Dr. Michael Zitney
Andrew Primmer
Emil Schiller
Jack Fishman
Wendy Nick
Helen Laird

Dr. Michael Zitney
Member of OMA section on Chronic Pain Physicians
Member of Cervicogenic Headache Society
Diplomat of American Academy of Pain Management

Dr. Zitney is presently Director of the Headache & Pain Relief Centre and is a member of the Natural Pain Relief Centers Medical Advisory Board. Previously,
Dr. Zitney was Chief of Long Term Care Unit, York Central Hospital where he was in charge of patient rehabilitation and set policy regarding pain control and recovery from injuries and surgery.

He has had numerous guest speaking engagements:

• Managing the Difficult Headache Patient’, June 16, 1998, Oshawa, Ontario.
• Management of Headache Pain’, July 16, 1998, Toronto, Ontario.
• Managing the Difficult Headache Patient’, November 19, 1998, Oshawa, Ontario.
• Optimizing Opioid Therapy in Pain Management’, November 1999, Trenton, Ontario.
• 37th Annual Scientific Assembly, Ontario College of Family Physicians;
• November 18-20, 1999; ‘Optimizing Opioid Therapy in Non-Cancer Pain’, (co-presenter).
• Grand Rounds; November 26, 1999, Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital.
• National Family Practice Nurses Conference; June 9, 2000; ‘Pain Management, A comfort level for nurses’.
• Annual Meeting of Pain Relief Professionals; April 25, 2000; ‘How to do a Safe Nerve Block’
• Presentation for Family Physicians; July 14, 2000; ‘Office Management of Migraines’
• ‘Optimizing Opioid Therapy in Pain Management’, August 23, 2000, Toronto, Ontario.
• ‘Optimizing Opioid Therapy in Pain Management’, September 12, 2000, Thornbury, Ontario.
• ‘Treating the Challenging Headache Patient’, December 13, 2000, Toronto Western Hospital Family Medicine Grand Rounds, Toronto, Ontario.
• ‘Optimal Control of Migraines: Discuss and Differentiate among the various migraine treatments’, May 24, 2001, Toronto, Ontario.
• ‘Issues in the Treatment of Non Malignant Pain’, May 15, 2002, Toronto, Ontario.
• ‘Optimizing Opioid Therapy in Pain Management’, June 5, 2002, Brampton, Ontario
• 40th Annual Scientific Assembly, Ontario College of Family Physicians;
• November 16, 2002; ‘A Painless Approach to Treating Chronic Pain’ and ‘Headaches’
• ‘Optimizing Opioid Therapy’, September 17, 2003, Mississauga, Ontario
• ‘Optimizing Opioid Therapy’, October 15, 2003, Alliston, Ontario
• Participant at ‘McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada’s Balanced Lifestyles Employee Show’, May 5, 2005, Toronto, Ontario.

In addition, Dr. Zitney has participated in numerous scientific studies;
Study No. 518/400-An open-label study to evaluate the quality of life, efficacy and safety of 20 mg sumatriptan nasal spray in the acute treatment of migraine; 1999
Amerge Patient Preference Study, protocol S2W40028; 2000
Duragesic Pain Assessment and Treatment Choices (PATCH) Program, June-November 2002
Patch Program Advisory Panel for Janssen-Ortho, November 2002.

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Andrew Primmer

Mr. Primmer is the Head Coach for Natural Pain Relief Centers and provides oversight and training to the entire coaching team. Andrew has helped to create the Natural Pain Relief Center Coach’s Curriculum and certification process. Prior to joining Natural Pain Relief Centers, he was an Advanced Care Paramedic with a high performance EMS service, with assignments to the Paramedic Response Program, and Continuous Quality Improvement.

Andrew has extensive experience in creating and delivering course curriculum. He has served as a Professor, Department of Health Studies, and a certified instructor for a leading ACLS company, where he was responsible for delivering advanced cardiac life support instruction to health care practitioners.

andrew@naturalpainreliefcenter.com

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Emil Schiller

Mr. Schiller is a co-founder of Natural Pain Relief Centers and serves as the Chief Operating Officer.

Under his leadership, the operational and team building programs have become cultural within our organization. Emil is responsible for financial, operational, planning and distribution systems. Mr. Schiller is a seasoned executive with more than 22 years of international business experience and has a broad range of high-level management experience within several industries. He has an extensive business background having initiated several culture change initiatives including the introduction of quality improvement programs to ensure consistent delivery of standards of excellence for major retail chains across North America.

emil@naturalpainreliefcenter.com

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Jack Fishman

Mr. Fishman is a co-founder of Natural Pain Relief Centers and serves as the Chief Corporate Development Officer.

Mr. Fishman leads the business alliance development and the integration of corner office strategy to front line solutions. Jack joins Natural Pain Relief Centers with a successful 22-year career track record of business growth, innovation and experience in general management, sales and marketing. He has provided strategic leadership for a diverse range of major corporations and has helped develop and launch new consumer award winning business initiatives for Snap-On-Tools and Honda. He is often sought out for keynote speeches at marketing conferences, most recently the National Public Relations Conference.

jack@naturalpainreliefcenter.com

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Wendy Nick

Wendy Nick is our Executive Assistant. She is involved in a variety of duties from document management to patient tracking. Wendy is an integral part of the team and ensures that a high quality level of service is provided across all supply chains.

wendy@naturalpainreliefcenter.com

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Helen Laird

Helen Laird provides outstanding patient support services to help ensure that maximum results are achieved for each individual. Helen's previous senior management experience allows her to efficiently coordinate team members. Helen takes great pride in her role at the Natural Pain Relief Center to help deliver the highest standards of chronic pain care available in North America.

helen@naturalpainreliefcenter.com