Meredith Beaton Starr, MS, OTR/L, is an Integrative Health Coach with a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy as well as advanced training in Healthcare and Leadership Coaching. She has been practicing for the past twenty six years in a variety of settings and is an expert in pain management, stress management and helping clients to optimize their ability to function in home and workplace settings to achieve optimal health. Her work with clients is centered on helping to create and sustain behavioral changes in congruence with healthy and adaptive goal setting and achievement.
Carolyn Bernstein, MD,FAHS is a neurologist with a subspecialty certification in Headache Medicine and is Fellow of the American Headache Society. She is a faculty member of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Neurology, and is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and North American Menopause Society. Doctor Bernstein’s interests include migraine disorders, hormonal headache and the use of integrative therapies in the treatment of headaches and pain, with a focus on lifestyle and wellness. She is the author of The Migraine Brain: Your Break-through Guide to Fewer Headaches, Better Health (Free Press 2008) and has edited and co-written two textbooks: Pain in Women (Springer 2012) and Medical Complications of Pregnancy (Springer, in press). She has lectured on headache and migraine locally, nationally and internationally.
Jie Fan-Roche, PT, NCMT, is a French-trained physical therapist with a US license as a nationally certified massage therapist who is fluent in French, Chinese and English. She integrates a variety of modalities, including craniosacral therapy, Chinese reflexology and acupressure and teaches Tai Chi and Qi-Gong. She is an Upledger Institute-certified CranioSacral therapist and certified instructor of the "Introduction to CranioSacral Therapy" workshop- a course appropriate for both health professionals and the general public.
Since 1990, Jie has been integrating these modalities into her work in Europe, China and the US, working for the last 5 years as a member of the Harvard-affiliated Integrated Care Center. Jie works with people of all ages, from newborns to the elderly. Her current practice focus is on CranioSacral Therapy, SomatoEmotional Release and Chinese reflexology. These techniques give Jie the opportunity to adapt to each client's needs. Her goal is to give each person a taste of a new way to approach their own body and the freedom to relax and express themselves, physically, emotionally or spiritually.
In her leisure time, Jie loves to play the cello, travel, read, and orchestrate her three boys' musical development.
Matthew H. Kowalski, DC is a 1990 graduate of the National College of Chiropractic, where he also completed a two-year multidisciplinary residency in orthopedics . He is certified with the American Board of Chiropractic Orthopedics. Dr. Kowalski is the President of the New England Spine Institute, PC, with practices in Holbrook, East Bridgewater and Carver. He is an adjunct post-graduate faculty member of the National University of Health Sciences. Dr. Kowalski has co-authored chapters on "The lumbar intervertebral disc" and "Lumbar spinal stenosis" for Low Back Syndromes (Morris, ed.). His practice focuses on the evaluation and treatment of patient suffering with headaches, neck pain and back pain.
Dr. Loewenthal is a geriatrician and internist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Assistant Program Director in the BWH Internal Medicine residency program. Her clinical and research efforts focus on the use of integrative therapies, particularly mind-body practices, to promote healthy aging. She is the recipient of a HRSA Geriatric Academic Career Award, Harvard Medical School Osher Center for Integrative Health Pilot Research Award, and Annals of Internal Medicine Early Career Investigator Award. In addition, she completed 200-hour yoga teacher training and is a certified SMART provider through the MGH Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine.
At the BWH Osher Clinical Center Dr. Loewenthal offers 2 clinical services:
Arthur Madore, LMT, is a licensed massage therapist with offices at the Caritas Carney Hospital. A graduate of the Muscular Therapy Institute, he has chosen to specialize in the treatment of injuries and physical restrictions. His is the first hospital-based massage therapy practice in the state. He is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork with advanced certification in Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) and Feldenkrais-based Integrative Movement Therapy. He has been chosen as a research therapist for two Harvard studies on lower back pain.
Arthur has had extensive training in craniosacral work, myofascial release, as well as personal empowerment techniques such as guided imagery. For many years he has taught other massage therapists and physical therapists, massage, movement, and neuromuscular therapy as a staff teaching assistant for St. John NMT Seminars and the Somatic Training Associates. He is a longtime member of the American Massage Therapy Association and the International Association of Healthcare Practitioners.
Thomas Mecke, DC earned a Bachelors of Science degree from the State University of New York and furthered his education through a Master of Science in Forensic Science program at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Doctor Mecke completed his chiropractic training at the New York Chiropractic College, where he was selected to participate in an internship at the Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Rochester, NY. The VA program provides military veterans with comprehensive chiropractic services in a multidisciplinary, collaborative healthcare environment.
Doctor Mecke has an interest in sports science and human performance and is an accomplished athlete. He is trained in the Graston Technique® and is furthering his education with studies in The McKenzie Method® of mechanical diagnosis and treatment. Doctor Mecke has been working at The New England Spine Institute since 2010.
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