Ellen Highfield has served as a NESA faculty member and Director of the Integrative Therapies Team at Children's Hospital, Boston. She a co-authored a study assessing pediatric pain experiences and CAM practitioners' common practices. Ellen served as a consultant and treating acupuncturist for the team investigating acupuncture for endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain in young women, advising them about the use of acupuncture in this adolescent population.