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NAANT Officers and Past Presidents
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RICHARD NAHAS MD
President
Dr Richard Nahas is an MD who has practiced integrative medicine for over 20 years, including research, teaching and advocacy in Canada and the US. He is developing a portfolio of innovate wellness services as the founder of the Seekers Wellness Group, and has dedicated his career to creating awareness and generating scientific evidence that confirms the key role of interference fields, acting as blockages, as the most important treatable root cause of human illness, and to promoting blockage-based care as a major advance in the history of medicine.
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MICHAEL GUREVICH MD
President Elect
Dr. Michael I. Gurevich, MD, a leading holistically minded psychiatrist, to our community. Dr. Gurevich is Board-Certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry and is a Certified Acupuncturist, with extensive training in multiple integrative treatment modalities.
Dr. Gurevich specializes in treating complex psychiatric patients who have not responded to conventional treatments and are looking to reduce their reliance on medications. Over twenty years ago, he was introduced to Neural Therapy (NT) by his mentor, Dr. Klinghardt, and received hands-on training from Dr. J. Harris. Driven by a desire to deepen his understanding, Dr. Gurevich organized NT training courses in New York featuring advanced European practitioners. These courses have been instrumental in educating many US and Canadian practitioners.
Dr. Gurevich co-organized two international NT symposiums, which received enthusiastic acclaim. He was also a key founding member of the North American Academy of Neural Therapy (NAANT). Remarkably, he remains the only psychiatrist in the US practicing NT.
Dr. Gurevich has developed Trauma Resolution Therapy, which integrates NT with guided imagery, EMDR, and other techniques to effectively treat conditions such as PTSD, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, anorexia, and more.
As a member of the NAANT Board, Dr. Gurevich is dedicated to expanding the education and practice of NT in North America, fostering international collaboration, and initiating research on NT in treating psychiatric conditions.
JEFF HARRIS ND / Past President
Past President
He has been practicing Neural Therapy for 30 years all day every day. He is a founding member of NAANT and has served on the board since it started. He practices in Kirkland, WA near Seattle. I am grateful to be able to serve the Neural Therapy world family by teaching, mentoring and being on the board. I am enjoying traveling the world speaking and teaching as a representative of NAANT. Thank you for this opportunity.
KATIE DAHLGREN ND
Secretary
Dr. Katie Dahlgren is a board-certified Naturopathic Physician specializing in the treatment of chronic infections and neurological disorders in patients of all ages. She has over 17 years of experience providing highly individualized care to patients with complex chronic illness. Her unique treatment protocols include nutritional support, dietary interventions, herbal medicine, hormone therapy, detoxification support, homeopathy, energy medicine, pharmaceutical medications, and lifestyle recommendations. She has extensive experience with a variety of injection techniques including neural therapy for acute and chronic pain, PRP for both aesthetic and orthopedic indications and intravenous therapies.
KARL A. ANDERSON DDS
Treasurer
Naturopathic biologically based dentist. Practicing for 37 years. We use neural therapy for head and neck, ozone, platelet rich fibrin, safe mercury removal, and zirconia dental implants.
Dr Karl A. Anderson, DDS, MS, Diplomate ICOI,has lectured nationally and internationally in the field of Implantology, and has over 25 years of experience in both the surgical and restorative aspects of Implantology. He is a Diplomat of the International Congress of Oral Implantology. He also has a Masters of Science Degree in Periodontology and is active in many dental organizations including the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. Dr Anderson is a 200K Independant Xango Distributor
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Dr. Karl Anderson has been a practicing dentist since 1981. He has a Master of Science degree in Periodontics. He is also a diplomate status in the ICOI, International Congress of Implantology. He is a Fellow in the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology and has a degree in Naturopathic Medicine from the American College of Integrative Medicine and Dentistry. It was within that program he was introduced to Neural Therapy and introduced that modality into his practice of dentistry.
Dr Harris has been doing neural therapy since 1993 and working closely with dentists for all this time. He has taught intraoral treatments since 2008 to doctors and dentist.
RICHARD CHEN MD
Board Member
Dr. Richard Chen is an integrative medical doctor who has been practicing for 30+ years. He has written a book called “A New Way to Health” which explains how he uses neural therapy, functional medicine, genetics, acupuncture, and lasers to help clients regain their life from physical and emotional pain. He is in private practice in northern California.
