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

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