Farshad M. Ahadian, MD
Essential Tools for Treating the Patient in Pain™ Co-Chair
Medical Director, Center for Pain Medicine
University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Boston Scientific (Research Support); SI-Bone (Research Support)

Venu Akuthota, MD
Professor and Vice Chair
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Director, The Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, CO
Less Trial-Funded by AHRQ (no salary support-site investigator for Spinal Stenosis Trial)

Charles N. Aprill, MD
Medical Director, Interventional Spine Specialists
Kenner, LA
No relevant financial relationships

Abdulkhaliq J.Alsalman, MS
Graduate Student
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
No relevant financial relationships

James W. Atchison, DO
Medical Director, Center for Pain Management
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
No relevant financial relationships

Zahid H. Bajwa, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesia (Neurology)
Harvard Medical School
Director, Boston Headache Institute
Boston PainCare Center
Waltham, MA
No relevant financial relationships

Nikolai Bogduk, MD PhD DSc FFPM(ANZCA)
Professor of Pain Medicine
Newcastle Bone and Joint Institute, Royal Newcastle Centre
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
No relevant financial relationships

Fernando S. Branco, MD
Medical Director
Rosomoff Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center
Miami Jewish Health Systems
Miami, FL
No relevant financial relationships

Chester C. Buckenmaier III, MD COL MC USA
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Program Director
Defense and Veterans Pain Management Initiative
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Rockville, MD
No relevant financial relationships

Gary J. Brenner, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Boston, MA
No relevant financial relationships

Allen W. Burton, MD
Houston Pain Associates, PLLC
Houston, TX
Boston Scientific (hourly-consultant); Jazz, Inc. (honorarium-speaker); Medtronic, Inc. (hourly-consultant)

M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD
Scientific Director
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
No relevant financial relationships

Joseph E. Buwembo, MB.ChB FCS(SA) MMed FRCSC
Neurosurgery
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
No relevant financial relationships

Daniel J. Buysse, MD
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Astellas (honorarium-speaker); Philips (honorarium-consultant/advisory board member); Purdue Pharma (honorarium-consultant/advisory board member)

May L. Chin, MD
Co-Director, George Washington Pain Center
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, DC
No relevant financial relationships

Michael E. Clark, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of South Florida
Pain Section Leader
Mental Health and Behavioral Science
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, FL
No relevant financial relationships

Karon F. Cook, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
No relevant financial relationships

David J. Copenhaver, MD MPH
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Director of Cancer Pain
University of California, Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Edward C. Covington, MD
Director, Neurological Center for Pain
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
No relevant financial relationships

Beth D. Darnall, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Pain Medicine
Stanford University
Redwood City, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Sara A. Davin, PsyD MPH
Psychologist
Cleveland Clinic Neurological Center for Pain
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
No relevant financial relationships

Timothy T. Davis, MD
Director of Physical Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Center for Spine and Joint Restoration
Santa Monica, CA
Aegis Management Group (salary - owner /professional and management services); Alpha Diagnostics (salary-owner/professional and management services); Medtronic Sofamor Danek (educational consulting fees - speaker); MMX Holdings (stockholder); Paradigm Spine (stockholder); Path 4 Ventures (stockholder); Pioneer Spine (stockholder); Prosydian (stockholder); Small Bone Innovations (stockholder); St. Jude Neuromodulation (educational consulting fees - speaker); Vertiflex (consulting fees - research and development)

Timothy R. Deer, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Interventional Pain Management
Center for Pain Relief
Charleston, WV
Bioness Inc. (consulting fees/consultant); Medtronic Inc. (consulting fees/consultant); Nevro Inc. (consulting fees/consultant); Spinal Modulation Inc. (consulting fees/consultant); St. Jude Medical (consulting fees/consultant); Vertos Medical Inc. (consulting fees/consultant)

Christina M. Delos Reyes, MD
Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
Department of Psychiatry
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
No relevant financial relationships

Michael J. Derr, DO
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation / Interventional Pain Medicine
Tanner Clinic
Layton, UT
No relevant financial relationships

Mehul J. Desai, MD MPH
Director, George Washington Spine and Pain Center
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, DC
Medtronic, Inc. (honorarium-consultant/speaker/research); Kimberly-Clark Medical (honorarium-consultant/speaker/research)

Eric A. Dixon, BA
Research Assistant
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Larry C. Driver, MD
Professor, Department of Pain Medicine
University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
No relevant financial relationships

Robert H. Dworkin, PhD
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Oncology, and Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center
Director, Anesthesiology Clinical Research Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, NY
In the past 12 months received research grants from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and compensation for activities involving clinical trial research methods from Adynxx, Analgesic Solutions, Anika, Avanir, Axsome, Bayer, Biogen, Bioness, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Charleston, Collegium, DePuy, Eli Lilly, Flexion, Genentech, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Omeros, Pfizer, Prolong, Q-Med, Regenesis, Spinifex, Takeda, Taris, Teva, and Xenon.

