About Us
Pelvic Pain Specialists Who, Together, Leave no Stone Unturned
The medical professionals on this page hail from every part of pelvic medicine: Anesthesiology, Basic Science, Colorectal Surgery, Gastrointestinal Medicine, Gynecology, Neurosurgery, Patient Education, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Orthopedics, Pharmacology, Rheumatology, Sex Therapy, Urology, and Vascular Surgery.
Our Story
Pain can almost always be helped. We all routinely see patients who have seen innumerable doctors, who have been told their pain is not real, who had had well-meaning doctors who could not help, whose lives have been altered by pain, who had organs removed with no benefit.... we have also seen people who reached the right help at the right time. This book is our best effort to put the tools we understand in the hands of those who have pain - and their local providers.
Meet The Authors
Alexandra R. Adler,
MD
Staff Physician, Anesthesia and Pain Management
Yale University School of Medicine
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Charles Argoff,
MD
Professor of Neurology, Albany Medical College
Director of the Comprehensive Pain Center, Albany Medical Center
Antje M. Barreveld,
MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Tufts University
Medical Director, Pain Management Services
Newton Wellesley Hospital
C. Andres Bedoya,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director, Behavioral Medicine Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Annie Chen,
MD
Resident Physician in Urologic Surgery
Department of Urology
Stony Brook Medicine
Peter Cole,
MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chief, Division of Gynecology
Albany Medical Center
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Erin Crosby,
M.D.
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Residency Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Elise J.B. De,
MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Chair, Education Committee, International Continence Society
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Andrew Dubin,
M.D., M.S.
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University Florida - Shands, Rehabilitation Hospitals Gainesville
Marilyn Heng,
MD, MPH, FRCSC
Assistant Professor Orthopedic Surgery - Harvard Medical School
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Chun Hin Angus Lee,
MD
Clinical Associate, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Digestive Diseases and Surgery Institute,
Cleveland Clinic
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Nucelio Lemos,
MD, PhD
Associate Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Chair Scientific Committee Latin American Pelvic Floor Association
University of Toronto
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Jianren Mao,
MD, PhD
RJ. Kitz Professor Anaesthesia Research, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Serge Marchand,
PhD
Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University Hospital Research Center,
Sarah Mozafarpour,
MD
Resident Physician in Urologic Surgery - Harvard Medical School
Quality and Safety Representative
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Joshua Mukalazi Nsubuga, PharmD
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Barbara Nath,
MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Gastroenterology Associates
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Ajay Nehra,
MD, FACS
Director of Men’s Health and Male Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Urology
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Sarah Nelson,
PhD
Instructor of Psychology - Harvard Medical School
Staff Psychologist, Anethesiology
Boston Children's Hospital
Cynthia E. Neville,
PT, DPT, WCS
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Science
Jill H. Osborne,
MA
President and Founder Interstitial Cystitis Network
Social Advocate in Health Education
Author, IC Chef Cookbook
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Jan Alberto Paredes Mogica
Medical Student
Anahuac University
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Ruben Peredo-Wende,
MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Albany Medical College
Chief and Program Director of Rheumatology
Albany Medical Center
Julie G. Pilitsis,
MD, PhD
Professor, Neurosurgery Neuroscience Experimental Therapeutics
Chair, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
Albany Medical College
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Jeannette M. Potts,
MD
Co-founder, Vista Urology and Pelvic Pain Partners
Author, Tango: Lessons for Life
Vista Urology
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Christina Psaros,
PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Staff Psychologist, Behavioral Med Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Joseph D. Raffetto,
MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Department of Vascular Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Talli Y. Rosenbaum,
MSc
Individual and Couples Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist,
Academic Advisor, Merkaz Yahel: The Center for Jewish Intimacy
Associate Editor, Sexual Medicine Reviews, Bet Shemesh, Israel
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Rachel S. Rubin,
MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Urology, Georgetown University
Urologist and Sexual Medicine Specialist
IntimMedicine Specialists
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Susan L. Sager,
MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Pelvic Pain Program
Boston Children’s Hospital
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Miriam M. Shao,
BS
Medical Student
Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
Albany Medical College
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Beth Shelly,
PT, DPT, WCS, BCB-PMD
Board Certified in Women’s Health Physical Therapy
Board Certified in Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback
Chloe Slocum,
MD, MPH
Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Allison Snyder,
PT, MSPT, CLT, CEEAA
Certificate in Achievement-Pelvic Health
Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Igor Sorokin,
MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Amelia M. Stanton,
PhD
Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry
Behavioral Medicine Program, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Theodore A. Stern,
MD
N.H. Cassem Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School
Director, T.P. Hackett Center Scholarship in Psychosomatic Med
Massachusetts General Hospital
Huy Truong,
MD
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Resident in Neurosurgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
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Emily Von Bargen,
DO
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Associate Fellowship Director
Associate Ob Gyn Clerkship Director, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
John Walczyk,
PharmD, RPh, FIACP, FACA
Director, Pharmacy Operations
Johnson Compounding & Wellness
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Gretchen H. Wilber,
PsyD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
PTSD, Chronic Medical Illnesses including Chronic Pain
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Carey York-Best,
MD
Assist Prof Ob Gyn and Reprod Biol, Harvard Medical School
Division Director, Benign Gynecology and Obstetrics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massarat Zutshi,
MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Lerner College of Medicine
Staff Surgeon, Department of Colorectal Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation