Pam Ressler

Pamela Katz Ressler, RN, MS, HNB-BC is the founder of Stress Resources in Concord, Massachusetts, a firm specializing in building resilience for individuals and organizations through tools of connection, communication and compassion. Pam is a frequent, sought after speaker to local, national and international audiences on strategies of resilience. She is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in the Pain Research, Education and Policy Program, served on the Executive Board for Medicine X at Stanford University and is an appointed member of the Consumer Health Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners. Pam is honored to have been selected as a Mayday Pain and Society Fellow for 2019-2020 and is currently serving on the Presidential Task Force on the Global Alliance of Pain Patient Advocates for the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).

Pam is a featured contributor to WBUR’s Cognoscenti pages, an author with various print and online  journals, and has been interviewed extensively on her research on resiliency and social media in healthcare. Her academic research on the intersection of social media and healthcare has earned her the distinction as one of the country’s thought leaders in the field. Pam was recently selected as one of 30 collaborators from the US and UK by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Business Innovation Factory to design The Narrative Playbook: The Strategic Use of Story to Improve Care, Healing and Health (2015)

Pam’s consulting work with businesses, schools, and healthcare organizations is ongoing and expanding as leaders seek strategies of sustainable resilience in our fast paced society.