Telehealth for Mast Cell Activation Disease

Beth O’Hara, ND

Functional Naturopath – Mast Cell 360

Mast Cell 360 Website

Beth O’Hara is a Functional Naturopath specializing in complex chronic immune conditions related to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance. She is the founder and owner of Mast Cell 360, a Functional Naturopathy Practice designed to look at all factors surrounding health conditions – genetic, epigenetic biochemical, physiological, environmental, and emotional. She designed Mast Cell 360 to be the kind of practice she wished had existed when she was severely ill with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Histamine Intolerance, Neural Inflammation, Lyme, Mold Toxicity, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Fatigue. Her mission today is to be a guiding light for others with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Histamine Intolerance and these related conditions in their healing journeys. Through her Mast Cell 360 Root Cause process, she discovers the unique root factors affecting each of her clients’ health issues, building personalized, effective roadmaps for healing. She holds a doctorate in Functional Naturopathy, a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Bachelor’s degree in Physiological Psychology, She is certified in Functional Genomic Analysis and is a Research Adviser for the Nutrigenetic Research Institute. She presents at Functional Medicine Conferences on Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance as well as the use of genetics and biochemistry in addressing chronic health conditions.

Kelly K McCann, MD, MPH & TM

Functional/Integrative Medicine Physician – The Spring Center

note: telehealth available for patients who live in California, Arizona, Oregon, Washington state, and Idaho

The Spring Center Website

Dr. Kelly McCann is on staff at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California and has been in private practice in Costa Mesa since 2008. She founded Partners in Health at the Spring Center in August 2009. Dr. McCann received a B.A. in Music from Brown University and a Master’s in Library Science from University at Albany. She went on to receive her Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) and simultaneously earned a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in Tropical Medicine (TM) at Tulane University in New Orleans. She completed both an Internal Medicine residency at Banner Samaritan Medical Center and a Pediatrics residency at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. McCann completed a Fellowship in the Program of Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona where she worked with Dr Andrew Weil. She is one of only 35 physicians world-wide to participate in this Residential Fellowship.  Dr. McCann became certified in medical acupuncture through the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. She is certified by the Institute of Functional Medicine and also Board Certified in Integrative Medicine by the American Board of Physician Specialties. Dr. McCann completed a Masters in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica in August 2010.  She is a Board Member of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and a Board Member and the 2020 Conference Chair for the International Society of Environmentally Acquired Illness.  She lectures internationally on various topics, including mold and mycotoxin illness, lyme and chronic infections, mast cell activation and related conditions and environmental medicine.  She lives in Aliso Viejo with her husband, their dog and cat. She enjoys yoga, learning Spanish, gardening, reading and traveling.

Amber Walker, PT, DPT, CFMP, CNPT

Specialty Area: MCAS, mold illness, POTS – Origin Wellness

Origin Wellness Website

Amber Walker is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with certifications in functional medicine, nutrition and dry needling. She also practices Craniobiotic Technique, a natural method of restoring proper immune function that directs the brain to the location of health stressors in the body via the stimulation of neurovascular reflex points. Amber works with patients to re-train the nervous system through the Safe & Sound Protocol. With over a decade of experience working with patients in the US and abroad, Amber is particularly passionate about working with patients who have MCAD, biotoxin illness from mold exposure, dysautonomia, EDS, Hereditary Angioedema and chronic mysterious ailments. Amber is the author of “Mast Cells United: A Holistic Approach to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome” published in 2019 and “The Trifecta Passport” published in 2021.

Jessica Klain PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, CSCS, CNPT

Speciality Focus:  Concussion/brain injury, exercise, nutrition, chronic pain – Physio, Yoga & Wellness

www.concussiontherapist.com

Jessica Klain is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Health Coach with certifications in concussion, vestibular, orthopedics, nutrition, strength and conditioning, yoga, and dry needling.  She uses her extensive training and in-depth understanding of the human body to help people find their optimal wellness by developing a deeper understanding of habits and lifestyle choices.  Jessica understands the connections between concussion/brain injuries and inflammation, stress, nutrition, lifestyle habits, and mental health to help people recover in a more efficient and effective manner. Her approach is holistic and comprehensive; she looks at physical, emotional and social wellness of the whole person.  Jess provides in-person sessions in Denver, CO (clinic or mobile).  Online health coaching services provided nationally and internationally.

