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Lawrence Prokop DO, FAAPM&R, FAOCPMR-D, FAOASM Related Seminars and Products

MSU Health Care

Dr. Lawrence Prokop, received his first Bachelors of Science degree in Anthropology, Cum Laude from Western Michigan University in 1974, and his second in Biology, with Distinction from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan in 1976. In 1980 he received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and from Michigan State University. Dr. Prokop completed his residency at the The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Northwestern University in Chicago Illinois in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1984.

Dr. Prokop returned to Michigan State University to work as an Assistant Professor for two years in the area of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and then he accepted a position at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C.. While in Washington D.C. from 1986 to 1992 he was also an attending physician at the Washington Hospital Center, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at The George Washington University, and he was the Medical Director of the Amputee Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Programs from 1990 to 1992. In 1992 he became a surveyor for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitating Facilities (CARF) and left Washington to open a private practice in Florida. From 1992 to 2003 he worked in his private practice as well as being the Medical Director for the Rehabilitation Transitional Care Unit in Santa Rosa Medical Center in Milton Florida, and the Medical Director for the Rehabilitation Institute of West Florida, West Florida Hospital in Pensacola Florida.

Dr. Prokop is the recipient of several Board Certificates and Honors and has lectured and published extensively on a variety of Medical Rehabilitation topics. He is actively involved on committees and with the professional organizations he belongs to.

Ewa Matuszewski BA Related Seminars and Products

MedNetOne

Ewa Matuszewski is the CEO and a co-founder of MedNetOne Health Solutions and a champion of innovative primary care and chronic care initiatives, including the Community Care Travel Team, which received the Eagle Award from the Greater Detroit Area Health Council in 2010.  Her areas of expertise include health policy analysis, physician workforce strategies, physician practice environment, primary care team leadership, primary care practice management/governance interface and quality improvement and validation within physician practices.  Ms. Matuszewski is also a practice mentor with the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Practice Enhancement Forum, a guest lecturer at the Doctors’ Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, a member of the Michigan Primary Care Consortium and co-chair of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Physician Group Incentive Program (PGIP) Patient Centered Medical Home Committee. She is also a founding member of the Michigan Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Master Trainers Organization, American Medical Group Association and the Michigan Primary Care Consortium.

Michael Shane Patterson DO Related Seminars and Products

I have been practicing Internal Medicine and OMT since graduating from my residency program at Henry Ford / Bi-county in 2002. I also worked in urgent care and at Martha T. Berry Nursing home (long-term care facility) for 2 years as well as at St. Joseph, St John, and Henry Ford hospitals for 4 years while establishing my outpatient practice. I have been in practice for a total of 13 years. I have specialized in Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) and do mostly musculoskeletal pain management thru OMT to reduce and permanently eliminate acute and chronic pain due to multiple different forms of injuries and disabilities. I provide thorough and complete medical care and education for all forms of ailments, not solely pain complaints. As a Board Certified Internist and an adherent to the Osteopathic Philosophy, I treat the whole patient, mentally, spiritually and physically. I am here to educate the person, identify the cause of their symptoms and treat them using individualized approaches that suit the person and not just statistics to help improve your life and prevent future problems. I believe in integrating proven medicinal treatments with hands-on manipulation and nutritional therapies to improve a person’s overall health and long-term well being.

Sarah Fitzpatrick FNP-C Related Seminars and Products

Sarah Fitzpatrick, FNP-C

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Registered Nurse

Certified Yoga Therapist

Hillary Howell PharmD, FACA, CCN Related Seminars and Products

HILLARY HOWELL

Hillary, Founder of Apothecary & Co has been in the pharmacy business over 20 years and has practiced as a pharmacist for 17 years. Hillary enjoys involving herself in many community pharmacy projects and is always interested in learning new aspects of health and wellness. She is continually seeking to learn about new integrative functional medicine health topics as well as herbs and herbalism. She is a Certified Nutritionist Consultant and is pursuing the pathway to the Institute of Functional Medicine Practitioner Certification program as well as the Certified Nutritional Genomics Specialist (CNGS) certification . When she is not working, Hillary loves to spend time with her 2 boys, rescue horses, reading, and making herbal salves and tinctures.

Mary Jo Voelpel DO, FACOI, FACNM Related Seminars and Products

1975 graduate MSU-COM
Post graduate training 1975 to 1981
Certified Internal Med, hematology 
Costin scholar 2008
MA -MSU 2015 major health education 
Life member MOA, Amer Med Athletic Assoc, DOCare International 
Member AOA, ACOI, MOCF, MCC, ACS, OCOMA, Oakland County Medical Bar Association 
Social 
Married, 2 children, 4 x Boston Marathon qualifier Ballroom dancing