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Integrative Approaches to Pain and Addiction Committee

Mission if the Committee The task of the Integrative Approaches to Pain and Addiction Committee (IAPAC) is to alleviate pain and suffering by shifting the pain care paradigm away from merely suppressing and managing pain to a focus on creating health in individuals with painful conditions. The Committee focuses on resolving the current opioid epidemic through elevating inter-professional engagement with evidence-informed use of natural, holistic, multidisciplinary integrative health strategies.

IAPAC Committee Chairs

  • Margaret Chesney, PhD

    IHPC, Special Advisor
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    • Robert Twillman, Ph.D.

      IHPC At-Large Member
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      • Taylor Walsh

        Project Director, CoverMyCare.org
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        • Stephen Welsh, DC, FICA

          Treasurer, IHPC Partner for Health Member, International Chiropractors Association; President International Chiropractors Association
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          IAPAC Committee Members

          IHPC Board Members and Partners for Health

          Len Wisneski, MD, FACP — IHPC Chair
          Gerry Gerard Clum, DC — LIFE University
          Bill Reddy, LAc, DiplAc — At-Large Member, Director of IHPC
          Winona Bontrager – American Massage Therapy Association
          James Specker – American Massage Therapy Association
          Dan Asimus MD – AIHM
          Terri Roberts JD, RN – American Holistic Nurses Association
          Pamela Snider ND – IHPC Vice-Chair, AHIC, SCUHS
          Erica Oberg ND — UCSD Center for Integrative Medicine Community Partnership
          Susan Haeger – IHPC Acting Executive Director
          Nancy Gahles – Council for Homeopathic Certification
          Tina Quirk – National Center for Homeopathy
          Robb Russell MD – Clinical Chief of Staff, Southern California University of Health Sciences
          Sharad Kohli, MD — Integrative Medicine for the Underserved
          Amy Goldstein — State Pain Policy Foundation (SPPAN), AIPM
          Matt Taylor
          Melissa dePicciotto
          Samantha Simmons
          Dawn Langes Shear
          Tricia Bardon
          Warwick Johnston
          Margaret Chesney
          Deborah Outlaw

          Independent Members

          Heather Tick, University of Washington Medicine – Center for Pain Relief
          Bill Walter ND — Golden Apple Healthcare, Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians
          John Weeks — Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, The Integrator Blog
          David Eisen, – National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA)
          Bonnie Sakallaris — VP, Optimal Healing Environments, TLI Foundation
          Jeannie Kang LAc — Serenity Total Acupuncture Treatment Center
          Jonci Jensen ND — National Center for Homeopathy
          Taylor Walsh — Integrative Health Strategies
          Dana Bodek, Intern
          Nitin Srinivasan, Intern

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