Amy Swinarton

Certified Holistic Health Coach – The Well Connection

The Well Connection Website

Amy is a Certified Holistic Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She works with clients from around the United States by phone and in person with those in southern Vermont. Most of her clients deal with health conditions such as tick-borne illness, gut dysbiosis, low energy, and more, and some want to adopt a healthy lifestyle and regain zest for life. Some just feel off and unwell and in working together they can pinpoint imbalances and get them moving towards balanced health. Amy has studied holistic nutrition, numerous dietary theories, supplements, herbs, the immune system, gut and brain health, food sensitivities, positive psychology, mindfulness, lifestyle management techniques, and innovative coaching methods with some of the world’s top integrative and functional medical doctors. She draws on these skills along with personal experience with chronic tick-borne illness, immune dysfunction, POTS, mast cell activation syndrome, hypothyroidism, heavy metal toxicity etc. Please refer to her website, blog, Facebook and Instagram pages for additional information. Amy is happy to speak with you to give you a better sense of what she does and how you would work together, so please reach out.

Kaitlyn Gray

Certified Holistic Health Coach – Embodied Holistic Health

Embodied Holistic Health Website 

Kaitlyn is a Certified Holistic Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is passionate about helping her clients navigate the ups and downs of healing autoimmune disease after her own struggle with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. She believes that nurturing a compassionate and loving relationship to ourselves and our bodies is foundational to healing. Her approach is one that uses whole food nutrition to bring the body into balance while also examining the other areas of a persons life that are just as impactful in contributing to the stateof one’s health. These include, relationship to self and others, movement, environment, creativity, examining one’s purpose and fostering emotional and spiritual health. Her hope for each client is that through the process of healing and becoming more embodied, they will be liberated to live a life that brings fulfillment, purpose and joy.

Lawrence Afrin, MD

MD with expertise in MCAD – Armonk Integrative Medicine

note: first visit must be in person; after that they coordinate telemedicine appointments

Armonk Integrative Medicine

Dr. Lawrence Afrin is a leading expert in mast cell activation syndrome. He is also the author of the top book Never Bet Against Occam: Mast Cell Activation Disease and the Modern Epidemics of Chronic Illness and Medical Complexity.  Dr. Afrin earned a B.S. in Computer Science at Clemson University and an M.D. at The Medical University of South Carolina. He pursued an internal medicine residency and hematology and oncology clinical and research fellowships.  He directed MUSC’s hematology / oncology fellowship training program and myeloproliferative neoplasms clinical trials program and joined the University of Minnesota in 2014. He has served on national panels on oncology education and speaks widely on mast cell activation syndrome.  He serves on the editorial board for several journals.

Linda Bluestein, MD

Board-certified anesthesiologist, integrative pain medicine physician and former ballet dancer, Linda Bluestein, M.D., specializes in coaching and educating those with hypermobility and associated disorders.  She founded and co-hosts the podcast, “Bendy Bodies with the Hypermobility MD”, and is a former co-host of the podcast “Hypermobility Happy Hour”.  Dr. Bluestein is widely published, considered an expert on hypermobility disorders, and has lectured internationally. Dr. Bluestein contributed two chapters for the book, Disjointed – Navigating the Diagnosis and Management of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders.  Countless people have improved their functional capacity and quality of life working with Dr. Bluestein at Hypermobility MD, her private medical practice, and Bendy Bodies, LLC, her EduCoaching program.  Dr. Bluestein is a member of the Allergy and Immunology Working Group for the International Consortium on EDS and HSD, the Board of Directors for the Bridge Dance Project, the Advisory Board for Doctors for Dancers, the Resources Committee for the Dance Healthy Alliance of Canada and serves as the Pain Management Committee Chair for the non-profit, EDS Research Foundation.  She is also a founding member of DanseMedica and helped create the first online EDS CME (Continuing Medical Education) program with the non-profit organization, Chronic Pain Partners, for whom she also serves as a volunteer medical consultant. As an assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Central Wisconsin, Dr. Bluestein directed the RISHI Healer’s Art Program.  More information can be found on her website, www.hypermobilitymd.com.

