Recommended Practitioners

Assessment and Treatment of ME, CFS, Fibromyalgia, Environmental Sensitivity, Long COVID and Chronic Pain.

The ETeam as it currently exists as an integrated, multidisciplinary assessment team is closing on Dec 31, 2022, and is not accepting referrals.

However, the individual team members are continuing to offer their specialized, disease-specific assessments.

• Their mission is to objectively measure function and dysfunction in clients with these difficult-to-diagnose conditions.
• The assessments determine a profile of strengths and weaknesses and provide therapeutic suggestions to assist clients to achieve better health.

Below are the names, qualifications, services offered, and prices for each of the ETeam members.

 New practitioners are coming forward offering their services to our community.

As your scroll down you will see a list of "Recommended Practitioners". I have been working with them to develop disease and experience-specific offers for our community. To make it onto this list, the therapists must meet three criteria:

1. Have excellent skills in their field of training.

2. Have lived experience with one of the diseases of the community.

3. Have recovered enough themselves to be able to help others.

Dr. Allan Mandel, R. Psych. is a registered psychologist and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Clinical Psychology Department at the University of Calgary. He is President of Mandel & Associates, a firm which specializes in disability-related psychological assessments, and he has decades of clinical experience assessing people with various kinds of disabilities. He is well-versed in the cognitive issues that may accompany ME/CFS, FM, and ES and has developed a specific battery of psychometric tests designed to detect and describe illness-related cognitive deficits. The focus of his assessment will be on cognitive functions such as attention and concentration, word-finding ability, mental processing speed, learning and remembering, and executive functioning skills.

The cost of an individualized cognitive assessment and a detailed report is $1950.

Cory Fagan, MSc is a kinesiologist and owner of TCR Sport Laboratory in Calgary. Although Cory’s primary clientele are athletes, he has a background and interest in chronic illness including cancer survivors and patients with ME/CFS and FM. Incremental Blood Lactate testing assists patients in determining their anaerobic threshold and exercise capacity. Cory provides recommendations for incremental training based on individual capacity. Cardiopulmonary Exercise testing is the gold standard to determine exercise capacity. It is possible to objectively measure whether someone has given a maximal effort. These results cannot be faked. Clients can attend a traditional one-day test or the specialized two-day exercise test protocol. The two-day protocol, if positive, offers confirmation of post exertional malaise the core symptom of ME/CFS. 

The 2-Day Cardiopulmonary Assessment (2-Day CPET) – includes 2 cardiopulmonary exercise tests, hemoglobin and lactate measures, and a detailed written report of findings and training recommendations. The cost is $700.

Dr. Anne Woolliams, Au.D. is an audiologist experienced in evaluating the function of the auditory-vestibular system which is one of the systems within the body most sensitive to toxins. These organs may show signs of significant destruction before any other signs of toxicity may be seen. She measures hearing thresholds (the softest sounds which can be heard) which determines the functioning of the cells within the inner ear and how effectively sound is transmitted from the inner ear to the level of the brainstem. Dr. Wooliams has recently added treatment for tinnitus to her list of services. She is the only provider of this service in Western Canada. 

Costs of various services vary from $95 - 250.

Chris Rozell, MC RPsych and Sohel Shivji BSc, MPsy RPsych are registered Psychologists trained by Dr. Stuart Donaldson with a keen interest in interpretation of QEEGs and helping people function better. Dr. Donaldson was a recognized expert in QEEG and Brain Biofeedback. He published research on Electromyography (EMG) in Fibromyalgia and chronic pain. 

Myosymmetries offers:

Quantitative EEG (QEEG) Brain Map: QEEG is a form of assessment which measures the electrical activity of the brain in specific locations. The goal is to determine the type and level of activity at each location and measure the degree of connectivity between locations. With this objective information, one can gain improved understanding of a person’s functioning, and can potentially explain symptoms that an individual experiences.

Psychophysiology Stress Testing: Using the Thought Technology system, we monitor an individual’s heart rate, breathing rate, sweat response, muscle responses, and temperature while they complete a number of exercises that are designed to be challenging. The level of each physiological response provides us with objective evidence that may relate to symptoms and can provide clear goals to make treatment more efficient/effective.

The cost of a Quantitative EEG – includes QEEG exam with eyes open and eyes closed, analysis of function and connectivity, and written summary of findings and treatment recommendations is $845. A QEEG written report is $170/hour, and typically takes 1-2 hours to prepare.     

Dr. Diana Monea, O.D. FAAO, is an optometrist with a special interest in assessing the effects of toxic exposure, ME/CFS and FM on vision. A complete eye-health assessment is followed by a visual consultation with digital documentation of the corneal map for dryness, retinal photos for signs of eye disease, refractive testing, visual field measurement to determine any visual loss, and a test for color vision changes.

The cost of a complete eye exam is $165.