Dr. Jan DeMasters is an Independent Health Consultant who provides information, advocacy and support to individuals and couples experiencing a variety of health problems and difficult life issues. She also helps clients who want to improve their general quality of life and health – increasing satisfaction, productivity and wellness. Helping women and their families deal proactively with stress has been an important focus of Dr. DeMasters’ practice for many years, particularly in helping women faced with significant health issues and stressful situations such including:

• Infertility, cancer, migraines
• Job/money issues,
• Caring for an aging parent
• Stress in the workplace or at home,
• Life-threatening, debilitating or chronic illness,
• Death of a loved one
• Couples issues, family dynamics

Dr. DeMasters also does extensive work in Executive Coaching. She is a Professional Member of the Institute of Management Consultants. Using a comprehensive approach to health, productivity and communication in the workplace, Dr. DeMasters is a secret weapon” for executives across the country that want to improve job performance and quality of life. Executive Coaching for top management in any field– individually or for groups of selected managers – is an important part of Dr. DeMasters’ repertoire of services.

The differences between how men and women cope, communicate and problem solve form the cornerstone for the proven, effective strategies that Dr. DeMasters teaches her clients. She provides accurate, helpful information and successful strategies for living happier, healthier, more productive lives - healing body, mind and spirit. She empowers her clients, sharing life lessons to use today and for years to come.

Dr. DeMasters is also the CEO of DeMasters & Associates providing consulting, coaching and communication services to individuals and corporations. Visit the DeMasters & Associates website.

Education:
PhD: University of Missouri
MSN: University of Missouri
    (Women’s Health – Reproductive Endocrinology)
BSN: Maryville University
    (Magna Cum Laude)

Honors:
Women’s Health Researcher Award from Wyeth Ayerst
     and the Association of Women’s Heath, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses
Search for Excellence Award for the State of Missouri from the American
    Nurses Association
Shirley A. Martin Distinguished Nurse Award from the University of
    Missouri
Mary Reardon Castles Research Award from the University of Missouri
Anne G. Perry Award from Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Postdoctoral Study (by invitation): National Institutes of Health / National
    Institute on Aging

Professional Associations:
President and CEO of Total Health Concepts, LLC (THC)
President and CEO of DeMasters & Associates, a division of THC
Institute of Management Consultants
Faculty Saint Louis University (1993 – 2002)

• Maternal Child Nursing
• Adult/Older Adult Nursing
• Accelerated Option Program
• Gerontological N.P and C.N.S. Program
• Thesis and Dissertation committees MSN and PhD programs
• Advisory Board: Center for Teaching Excellence

AWHONN Editorial Advisory Board
    Every Woman: The Essential Guide to Healthy Living
Director: Resolve of St. Louis Board of Directors
National Director: SHARE (Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc.) Board of Directors

Professional Memberships:
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
Fellow of the Nightingale Society
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Institute of Management Consultants (IMC)

Publications and Presentations:
Dr. DeMasters has published and presented locally, nationally and internationally on topics of the effects of stress and how to manage stress, health and healing, the mind/body connection, executive coaching and health consumer empowerment.