Ultrasonography in Pain Medicine - Special Interest Group - ASRA

Introduction

The Ultrasonography in Pain Medicine (USPM) Special Interest Group (SIG) was established officially in June 2008. Formation of this SIG within ASRA is in response to the growing interest in the use of ultrasound-guided techniques in various pain management procedures.

Goals and Objectives

• To standardize the indications, approaches, and techniques for Ultrasound-guided interventional pain management procedures
• To exchange and share new information, ideas, and innovations concerning ultrasound-guided blocks.
• To encourage basic science as well as clinical outcome research in this field.
• To maximize the exposure, education, and training of pain medicine fellows
• To identify and maximize the communication among the different medical professionals who are actively engaged in using ultrasound –guided blocks in the management of pain patients

Activities

• The first SIG meeting will take place on November, 22, 2008 during the ASRA fall meeting.
• The SIG members plan to meet twice annually; one during the ASRA fall meeting and one during the International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia (ISURA) annual meeting.
• The SIG is planning to conduct 2-3 USPM workshops in 2009 under the ASRA umbrella of workshops.

Prerequisite to Become a SIG Member

• All members of a SIG must be members of ASRA.
• The membership dues for SIG for USPM are $25 per annum.
• Any member of the Society may join any of the Special Interest Groups and may belong to more than one SIG.   

Founding Members

• Samer Narouze, MD, MS, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Vincent Chan, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Canada
• Peter Cheng, DO, Kaiser Permanente, Riverside, CA, USA
• Urs Eichenberger, MD, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
• Manfred Greher, MD, Herz-Jesu Hospital, Vienna, Austria
• Michael Gofeld, MD, Sunnybrook HSC, Toronto, Canada
• Bernhard Moriggl, MD, Bernhard University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
• Philip Peng, MD, University of Toronto, Canada

Members

• Ahmed Abatabian, MD, Amir Hospital, Kuwait
• Arsenio Avila, MD  Sunnybrook HSC, Toronto, Canada
• Anut Bhatia, MD,  Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
• Asokumar Buvanendran, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
• Vincent Chan, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto, Canada
• Peter Cheng, DO, Kaiser Permanente, Riverside, CA, USA
• May L. Chin, MD, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Thomas B Clark, Vista, California, USA
• Teresa Dews, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
• Tomas Domingo, MD, Hospital Bellatgo, Barcelona, Spain
• Urs Eichenberger, MD, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
• Sugantha Ganapathy, MD, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
• Girgis Girgis, MD,   Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
• Manfred Greher, MD, Herz-Jesu Hospital, Vienna, Austria
• Michael Gofeld, MD, Sunnybrook HSC, Toronto, Canada
• David Janeaza. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
• Manoj Karmakar, MD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Peter Marhofer, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
• Colin McCartney, MB ChB, Sunnybrook HSC, Toronto, Canada
• Beth Mintzer, MD,  Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
• Bernhard Moriggl, MD, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
• Loran Mounir, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
• Samer Narouze, MD, MS, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH, USA
• Philip Peng, MD, University of Toronto, Canada
• Basim Sait. MD,  McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Yutaka Satoh, MD,  Kirosaki, Japan
• Hariharan Shankar, M.B.B.S., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• Yasuyuki Shibata, MD,. Medical University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
• Paul Tumber, MD, University of Toronto, Canada
• Bryan Wernick, MD,  Loma Linda VA Medical center, Loma Linda, CA, USA