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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 and teens with trauma. Jonathan is also a co-founder of the Honor and Courage Foundation, an organization that supports veterans and first responders, and their families.

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Jonathan Bittner Therapy
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Honor and Courage Foundation
https://www.honorandcouragefoundation.org/

https://puppiesbehindbars.com/

https://vfw.org

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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, social determinants of health, chronic pain, mental well-being, and community engaged science.

Dr. Bergmans has worked across a variety of environments, from academic collaborations in Madison, Wisconsin, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, participatory programs with veterans and lupus advocates, to educational and health-focused initiatives in Thailand and Zambia.

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Community Engagement: Collaborating for Change | Michigan Online

Community Outreach & Engagement | University of Michigan Medical School

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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 just participants. Through his work with national organizations, research teams, and peer-led support groups, he translates lived experience into practical strategies that improve outcomes, trust, and real-world impact.

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Tom Norris Substack: https://tomn482171.substack.com/

World Patients Alliance: https://www.worldpatientsalliance.org/

“Believe in yourself and in your dream,
Though impossible things may seem
Someday, somehow, you’ll get through
To the goal you have in view.
Mountains fall and seas divide,
Before the one who in his stride
Takes a hard road by day
Sweeping obstacles away
Believe in yourself and in your plan
Say not – I cannot – I can
The prizes of life we fail to win
Because we doubt the power within…”

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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 behavioral health, pain, and other clinically relevant outcomes.

USASP Annual Meeting:
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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.

In addition to her clinical expertise, Dr. Moorthy has extensive experience in conducting research and overseeing projects aimed at improving diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life for patients with childhood lupus and other pediatric rheumatic diseases. Dr. Moorthy's publication record reflects her significant contributions to various studies examining clinical outcomes in rheumatic diseases.

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Arthritis Foundation
https://www.arthritis.org/juvenile-arthritis

Lupus Foundation
https://www.lupus.org/our-work/childhood-lupus

American College of Rheumatology - patient resources
https://rheumatology.org/patients/juvenile-arthritis

American Academy for Pediatrics

https://www.aap.org

A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act,—act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

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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 the US are from food additives. Dr. Holton’s research is exploring the beneficial effects of removing these additives, while optimizing the nutrient composition of the diet to treat neurological conditions characterized by excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation.

Her work aims to optimize the use of food as medicine in neurological treatment.

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https://www.american.edu/cas/health/nutrneurolab/

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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 pain.
She is steadfast in her commitment to ensure that self-care will become an accepted component of chronic pain management and that people in pain will get the help they so desperately need and deserve.

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Scientific study: Perfectionism and Chronic Pain.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/08870446.2025.2552227?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed#abstract

For information about PainTools®, please go to https://thepaintools.com/ or write to at Lynne@thepaintools.com

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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 to reduce pain.

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The Way of the Shaman

https://www.amazon.com/Way-Shaman-Michael-Harner/dp/0062503731

Bill Moyers series Healing and the Mind

https://billmoyers.com/series/healing-and-the-mind/

MeTime Pain Relief App

https://apps.apple.com/kz/app/metime-painrelief/id1506829969

MeTime Acupressure App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/metime-acupressure/id1252591787

@chronicpainreset

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