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Biosketch
Dr. Bruckenthal earned a BS in Nursing and an MS in Critical Care Nursing from SUNY at Stony Brook School of Nursing in Stony Brook, New York. She earned a PhD in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst/Worcester, Massachusetts, and completed post doctorate work at the Applied Behavioral Medicine Research Institute at the Stony Brook University Department of Psychiatry.
She has worked a nurse practitioner in pain management for over twenty-five years.
Dr. Bruckenthal has presented at numerous national conferences on pain management issues and is a member of several clinical and research nursing societies. She is a past-president of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing. She is the Associate Editor for the Pain Management Nursing Journal. She has numerous peer reviewed publications and publications.
Dr. Bruckenthal’s research focuses on self-management of chronic pain and pain assessment and management of older adults. She is currently involved with research projects that provide training on Motivational Interviewing and health behavior change interventions for health care practitioners who treat patients with chronic pain and those with substance use disorders. These projects have the potential to improve access to this option for pain management and enhance patient engagement in care.
Affiliation
- Professor and Associate Dean, Research and Innovation
Stony Brook University School of Nursing
Stony Brook, New York
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