December Virtual Expert presentation hosted by Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association.
Dr. Sally Tarbell is a former Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine as she has recently retired. She has been an active member of the CVSA medical advisory committee for 16 years. She has been actively engaged in treating CVS patients and in conducting research to understand the factors that contribute to illness onset and health-related quality of life. She has a particular interest in the relationship between anxiety symptoms and CVS, to develop treatments to manage anxiety to potentially reduce the frequency of episodes and to assist with coping with the symptoms of CVS. She was a member of the adult guidelines committee and is a current member of the pediatric committee to update the guidelines for the management of pediatric CVS.