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Douglas J. Ball, MD


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Melissa Cortez, DO


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Pradeep Chopra, MD

Dr. Chopra is a Pain Medicine specialist. He did his Residency in Anesthesia and Critical Care, Fellowship in Pain Medicine – all from Harvard Medical School.  Currently an Assistant Professor (Clinical) at Brown Medical School and works full time as a Pain Medicine specialist.  He has a special interest in chronic complex pain conditions and their associated co-existing conditions. He has several publications to his credit and is on the editorial board for a journal on pain. 

Craig A. Coleby, MD

Dr. Coleby is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Sports Medicine. He is currently in private practice at Granger Medical Clinic, and serves as secretary on the Board of Directors. As an extension of his pediatric sports medicine practice, he provides dedicated care to patients with autonomic disorders, including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and other complications of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome hypermobility type. Dr. Coleby is currently working towards his 4th board certification in Autonomic Disorders.

Dr. Coleby completed his residency and fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.

Glen Cook, MD

Dr. Cook directs the Autonomic Disorders Clinic at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, where he is also Director for the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship.  He is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Uniformed Services University.  He completed his autonomic disorders training in the Clinical Neurocardiology Section of the National Institutes of Health followed by a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Walter Reed Bethesda.  Prior to his current assignment, he served as a staff neurologist and director of the Autonomic Disorders Clinic at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.

Brent P. Goodman, MD

Founder and Director of Autonomic Laboratory and Clinic at Mayo in Arizona.  Clinical and research interests focus on neuromuscular disorders, autonomic disorders, neurophysiology, autoimmune neurology, and autonomic nervous system disorders.

Christopher Harper, PT, DPT, OCS

Dr. Sandroni obtained her MD degree from the University of Milan, Italy, summa cum laude. She accepted a position to work in Somalia for 1 year on a project sponsored by the European Union before moving to the US, where she worked as research fellow in the autonomic laboratory at Mayo Clinic Rochester for 1 year. She then moved to the University of California Irvine. There she spent 3 years working on neurophysiology of mental processing as well as movement disorders. With this work, she completed her PhD degree in neuroscience. After obtaining her US licensure, she returned to Mayo Clinic to complete her Neurology residency, followed by 1 year fellowship in peripheral nerve disorders and 6 months as Mayo Scholar at UCSF to perfect her pain management skills. She joined the Mayo Clinic staff where she is Professor of Neurology, practice chair of neurology, chair of the autonomic division and director of the autonomic fellowship. Her expertise is in autonomic disorders, neuromuscular disorders and pain. She is actively involved in research, education as well as clinical practice. She has published over 120 articles, a book and book chapters, and lectures often both in the national and international arena. Her interest in global medicine brings her yearly to Africa where she is involved in educational projects.

Laura A. Pace, MD, PhD

Dr. Pace is a gastroenterologist who has specialized expertise in neurogastroenterology and motility disorders. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology along with specialized fellowship training in neurogastroenterology and motility disorders. Dr. Pace focuses on the diagnosis and management of individuals with gastrointestinal complications from neurologic diseases, such as autonomic dysfunction, and connective tissue diseases, such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. She is Director of the University of Utah Neurogastroenterology Clinic and Co-Director of the University of Utah Multidisciplinary Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Clinic.

Satish Raj, MD, MSCI

Satish R Raj, MD, MSCI, is a Canadian Heart Rhythm Cardiologist. He spent 12 years working at the Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center in Nashville, TN. He has now moved back to the University of Calgary in Canada and he has founded the Calgary Autonomic Investigation & Management Clinic.  He is currently Professor of Cardiac Science at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute and the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine. His primary research interests relate to understanding and better treating postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and vasovagal syncope.

Paola Sandroni, MD, PhD

Dr. Sandroni obtained her MD degree from the University of Milan, Italy, summa cum laude. She accepted a position to work in Somalia for 1 year on a project sponsored by the European Union before moving to the US, where she worked as research fellow in the autonomic laboratory at Mayo Clinic Rochester for 1 year. She then moved to the University of California Irvine. There she spent 3 years working on neurophysiology of mental processing as well as movement disorders. With this work, she completed her PhD degree in neuroscience. After obtaining her US licensure, she returned to Mayo Clinic to complete her Neurology residency, followed by 1 year fellowship in peripheral nerve disorders and 6 months as Mayo Scholar at UCSF to perfect her pain management skills. She joined the Mayo Clinic staff where she is Professor of Neurology, practice chair of neurology, chair of the autonomic division and director of the autonomic fellowship. Her expertise is in autonomic disorders, neuromuscular disorders and pain. She is actively involved in research, education as well as clinical practice. She has published over 120 articles, a book and book chapters, and lectures often both in the national and international arena. Her interest in global medicine brings her yearly to Africa where she is involved in educational projects.