Department of Psychology at Tripler
Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI; private practice psychologist,
Honolulu, HI. |
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Jan M. Burte, Ph.D., DAAPM, CCASCH - Executive
Director of The Milton H. Ericksonian Institute of Southeastern
Florida and is a certified clinical consultant for The
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He has lectured
on hypnosis nationally and internationally as well as
published numerous articles and book chapters on hypnosis.
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Betty Butler, CMP, MAc - National public
speaker, author, artist, theraharpist™. Candidate
for Masters in counseling. She is a grief facilitator,
death educator, bereavement clown, hospice harpist volunteer.
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Alexandra Campbell, PhD - Director
of Special Projects for the American Academy of Pain
Management. She is the administrator for the Academy’s
Pain Program Accreditation and Outcomes Measurement
system.
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David Chapman, MD, MS, FACEP - Lectured
in U.S. and abroad in sports medicine, pain management
and diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound. He works
for Arizona Sports Medicine Consultants in Scottsdale,
Arizona.
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Eric M. Chevlen, MD - Assistant
Professor of internal medicine at Northeastern Ohio
University College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio, and
Medical Director for Hospice of the Valley in Youngstown,
OH.
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Misha R. Cohen, OMD, LAc - Author of
The Chinese Way to Healing: Many Paths to Wholeness, The
HIV Wellness Sourcebook and The Hepatitis C Help and a
contributor to Pain Management: A Practical Guide for
Clinicians, 6th Edition. She is an internationally recognized
practitioner, lecturer and leader in the field of traditional
Chinese medicine.
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B. Eliot Cole, MD, MPA - Director of
Education for the American Academy of Pain Management.
A well known speaker on a variety of pain related issues.
Dr. Cole is a Distinguished Fellow of The American Psychiatric
Association, Past-President of the American Academy of
Pain Management and a regular contributor to the Academy’s
newsletter, The Pain Practitioner.
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Jeffrey R. Cram, PhD - Authored 3 books
and contributed over 35 scientific articles on SEMG, biofeedback
and related physiological monitoring. He is the founding
president of the SEMG Society of North America (SESNA).
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Scott Denny, DC, PhD, LAc - Past -President,
American Academy of Pain Management; Fellow, American
Back Society; Diplomate, American Board of Disability
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Mark Disorbio, EdD - President of Integrated
Therapies, founded in 1985. Integrated Therapies provides
multidisciplinary treatment for patients with delayed
recovery from chronic pain. Has conducted extensive research
in the area of chronic pain and is the author of the Battery
for Health Improvement (BHI-2), an internationally recognized
test that evaluates psychological factors related to injured
patients and chronic pain conditions. Received his doctorate
in counseling/clinical psychology from the University
of Northern Colorado and has spent most of his career
diagnosing and treating patients with psychological factors
related to medical conditions. Diplomat in Forensic Medical
Psychology. He is on the board of National Pain Foundation.
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Stephen E. Driscoll, DDS, NMD - Successfully
treated Craniofacial pain disorders for over 15 years
through the blending of varied and often opposing disciplines
of osteopathy, dentistry, acupuncture and chiropractic
and has through study and teaching helped to develop this
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Robert H. Dworkin, PhD - Received his
PhD in 1977 from Harvard University and is currently Professor
of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Oncology, and Psychiatry
at the University of Rochester. He is a member of the
FDA’s Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory
Committee and is chair of the International Conference
on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain, which
is held annually.
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Perry G. Fine, MD - Professor of Anesthesiology
and attending physician in the Pain Management Center,
University of Utah, and National Medical Director of Vista
Care, a leading national hospice provider, based in Scottsdale,
AZ.
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Ava Frick, DVM - Executive Director
of Animal Fitness Center, P.C., a rehabilitation center
focusing on pain management, chiropractic, and clinical
nutrition for all stages of development including post-surgical,
performance, and geriatric animals. Certified in animal
chiropractic by the American Veterinary Medical Association
and past board member of the AVCA. Dr. Frick writes a
bi-monthly article for “The Healthy Planet”,
a monthly environmental, health and wellness publication.
