Upcoming Lyme Speaker

Susan Marra, MS, ND, will be giving a Lyme talk in Washington State in West Richland at the Public Library.

Dr. Marra graduated from college with honors in Psychology and went on to receive her Masters of Science degree in Psychology at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA.

She will be speaking at The West Richland Pulblic Library, Friday, June 20th from 5-7pm, and taking questions afterward.

Location: 
3803 West Van Giesen Street
West Richland, Washington State 99353
509-967-3191
 
However, RSVP to The Neurological Resource Center @ 509-943-8455, space is limited.
 
Here is a link to her website: http://www.drsusanmarra.com/ 

This is the Doctor’s resume:

Susan L. Marra, MS, ND
4500 9th Ave, NE, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: 206-299-2676
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Education

Bastyr University, Seattle, WA 1996-1999
Board Certified Naturopathic Physician
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 1984-1986
M.S. Psychology (with High Honors)
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC 1979-1983
B.S. Psychology (with Honors)

Licensure:

State of Connecticut, Naturopathic Physician 1999-present
State of California, Naturopathic Physician 2006-present
State of California, DEA License 2006-present
State of Washington Naturopathic Physician 2007-present

Special Events:

Participant, Urban Zen by Donna Karan, Greenwich Village, NY 2007
Preceptorship:
International Lyme and Associated Diseases preceptorship with 2007
Dr. Richard Horowitz, Hyde Park, NY

Internship:

Seattle Cancer Treatment Center, Seattle, WA 2007

Employment:

Sole Proprietor, Private Practice, Seattle, WA 2008-present
Owner, Westport Medical Arts, LLC, Westport, CT 1999-2007
Staff Physician, Charles Ray Jones, MD 2001-2006
Pediatric Lyme Disease Specialist, New Haven, CT
Sole Proprietor, 21st Century Natural Medicine Clinical 1994-1999
Consulting, Inc. Seattle, WA
Research Associate, Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA 1994-1997
The Seattle New Times 1995-1999
Seattle, Washington
Clinical Trials and Research Psychologist
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 1986-1992
Field Assistant, Animal Behavior Research Institute 1986
Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, East Africa
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Psychology 1984-1986
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Research Assistant, Whitely Psychology Labs 1983-1984
Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Academic and Professional Honors:
American Society of Primatologists 1985
National Research Award
Psychology Graduate Scholarship 1984-1986
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Katherine Mabis McKenna Research Award 1985
State of Pennsylvania
Outstanding Senior Psychology Award 1983
Guilford College
Dept. of Psychology, High Honors Award 1983
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

Publications:

Insel, T., Battaglia, G., Johannesen, J., Marra, S., DeSouze, E.
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“Ecstasy”) selectively destroys brain serotonin terminals in rhesus monkeys. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 1989, 249: 713-720.
Stuckey, J., Marra, S., Minor, T., Insel, T. Changes in Mu Opiate Receptors Following Inescapable shock. Brain Research. 1989, 476: 167-169
Caine, N., Marra, S. Vigilance and Social Organization in Two Species of Primates. Animal Behavior.,
1988, 36: 897-904.
Marra, S. Mathematics, Malignancy and Medicine: A Theoretical Proposal for Health (In Progress)

Professional Lectures:

Seattle CFS Group 2008
Lyme Disease
Time for Lyme, Inc. Board Lecture 2007
Natural Medicine in Lyme Disease
Wilton, CT Lyme Disease Support Group 2005
Children with Lyme Disease and the use of natural medicine
Simsbury, CT Lyme Disease Support Group 2004
Lyme Disease and Coinfections and the use of natural medicine
Westport, CT Country Day School 2003
Lyme Disease and natural therapeutics
Huxley Institute, West Chester, NY 2000
“Naturopathic Treatment of Neurological Disorders
National Parkinson Disease Foundation, Seattle, WA 1999
“Natural Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Disorders”
Membership to Professional Organizations:
ILADS – International Lyme and Associated Diseases
New York Academy of Sciences
Orthomolecular Health Medicine
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
Connecticut Association of Naturopathic Physicians
California Association of Naturopathic Physicians
Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians

Professional Affiliations:

Board Member, QMedRx 2006-2007
IV company that services the Infectious Disease Community