The Doctor Patient Forum

This is part 1 in our stigma series. Brandy Novicka recently joined our team at The Doctor Patient Forum. Brandy is a resilient spinal advocate living with multiple conditions, including spina bifida occulta, scoliosis, rotoscoliosis, kyphosis, rotated rib cage, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, pars defect, drop foot, SI joint dysfunction, DDD, nerve damage, and more. Despite underg

If you would like to contact Jacob, please email him at: [email protected] Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is the author of Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use (Tarcher/Penguin) and For Your Own Good: The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health (Free Press). He is writing a book about the parallels between d

Atty. Ron Champan's bio Atty Ron Chapman’s trial background, health care experience, and strategic approach to litigation make him a highly sought-after health care defense and federal criminal defense attorney, by health care entities and practitioners nationally who are facing suspicion or charges of health care fraud, not maintaining DEA compliance, or unlawful prescribing

Dr. Stefan Kertesz' Bio: Stefan Kertesz is a physician at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since 1996, Dr. Kertesz has focused his work on helping populations at high risk of receiving poor care, including people with pain whose care has changed a great deal in the wake of the US opioid crisis. He's ce

Here is Part 1 in case you missed it. Dr. Henson was sent to prison for treating his patients' pain. This is part 2 of a two-part series with Dr. Henson. This is Dr. Steven R. Henson, M.D. - Biography "I have been a Career Physician working in the Emergency Room at a Level 1 Trauma Center. I was also the Executive Medical Director for the Nation’s second largest Air Med

Dr. Henson was sent to prison for treating his patients' pain. This is part 1 of a two-part series with Dr. Henson. This is Dr. Steven R. Henson, M.D. - Biography "I have been a Career Physician working in the Emergency Room at a Level 1 Trauma Center. I was also the Executive Medical Director for the Nation’s second largest Air Medical Transport Company providing criti

This is the 3rd and final part to our ORRP (Opioid Rapid Response Program) Series This program is funded to help support abandoned pain patients after a law enforcement action. ⁠Here is Part 1⁠, in case you missed it. Here is Part 2. We took clips from the following videos/podcasts for this podcast: ASTHO - Video 4 ASTHO - Video links in this document Trusted Contact Video S

This is part 2 or our 3 part series on ORRP - Opioid Rapid Response Program. This program is funded to help support abandoned pain patients after a law enforcement action. Here is Part 1, in case you missed it. We took clips from the following videos/podcasts for this podcast: 1. COSSUP - Jan 11, 2023 2. Senate Finance Committee - Oct 2019 3. National Opioid Summit 2020 4. APRO Awa

We interview Dr. Stanton Peele and Zach Rhoads about addiction, Suboxone, pain patients, Harm Reduction, and more! You won't want to miss this episode. Dr. Stanton Peele is a psychologist who has pioneered, among other things, the idea that addiction occurs with a range of experiences and recognition of natural recovery from addiction. He developed the Life Process Program for

We often hear from pain patients who were dismissed from their doctor for failing their drug test. They say there is no way the test is right. Ed Brown gives some possible explanations. Edward Brown's Bio: Edward G. Brown is a chemistry expert with over twenty-five years of laboratory research experience, over 5 years of patent work experience and over twenty years of experienc