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Here you will find links to videos and presentations from our Facebook Live sessions as well as our in-person and virtual conference sessions.

Facebook Live with Todd M. Hess MD and Cammie LaValle

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Todd M. Hess MD and Cammie LaValle from Wednesday, August 2, 2023 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • Dr. Hess is Board-certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management. He is a medical director with over 31 years of experience overseeing medical practices from the ground up. Dr. Hess has a successful track record of developing strong administrative and healthcare teams and he is committed to continuous clinical quality improvement and business growth. Dr. Hess has done significant work with pain medical-legal cases involving Worker’s Compensation and Injuries and extensive work with legislative process on behalf of pain patients and providers. He has many roles under this belt, but from 1994 to 2022 he was the Medical Director of the United Pain Center at United Hospital and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics in St. Paul, Minnesota.

  • Cammie LaValle resides in Minnesota with her extremely supportive husband Dan. Cammie developed CRPS in 2013 after a carpal tunnel surgery on her right hand. Like most people with CRPS, the diagnosis was not quick, and to find physicians well versed in CRPS was extremely challenging. The CRPS gradually spread to other areas of her body, eventually becoming systemic and rendering her disabled in 2016. Prior to the surgery, Cammie operated her own consulting business providing paralegal services to numerous law firms in addition to contracting with a Minnesota Union as a Membership Specialist.

  • Recently, Cammie received a call from the Minnesota Council on Disability, informing her she was nominated for and won an Exceptional Advocate Award. The award is a recognition of individuals, or groups, based on their advocacy efforts that contribute to a better life for people with disabilities in Minnesota. You can learn more about the award here: https://bit.ly/43EyZWE
  • Read the Minnesota Intractable Pain Statute here.
  • View the Patient Abandonment and Forced Opioid Taper Questionnaire Results as of August 2, 2023 here.

Facebook Live with Jennifer Shulkin, JD

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Jennifer Shulkin, JD from Wednesday, June 21, 2023 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • Jennifer is a Harvard Law School graduate. She served as a federal law clerk, Manhattan assistant district attorney and private white-collar criminal defense attorney. As a person with several years of complex chronic pain, she is the co-founder of Override, a digital health company offering team-based care with pain medicine physicians, physical therapists, psychologists, and certified pain coaches who work individually with patients and together as a team. Learn more about Override’s Comprehensive Pain Program and Override’s Pain Coaching Program.

Facebook Live with Bethany Ranes, MA, PhD

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Bethany Ranes, MA, PhD from Thursday, April 4, 2023 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • Dr. Bethany Ranes specializes in mental health from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience (a bridge between neuroscience and psychology). Her work focuses on translational science, taking new ideas discovered in laboratories and helping turn them into effective therapies that benefit patients directly.
  • Her current passions involve working on brain-based therapies for chronic health conditions, especially chronic pain. She also regularly collaborates with other health professionals to help develop neuroscience-informed interventions for behavior change and non-pharmacological treatment options for conditions like depression, anxiety, diabetes, cardiovascular health, and auto-immune disorders.
  • She has previously worked as a lead research scientist for UnitedHealth Group, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, and the U.S. Army. Currently, she works as a consulting scientist for organizations and companies who wish to blend emerging science about the brain with accessible healthcare solutions in order to help bring a balanced mind-body approach to modern healthcare.

Facebook Live with Dr. Leanne Cianfrini and Beth Stillitano

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Leanne Cianfrini and Beth Stillitano from Thursday, March 23, 2023 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • Leanne was raised in Buffalo, NY and completed her PhD in Medical (Clinical) Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Following a predoctoral internship and postdoctoral pain psychology fellowship at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Leanne returned to Birmingham, Alabama to work for The Doleys Clinic, a privately owned outpatient pain management clinic. After 14 years as Program Director of an interdisciplinary pain management program and supporting an outpatient chronic opioid therapy clinic, Leanne moved to beautiful BC in December 2019 to escape the heat and humidity of the U.S. South, but more importantly to be part of a vibrant team to support injured workers in their recovery and rehabilitation.

