5th Annual ClusterBuster Conference
August 20 to 22, 2010

Portland Oregon

The Clusterbusters will hold their 5th annual conference on August 20th to 22nd 2010 at the
Doubletree Hotel Portland
1000 NE Multnomah Street,
Portland, Oregon, United States 97232
Tel: 1-503-281-6111 Fax: 1-503-284-8553
USE Clusterbuster Discount Code: CHG

We have secured an incredible rate of $79 per night for the conference hotel. Rooms at this rate will go quickly so I encourage you to book early. Reservations at this rate must be made my July 30, 2010.

Hotel Information:

• Located only 9 miles from the Portland International Airport

• The MAX light rail train, with access to the airport and downtown is across the street from the hotel

  • http://trimet.org/maps/railsystem.htm

• 476 rooms and suites

• Across the road from the Lloyd Center Mall with over 200 shops

  • http://www.lloydcentermall.com/

Registration:

Registration is $125 per person
To register to attend the conference, use the paypal link below and insert $125 in the amount

or snail mail payment to:
Clusterbusters
P.O. Box 574
Lombard, Il 60148

Please include contact information with all payments, including an email address if available, so we can send you a confirmation.

Agenda and Speakers:

Agenda:

• Friday

  • Registration and Clusterbuster President Reception in the Hospitality Suite

• Saturday: (Additional registration time)

  • Meetings and Speakers Presentations

  • Auction over lunch

  • Saturday Evening Social

• Sunday

  • Meetings and Speakers Presentations

Speakers:

Confirmed speakers at this time are:

Dale Carter MD.

Dr. Carter is specializes in Neuropsychiatry, Neurology and Pain Management from her practice in Portland Oregon. In 2004 her paper “Cluster Mimics” was published in Current Pain and Headache Reports. This article discussed cluster headache and a variety of cluster mimics, with the intention of aiding the practitioner in differentiating between primary cluster headache and secondary forms of cluster. Secondary causes of cluster headache include infections, tumors, vascular abnormalities, and head trauma.

This is her first presentation at a Clusterbuster conference.

Torsten Passie MD. (live via video link from Germany)

Dr. Passie is assistant professor for clinical psychiatry and consciousness studies at Hannover Medical School, a major research institution in Germany. He studied philosophy, sociology (M.A.) at Hannover University and medicine at Hannover Medical School. His medical dissertation was on existential psychiatry. His clinical training included all areas of clinical psychiatry and a year in clinical neurology. His psychotherapeutic education was in psychoanalysis and psycholytic therapy.

Dr. Passie along with others recently completed the study on BOL in the treatment of cluster headache published in Cephalalgia in 2010:

The non-hallucinogen 2-bromo-lysergic acid diethylamide as preventative treatment for cluster headache: An open, non-randomized case series.

A long time friend of Clusterbusters, Dr. Passie first presented at the Atlanta conference in 2008.

John Halpern MD.

 Dr. Halpern is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and a Director of the Laboratory for Integrative Psychiatry at McLean Hospital. He has completed his Psychiatry Residency at Harvard Longwood and a 3-year Fellowship in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Research at McLean’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center. Dr. Halpern is Board Certified in General Psychiatry and is also the Associate Director of Substance Abuse Research of McLean's Biological Psychiatry Laboratory. He is currently leading MDMA-assisted experimental psychotherapy sessions for patients with severe anxiety related to advanced-stage cancer diagnosis.

Dr. Halpern has been working closely with Clusterbusters for many years plus now and this collaboration has led to the first publication on the use of psilocybin and LSD for cluster headache, the first cluster headache specific headache diary (available for free at the home page of Clusterbusters), and the discovery of Bromo-LSD (BOL) as a potential non-hallucinogenic treatment of CH.

Dr. Halpern will be addressing many issues relevant to those with cluster headache including an update on the low-dose psilocybin study, a review of worldwide media and press attention of cluster headache and Clusterbusters, tailoring treatments to the individual, risks of suicide in persons with cluster headache and a special announcement in the ongoing development of BOL (with special guest Mr. Ari Mello).

Doug Wright, DC

Besides acting as conference chair Dr. Wright will be presenting at this year’s conference. He is a 35-year veteran of episodic cluster headache and has had great success with treating his headaches. A practicing Chiropractor in British Columbia, Canada his past presentations include a literature review on ‘Melatonin in the Treatment of Cluster Headache’ at the OUCH Convention in Vancouver in 2002, ideas on ‘Non-conventional Therapies for Cluster Headache’ at the 1^st Clusterbuster conference in 2006 and again in 2007 in at the Austin conference on the ‘Cognitive Aspects of Cluster Headache’. He was a founding Director of OUCH and the President of OUCH-Canada before its closure. Currently a Director of Clusterbusters Inc he also serves as conference chair. He will be presenting this year a discussion on “Set and Setting – Getting the Most out of your Treatments”.

 Jack Sandweiss, MA, MFT

With an extensive background in Medical Research, including being a co-discoverer of intranasal lidocaine for migraine, Jack brings a wealth of information to this conference. He has expertise in sEMG and Biofeedback in its application to headache management. Jack has long been a friend of Clusterbusters and was instrumental in developing the protocol for study proposals using entheogenic substances. Jack will be discussing research ideas and methods in his presentation, “Science, It’s Varieties and Limitations”.

Bob Wold

Bob Wold is founder and President of Clusterbusters, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization dedicated to the research of cluster headache and to support people with cluster headache and their families. Based in greater Chicago with his wife and 4 children, Mr. Wold has talked to 1000s of cluster sufferers. In fact, over 25 years of his adult life was burdened with severe cluster headache that was resistant to all standard treatments. That all changed after he tried psilocybin, which has helped regain control over this illness for him... and now hundreds to perhaps thousands of other cluster headache patients all over the world.

Other Presentations:

Case Presentation:  2 recent members from the Clusterbuster message board will be sharing their personal story about chronic cluster headache.   Lee Ann and Dan will take the group through his early days and diagnosis, the various medication attempts and surgical procedures along the way including a failed attempt at ONSi placement.  Since starting with 'alternative treatments' they will relate their success in not only ending his chronic cycle but now being virtually in fully remission.  This is an exciting journey, one everyone is going to want to hear and participate in the discussion that will follow.

For anymore information please contact Doug at  cbportland2010@hotmail.com

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