#Bonus #4: Champions of Charity: Kimberly Juroviesky: Ensuring Safe Ketamine Access for Pain & Mental Health Patients

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast, is joined by Kimberly Juroviesky, a retired nurse practitioner, USAF veteran, and president of Ketamine Taskforce, Inc. Kimberly developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome due to an injury while on active duty, which led her to get ketamine infusions as part of a research study. She shares how ketamine therapy helps reduce her pain to what she describes as “liveable levels” and shares insight into her advocacy efforts to provide more patients access to ketamine therapy.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kimberly trained to be a nurse practitioner and nurse midwife at Columbia University and The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">She joined the USAF at 37, where she tore some ligaments in her hand which eventually developed into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kimberly signed up to be part of a ketamine research study with hopes of easing her pain.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">While ketamine therapy reduces pain, provides relief from depression symptoms, and can rapidly terminate suicidal ideations, the administration of ketamine can be an unpleasant experience for some yet a pleasant and transformational experience for others. Preparing the patient for what to expect is key. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kimberly authored the book “Ketamine Infusions: A Patient’s Guide” to help others navigate ketamine therapy.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The neuroplasticity effects of ketamine can be profound.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ketamine Taskforce is founded on three things: insurance coverage, re