  • Leanne has spoken extensively at national scientific conferences and regional workshops, is Past President of the Southern Pain Society, and has been a lead author on a book and several book chapters about the role of psychology within pain management teams. She is passionate about the interdisciplinary approach to promoting a client’s wellbeing, function, and quality of life. Her clinical interests include a focus on positive psychological factors such as resilience, post-traumatic growth, use of humor, and intentional gratitude in recovery.

  • Outside of work, Leanne enjoys exploring her new home in Canada, nature photography (a mindful pursuit!), the endless quest for the best pizza in the Lower Mainland, and knitting/crocheting.
  • Beth Stillitano, a CRPS fighter since 1996, has dedicated her life to bringing attention to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. She is the Executive Director of Fight the Flame®, a non-profit established to raise awareness and educate medical professionals and the public about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS); while providing resources to support the CRPS community. Beth facilitates a monthly CRPS Support Group and coordinates the annual Fight the Flame 5k and 1k Family Roll & Stroll. She is happily married to her loving, supportive husband, Steve and together they have raised two fabulous children, Alana & Landon. She currently resides in Charlotte, NC with Steve and their two cats.

Facebook Live with Apkar Vania Apkarian, PhD

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Apkar Vania Apkarian, PhD, from Thursday, February 16, 2023 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • The past 35 years of Dr. Apkarian’s life have been devoted to unravelling brain mechanisms that underlie acute and chronic pain, and more generally how the brain dynamically processes information that gives rise to perception. Over the last 20 years, he has used brain imaging technology to delineate brain biomarkers of chronic pain, with an emphasis on brain mechanisms of chronic back pain (CBP).
  • These efforts have been quite successful and his work has resulted in many significant advances in the field of pain research: the first identification of grey matter atrophy related to chronic pain, the first account of brain activity unique to spontaneous fluctuations of chronic pain, the first characterization of resting state brain network abnormalities in chronic pain populations, the first determination of mesocorticolimbic biomarkers predicting future pain chronification, the first parallel human-rodent neuroimaging of the transition to chronic pain, the first demonstration that hippocampal synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis are critical for neuropathic pain, the first identification of brain biomarkers for placebo response propensity, and more.
  • These observations have been replicated across multiple international laboratories. With over 30,000 citations, his h index is 81 (Google Scholar) and his work has been continuously funded by NIH for three decades from six different institutes within the NIH. This work would not have been possible without the enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence of a large number of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows whom he has trained, as well as the talent and inspiration of his colleagues. Learn more at aivohealth.com and aivohealth.com/campaign/research-study.

Facebook Live with Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC from Wednesday, December 8, 2022 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC is the clinical director of the Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Clinic of Portland, Oregon. She developed Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) in 1995 and began teaching FSM courses in 1997. In addition to maintaining a part time clinical practice, she teaches seminars on the use of FSM in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, the UK, Europe, Taiwan and the Middle East. She has lectured at the National Institutes of Health and at medical conferences in the US, England, Ireland and Australia on the subjects of fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia associated with cervical spine trauma and on the differential diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain, pain syndromes and sports injuries.

  • Her peer-reviewed publications include papers on the FSM induced changes in inflammatory cytokines and substance P seen with FSM treatment of fibromyalgia associated with spine trauma, treatment of pain in the head, neck and face, and low back caused by myofascial trigger points, delayed onset muscle soreness, shingles and neuropathic pain.  She consults with various NFL and MLB teams and players on the use of Frequency Specific Microcurrent in the treatment of sports injuries. Elsevier published her textbook Frequency Specific Microcurrent in Pain Management in 2010.  Penguin/Random House published “The Resonance Effect” in 2017. This book describes how FSM was developed and provides case reports and frequency protocols for the visceral uses of FSM. You can sign up for an FSM seminar, watch FSM videos and webinars, find the frequently asked questions and all of the published and unpublished papers at www.frequencyspecific.com

