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Plenary Sessions at a Glance

Thursday, Feb. 14

8 - 9 am The Decade of Pain
Michael Cousins, MD
University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital
St. Leonards, NSW, Australia
9 - 10 am Altered Central Nervous System Processing in Chronic Pain
M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, QC, Canada
11 am - Noon Opioid - Induced Hyperalgesia
Jianren Mao, MD PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center
Boston, MA

Friday, Feb. 15

8 - 9 am Motion Preservation: A Paradigm Shift in Spine Surgery
Paul Anderson, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
9 - 10 am Who Needs Back Surgery?
Richard A. Deyo, MD MPH
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
11 - 11:30 am Quality Patient Care
Nancy Nielsen, MD PhD
Distinguished Speaker and American Medical Association President - Elect
Chicago, IL

Saturday, Feb. 16

8 - 9 am State of Drug Diversion in the United States
David Joranson, MSSW
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
9 - 10 am The Dark Side of Addiction: Relevance to Pain Medicine
George Koob, MD
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA
10:30 - 11:30 The Nature and Nurture of Pain
Jeffrey Mogil, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, QC, Canada


New Board Announced

New Board of Directors for 2008-2009 is now in place...

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Plan Now for Hawaii

Celebrate AAPM's 25th Anniversary in Hawaii. Jan. 28-31, 2009...Check back here for details.

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Publications

journal image AAPM’s award-winning publications are devoted to the advancement of pain management, education and research.

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American Board of Pain Medicine

This psychometrically developed,practice-related examination in Pain Medicine...

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