Mairead Jacobs Dougherty, MA, LPCC, R-DMT – Rise Wellness Center

Somatic psychotherapist specializing in chronic illness

Rise Wellness Center Website

Heidi Turner, MS, RDN

Integrative Registered Dietician – Food Logic

Food Logic Website

Heidi Turner is an Integrative Dietitian Nutritionist at her telehealth-based private practice, FoodLogic.  She specializes in complex health issues including Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, autoimmune conditions, histamine intolerance, and food chemical sensitivities.  She spent 12 years at The Seattle Arthritis Clinic at Northwest Hospital-University of Washington where she counseled thousands of patients on ways to reduce inflammation through dietary change and manipulation of the microbiome. She is the co-author of the “Low Histamine Biphasic Diet” with Dr. Nirala Jacobi and has contributed to numerous publications and podcasts on the topic of histamine intolerance and Mast Cell Activation. She recommends multiple modalities to treat systemic inflammation including dietary management, microbiome manipulation, supplementation, limbic system retraining, meditative and acupressure techniques, among others. Heidi earned her Master’s degree and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist certification from Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington. She lives happily in the Puget Sound area of Washington State with her husband, son and devoted cats. 

Marek Doyle

Functional Nutritional Therapist

Marek Doyle’s Website

Diana Driscoll, OD

Specialist in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome – POTS Care, PLLC

Telehealth available for most states; call for current procedures and more information

*This clinic does not diagnose MCAS. This is a group of MD’s, DO’s, and OD’s who focus on Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.

POTS Care Website

Dr. Diana Driscoll, optometrist, is the Clinical Director of POTS Care, PLLC — the only clinic dedicated to locating and treating the underlying medical causes of POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). A former patient diagnosed with POTS and EDS, and disabled by both for over 10 years, she is now fully recovered and is the recipient of two patents to date. The team at POTS Care, led by Dr. Driscoll, treat POTS and only POTS — and explore the role of both mast cell disorders and their mimickers. Dr. Driscoll graduated summa cum laude from both The University of Houston College of Optometry and The University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the International Society of Neurovascular Disease, the American Headache Society, the Medical Advisory Board for EDS Network C.A.R.E.S, the American Optometric Association, the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society, and served as a medical advisor for the Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation.

Her peer-reviewed medical abstracts include those involving vascular abnormalities in the fundus of POTS patients, the etiology of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, and the use of acetazolamide in multiple sclerosis. She is the author of “The Driscoll Theory” and “Your Eyes and EDS”, and was the chief author of the “Ophthalmology Medical Resource Guide” for Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation.

Laurel Proulx, PT, DPT

Prenatal and Postpartum Specialty – FEM Unfolding

FEM Unfolding Website

Laurel Proulx is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Orthopedic Certified Specialist practicing Pelvic Health Physical Therapy.  With a background in treating athletes, assessing functional movement, and research with female tactical athlete in the military; her passion lies in bridging the gap between pelvic health dysfunction and performance.  Pelvic health dysfunctions include: urinary incontinence or leakage, recovery or preparation for child birth, pubic symphysis dysfunction, tail bone pain, chronic constipation, pain with intercourse, abdominal separation, pelvic girdle or SI Joint pain.  Pelvic floor treatment can also be the missing link to chronic low back, hip and pelvic pain.  Through a mixture of orthopedic, functional movement, and pelvic health techniques, Laurel works at finding the root of the dysfunction or “why” you are a having a symptom and not just treating the diagnosis that has been handed to you.