CURRICULUM VITAE
NEIL NATHAN, M.D.

Education

University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1967-1971,

M.D. Degree on July 11, 1971.

Postgraduate Training, San Francisco General Hospital Rotating Internship, 1971-1972.

Queens College, New York, 1963-1967

B.A. Degree, 1967, in Chemistry and English Magna Cum Laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Jonas Salk Scholarship from CUNY

Francis Lewis High School, Flushing, New York, 1959-1963.

Practice Experience

Government Experience:

U.S. Public Health Service

General Medical Officer in the Indian Health Service: Wagner, South Dakota, June 1972-June 1973

Pawnee, Oklahoma, July 1973-December 1973

Anchorage, Alaska, December 1973 - August 1973

Private, solo, Family Practice in Mendocino, California, September 1974 - December 1978

Assistant Director, Duluth Family Practice Residency Program, Duluth, Minnesota, 1979-1982

Private, solo, Family Practice in Duluth, Minnesota, September 1981 - March 1990.

During this time I was also Medical Director of the Pain Treatment at Miller-Dawn Hospital from 1983 - 1989.

Clinic and Emergency Room, Director of Emergency Room, Molokai General Hospital in Molokai, Hawaii, March 1990 - 1991

Medical Director, Livingston Foundation Medical Center, San Diego, California,

Lab Director (COLA Certified), October 1991 - August 1995.

Medical Director of the Shealy Institute, Springfield, Missouri, August 1995 - December 1998

Current Position

Private Family Practice in Springfield, Missouri

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant in Anatomy at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine for senior year of medical school.

Teacher of preceptor for physician assistants and community health aides in Alaska for the Indian Health Service.

Instructor in Anatomy and Physiology for the College of the Redwoods, Mendocino Branch, 1977-1979.

Assistant Director, Duluth Family Practice Residency Program, January 1979 - July 1982.

Section Head, Department of Family Practice, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Duluth, January 1979 - September 1982.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Duluth, September 1982 - March 1990.

Coordinator, Behavioral Medicine, Duluth Family Practice Residency Program, January 1979 - September 1983.

Part time Instructor, St. Luke’s Hospital, School of Nursing, Duluth, Minnesota, 1985 - 1990.

Instructor in Anatomy and Biochemistry for the American Institute of Oriental Medicine, 1992 - 1993.

Professional Society Memberships

American Academy of Family Physicians, 1976 - present.

Hawaii, California, Minnesota and Missouri, Academy of Family Physicians 1976 - present. Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice, 1976; Recertified in 1986 and 1993.

Minnesota Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1980 - 1982.

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 1979 - 1981. American Medical Association and Minnesota Medical Association, 1979 - 1990.

St. Louis County Medical Society, 1979 - 1990.

Associate Member of the Cranial Academy (branch of the American Osteopathic Association), 1976 - present.

Minnesota Association for Clinical Hypnosis, 1979 - 1983.

American Association for Clinical Hypnosis, 1980 - 1983.

American Pain Society, 1985 - 1990. Midwest Pain Society, 1985 -1990. American Holistic Medical Association, 1980 - 1983, 1992 - present.

Coordinator of Behavioral Medicine Education, 1981.

American College for Advancement in Medicine, 1993 - present Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management, 1996.

Greene County Medical Society, 1997 - present.

Preventive Medicine and Workman’s Compensation Committees.

Medical Politics

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, alternate delegate from Lake Superior Chapter of Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, 1980 - 1982.

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, Spring Refresher Committee, April 1983 - 1984.

Community Service

Childbirth Education Association:

Physician Advisory Committee, 1979 - 1982. Board of Directors, 1980 - 1982, and President, 1981 - 1982.

Temple Israel, Board of Directors, 1984 - 1987. Soccer Coach, grades 3 - 5, 1987 - 1990.

Little League Coach, 1987. Duluth Playhouse, Board of Directors, 1989 - 1990.,br> Basketball Coach, 3rd grade, 1996;

Assistant Coach, 5th grade, 1998.

Consultations

Human Development Center (Assistant Medical Director), 1979 - 1982.

Shealy Pain and Rehabilitation Center, Springfield, Missouri, 1980 - 1985.

Current Hospital Privileges

Doctors Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, 1995 - present.

Presentations

State and National Meetings

Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C., October 1980,

"Holistic Medicine." American Academy of Family Physicians, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 1981, "A New Method of Breech Version."

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1982, "A New Method of Breech Version."

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Regional Meeting, September 1982, "A New Method of Breech Version."

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1983, "The Function of Emotions."

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 1984, "Physical Therapy Modalities." American Pain Society, Washington, D.C., November 1986, "D-Phenylalanine in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain."

Midwest Pain Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 1989, "Use of Manipulation in the Treatment of Shoulder Pain."

Cox Medical Center Family Residency, Springfield, Missouri, August 1996, "Anxiety/Panic Disorders."

Park Nicollette Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1997, "Alternatives in Cancer Therapy."

American Academy of Family Practice, by invitation, a research paper, Chicago, Illinois, September 19, 1997, "A Unique Treatment Program for Headache- Prophylaxis and Treatment."

American Academy of Pain Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 20, 1997, "The Blind Men and the Elephant: Understanding Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia."

KWTO Talk Radio, "Ask the Professionals: House Calls" and "Dr. Nathan Answers Your Medical Questions". Call-in radio program on health concerns. Springfield, Missouri, 1995-2000.

American Academy of Pain Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 26, 2000, "Hands-on Treatment of Shoulder Pain."

American Academy of Pain Management, Denver, Colorado, September, 2004, Key Note Address, "Treatment of Acute Pain: Can Chronic Pain Be Prevented?"

American Academy of Pain Management, San Diego, California, September, 2005, "Genomics of Pain."

Franconia, New Hampshire, June 2005 and June 2006, "What Every Physician Should Know About Treating Complex Medical Illness."

Media Appearances

"Herpes" Channel 3, Duluth, Minnesota, 1980 "Hypnosis" Channel 10, Duluth, Minnesota, 1981 "Osteopathic Cranial Manipulation" Channel 3, Duluth, Minnesota, 1981 "Stress Management" Channel 10, Duluth, Minnesota, 1981 "Chronic Pain Management" Channel 3, Duluth Minnesota, 1983 "Migraine Headaches" Channel 3, Branson, Missouri, 1996. "Flu Vaccine" Channel 3, Springfield, Missouri, 1997.

Publications

"The Spiritual Dimension in Family Practice," Guest Editorial, American Family Physician, September 1983. "Horace the Duck: Whose Voice Got Stuck. A Child’s Introduction to Holistic Health," published privately, Duluth, Minnesota, March 1984.

"The Use of D-Phenylalanine in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain," with Richard Eisenberg, Ph.D., in the Clinical Journal of Pain, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1987, pp. 158-162. "Tai Chi Chuan and Health," (three part presentation) in Bubbling Well Journal, 1986 - 1987: Part I: "Hypertension and Relaxation" Part 2: "Relaxation and Meditation" Part 3: "Progressive Relaxation"

Curriculum Vitae

Horace the Duck