Mary Ellen Earwood, MD
Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Fort Gordon, GA
No relevant financial relationships

Robert R. Edwards, PhD
Psychologist
Department of Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women's Pain Management Center
Chestnut Hill, MA
No relevant financial relationships

Stephen A. Eraker, MD MPH FACP
Director of Primary Care
American Lake VA
Tacoma, WA
No relevant financial relationships

Stephan Esser, MD
Sports Medicine Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
No relevant financial relationships

Steven D. Feinberg, MD MPH
Adjunct Clinical Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Medical Director
Pain Medicine
Feinberg Medical Group
Palo Alto, CA
American Pain Solutions (Salary, Chief Medical Officer); Cedaron AMA Guides Software (Medical Advisor); Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. (Stipend/Scientific Advisory Committee)

Roger B. Fillingim, PhD
Professor
College of Dentistry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Alynomics (stock/cnsulting fees-VP for clinical research); Curatio (honorarium-medical education program); Cytogel (consulting fees-analysis of trial data); Medscape (honorarium-medical education program)

Kenneth A. Follett, MD PhD
Professor and Chief
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
No relevant financial relationships

Rollin M. Gallagher, MD MPH
Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology
University of Pennsylvania
Deputy National Program Director for Pain Management
Specialty Care Services
VA Central Office – Pain Service
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
No relevant financial relationships

Kevin T. Galloway, MHA BSN COL MC USA
Director, US Army Medical Command Pain Management Program
Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon General
Falls Church, VA
No relevant financial relationships

Vitaly Gordin, MD
Associate Professor
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Medical Director
Pain Medicine Clinic
Department of Anesthesiology
Hershey, PA
No relevant financial relationships

Martin Grabois, MD
Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Pfizer (honorarium-medical advisory board)

Karina Gritsenko, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesiology Division
Albert Einstein College of Medicine -Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
No relevant financial relationships

Jaesu Han, MD
Associate Clinical Director
Departments of Psychiatry and Family/Community Medicine
University of California – Davis
Associate Training Director
Family Medicine/Psychiatry Residency Program
University of California - Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Steven R. Hanling, MD CDR MC USN
Director, Program Management Office
Navy Comprehensive Pain Management Program and
NMSCD Pain Medicine Center and Fellowship Program
San Diego, CA
Northwest Anesthesia Seminars (salary-speaker)

R. Norman Harden, MD
Associate Professor
Addison Chair in Pain Studies
Northwestern University
Director, Center for Pain Studies
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Covidien (grants); Depomed (grants); Forest Pharmaceuticals (grants); Grunenthal (consulting fee-consultant); Mayday Foundation (grants); NovaPharm (consulting fee-consultant); Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association of America (grants); U.S. Department of Defense (grants)

Salim M. Hayek, MD PhD
Professor
Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Case Western University
Cleveland, OH
Boston Scientific (honorarium-medical advisory board/consultant); Janssen (honorarium-consultant)

Bryan C. Hoelzer, MD
Assistant Professor and Physician
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
No relevant financial relationships

W. Michael Hooten, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Departments of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychology
Pain Rehabilitation Center
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
No relevant financial relationships

Mark-Friedrich B. Hurdle, MD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
College of Medicine
Consultant
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
No relevant financial relationships

Robert N. Jamison, PhD
Professor
Anesthesiology and Psychiatry
Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
Chestnut Hill, MA
Covidien (investigator-initiated grant/principal investigator); Janssen (consultant/scientific advisory board)

Carter Jones, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Leonardo Kapural, MD PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Wake Forest University, School of Medicine
Director
Carolinas Pain Institute at Brookstown
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Winston Salem, NC
Medtronic (honorarium-cadaver workshop); St. Jude Medical (honorarium-cadaver workshop)

Jordan F. Karp, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Anesthesiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Medical Director for Psychiatry at UPMC Pain Medicine at Centre Commons
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Corcept (none-stock owner); Pfizer (medication supplies - principal investigator of investigator initiated trial); Reckitt Benckiser (medication supplies-principal investigator of investigator initiated trial)

Adrian Kastler, MD MSc
Resident
Interventional Pain Management
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Besancon
Bescanon, France
No relevant financial relationships

David J. Kennedy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedics
Stanford University
Redwood City, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Michael L. Kent, MD
Staff Anesthesiologist, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD
No relevant financial relationships

Yeon-Dong Kim, MD
Clinical Professor
Wonkwang University Hospital
Iksan City, North Jeolla, South Korea
No relevant financial relationships

Krishna Kumar, MBBS MS FRCS(C)
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Saskatchewan
Department of Neurosurgery
Regina General Hospital
Regina, SK, Canada
Boston Scientific (honorarium-consultant); Medtronic (honorarium-consultant)

Daniel J. Leizman, MD
Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic- Lerner College of Medicine
Staff Physician, Pain Management
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
No relevant financial relationships

Robert M. Levy, MD PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery
Co-Director, Shands Jacksonville Neuroscience Institute
University of Florida, College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL
Bioness, Inc. (consulting fees/stock options – consultant); Nevro, Inc. (consulting fees/stock options – consultant); Medtronic, Inc. (consulting fees– consultant); Spinal Modulation, Inc. (consulting fees/stock options – consultant); St. Jude Medical, Inc. (consulting fees – consultant); Vertos, Inc. (consulting fees/stock options – consultant)