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Mary McClellan Garcia, PharmD - Clinical
Pharmacist, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista,
CA. Adjunct professor, University of the Pacific Pain
Studies Program. Diplomat, American Academy of Pain Management.
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Paula Lizak Gilchrist, LPT, DPM - Podiatrist
and Physical Therapist in the Pittsburgh area. She has
published a chapter on the Differential Diagnosis of back
pain and has lectured and published nationally. |
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James Giordano, PhD - Diplomat, AAPM;
Associate Professor of Pathology; Director of Clinical
Research Program, Moody Health Center/TCC Director; Scientific
Program, Hengst Biotechnologies. |
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David M. Glick, DC - Private practice
specializing in electrodiagnosis and manipulation with
local regional anesthetic, within an interventional pain
management group; lecturer of evoked potential techniques
and clinical applications.
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Jacob Green, MD, PhD - Director Southeastern
Neuroscience Institute Pain Rehabilitation Clinic, Jacksonville,
FL. Board Certified in Neurology and Pain Management.
Authored three texts and fifty-five papers. |
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Patricia Lundgren Guyton - A master
teacher of The Ron Fletcher Work, has been teaching Pilates
based rehabilitation at Boulder Osteopathic Center Ltd.,
in Boulder, Colorado since 1985. Ms. Guyton has been instrumental
in the development of The Ron Fletcher Program of Study,
a training program for Pilates instructors. She has presented
this work at the American Academy of Osteopathy, Annual
Convocation in 2000, and at the American Association of
Orthopedic Medicine in 2002. Member of the Pilates Method
Alliance Board of Directors. |
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David Hadorn, MD - Dr. Hadorn treats
patients who are experiencing refractory suffering, including
provision of cannabis recommendations to appropriate patients.
Dr. Hadorn also has extensive experience in the evaluation
of health services.
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Nelson Hendler - Clinical Director
of Mensana Clinic; Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the
author of three books, 31 textbooks and 51 articles. |
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Alan R. Hirsch, MD, FACP - Nuerological
Director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research
Foundation in Chicago and Assistant Professor in the Departments
of Neurology and Psychiatry at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s
Medical Center, is certified by the American Board of
Neurology and Psychiatry in Neurology, Psychiatry, Geriatric
Psychiatry, Pain Management and Addiction Psychiatry.
Dr. Hirsch has authored over 200 scientific articles and
three popular books: Dr. Hirsch’s Guide to Scentsational
Weight Loss; Scentsational Sex; and What Flavor is Your
Personality? and Life’s A Smelling Success. |
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Bruce R. Hocking, BBA, DAc - An international
lecturer and developer of “ETPS Neuropathic Acupuncture”
an innovative and highly effective approach for chronic
pain management. He serves as a Professor of Oriental
Medicine at Capital University of Integrative Medicine
(C.U.I.M.) and has authored several pain management books,
including a chapter in the AAPM’s 6th Edition of
Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. |
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Linda C. Nadia Hole, MD - Ordained
healer and founder of QiWay, with nearly 20 years experience
in wholistic medicine. Authored chapters on QiGong and
KHT for the medical textbook: Alternative and Complementary
Treatment in Neurologic Illness and for Pain Management:
A Practical Guide for Clinicians 6th Edition; and has
served on the faculties of the American Academy of Pain
Management, American Holistic Medical Association, and
World Congress of QiGong. She is also a graduate of the
East West Academy of Healing Art, China Healthways Institute,
and Princeton U. |
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Linda Jackson, LVN - Over 30 years
clinical experience in a wide range of patient care settings.
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Marilyn S. Jacobs, PhD, PsyD - Holds
a PhD in clinical psychology and Diplomate in Psychoanalysis
and is a Clinical Instructor at UCLA Medical Center. Private
practice in Los Angeles |
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Gary W. Jay, MD - President and Chief
Medical Officer of the National Center for Pain Management,
Lake Mary, FL. He is immediate Past President of the Florida
Academy of Pain Medicine. His latest textbook, Cailliet’s
Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes, will be published later this
year by F.A. Davis.
