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Staff
Ronald
Glick, MD,
Medical Director
Neal Ryan, MD, Director
Jeanette Adams, Administrative Manager
James
Donnelly, MA, Psychotherapist
Master Nick Gracenin, Tai Chi Master Instructor
Carol
Greco, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Deborah Grice Conway, PhD, Psychotherapist
John
Laird, ND, Naturopathic & Nutritional Counselor
Daniel Shawn Miller, DC, Chiropractor
Sharon Plank, MD, Integrative Medicine Physician
Mark Shefsiek, Feldenkrais Practitioner
Erin Simon Custer, CMT, M.E.d. , Massage Therapist
Beverly Spiro, MSN, CRNP, Yoga Instructor
KK Teh, LAc, MAc, Acupuncturist
Stephanie Ulmer, Shiatsu Practitioner
Alicja W. Walczak, MS, Movement Therapy and Biofeedback Practitioner, Yoga Instructor
Ronald Glick, MD
Medical
Director
Dr. Ronald Glick is the medical director of the Center for Integrative
Medicine. His training is in psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation,
and pain management. Dr. Glick is involved in research on acupuncture
and prolotherapy
– a musculoskeletal injection technique. His clinical practice focuses
on integrative approaches to chronic pain management and integrative
psychiatry.
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more about Dr. Glick
Neal Ryan, MD
Director
Dr. Neal Ryan is the director for the Center for Integrative Medicine
and the Joaquim Puig-Antich Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Ryan's clinical and research work has involved the study of depression,
bipolar disorder, and anxiety
in children and adolescents, and chronic disorders in which stress and
environmental factors play an important role. He also brings a strong
background in medical education.
Jeanette Adams
Administrative
Manager
Jeamette Adams comes to the Center with over 20 years of health care management experience.
James Donnelly, MA
Psychotherapist
James Donnelly brings over 20 years experience as a psychotherapist
and has been with the Center since 1999. His practice focuses on helping
individuals who are experiencing health or emotional problems as a result
of childhood abuse or neglect or post-traumatic stress symptoms occurring
in adulthood. He uses EMDR,
as well as cardiac coherence training,
Gestalt Therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy to assist individuals
in achieving their optimal functioning level.
Master Nick Gracenin
Master Nick Gracenin teaches Tai Chi and Qigong at the Center. Acclaimed for his teaching abilities, Master Gracenin has conducted seminars in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In 1999 Master Gracenin was named as one of the 100 people who have made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years by Inside Kung Fu magazine.
Carol
Greco, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Carol Greco has more than 15 years of clinical experience
and has worked in research for more than 10 years at the University of
Pittsburgh. Her areas of research interest include psychological approaches
to pain management, mind-body approaches to health and disease, and biofeedback.
Dr. Greco’s clinical work focuses on behavioral medicine approaches
to pain management and the management of stress related to health problems
such as heart
disease and lupus.
Dr. Greco uses cardiac coherence training, biofeedback,
relaxation training, and guided imagery as well as cognitive behavioral
therapy to help people reduce their stress, anxiety, and depression.
She is trained in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and teaches the Mindfulness Meditation program at the Center.
Deborah
Grice Conway, PhD
Psychotherapist
Deborah Grice Conway has over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist
working with adults, children and adolescents, and families. Problems
treated include depression, anxiety disorders, and attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder. Approaches include cardiac coherence
training, EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy,
and relaxation training. In addition to her work at the Center, Ms. Grice
Conway is a professor at the Community College of Allegheny
County.
John Laird, ND
Naturopathic
& Nutritional Counselor
John Laird provides services in naturopathic
counseling. He received a degree in anthropology at Franklin and Marshall
College in Lancaster, Pa. Mr. Laird is a graduate of the John Bastyr College
of Naturopathic Medicine in Seattle, and completed an internship at the
Government College of Ayurvedic Medicine in Mysore, India.
Daniel Shawn Miller,
DC
Chiropractor
Dr. Daniel Shawn Miller provides chiropractic
services. He received his doctor of chiropractic degree at Palmer
College and has been practicing for the last 15 years.
Sharon Plank, MD
Integrative Medicine Physician
Dr. Sharon Plank is board certified in family practice and provides integrative
medicine services at the Center. She completed fellowship training in
integrative
medicine at the University of Arizona, under the directorship of Andrew
Weil, MD. Dr. Plank has worked extensively in the areas of prevention
and management of heart disease and osteoporosis as well as women’s
health problems. She directs the Healthy Minds,
Healthy Bodies program at the Center. In addition to the above areas,
she provides medical acupuncture
services.
Mark Shefsiek
Feldenkrais Practitioner
Mark Shefsiek has been practicing Feldenkrais Movement Therapy for over ten years and is certified through the Feldenkrais Guild of North America. Mark is also a registered Somatic Movement Therapist. Somatic movement practices help to refine an individual's awareness, balance, strength and fluidity of motion for application into daily life.
Erin Simon Custer, CMT, M.E.d.
Erin has been in private practice since 1992, and has training in Swedish, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Pregnancy and Post-Partum Massage, and Lymph Drainage Therapy.
Beverly Spiro,
MSN, CRNP
Yoga Instructor
Beverly Spiro provides services in EMDR
and teaches the Hatha Yoga
program at the Center. Additionally, she co-teaches the Meditation Skills
Training class with Dr. Greco. She is a graduate of Yale University. Ms.
Spiro is the co-founder of the Center.
KK Teh,
LAc, MAc
Acupuncturist
KK Teh provides acupuncture services
and instructs the Tai Chi class at the Center.
He has master's degrees in Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Psychology.
His practice interests include pain management, sports medicine, general
health problems, and stress-related conditions. Mr. Teh is board
certified in acupuncture by the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).
Stephanie Ulmer
Shiatsu
Practitioner
Stephanie Ulmer provides shiatsu
services. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland and is certified
by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.
Ms. Ulmer is also an AOBTA-certified practitioner and instructor. Ms.
Ulmer directs and teaches the shiatsu training program at the Center.
Alicja W. Walczak,
MS
Biofeedback
Practitioner & Movement Therapy Instructor
Alicja Walczak provides cardiac coherence training, biofeedback, synergistic
body-mind therapy, and movement
therapy. She has a degree in Exercise Physiology with an emphasis
on relaxation and biofeedback from the University of Pittsburgh.
Additionally,
Ms. Walczak completed training with Ilana Rubenfeld and her Institute
in Rubenfeld Synergy. Ms. Walczak also teaches yoga classes at the Center.
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