President

Vincent W. Chan, M.D.

President-Elect

Julia E. Pollock, M.D.

Treasurer

Joseph M. Neal, M.D.

Associate Treasurer

Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, M.D.

Immediate Past President

F. Michael Ferrante, M.D.

Honorio T. Benzon, M.D.
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Gary J. Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Chester C. Buckenmaier III, M.D.
Uniformed Services University
Bethesda, Maryland

Allen W. Burton, M.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Asokumar Buvanendran, M.D.
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Kenneth D. Candido, M.D.
Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Keith A. Candiotti, M.D.
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

David L. Caraway, M.D.
Center for Pain Relief
Huntington, West Virginia

Vincent W.S. Chan, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Peter H. Cheng, M.D.
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center
Riverside, California

David J. Clark, M.D.
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Oscar de Leon-Casasola, M.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

Timothy R. Deer, M.D.
West Virginia University
Charleston, West Virginia

Urs Eichenberger, M.D.
University Hospital of Bern
Bern, Switzerland

F. Michael Ferrante, M.D.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Santa Monica, California

Scott M. Fishman, M.D.
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California

Michael Gofeld, M.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Salim M. Hayek, M.D., Ph.D.
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Nirmala A. Hidalgo, M.D.
University of California
Los Angeles, California

Elizabeth A. Huntoon, M.D.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester Minnesota

Marc A. Huntoon, M.D.
Mayo Clinical College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

Robert W. Hurley, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Robert N. Jamison, Ph.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Tarun Jolly, M.D.
Ochsner Hospital and Clinics
New Orleans, Louisiana

Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Philip S. Kim, M.D.
Center for Pain Medicine
Springfield, Pennsylvania

Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York

Robert M. Levy, M.D., Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Timothy R. Lubenow, M.D.
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

Sean C. Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Bernhard Moriggl, M.D.
Innsbruck Medical University
Innsbruck, Austria

Samer N. Narouze, M.D., M.S.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph M. Neal, M.D.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

James M. North, M.D.
Carolinas Pain Institute
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Philip W. Peng, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C.
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

David A. Provenzano, M.D.
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

P. Prithvi Raj, M.D.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Founder and Past President WIP
Cincinnati, Ohio

Somayaji Ramamurthy, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Maunak V. Rana, M.D.
Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

James P. Rathmell, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Richard L. Rauck, M.D.
Carolinas Pain Institute
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Richard W. Rosenquist, M.D.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa

John C. Rowlingson, M.D.
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia

Jay P. Shah, M.D.
NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Hariharan Shankar, M.B., B.S.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Stephen D. Silberstein, M.D.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Steven Stanos, D.O.
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois

Michael D. Stanton-Hicks, M.B., Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Douglas P. Stewart, P.A.
West Virginia University
Charleston, West Virginia

Santhanam Suresh, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Eugene R. Viscusi, M.D.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Daniel T. Warren, M.D.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Joshua R. Wellington, M.D.
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana

Manuel Ybarra, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Way Yin, M.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

This meeting is designed for pain practitioners utilizing invasive and noninvasive techniques for pain management. Moreover, individuals involved in pain control and scientists working in the basic and clinical science areas will greatly benefit from the interaction during the course of the sessions.

Topics for this meeting were selected by various methods. Suggestions for topics were derived from evaluations of previous Annual Pain Medicine Meetings and Workshops. These suggestions were discussed by authorities in the field of pain management with educators who attended previous annual meetings and board meetings. The purpose of this annual meeting is to educate and share information that will enable anesthesiology practitioners to provide the highest level of pain management services.

After participation in this educational meeting, participants should have an understanding of:

• Common clinical problems in acute, chronic and cancer-related pain and current recommendations for the evaluation and management of these pain conditions.
• Current laboratory investigations relevant to understanding the basic mechanisms responsible for pain and recent developments that offer promise for the treatment of pain.
• Clinical evidence regarding new and evolving treatments for the treatment of chronic pain.

The methods of presentation will include transitional sessions, didactic lectures, poster discussions, workshops, and problem-based learning discussions. The meeting will allow ample time to view new technology, inspect current literature, and review new and proven pharmacolo