  • Click here to view Dr. McMakin’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Leanne Cianfrini, PhD

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Leanne Cianfrini, PhD from Thursday, July 28, 2022 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • Dr. Cianfrini completed her PhD in Medical (Clinical) Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Following a predoctoral internship and postdoctoral pain psychology fellowship at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Dr. Cianfrini returned to Birmingham, Alabama to work for The Doleys Clinic, a privately owned outpatient pain management clinic.
  • After 14 years as Program Director of an interdisciplinary pain management program and supporting an outpatient chronic opioid therapy clinic, Dr. Cianfrini moved to beautiful BC in December 2019 to become part of a vibrant team to support injured workers in their recovery and rehabilitation.
  • Dr. Cianfrini has spoken extensively at national scientific conferences and regional workshops, is Past President of the Southern Pain Society, and has been a lead author on a book and several book chapters about the role of psychology within pain management teams. She is passionate about the interdisciplinary approach to promoting a client’s wellbeing, function, and quality of life. Her clinical interests include a focus on positive psychological factors such as resilience, post-traumatic growth, use of humor, and intentional gratitude in recovery.
  • Click here to view Dr. Cianfrini’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD from Thursday, May 26, 2022 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD is a board-certified Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine physician who specializes in the treatment of complex chronic pain disorders including chronic post-operative pain, complex regional pain syndrome and peripheral nerve injury. After completing her undergraduate degree at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, she obtained her MD and PhD in Neuroscience, with a focus on basic pain mechanisms, at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH, USA. She then moved to California to join the Stanford Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine as an anesthesiology resident in the Fellowship in Anesthesia Research and Medicine (FARM) program, of which she now serves as the Director. After completion of her subspecialty fellowship training in Pain Medicine, Dr. Tawfik joined the faculty at Stanford and continues to research the immune contribution to persistent pain using clinically-informed basic science while also caring for patients suffering from chronic pain. Her lab uses a variety of approaches, from single cell sequencing to complex behavioral paradigms in mouse pain models, to investigate the contribution of spinal cord glial cells (microglia & astrocytes) to the transition from acute to chronic pain.
  • Click here to view Dr. Tawfik’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Dr. Traci Patterson

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Traci Patterson, MD, ND (h.c.), MBA from Thursday, February 17, 2022 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page here on YouTube.
  • Dr. Traci Patterson is a CRPS Survivor, an expert in CRPS, an internationally renowned clinician, clinical hypnotist, published author, patient advocate, and motivational speaker. Using her own experience as someone that was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Traci has been instrumental in helping CRPS and chronic pain patients regain function and regain their lives through her protocol – Holistic Centered Treatment (HCT). Dr. Patterson has treated hundreds of CRPS patients from around the world.
  • Click here to view the presentation about CRPS in Children.

Facebook Live with Francesca Beaudoin, MD, MS, PhD

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Francesca Beaudoin, MD, MS, PhD from Monday, September 27, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page and here on YouTube.
  • Dr. Beaudoin joined us to discuss emergency room care for chronic pain patients and those with CRPS. She is an Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Services, Policy and Practice. Dr. Beaudoin is a board-certified practicing emergency physician and is the Principal Investigator of multiple federal and private grant awards. She has written and implemented practice management policies for health care systems on pain management and opioid prescribing.

Facebook Live with David Dickerson, MD and Denis Patterson, MD

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with David Dickerson, MD and Denis Patterson, MD (Abbott’s Faculty Experts) from Thursday, June 17, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • David Dickerson, MD is section chief for pain medicine at the NorthShore University HealthSystem and clinical associate professor at the University of Chicago. Dr. Dickerson serves as chairman of the American Society of Anesthiologist’s Pain Medicine Committee, as an advisory board member for the National Rx and Drug Abuse Summit and as a member of the AMA opioid and pain task force. He is an active researcher, educator, and advocate in neurostimulation, pain stewardship, and the taxonomy of pain.
  • Dr. Denis Patterson is a Board Certified Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician. He is the founder and owner of Nevada Advanced Pain Specialists in Reno,Nevada. He was nominated as one of the top 25 physicians in Northern Nevada by Nevada Business Magazine in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, under the leadership of Dr. Patterson, Northern Nevada Medical Center’s Pain Center is the first (and only) center in the nation to achieve JCAHO’s Gold Seal of Approval for lower back pain.
  • Click here to view the presentation.

