CHRONIC PAIN RESET Podcast - with Dr. Afton Hassett

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Mark C. Bicket, MD, PhD, F.A.S.A   is a pain physician and anesthesiologist at the University of Michigan, where he directs research on pain and opioids and still sees patients every week. His work helped reveal both how over-prescribing opioids after surgery fed the broader crisis and how often pain goes under-treated, and he now runs large real-world s...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Suzanna M. Zick, ND, MPH is a Research Professor in Family Medicine and Nutritional Sciences and Co-Director of the Integrative Family Medicine Program at the University of Michigan. Dr. Zick's research interests include the investigation of the impact and implementation of integrative therapies including whole food diets for control of cancer-r...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA is a health services researcher who also practices anesthesiology and critical care medicine. After his postgraduate training at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Duke University, he completed research training in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado.  Karsten is now leading health services research at th...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Yoni K. Ashar, PhD is an assistant professor and director of the Pain and Emotion Research Lab at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He completed his doctorate in clinical psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder and an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine. Yoni’s research uses functional...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Jonathan Bittner, LAPC, MS, CTP is a US Army Combat Veteran of the war in Afghanistan. He holds a master’s degree in clinical and counseling psychology and is in the fourth year of the Doctor of Psychology program at Immaculata University. As an associate professional counselor in the state of Pennsylvania, his work focuses on providing care for adults a...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Rachel Bergmans, PhD, MPH is the Administrative Director of the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.  In addition, she is also a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. Her background is in epidemiology and public health, with research spanning integrative medicine, s...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Lt Col (Ret.) Tom Norris, USAF is also a Board-Certified Patient Advocate who works at the intersection of chronic pain, clinical research, and health policy. As a Person With Lived Experience, he advances meaningful patient engagement by ensuring individuals living with complex conditions are partners in care, research, and guideline development, not ju...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Megan L. Rolfzen is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, with board certification in Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology. She is currently completing an NIH-funded research fellowship that is part of the HEAL PAIN T90 training program. Her project focuses on perioperative...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. L. Nandini Moorthy, MD, MBBS, MS is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. As Chief of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, she has established a clinical practice renowned for caring for complex patients, collaborating closely with colleagues to provide comprehensive care for children with rheumatic diseases....

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Kathleen Holton is a nutritional neuroscientist and a Provost Associate Professor at American University in Washington, DC. Her research examines the negative effects of dietary excitotoxins on neurological symptoms, as well as the positive protective effects of certain micronutrients on the brain.  The most common dietary excitotoxin exposures in th...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Lynne Matallana has been a healthcare strategic visionary for over 30 years, acting as a patient advocate and lifelong entrepreneur. Lynne founded the National Fibromyalgia Association in 1997, and currently is the Founder & CEO of PainTools®, a personalized, guided, self-care program providing both digital and human engagement for women in chronic p...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Rick Harris is a professor and Susan Samueli Endowed Chair at the University of California at Irvine.  His work over the past 25 years has been in the field of chronic pain and its treatment with various integrative health modalities.  Dr. Harris has focused on understanding the brain mechanisms of chronic pain and how integrative interventions work...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Anson Kairys is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan, and his work focuses on the intersection of cognition, chronic pain and digital assessment. As an NIH funded investigator, he leads research using EEG, speech analysis and AI to better understand cognitive phenotypes. Anson is also the founder of A2AI, an Applied Inte...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Amy Behimer, Pharm. D., NBC-HWC is a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach and pharmacist who specializes in helping people with autoimmune disease improve health and happiness through sustainable habits. With firsthand experience as a patient, combined with her clinical background, Amy helps individuals shift from struggling with their sy...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Mark Lumley is a clinical psychologist and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. For over 30 years, he has researched emotional factors and health, particularly chronic pain.   He has developed and demonstrated the efficacy of Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for chronic pain, and...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Marisa Renee Lee is an award-winning advocate, writer, and speaker on coping with grief and loss. She is a business and political strategist leveraging her time as a Deputy Director in the Obama White House, as the founding Managing Director of the My Brother's Keeper Alliance, as the Founder and Past President of The Pink Agenda, and as the Founder...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Jeff Thompson conducts narrative-based research and programs for medical and mental health professionals, first responders, and other professionals across the world. He has been published in a variety of academic research journals, professional publications, and for the public including Psychology Today. Dr. Thompson served for more than 20 years in...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Tanya Freirich MS, RD, LDN, CDCES is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist based in North Carolina.  Tanya owns and operates a virtual private practice that serves people living with Lupus and other autoimmune diseases and can be found online as "The Lupus Dietitian''. With more than a decade of experience in nutrition counseling and a maste...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Sharon Waldrop, NBC-HWC  has for 28 years worked with patients, physicians, researchers, and policymakers to improve the lives of people living with fibromyalgia. She is the Founder and President of the Fibromyalgia Association, and the co-host of The Fibro Show on YouTube.  She is a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach with certification...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Emily Bartley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science at the University of Florida and Director of Communication and Outreach in the Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE). Dr. Bartley directs the Assessment, Pain Intervention, and Resilience lab (ASPIRE) which focuses on the as...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Mary J. Wheatley , IOM, CAE has nearly two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership. She currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Scleroderma Foundation. There she leads the organization’s efforts and programs to advance the mission in service of people with scleroderma.  Mary is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birm...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr. Burel Goodin is a Professor of Anesthesiology in the Washington University Pain Center. He is also the current President of the U.S. Association for the Study of Pain.  Trained as a clinical health psychologist, his research focuses on cutting-edge translational pain science with a profound commitment to equity, mentorship, and community engagement....

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Dr Neil Basu is Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine & Vasculitis at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He trained at both the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, as well as with us at the University of Michigan.  His research programs are inspired by his clinical practice where he is drawn to specific areas of need expressed by his patients...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. CALL TO ACTION:   Contact Your Members of Congress https://www.congress.gov/contact-us Dr. Daniel Clauw is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine (Rheumatology) and Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. He serves as Director of the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center and the Co-Director of the NIH HEAL National K12 Clinical Pain Career Developm...

We'd love to hear from you! Click here. Mark Thiesmeyer Hook has a master’s degree in Exercise Science and Public Health Nutrition from the University of Michigan. As a certified exercise physiologist and registered dietitian, he has a deep understanding of how the body moves, as well as his own personal story where chronic pain has profoundly influenced his professional path. Mark is the foun...