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Karen Mae Kaeter; RYT, OTR - Synthesizes
seventeen years of clinical work as a licensed occupational
therapist with therapeutic yoga. “We can, through
conscious actions, profoundly influence our own health.” |
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Daniel L. Kirsch, PhD, DAAPM, FAIS
- Neurobiologist, Fellow of the American Institute of
Stress and Honorary Member of Inter-Pain (Germany). Researcher,
international lecturer, and author of books and articles
on electromedicine since 1972. Chairman of Electromedical
Products International, Inc., of Mineral Wells, Texas,
and Hong Kong, PRC. Former Clinical Director of The Center
for Pain and Stress Related Disorders at Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical Center, New York City, and of The Sports Medicine
Group, Santa Monica, CA. Author of The Science Behind
Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation, 2nd ed. 2002.
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Jonathan Kleefield, MD - A.B. Columbia
University - 1966; MD University of Pennsylvania - 1970.
Internship/Radiology Residency - L.I. Jewish Medical Center
- 1971-1974. Neuroradiology Fellowship - Mass. General
Hospital 1976-1978. Director of Neuroradiology - Beth
Israel Medical Center - 1989 to present.
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Jeffrey B. Klein, MD - Charter member
and diplomate of AAPM, as well as a neurologist and psychiatrist,
pioneering Integrative Medicine in North Central Florida
through nutritional, emotional and structural kinesiology.
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Larry J. Kopelman, PT, PhD, ND - Fellow
of the American Association of Integrative Medicine, where
he serves on the Executive Board of Directors and has
served on National Institutes of Health, Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine committees on Integrative Medicine
and Frontier Medicine. He serves as Professor of Integrative
Medicine at CUIM and has authored several chapters on
integrative medicine. |
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Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OT/L, DAAPM
- Professor, Occupational Therapy, Public Health &
Law, Nova Southeastern University, President, American
Occupational Therapy Association, Private law practice,
Miami. Author books, chapters and journal articles on
legal and ethical issues. |
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W. David Leak, MD - Chairman and CEO,
PAIN NET EDUCATION, INC.; Director, Pain Control Consultants,
Inc., Columbus, OH; Boarded, American Board of Anesthesiology
with added qualifications in Pain Management; Diplomate,
American Academy of Pain Management; Past-President, International
Spinal Injection Society; Associate-Editor, Pain Digest;
Past-Member, President’s Advisory Committee for
Trade Policy and Negotiation; Past-Member, Advisory Council
for Health Care Policy, Research and Evaluation; Clinical
Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University; Author. |
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Raphael C. Lee, MD, ScD, DSc - Dr.
Lee is Professor of Surgery (Plastic) Dermatology, Molecular
Medicine and Organismal Biology at the University of Chicago.
He directs the Electrical Injury Program and Center for
Research in Molecular Cell Repair.
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Pierre LeRoy, MD, FACS - Neurosurgeon
and co-founder of AAPM and founding member of the American
Pain Society. Co-author Pain Management and Pain. Certified
clinical engineer with several patents in bioengineering
devices. |
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Philippe Lucas - Founder/Director of
the Vancouver Island Compassion Society, a medicinal cannabis
non-profit organization. Currently co-author and researcher
on a number of cannabis studies.
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Ken Mackie, MD - Professor Anesthesiology,
Adjunct Professor Physiology and Biophysics, University
of Washington School of Medicine. Attending physician,
Harborview Medical Center. ME - Yale University. Post
doctoral work - Rockefeller University (Paul Greengard)
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Steven Mann, PhD, DAAPM, DABPS - Psychologist
with additional board certification in rehabilitation
psychology with forensic emphasis. Director and CEO of
the Occupational Disability Management Centers in Vermont
and New Hampshire. Author of Being Ill: Personal and Social
Meanings. Has lectured extensively in the U.S. and in
Europe in the area of cognitive/ somatic pain management.
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Rick Marinelli, ND, MAcOM - Known as
an innovator in Naturopathic Medicine with an eclectic
approach he has been a consultant to industry, and instructor
to many. He is the Clinical Director of the Natural Medicine
Clinic in Portland, OR. |
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Rollin McCraty, PhD - Director of Research
at the Institute of HeartMath. His research interests
include heart-brain interactions and elucidating the mechanisms
by which heart-based positive emotions influence health
and performance.
