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Dr.Megan Vaughan
Background
Dr. Vaughan’s decade of experience with concussions and mild brain injury has provided intricate knowledge of the inner-workings of cognitive communication systems and brain health. During her doctoral program at Northwestern University, she developed the Mindfulness-Based Communication Enhancement (MBCE) Program for Special Forces, which became a multi-site intervention for specialty programs serving Active Duty Operatives. After completing MBCE program, Operatives had statistically significant gains in memory, attention, empathy and emotional intelligence. While working with Special Forces, Dr. Vaughan was nicknamed “The Jedi Master”.
Prior to her current role as co-founder of Integrative Performance Labs, she worked with celebrities in Los Angeles and then transitioned to working with Special Forces. During this time, Dr. Vaughan was part of the Veterans Affairs’ CALM Initiative which was developed to create a standardized, evidenced-based approach to mindfulness teaching for the highest caliber of mindfulness delivery. Her legacy training is Jon Kabat-Zinn and Jack Kornfield to Greg Serpa.
Leadership
Currently, Dr. Vaughan serves on the Executive Committee for Complimentary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine for the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) and started a task force on developing integrative medicine guidelines for audiologist and speech-language pathologists. Dr. Vaughan has led mindfulness sessions for the ACRM annual conference, the largest interdisciplinary rehabilitation research conference in the world. She has presented at numerous National and International Conferences on mindfulness based interventions.
Clinical Work
Dr. Vaughan uses traditional and integrative approaches to treat tinnitus, sleep disordered breathing (obstructive sleep apnea and snoring, myofunctional therapy), manual therapy for TMJ jaw pain and brain training for mental clarity, motivation, attention, and memory. Her specialties are in Sports Medicine, Special Forces, concussion care and mild head injury.
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