CHRONIC PAIN RESET Podcast - with Dr. Afton Hassett
Chronic Pain Reset explores the science and ideas that will help people with chronic pain from arthritis, autoimmune disease, back pain or fibromyalgia and many more lead lives that feel more hopeful with less pain and greater joy.
Join Dr. Afton Hassett when she sits down with fascinating people ranging from expert pain researchers to those with lived experiences for conversations that are informative, inspirational, and often funny. Each guest will share fresh ideas and actionable strategies that could be game changers.
Episodes
69 episodes
Episode 68 | Dr. Anna Kratz – MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS & CHRONIC PAIN
Anna Kratz, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on understanding and improving treatments for chronic pain, fatigue a...
Episode 67 | Dr. Howard Schubiner – UNLEARN YOUR PAIN
Howard Schubiner, MD is an internist and a Clinical Professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He has authored more than 150 publications in scientific journals and books. He lectures regionally, nationally, an...
Episode 66 | Dr. Caroline Zubieta – NEXT GEN EMPATHIC PHYSICIANS & THE FUTURE OF PAIN EDUCATION
Dr. Caroline Zubieta is a third-year anesthesiology resident at the University of Michigan.She is an Ann Arbor native who received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and subsequently graduated from the UM Medical School...
Episode 65 | Dr. Emily Foxen-Craft Scholand – REVISITING HOPE FOR KIDS WITH CHRONIC PAIN
Dr. Emily Foxen-Craft Scholand is a pediatric pain psychologist in her private practice, called Pediatric Pain and Behavioral Health and is located in Southeast Michigan.Prior to the founding of her clinic, she was a psychologist...
Episode 64 | Dr. Lindsey Delott – REVISITING THE EYES HAVE IT - CHRONIC EYE PAIN
Dr. Lindsey Delott is an Assistant Professor with joint appointments in Neurology and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the University of Michigan. She also serves as the Section Lead for Neuro-Ophthalmology at the renowned Kellogg ...
Episode 63 | Dr. Mark Bicket – Update | THE CHALLENGES OF OPIOID THERAPY
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-prescri...
Episode 62 | Dr. Suzanna M. Zick, ND, MPH – NUTRITIONAL MYTHBUSTING
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 investig...
Episode 61 | Dr. Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA WELL-BEING IN THE PERIOPERATIVE SETTING
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 trainin...
Episode 60 | Dr. Yoni K. Ashar, PhD – PAIN REPROCESSING THERAPY - RETHINKING CHRONIC PAIN
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...
Episode 59 | Jonathan Bittner - THE BATTLE AFTER THE WAR
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 Universit...
Episode 58 | Dr. Rachel Bergmans, PhD, MPH – BETTER TOGETHER, A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH
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 Depar...
Episode 57 | Lt Col (Ret.) Tom Norris, USAF – BEYOND THE MISSION: FAITH, CONNECTION, AND ADVOCACY
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 b...
Episode 56 | Dr. Megan L. Rolfzen – USASP ANNUAL MEETING ROUNDUP | MUSINGS WITH AFTON & MEG
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 N...
Episode 55 | Dr. Nandini Moorthy – KIDDOS & RHEUMATIC DISEASE
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 comp...
Episode 54 | Dr. Kathleen Holton – REVISITING FOOD AS MEDICINE FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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 p...
Episode 53 | Lynne Matallana – REVISITING YOU GOT THIS
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 P...
Episode 52 | Dr. Rick Harris – BRIDGING BRAIN SCIENCE & ANCIENT HEALING WISDOM
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 modal...
Episode 51 | Dr. Anson Kairys – PAIN INTELLIGENCE: WHERE AI, SCIENCE & CHRONIC PAIN MEET
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 EE...
Episode 50 | Dr. Amy Behimer – CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES
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 exp...
Episode 49 | Dr. Mark Lumley – Revisited | EMOTIONAL AWARENESS & EXPRESSION THERAPY FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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. ...
Episode 48 | Marisa Renee Lee - HOLD SPACE FOR GRIEF
Marisa Renee Lee is an award-winning advocate, writer, and speaker oncoping with grief and loss.She is a business and political strategist leveraging her time asa Deputy Director in the Obama White House, as the founding Managing
Episode 47 | Dr. Jeff Thompson THE POWER OF AWE: A FORMER NYPD DETECTIVE’S PERSPECTIVE
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, p...
Episode 46 | Tanya Freirich – CHARTING A PERSONAL PATH TO HEALTH WITH THE LUPUS DIETITIAN
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 onlin...
Episode 45 | Sharon Waldrop, NBC-HWC - 5 LESSONS LEARNED FROM LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN
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...
Episode 44 | Dr. Emily Bartley - THE POWER OF RESILIENCE
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 Excelle...