The American Academy of Pain Medicine

Program Committee

Program Committee Chairs

Conference Co-Chair
Perry G. Fine, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Utah - Pain Research Center
Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Conference Co-Chair
B. Todd Sitzman, MD MPH
Director - Advanced Pain Therapy
Forrest General Cancer Center
Hattiesburg, MS  39401

Essentials Course Co-Chair
Zahid H. Bajwa, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Director - Comprehensive Cancer Pain Service
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
Boston, MA 02215

Essentials Course Co-Chair
Bill McCarberg, MD
Kaiser Permanente
Chronic Pain Management Program
Escondido, CA 92025

Scientific Poster Session Chair
Jeffrey M. Tiede, MD
Columbia Interventional Pain Center
Columbia, MO 65201 

Program Committee

Donna Bloodworth, MD
Associate Professor
Quentin Mease Community Hospital
Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehab
Houston, TX 77004

Nancy C. Bratanow, MD
Clinical Director, CEO
Midwest Comprehensive Pain Care
Milwaukee WI 53226

Michael Byas-Smith, MD
Associate Professor
Emory University & Hospital
Atlanta, GA 30322

Paul Christo, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Director - Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship
Director - Pain Treatment Center
Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Pain Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD 21205

Robert I. Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor - Anesthesiology
Beth Israel Hospital
Arnold Pain Management Center
Boston, MA 21205

Geralyn Datz, PhD
Director - Pain Management Program
Psychology Services
Forrest General Hospital
Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Timothy R. Deer, MD
The Center for Pain Relief
Charleston, WV 25304

Larry C. Driver, MD
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Ctr
University of Texas
Houston, TX 77030

Doug Gourlay, MD FRCP
Wasser Pain Management Centre
Mt Sinai Hospital
Waterdown, ON Canada LOR2H4
 
Howard Heit, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Georgetown School of Medicine
Georgetown University
Fairfax, VA 22031

Marc Huntoon, MD
Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN 55905

Leonardo Kapural, MD PhD
Interventional Track Section Head
Pain Management Department
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH 44333

Gagan Mahajan, MD
Past Chair
Associate Professor - Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pain Medicine
University of California Davis Med Ctr
Sacramento, CA 95817

Michael Moskowitz, MD MPH
Bay Area Pain Medical Associates
Mill Valley, CA 94941

Diane Moskowitz Keaney, RN MSN CNS
Bay Area Pain Medical Associates
Mill Valley, CA 94941

James P. Rathmell, MD
Director - MGH Pain Center
Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center
Boston, MA 02114
 
Steve Richeimer, MD
Director
Pain Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90033
 
Jerome Schofferman, MD
SpineCare Medical Group, Inc.
Daly City, CA 94015

Steven Stanos, DO
Medical Director
Center for Pain Management
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60610

Ajay D. Wasan, MD MSc
Integrative Track Section Head
Anesthesiology and Psychiatry
Pain Management Center
Harvard Medical School-Brigham and Women's Hospital
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
 
Lynn R. Webster, MD
Medical Director
Lifetree Pain Clinic 
Salt Lake City, UT 84106

Way Yin, MD
Advisor
Interventional Medical Associates of Bellingham PC
Bellingham, WA 98226
 
International Advisors

United States

Rollin M. Gallagher, MD MPH
Director for Pain Policy Research and Primary Care
Penn Pain Medicine
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
and
Director - Pain Medicine Service
Philadelphia Veteran's Affairs Medical Center
University & Woodland Avenues
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Michel Y. Dubois, MD
Director of Research and Education
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY 10016

Scott M Fishman MD
Chief - Division of Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California Davis, School of Medicine
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
Sacramento, CA 95817

China

De Ren Zhang, MD
Director, Nan Shan Hospital
Nanshan, Shenzhen 518052, China

Jisheng Han, MD
Professor of Physiology
Director, Neuroscience Research Institute Peking University
Beijing 100083, China

Australia/New Zealand

Michael Cousins, MD DSc FANZCA FRCA FAChHPM(RACP) FFPMANZCA
University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital
Pain Management Research Institute
St. Leonards, Sydney 2065, Australia

C. Roger Goucke, MBCHB FFPMANCZA
Head - Pain Management Department
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia

Nikolai Bogduk, MD PhD
Department of Clinical Research
Newcastle Bone and Joint Institution
Royal Newcastle Hospital
Newcastle New South Wales 2300, Australia