October 2019 – The VALERAS book is here…

Preoperative Optimization of the Chronic Pain Patient

We are excited to announce that Oxford University Press has finally released our collaborative manual (with Dr. Beth Darnall from the Stanford University pain team, and Anchorage’s own Dr. Lyn Freeman) on our preoperative optimization program (see valerasprogram.com). The book is the first to address the complex and costly problem of failure to optimize chronic…

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April 2018: New VALERAS Preoperative Optimization Program

Last month we were kindly invited by the Alaska Academy of Family Practice to introduce our new VALERAS preoperative optimization program at their 20th annual Winter Update. VALERAS (taken from the Latin for “Strong and Well”) is a cooperative venture between NAPM and Mind Matters Research, LLC, with a little help from our friends at…

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