Marla Golden, DO, MS is an Osteopathic Physician in Jacksonville, Florida. Doctor Golden graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1988. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, Florida in 1992. She is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Doctor Golden practiced Emergency Medicine in Florida and served as the Medical Director of the Emergency Department at HCA Putnam Community Hospital and as the Medical Director of EMS in Putnam County. She transitioned her practice to Pain Medicine in 1998, establishing the solo practice of Integrative Pain Management in 2000. She is a diplomate of both the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Pain Medicine. She practices a holistic and comprehensive approach to treating patients in pain. Her practice includes an emphasis on Osteopathic structural assessment and optimization techniques. For many years, she has utilized manual therapy in combination with medication management and minimally invasive interventional techniques as well as other treatment modalities.

 

Her interest in connective tissue grew while studying Craniosacral Therapy and a variety of other manual therapy techniques including Shiatsu, Structural Integration, Fascial Manipulation, Acutonics, and Acupuncture theory. This led to the development of her hybrid technique, Fascial Body Manipulation. She now continues this work within the larger framework of Neuroplastic Transformation, an approach developed with partner and collaborator, Michael Moskowitz, MD. This exciting and ground-breaking treatment approach establishes brain neuroplasticity and the interplay with the neuroimmune system as the core concepts used to treat persistent pain.

 

Dr. Golden is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Regional Assistant Dean, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Georgia Campus. Dr. Golden has served as the Chair of the Credentials Committee of the American Board of Pain Medicine, as a member of the Credentials Committee and the Examination Council of the American Board of Pain Medicine. She has served on the Annual Meeting Planning Committee of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. She has been active in Florida as a spokesperson for the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine. She served on the Board of Directors and as the Legislative Chair and Public Relations Chair of the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine. She lectures nationally on the Connective Tissue System and Neuroplastic Transformation. Dr. Golden is the co-founder of Neuroplastic Partners, LLC, a company dedicated to the promotion of Neuroplastic treatment for persistent pain. She recently co-authored the Neuroplastic Transformation Workbook designed to teach practitioners how to use neuroplastic treatment approaches and provide patients with a written guide to recover from persistent pain disorders. 

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Michael Moskowitz, M.D., M.P.H.

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Michael H. Moskowitz, MD, MPH graduated from Louisiana State University Medical Center in 1977, having earned a Masters In Public Health in 1972 from Tulane University. He completed his Psychiatric Residency and Psychosomatic Fellowship training at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco in 1982. That same year, Dr. Moskowitz entered Private Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Practice and served as the Medical Director the Adult Locked Psychiatric Inpatient Teaching Unit at St. Mary's from 1982 to 1987. In 1986 he joined the Consortium of Spinal Care Physicians at St. Mary's.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of SpineCare Medical Group for four years from 1988 to 1992. The practice he helped found in 1981, Psychiatric Associates of San Francisco, changed its name in 2000 to Bay Area Pain Medical Associates, reflecting the predominant practice of Pain Medicine in this group. Dr. Moskowitz is Board Certified in both Psychiatry and Pain Medicine. Dr. Moskowitz is a member of the Educational Council of the National Initiative on Pain Control, a group of the top pain physicians in the country. He served as a member of the Examination Council for the American Board of Pain Medicine from 2006-2010 and as the former chairman of the Educational Committee of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He has also served on the American Academy of Pain Medicine’s Continuing Education Committee, Enduring Materials Committee and chaired the Academy’s Website redesign committee. He has pioneered the development and use of animations to teach and understand principles of pain medicine and has designed and developed the most popular website for pain animations in the world, since 1999, http://www.bayareapainmedical.com. Dr. Moskowitz has been an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of California, Davis since 2006, teaching the psychiatric and neuroplastic aspects of pain medicine there, to the Pain Fellows

Dr. Moskowitz’ philosophy has been the development of a clinical practice in Pain Medicine using the Biopsychosocial approach, and the establishment of that practice as a teaching resource for physicians interested in Pain Medicine. Dr. Moskowitz has designed and delivered Continuing Medical Education courses for physicians in California to meet the requirement of AB 487 for 12 hours of CME in Pain Medicine Training for all practicing physicians in the state. Additionally, he has been selected as a frequent lecturer for the annual Conference of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Dr. Moskowitz has published several peer reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters with a focus upon the role that brain changes play in perpetuating persistent pain states. In 2007 he pioneered development of treatment approaches based upon the most advanced scientific principles of brain neuroplasticity and pain.

In November of 2008, he began working with Marla Golden, DO, MS on Neuroplasticity and its role in the treatment of patients living with persistent pain. Together, Dr. Moskowitz and Dr. Golden have lectured on this topic around the country and have delivered several 2-12 hour seminars on this topic. Dr. Moskowitz and Dr. Golden are the co-founders of Neuroplastic Partners, LLC, a company dedicated to the promotion of Neuroplastic treatment for persistent pain. He recently co-authored the Neuroplastic Transformation Workbook designed to teach practitioners how to use neuroplastic treatment approaches and provide patients with a written guide to recover from persistent pain disorders.