I am the director of education and outreach at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. After fifteen years of active Crohn’s disease and inflammatory arthritis, and failing almost two dozen medications, my husband and I moved to Amsterdam in 2017 for six months to participate in a revolutionary clinical trial run by SetPoint Medical using vagus nerve stimulation, a part of the emerging field of bioelectronic medicine. Within two months, I was deemed in clinical remission. Nowadays, I work at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research alongside Dr. Tracey, the founder of bioelectronic medicine. My mission is to expand access to more patients suffering from inflammatory diseases and advance research.

Patients who are interested in learning more about bioelectronic medicine should email me at kowens4@northwell.edu. I can share a variety of resources to learn about the science, clinical trials so far, and can add patients to the Feinstein Institutes’ patient database to be contacted for future trials.