April 2014

• Advance Health Solutions lends support to one of its client, the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) as it launches its Why Get Active public awareness campaign to highlight the great work health clubs are doing in their communities to help more people make exercise part of their daily lives. Thousands of participants have already used the hashtag #WhyGetActive on social media to share why they exercise.  For more information on #whygetactive, click here. Dr. Maryam Navaie, President and CEO of Advance Health Solutions, shares her reasons for staying active in support of the Why Get Active public awareness campaign led by the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) headquartered in Boston, MA. Juleon Rabbani, Research and Client Relations Associate at Advance Health Solutions , shares his reasons for staying physically active in support of the Why Get Active public awareness campaign led by the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) at IHRSA’s 2014 Annual Convention.
  
• Advance Health Solutions and other sponsors who lend support to the Armed Forces Foundation’s valuable mission to serve military service members, veterans and their families were featured by the media giant, Bisnow, who covered this month’s Congressional Gala in Washington, DC.  To read the news story, click this link and scroll to highlights describing participants at the Armed Forces Foundation Gala details.
• Advance Health Solutions was one of more than 40 co-sponsors partnered with the Armed Forces Foundation (AFF) at AFF’s prestigious 10th Annual Congressional Gala which was held to raise awareness and programmatic support for our service members, veterans and their families on April 9, 2014 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC.  The Master of Ceremonies at the Gala was Brian Kilmeade, Television Host of “Fox and Friends.”  Attendees included Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Sonia Sotomayor; more than 50 Members of Congress representing constituents in the following states: WV, MI, PA, FL, CA, OH, RI, IL TX, TN, AZ, NM, WA, NV, NC, KA, OK, MS, SC, and NE; nearly 100 top leaders from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force along with agency officials from the White House, the Pentagon, and the VA; many sports and entertainment personalities; key media figures from TNT, ESPN, Fox News, NBC, NASCAR, Fox Sports, and CNN; and an estimated 250 military service members and their families. For more information about the Armed Forces Foundation and its organizational partners, click here.
• Colleagues from Advance Health Solutions' Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, and San Diego, CA offices begin planning for the launch of several collaborative research projects with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) aimed at improving chronic disease management by enhancing physical activity in multiple patient populations with neurologic, and musculoskeletal conditions as well as orthopedic/sports/athletic injuries.
• Salahadin Abdi, M.D., Ph.D. from The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Center in Houston, Texas presented a collaborative research study entitled "From Pain to Relief: Investigating the Application of Stellate Ganglion Block for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) held from April 4-6, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Co-authors included Advance Health Solutions' President and CEO, Maryam Navaie, Dr.P.H. and Health Professional Advisory Board Members Anita H. Hickey, M.D. and Robert McLay, M.D., Ph.D. as well as Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, M.D., M.P.H. from the Washington, DC Department of Mental Health.To view the presented poster, please click this link.
• Maryam Navaie, Dr.P.H., President and CEO of Advance Health Solutions presented findings from a collaborative research study at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (ASRA) held from April 3–6, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. The research focused on the use of stellate ganglion block to advance treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Collaborators  included Advance Health Solutions' Health Professional Advisory Board Members Anita H. Hickey, M.D., Robert McLay, M.D., Ph.D., and Salahadin Abdi, M.D., Ph.D. and staff Morgan S. Keefe, B.A., as well as Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, M.D., M.P.H. from the Washington, DC Department of Mental Health. To access the presentation, please click this link and enter the following log-in information: Username= ASRA, Password = ASRAS2014. Dr. Maryam Navaie delivered a moderated session to physicians and researchers with interest in an innovative application of a regional anesthesia technique for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder at the 39th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting in Chicago, IL
• Advance Health Solutions was invited to participate at a National Press Club Conference by Senator Elizabeth Dole on behalf of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation in support of military caregivers. Dr. Maryam Navaie, President and CEO of Advance Health Solutions supported the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and The RAND Corporation by serving as a subject matter expert reviewer on research commissioned by Senator Dole that focused on profiling military caregivers and their unmet needs. The Press Conference gathering shed light on military caregivers as unsung heroes whose invaluable sacrifices deserve national recognition.
• Advance Health Solutions partners with the Armed Forces Foundation (AFF) as a co-sponsor of their 10th Annual Congressional Gala to be held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC on April 9, 2014. The conference themes will focus on the AFF’s signature programs which focus on increasing awareness about and direct services to military service members, veterans and their families who battle Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. For further information about the Congressional Gala, please click this link.