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James McKoy, MD - Chief of Rheumatology
and Director of Pain Management Services at Kaiser Permanente,
Hawaii.
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John M. McPartland, MS(Hons) DO - Board
Certified Family Physician, herbalist, acupuncturist whose
20-year publishing record amalgamates osteopathic mechanisms
with the endocannabinoid system. Associate Professor,
UNITEC, New Zealand.
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Michael Moskowitz, MD - Graduated from
Louisiana State University Medical Center in 1977, completed
his Psychiatric Residency and Psychosomatic Fellowship
training at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco
in 1982 and entered Private Psychiatric and Psychosomatic
practice the same year. Ran the Adult Locked Psychiatric
teaching unit at St. Mary’s from 1982 to 1987, when
he joined the Consortium of Spinal Care Physicians at
St. Mary’s. Founding member of SpineCare Medical
Group and sat on its Board of Directors for four years
from 1988 to 1992. The practice he helped found in 1982,
Psychiatric Associates of San Francisco, recently changed
its name to Bay Area Pain Medical Associates, reflecting
the predominant practice of Pain Medicine in this group.
Board Certified in Psychiatry and in Pain Medicine. His
philosophy is to develop a clinical practice in Pain Medicine
using the Biopsychosocial approach, and to establish the
practice as a teaching resource for physicians interested
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Neil Nathan, MD, ABFP, ABPM, ABHM -
Treating chronic pain for more than 20 years with a comprehensive
approach. He brings a holistic, integrative approach to
the understanding and treatment of fibromyalgia. |
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Andrew B. Newberg, MD - Assistant Professor
of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania. He studies the
neurophysiology of spiritual experiences and mind/body
interactions and co-authored, Why God Won’t Go Away:
Brain Science and the Biology of Belief.
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Nicholas Nossaman, MD, DHt - Physician
since 1968, homeopathy since 1976. Boards: family practice
and homeopathic medicine. Past President: National Center
for Homeopathy, American Institute of Homeopathy. Other
pursuits: Jungian psychology, photography, poetry and
mime.
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William Notcutt, MB, ChB, FRCA - Consultant
Anaesthetist specializing in pain management. Has been
promoting clinical research into cannabis medicines for
ten years. Clinical studies for three years. |
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Susan F. Othmer, BCIAC - Clinical Director
of the EEG Institute, a nonprofit foundation for research,
education and clinical services in neurofeedback. Active
in clinical research and clinical application of neurofeedback
since 1989. |
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Iva Lim Peck, LAc, RN - Private practice
in Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture with integrated
techniques for pain management. Instructor in Chinese
Internal Martial Arts (Tai Chi Chuan, Pa Kua Chang, Hsing-Yi
Chuan).
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Richard A. Peck, LAc, MBA - Private
practice in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Instructor
in Chinese Internal Martial Arts (Tai Chi Chuan, Pa Kua
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Michael K. Perry, CRNA, PhD, DAAPM
- Private practice in pain clinics in Omaha and Fremont,
NE. Board Member AAPM, National Pain Data Bank, Consultant
Surveyor AAPM, Past Board Member of Nebraska Association
of Nurse Anesthetists and Past Program Chairman for the
National Association of Nurse Anesthetists. |
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Raymond J. Petras, BE, MA, PhD - Performance
enhancement [business, sports-Olympic, professional, elite,
amateur] and injury management [assessments, accountability
studies for cancer, chronic, acute pain in children, adults,
athletes and non-athletes, worker’s compensation];
an adjunct faculty with SMU, UST, NWCC; Diplomate (AAPM);
Certified End-of-Life Care (AMA); former USATF-Sports
Medicine & Science Chair, Minnesota; Consultant for
USA Speed Skating and numerous organizations in the US,
Canada, and Sweden.
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Rose Marie Pitt, MD, MPH - Psychiatrist
in private practice in South Pasadena and Santa Ana, California
doing evaluations and treatment of adults and children.
Board certified by the American Board of Forensic Examiners.
