Meet the Faculty
ANDY BARNES, MD
Dr. Barnes is Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Adolescent Health, Developmental-Behavioral Paediatrics at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Barnes currently serves as Co-Coordinator of NPHTI Workshops and has served as webmaster and listserv manager for NPHTI, and has also served in leadership roles in the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
CHERYL BEMEL, PH.D
Dr. Bemel is a Licensed Child/Adolescent Psychologist, Nationally Certified School Psychologist, and a member of the Minnesota Behavioral Health Medical Reserve Corps. She is the President of the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis, MSCH. Dr. Bemel is an Approved Consultant with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
LYNN GERSHAN, MD
Dr. Gershan is a graduate of McGill University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Michigan and McGill University Faculty of Medicine. She completed her Neonatal-Perinatal fellowship at McGill and St. Louis Universities. Her career started at the Medical College of Wisconsin before she transitioned to private General Paediatric practice.
MELANIE GOLD, DO
Dr. Gold is Professor, of Adolescent Medicine, at Columbia University Medical Center; Professor, in the Department of Population & Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health and Medical Director, School Based Health Centers at New York Presbyterian Hospital. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Acupuncture and holds a Doctorate in Medical Qi Gong.
ADAM KEATING, MD
Dr Keating is a General Pediatrician and Section Head of Community Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Children’s in Wooster OH. He is also Medical Director of the Longbrake Student Wellness Center at The College of Wooster. Dr. Keating has been using hypnosis as part of his general pediatric practice for his entire career, since being first introduced to hypnosis in his 3rd year of medical school at the University of Rochester.
LEORA KUTTNER, PH.D
Dr. Kuttner is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Kuttner is the recipient of the American Pain Society’s Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief in 2007, and is internationally recognized for her work in pain management. She has published over 45 Journal articles and has recently written two books.
LISA LOMBARD, PH.D
Dr. Lombard is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Chicago. She is a psychological advisor to start-up tech company, Alerje and Founder of the Comfort Kits for Children Initiative. She is a former Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and school-based psychologist.
ROBERT PENDERGRAST,
MD
Dr. Pendergrast is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Adolescent Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. He completed Pediatrics Residency and a Fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
JODY THOMAS, PH.D
Dr. Thomas is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Denver, Colorado and Adjunct Faculty in the Stanford Dept of Psychiatry. A well-known expert in pediatric pain, she is also a founder and former Clinical Director of the Packard Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center at Stanford. he is a former Assistant Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine.