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Coffee with a Clinician: Part 2 Navigating Clinical Uncertainty
The October Coffee with a Clinician conversation opened an important dialogue about the challenges patients, caregivers, and clinicians face when diagnosis and care pathways are not always clear.
In this follow-up session, we will continue the conversation with a panel of lived-experience individuals, caregivers, and medical providers who will share practical strategies for bridging the patient-provider communication gap.
Topic: “Part 2 of Navigating Clinical Uncertainty”
Date: Wed, Nov. 12 | Time: 10 am MDT (9 am PT / 11 am CT / 12 pm ET)
Featuring:
- Amy Mooney, MS OTR/L (occupational therapist and caregiver/mother to a young woman with ME/CFS)
- Galen Warden, (caregiver/mother to an adult male with very severe ME/CFS)
- Harper Metz, DNP (family nurse practitioner and spouse/caregiver to person with ME/CFS)
- Sallie Rediske, MPT (lives with ME/CFS and is a medical retired physical therapist)
- and moderated by Clayton Powers, DPT (BHC medical education liaison)
Coffee with a Clinician is free to attend, with an optional $5 donation to support BHC’s education and outreach programs.
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A recording of each Coffee with a Clinician will be shared on our YouTube channel. View previous sessions here.
Coffee with a Clinician topics are planned in chapter order as shown below.
- Navigating Clinical Uncertainty: October 8, 2025
Part 2 Navigating Clinical Uncertainty: November 12, 2025 - Basics of Long COVID, ME/CFS, and Comorbidities: December 10, 2025
- Assessing Impaired Function: January 14, 2026
- Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM): February 11, 2026
- Sleep Challenges: March 11, 2026
- Cognitive Impairment: April 8, 2026
- Orthostatic Intolerance and Dysautonomia: May 13, 2026
- Mast Cell Activation Syndrome/Mast Cell Hyperreactivity: June 10, 2026
- Pain, Neuroinflammation, Fibromyalgia, Small Fiber Polyneuropathy, Musculoskeletal Pain in hEDS/HSD: July 8, 2026
- Gastrointestinal Dysmotility and other GI Symptoms: August 12, 2026
- Hypermobility & Connective Tissue Disease: Septebmer 9, 2026
- Biomechanical Considerations (CCI/AAI, TC): October 14, 2026
- Pediatric & Young Adults: November 11, 2026
- Severe & Very Severe Considerations: December 9, 2026
- Allied Professionals (Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy): January 13, 2027
- Behavioral Health: February 10, 2027
- Caregiving: March 10, 2027
- Disability & Accommodations: April 14, 2027
Why Attend?
- Gain trusted clinical insights rooted in current evidence
- Learn practical approaches to complex conditions
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career – the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.