Our virtual meetings are open to persons with ALL forms of dystonia and are not specific to one type.

TOPIC: PAIN CARE FOR THE WHOLE PERSON

GUEST PRESENTER: MICHELLE SEXTON, ND (Naturopath), Center for Integrative Medicine, UC San Diego Centers for Integrative Health, Voluntary Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine

Dr. Sexton is a Medical Staff Professional at the Department of Family Medicine at the Center for Integrative Medicine at University of California San Diego, the first Naturopathic Doctor hired at UCSD. She is formerly Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UCSD. After her Naturopathic medicine degree at Bastyr University in Seattle, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington in the Departments of Pharmacology/Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. There, she studied the endocannabinoid system and its roles in neuro-inflammation and neuro-degeneration. Her NIH-funded pre-doctoral and postdoctoral research investigated cannabis effects on immune parameters in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Sexton has presented her research internationally, published in peer-reviewed journals and is an accomplished public speaker. Dr. Sexton’s clinical practice, research and teaching focus on treating the whole person, using the healing power of nature, treating the cause, prevention and functional medicine across the lifespan. She has worked with chronic pain patients at UCSD since 2016 and implemented a whole health pain curriculum in a group medical visit setting. She is currently inventing a survivorship series for patients with cancer diagnoses. She is the author of “Eat, Sleep, Relax, Protect, Forget: An Endocannabinoid (ECS) Guide to Systems Wholeness for Women.”

For the Zoom log-in information and to RSVP, please contact Martha Murphy at mmurphy582@gmail.com

Group website: www.dystoniaofsandiego.com

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