Facebook Live with Dr. Wayne Jonas

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Wayne Jonas from Wednesday, June 9, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Jonas is a practicing family physician, an expert in integrative health and health care delivery, and a widely published scientific investigator. He is the Executive Director of Integrative Health Programs for the Samueli Foundation.Additionally, Dr. Jonas is a retired Lieutenant ker-nel in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. From 2001-2016, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit medical research organization supporting the scientific investigation of healing in the areas of stress, pain and resilience. His work at the Samueli Institute set the bar for evidence-based research in the areas of pain, stress and human performance.He has led and participated in hundreds of research studies beginning with his time as Director of the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Alternative Medicine. His research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, Nature Medicine, and the Journal of Family Practice.
  • Click here to view Dr. Jonas’ presentation.

Facebook Live with the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab Pain Management Center

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab Pain Management Center from Thursday, May 13, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Read the full bios of the clinicians here.
  • Click here to view Ability Lab’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Dr. Brandon Yuenger, PT, DPT, CIDN

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Brandon Yuenger, PT, DPT, CIDN from Thursday, April 22, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • In 2012 Dr. Yuenger graduated from the University of Michigan-Flint with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. Shortly thereafter while working with a local rehab hospital to rehabilitate pediatric chronic pain and head injuries, he developed a taste for neurologically-based manual therapies and found excellent results with both children and adults alike. From there, Dr. Yuenger entered the complicated world of chronic pain. Using a combination of mentoring and intuition, he has developed a system of rehabilitation that is based on the understanding that we as people are not a collection of individual parts, but one integrated unit of being. He is excited to share his passion through both practice and education.

Facebook Live with Dr. Katinka van der Merwe

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Katinka van der Merwe from Thursday, April 8, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Katinka is the founder and CEO of The Spero Clinic in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She has treated patients from 47 US states and 34 countries to date. She has gained a world-wide reputation for her significant success in treating non-retractable pain syndromes and chronic pain.

Facebook Live with Dr. Steven Richeimer

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Steven Richeimer from Wednesday, March 24, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Steven Richeimer holds the academic position of Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles where he is Director of the USC Masters Degree and Certificate programs in Pain Medicine. These online programs are available to all clinicians. In addition, Dr. Richeimer is Chief, Division of Pain Medicine at USC and Director of the Norris Cancer Hospital Pain Management. He is triple board-certified in the fields of anesthesiology, psychiatry, and pain medicine.

Facebook Live with Dr. Jason Hao

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Jason Hao from Thursday, March 4, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Hao specializes in neuro-acupuncture for the treatment of stroke, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex regional pain, phantom pain, and ataxia. He has taught neuro-acupuncture seminars sponsored by UCLA and Stanford for twelve years. In 2006 Dr. Hao gave a neuro-acupuncture seminar at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC where he successfully demonstrated neuro-acupuncture treatment of phantom limb pain for veterans.

Facebook Live with Dr. Kurt Heitman

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Kurt Heitman from Thursday, February 4, 2021 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Heitman is in private practice and is a partner in Southern Eye Associates located in Greenville, SC. He practices comprehensive ophthalmology and is an Associate Clinical Professor at The University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
  • Click here to view Dr. Heitman’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Philip Getson, D.O.:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Philip Getson, D.O. from Wednesday, September 16, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Philip Getson is a family physician in practice since 1976 in New Jersey. He is a locally, nationally, and internationally recognized expert in the diagnosis and treatment of RSD / CRPS and has lectured extensively on the subject.⁣
  • Click here to view Dr. Getson’s presentation.
  • We have also linked to additional resources on ketamine and multiple sclerosis that Dr. Getson mentioned during the presentation.