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
School of Medicine. Program Director of the Adolescence
Unit for Gateways Hospital. Court appointed forensics
expert for evaluating a variety of cases including mental
competency, insanity, and sexually violent predators. |
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Charles D. Ponte, PharmD, CDE, BCPS, BC-ADM
- Professor of clinical pharmacy and family medicine at
West Virginia University. Primarily a clinician/educator,
he has authored numerous articles and is an active lecturer.
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Robert Reo, OMD, PhD - Private practice
in North Carolina. |
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Donald A. Rhodes, DPM, FACFAS - Patented
three inventions for the alleviation of chronic pain.
First patent was licensed to Dynatronics and became the
STS physical therapy modality. The other inventions are
in development.
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Phillip Robson, MB, MRCP, FRCPsych
- Medical Director, GW Pharmaceuticals; Senior Research
Fellow, Oxford University. In 1996, Dr. Robson provided
expert testimony to the UK Department of Health and subsequently
to House of Lords regarding therapeutic potential of cannabis
and its derivatives. Since January 2000, he has been organizing
and conducting clinical research with GW’s whole
plant cannabis medicinal extracts. |
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Thomas J. Romano, MD, PhD - A Board
Certified Internist and Rheumatologist, Dr. Romano has
a solo fee-for-service practice in Martins Ferry, Ohio.
He is the present AAPM’s Board of Directors President
as well as a member of its Board of Advisors and Chairman
of its Examination Committee.
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Howard Rosen, MD - Anesthesiologist
specializing in chronic pain management and fibromyalgia.
Board certified in pain management by the American Board
of Anesthesiology. Director of Pain Management at Central
Coast Pain Institute in Monterey and Gilroy, CA.
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Gary Rosengarten, PhD - Behavioral
medicine / clinical psychologist in private practice at
The Pain Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,
California. Affiliated with the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry, Division of Diagnostic
Sciences and Orofacial Pain. |
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Ethan Russo, MD - Board certified child
and adult neurologist. Ethnopharmacology researcher, author
of Handbook of Psychotropic Herbs, editor of Journal of
Cannabis Therapeutics, and Cannabis and Cannabinoids:
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Potential.
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Arnold Sandlow, DC - Director of Chiropractic
S.M.A.R.T. Institute. A graduate of Southern California
University of Health Sciences (Formerly L.A.C.C.), 1979.
Diplomate in Pain Management, Anti-Aging and Chiropractic
Sports Medicine, Fellow American Association of Integrative
Medicine. Board Qualified Chiropractic Orthopedist. Professor
of Anti-Aging for the University of Integrative Medicine.
Chapter Author-Pain Management Textbook and International
Conference Lecturer. |
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Michael Schatman, PhD, DAAPM - Consulting
Clinical Psychologist and developer of Pinnacle Health
Rehab Options, Pennsylvania’s most comprehensive
pain treatment center. He has published in the area of
interdisciplinary chronic pain management and has presented
at the AAPM Annual Conference in the past.
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Gabriel E. Sella, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD
- Adjunct Associate Professor in the department of community
medicine, WV University, school of medicine. He has done
extensive research and publications in the field of soft
tissue injury and pain. Dr. Sella has published 10 textbooks
on various subjects related to SEMG. He has written more
than 40 articles on the subject. He has done more than
250 conferences and seminars in 22 countries on the subjects
of pain and soft tissue injury. |
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Lawrence O. Short, PhD - Has been active
in counseling and pain management for over 20 years. Currently
in private practice in Kentucky and Texas. He has served
the Academy as a Diplomate program surveyor and board
member since 1992. |
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Gregory Sims, PhD - Has taught at UC
Berkeley, Yale, Temple, Santa Clara, Univ. of Nevada (Reno),
and is currently on UC Faculty at Stanford Medical (Child
& Adolpsychiatry). He is the principle author (with
Richard Weiner, et.al,) of Treating Spiritual Disorders.
He is Director of Unicorn Youth Services, developing a
program in psychotherapeutic education.
