Dina Goldstein Silverman, Ph.D., H.S.P.P. Licensed Psychologist (NJ, PA), Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Cooper University Healthcare and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University The COVID-19 pandemic brought forward numerous societal problems to the fore.  Among them is the need to address the mental health of frontline healthcare workers and that of patient survivors of critical-level care. To say that …

Krithika Malhotra, PhDMargaret Smith, MDUniversity of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health This is a story of allyship, friendship, and how collaborative relationships can change the systems in which we practice. It emphasizes the meaning of connection, being open to different perspectives and moving toward shared values and goals. This is a story of two women …

Allison Verhaak, PhDClinical Health PsychologistHartford Healthcare Headache CenterAyer Neuroscience InstituteAssistant Professor of NeurologyUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine Brian Grosberg, MD, FAHSDirector, Hartford Healthcare Headache CenterProgram Director, Headache and Facial Pain FellowshipDirector, HEADucationAyer Neuroscience InstituteProfessor of NeurologyUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine ———————————————————————————————Headache disorders, including migraine, cluster headache, and tension-type headache, are a leading cause of disability around the world, …

Krithika Malhotra, PhDMargaret Smith, MDUniversity of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health This is a story of allyship, friendship, and how collaborative relationships can change the systems in which we practice. It emphasizes the meaning of connection, being open to different perspectives and moving toward shared values and goals. This is a story of two women …

Helen L. Coons, Ph.D., Winnifred M. Hunter, Ph.D., Steven J. Berkowitz, M.D., Rachel A. Davis, M.D., Brian A. Rothberg, MD, & C. Neill Epperson, M.D. Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado  The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have profound personal, public health and economic consequences worldwide. Since its onset, health care providers have …

Jennifer Walker, PT, DPT Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus   Healthcare providers have the responsibility to provide patient centered excellence in health care and do no harm to those they work with. In my experience as a practicing Doctor of Physical Therapy, I have learned that the first fifteen minutes of an evaluation …

Sara Guevara, MD Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx NY   Understanding the importance of the mind and body connection was one of the most important goals early in my medical career. My interest in becoming a primary care provider was initiated by witnessing the necessity of practicing medicine within a biopsychosocial model of medicine to provide optimal health care and help …