Facebook Live with Anita Davis, PT, DPT:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Anita Davis, PT, DPT from Thursday, September 10, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Davis has focused her career on treating people with chronic pain conditions. She developed and managed the rehabilitation program for the Brooks Rehabilitation Comprehensive Pain Rehabilitation Program for 30 years. She is sought out by local physicians for her ability to treat a difficult population. She is also an active member of the Florida Physical Therapy Association (FPTA) and serves as an officer in the Telehealth and Technology Special Interest Group.⁣
  • Click here to view Dr. Davis’ presentation.

Facebook Live with Heather Caudle and Christy Thiel:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Heather Caudle and Christy Thiel from Thursday, August 20, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Heather has been a CRPS warrior since December 2017 following surgery for a Morton’s neuroma and previous surgery 6 months prior on the same foot for a Lis Franc injury. CRPS is a terrifying diagnosis, but Heather admits she was more afraid of a lifetime of taking opiates like oxycodone than she was afraid of living with a beast of a disease like CRPS. She knew CRPS would not kill her, but the opiates could. Christy Thiel is a Master Nutrition Therapist and specializes in endocannabinoid health and hemp CBD supplementation. Christy is the Director of Education at Seed2System and helps people and businesses understand the opportunities that are available with supplementation, lifestyle and partnering.
  • Click here to view Heather and Christy’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Liesha Getson, BCTT, HHC:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Liesha Getson, BCTT, HHC from Thursday, August 13, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Liesha Getson is a Board Certified Thermographic Technician who has been actively involved with Thermographic Testing since 2004. She is an Integrative Health Coach having received her training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and is a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. Liesha has a Bachelors Degree in Parapsychic Sciences from the American Institute of Holistic Theology and is also a Reiki Master.
  • Click here to view Liesha’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Jim Doulgeris:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with CRPS Warrior Jim Doulgeris from Thursday, July 29, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Since retiring after 35 years in CEO roles for healthcare providers from hospitals to accountable care organizations, Jim is applying his extensive healthcare industry, scientific and medical knowledge on advising healthcare companies as a member of corporate and advisory boards. Having been a popular speaker on healthcare subjects from population health to using healthcare analytics, he is also widely published, interviewed and an advisor to two U.S. House of Representatives members as a thought-leader on health care issues. Already award winning novelists for “The Dyodyne Experiment,” he is hard at work with his writing partner, V. Michael Santoro, on its sequel – “The Dyodyne Experiment – Sentience” and an episodic series of 1940’s detective noir stories called “The Billy Hatcher Mysteries.” These titles and others including puzzle and cryptogram books are all exclusively available through Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Publishing. Jim had to retire in June of 2019 when his whole-body CRPS entered an acute stage. He continues with his advisory work and writing as effective therapeutic activities while his condition is managed by a CRPS expert, who is fortunately local, and a team of specialists.

Facebook Live with Dr. Michael Cooney:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Michael Cooney from Thursday, July 16, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Michael Cooney has been a leading provider of Calmare Therapy since 2011. He has successfully treated more than 1,000 patients from 20 countries. He is one of seven Certified Calmare Therapy providers in the U.S.  Dr. Cooney specializes in treating early and late stage CRPS, fibromyalgia, shingles (PHN), post-surgical pain and pain after chemotherapy (CIPN) in children teens, adults and seniors.

Facebook Live with Louis Siegelman, DDS:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Louis Siegelman from Thursday, July 2, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Louis Siegelman is a Dentist Anesthesiologist with a dental practice in NYC focused on the treatment of dental anxiety. In addition to maintaining a private practice, Dr. Siegelman is involved in teaching, resident training, and education. Dr. Siegelman is Assistant Director of the Dental Anesthesiology Residency Program at NYU Langone Medical Center and Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU College of Dentistry. His practice and career as a dentist is devoted to helping people with dental phobia and special needs.
  • Click here to view Dr. Siegelman’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Dr. Stephen Bruehl:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Stephen Bruehl from Wednesday, June 18, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Bruehl is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He was also the co-director of the international team that developed and validated the “Budapest Criteria” for CRPS, which is now the official worldwide standard for CRPS diagnosis.
  • Click here to view Dr. Buehl’s presentation.
  • Also check out this comprehensive review article on CRPS by Dr. Bruehl