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Michael T. Singer, DDS, FAAMP, FACP
- Prosthodontist at the Bethesda Temporomandibular Joint
and Facial Pain Treatment Center in Maryland. Retired
Colonel, US Army, Former Director, Craniofacial Pain Clinic
and Chief, Maxillofacial Prosthodontics at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. Board certified by
the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and the American
Board of Prosthodontics. |
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William D. Skelton, DAc - Trained in
the Republic of China, 28 years of practice, has served
on numerous national and state acupuncture boards; has
developed complimentary acupuncture programs for two hospitals.
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Mark G. Spanos, CMTPT - Private practice,
Center for Pain Treatment, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Tasso G. Spanos, CMTPT, BS - Director,
Center for Pain Treatment, Pittsburgh, PA. Founder, Academy
for Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy; Private practice
in Pittsburgh, PA and Chautanqua, NY.
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Myrna C. Tashner, EdD - Licensed psychologist,
ordained minister, and diplomat of AAPM. Her training
and clinical experience includes: Master of Counseling
Psychology from Arizona State University; Doctor of Counseling
and Counselor Ed. W/counseling psych and psychotherapy
speciality from West Virginia University; ordained Unity
minister; pre-post doctoral work in hospital, community
mental health clinics, and independent and group practice.
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Jacob Teitelbaum, MD - Director of
the Annapolis Research Center offering 2 day workshops
teaching practitioners effective MPS/Fibromyalgia Therapies.
Author of From Fatigued to Fantastic! and Three Steps
to Happiness!
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Marjorie Toomim, PhD, BCIA - Certified
biofeedback therapist, founder/director of the Biofeedback
Institute/Los Angeles since 1973, edited The Comprehensive
Biofeedback Manual; wrote Myo-Kinetic Training: Treating
Myofascial and Other Chronic Muscle Pain Syndromes.
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Linda Van Horn, MBA - President/CEO
of 21st Century Edge, a leading edge healthcare management
consulting firm that specializes in working with pain
management practices throughout the United States on the
business aspects of establishing and improving pain practice
operations and profitability. Ms. Van Horn has over twenty
years of professional experience including five years
as the COO of the Pain Institute where she helped establish
services at 22 locations in two states and five years
as a Senior Manager at Deliotte & Touche, a major
accounting firm. Ms. Van Horn has a BS in Computer Science
and a MBA from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO.
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Belinda Volz - Nine years experience
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Thomas N. Watson, PT, MEd - 30 years
practicing physical therapy. Past President of the Pain
Special Interest Group APTA; Liaison to APTA; Fellow Faculty
and Board of Advisors for AAPM, Doctoral Student in Physical
Therapy; lecturer, Clinician. |
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Karen Wauford - President and CEO of
Mensana Clinic and two start-up companies to duplicate
Mensana Methodology both internationally and within the
USA. Ms. Wauford’s background includes 15 years
of managing high visibility programs at the executive
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Kathryn A. Weiner, PhD - Executive
Director and Co-Founder of the American Academy of Pain
Management; has been inducted into the John C. Liebeskind
History of Pain Collection, UCLA Biomedical Library; serves
as a medical ethics subject matter specialist for the
Northern California Cancer Center; is the Editor of the
quarterly newsletter, The Pain Practitioner; is published
in the edited books: Pain Management: A Practical Guide
for Clinicians and Innovations in Pain Management; has
authored articles and has lectured at multidisciplinary
pain management meetings nationwide.
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J. Ernest Wells, DC, JD - AB - Columbia
College; JD - Temple Law School, DC - Palmer College of
Chiropractic. Currently in private practice of chiropractic
kinesiology for chronic pain cases in Columbus, Ohio. |
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Chester A. Wilk, DC, PC - Diplomate
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners; Post graduate
faculty member of Cleveland College of Chiropractic, Kansas
City, MO; Author.
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James Woessner, MD, PhD - (Biosciences)
and trained in neurology and physiatry,
practices outpatient physical medicine dedicated to curing
pain pathologies and methodically masking pain.
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Nathan D. Zasler, MD, FAAPM&R, FAADEP, CIME,
DAAPM - CEO and Medical Director of the Conclusion
Care Centre of Virginia, Ltd, as well as Tree of Life,
a community based living and rehabilitation program for
persons with ABI. He is internationally respected in the
field of brain injury care and rehabilitation and has
spoken and written extensively on neuromedical aspects
of ABI.
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