For more information, please visit the website https://focusedwellness.net or https://drfw.net
BRIDGHID MCMONAGLE ND
Board Member
Dr. Bridghid McMonagle graduated from Bastyr University in 2005 and completed a residency at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) where she performed rotations at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) involving dermatology, gastroenterology, women’s health, and emergency care. Dr. McMonagle is a leading expert in the medical uses of ozone. This includes Ozone therapies such as High dose ozone (known as 10 pass), Prolozone, Cosmetic ozone, Major and Minor Autohemotherapy. She is also certified in Cosmetic PRP and joint PRP treatments, IV therapies, heavy metal chelation, neurofeedback, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and PK Protocol.
Dr. McMonagle was the first certified ozone practitioner in Oregon. Dr. McMonagle has trained with Dr. Frank Shallenberger, Dr. Robert Rowen, Dr. Howard Robbins, Dr. Adrianna Schwartz, Dr. Lohadny and many more. Our clinic offers the most extensive options in ozone therapies that we know of in Oregon.
Dr. McMonagle has lectured extensively in the U.S. and internationally on topics such as medical ozone therapies for chronic fatigue & immune concerns, ozone for skin rejuvenation, platelet rich plasma (PRP) to improve joint, hair, and skin health. She has been practicing family medicine in Lake Oswego since 2006 and sees patients of all ages. She enjoys motivating individuals to improve their health.
Prior to medical school, Dr. McMonagle finished her undergraduate at the University of Washington in Environmental Health with a minor in chemistry. She then completed over 2 years in the Peace Corps in Thailand teaching environmental medicine. During her time in the Peace Corps, she became fascinated with herbal medicine and various treatment options which inspired her to pursue naturopathic medicine.
Dr. McMonagle is a member of the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM), American Association of Naturopathic Medicine (AANP). American Academy of Ozonotherapy, founding member (AAOT), Personalize Lifestyle Medical Institute (PLMI), American Academy of Neural Therapy (NAANT), American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM), and the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM).
Dr. McMonagle feels very fortunate to practice functional and regenerative medicine, and has witnessed tremendous results blending evidence based medical approaches. She enjoys traveling, tennis, soccer, and staying active in the outdoors.
WARREN SLATEN MD
Board Member
A physiatrist specializing in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain, Dr. Warren Slaten has been at the forefront of regenerative treatments for pain conditions. Dr. Slaten has dedicated himself to seeking out the most effective treatments for pain with an emphasis on using the body’s own healing properties. To achieve this, he has worked and trained with many leaders of the field. He has integrated this learning into a comprehensive approach that treats the injury naturally and improves one’s overall health. He has published research and review articles on a wide range of topics including low back pain, knee pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (a nerve pain condition) and spinal cord injury.
Dr. Slaten is a board-certified physiatrist with subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine. After graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University in St. Louis, he graduated from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis. He completed a residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Newark and Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. After a few years in practice, he completed a Spine Fellowship at Florida Spine Institute in Clearwater.
He has built on this base of training and has continued to develop skills and new expertise throughout his career. This has included certification in medical acupuncture and ozone therapy with training in musculoskeletal ultrasound, prolotherapy, neural prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma injections, stem cell therapies and neural therapy. He has developed expertise in hormones by treating many of his chronic pain patients with hormone supplementation. He is now certified in advanced bioidentical hormone replacement. He has also developed expertise in peptide therapy and IV nutrition.
Dr. Slaten has served as Associate Medical Director of Capitol Rehabilitation Clinic in Milwaukee. He established the Integrative Pain Treatment Center in Milwaukee and served as its Medical Director. He was a Pain Physiatrist at Rockland Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Airmont, NY
PERRY M. PERRETZ DO
Board Member
Dr. Perretz first entered medical school after eight years of practice as an acupuncturist. As a practitioner of eastern medicine, he saw that many patients were falling through the cracks in our health care system. Inspired to serve people better as part of a medical team, he graduated from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999, and completed his PM&R residency at Schwab/ University of Chicago, in 2003. His private practice, called Advanced Pain Solutions, in Redding, Connecticut is dedicated to the treatment of musculoskeletal pain, featuring an eclectic mix of osteopathy, prolotherapy, acupuncture, and neural therapy.