Facebook Live with Dr. Tom Scott, Dr. Jonathan Fass, and CRPS Warrior Brendan Pitcairn:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Dr. Tom Scott, Dr. Jonathan Fass, and CRPS Warrior Brendan Pitcairn from Wednesday, June 3, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Tom Scott is the founder of the Scott Integrated Pain Management Center (scottpain.com) in Philadelphia. Dr. Jonathan Fass is currently a clinical specialist in the rehabilitation of orthopedic pain conditions at Excel Physical Therapy (excelphysicaltherapy.com) in Jenkintown, PA. Brendan shared his medical journey with Dr. Scott and Dr. Fass and highlighted trauma, diagnosis, pain management, and more.

Facebook Live with Peter Abaci, MD:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Peter Abaci, from Thursday, May 21, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Abaci is a board-certified anesthesiologist and integrative medicine physician. He is a co-founder of the Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center, a premier functional restoration program in northern California. Click here to view Dr. Abaci’s presentation.

Facebook Live with Melanie Levine, PhD:

  • View the replay of our Facebook Live with Melanie Levine, Ph.D, from Thursday, May 7, 2020 here on the RSDSA Facebook Page.
  • Dr. Levine is a CRPS Warrior and an NYC-based clinical psychologist with an expertise in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Click here to view Dr. Levine’s presentation.

Podcasts:

  • Please view this recent podcast of the Nursing Show that was recorded on March 24, 2017 with Jim Broatch, RSDSA’s Executive Vice President, Director and Beth Seickel, RN, a volunteer for RSDSA and a person with CRPS discussing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Integrated Solutions to CRPS | Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness Conferences

Integrated Solutions to CRPS and Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness Conferences were created for people just like you. Individuals with CRPS, friends, family, and caregivers of the CRPS community are invited to attend. The RSDSA, along with the help from generous sponsors, has assembled a friendly forum where you and experts in the CRPS field will spend the day sharing valuable information and exploring new solutions to help manage CRPS.  You will have the opportunity to talk to and network with others who experience what you do, day after day.

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
Denver, CO | October 26, 2019

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
Houston, TX | May 18, 2019

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
Charlotte, NC,  | September 29, 2018

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
San Jose, CA | March 24, 2018

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
Greenwich, CT, December 8, 2017

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
Fayetteville, AR | April 30, 2017

  • Presented by Katinka van der Merwe, DC, Neurologic Relief Center, Fayetteville, AR
  • Presented by Attendees at RSDSA’s recent Treating the Whole Person: Achieving Wellness Conference in Fayetteville discuss their experience and the value of attending one of RSDSA’s conferences.

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
Nashville, TN | April 8, 2017

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
La Jolla, CA | November 6, 2016

  • Heather Gilmore, Ph.D. Scholar, Individual with CRPS, US Pain Foundation Ambassador, Palm Desert, CA
  • Taylor Mullen, Individual with CRPS and Advocate, Author
  • Bronner Handwerger, MD, Founder and medical Director of Integrative Health Solution, La Jolla, CA
  • Kerry Hussey, Individual with CRPS / Support Leader, coach and Personal Trainer, South Hadley, MA

Treating the Whole Person: Optimizing Wellness
Chicago, IL | October 23, 2016

CRPS/RSD Educational Conference: Learning to Live Well with Chronic Pain
Long Beach, CA | February 26-28, 2016

  • Presented by Shalini Shah, MD, Director, Pediatric Pain Services, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care University of California, Irvine
  • Presented by Troyce Thome, Tai Chi for Health, San Clemente, CA

Integrated Solutions for CRPS
Cherry Hill, NJ | September 11, 2015

Integrated Solutions for CRPS
Denver, CO | June 14, 2015