Yu (Woody) Lin, MD PhD
Health Scientist Administrator
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Program Director
Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavior Research
NIDA/NIH/DHHS
Bethesda, MD
No relevant financial relationships

Sean Mackey, MD PhD
Division Chief
Pain Medicine
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Gagan Mahajan, MD
Essential Tools for Treating the Patient in Pain™ Co-Chair
Associate Professor
Director, Fellowship in Pain Medicine
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California-Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Gerard A. Malanga, MD
Clinical Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
New Jersey Medical School
Founder, New Jersey Sports Medicine, LLC
Cedar Knolls, NJ
Director, Pain Management
Overlook Hospital Pain Center
Summit, NJ
No relevant financial relationships

Lee S. Mann, PhD JD
Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, MD
No relevant financial relationships

Jianren Mao, MD PhD
Richard J. Kitz Professor of Anesthesia Research
Harvard Medical School
Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
No relevant financial relationships

Timothy P. Maus, MD
Department of Radiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
No relevant financial relationships

Bill H. McCarberg, MD
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California-San Diego
Neighborhood Healthcare
San Diego, CA
Abbott (honorarium-speaker); Endo (honorarium-speaker); Forest (honorarium-speaker); Pricara (honorarium-speaker); Purdue (honorarium-speaker)

Ali S. Mchaourab, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Case Western Reserve University
Chief, Pain Medicine
Anesthesiology Service, Pain Medicine
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
No relevant financial relationships

D. Joseph. Meyer, MD PhD
Partner
Columbia Interventional Pain Center, LLP
Columbia, MO
No relevant financial relationships

Edward Michna, MD JD
Director Pain Trials Center
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Chestnut Hill, MA
Insys (honorarium-consultant); Neurogesic (honorarium-consultant); Salix (honorarium-consultant); Sucampo (honorarium-consultant)

Susan M. Moeschler, MD
Senior Associate Consultant, Department Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
No relevant financial relationships

Michael H. Moskowitz, MD MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California - Davis
Partner
Bay Area Pain Medical Associates
Sausalito, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Beth B. Murinson, MS (Biomath) MD PhD
Rambam Healthcare Campus
Haifa, Israel
No relevant financial relationships

Vitaly Napadow, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Harvard Medical School
Massaschusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, MA
No relevant financial relationships

Samer Narouze, MD PhD
Clinical Professor, Neurological Surgery
Ohio State University
Chairman, Center for Pain Medicine
Summa Western Reserve Hospital
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Philips (honorarium-consultant)

Timothy J. Ness, MD PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology 
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Medtronic Inc. (grant/contract for preclinical studies - principal investigator); Vertex Pharmaceuticals (grant/contract for preclinical studies - principal investigator)

Einar Ottestad, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Director, Acute Pain Service
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Palo Alto, CA
No relevant financial relationships. No discussion of off-label drug or product use in this presentation

Richard P. Petri, MD MIL USA MEDCOM WBAMC
Chief
Physical Medicine and Integrative Health Services
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Fort Bliss, TX
No relevant financial relationships

Matthew G. Pingree, MD
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Department of Pain Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
No relevant financial relationships

Gregory Polston, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesia
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Joshua P. Prager, MD MS
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology (Pain Medicine)
Director, Center for the Rehabilitation of Pain Syndromes
University of California – Los Angeles
California Pain Medicine Centers
Los Angeles, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Ravi Prasad, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Assistant Director, Division of Pain Management
Stanford University School of Medicine
Director - Stanford Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Pain Program
Pain Management Clinic
Stanford University Medical Center
Redwood City, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Wenchun Qu, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
No relevant financial relationships

Brittney R. Reyes, BA
Research Assistant
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
No relevant financial relationships

Syed Rizvi, MD
Regina General Hospital
Regina, SK, Canada
No relevant financial relationships

Ilene R. Robeck, MD
Co-Chair, National Veterans Affairs Primary Care Pain Task Force
Primary Care/Chronic Pain Clinic/Mental Health
Veterans Health Administration
St. Petersburg, FL
No relevant financial relationships

Robert D. Rondinelli, MD PhD
Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services
Younker Rehabilitation
Iowa Health Des Moines
Des Moines, IA
American Medical Association (royalties-medical editor)

Joseph J. Ruane, DO
Medical Director
McConnell Heart Health Center and Spine, Sport and Joint Center
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Head Team Physician
Columbus Blue Jackets – National Hockey League
Columbus, OH
Genzyme-Sanofi (honorarium-consultant/speaker)

Samuel W. Samuel, MD
Asoociate Fellowship Director
Pain Management
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
No relevant financial relationships

Friedhelm Sandbrink, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Georgetown University
Chief, Chronic Pain Clinic
Department of Neurology
Washington VA Medical Center
Washington, DC
No relevant financial relationships

Binit J. Shah, MD
Senior Instructor, Departments of Anesthesiolgy and Psychiatry
Case Western University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Oxford University Press (books-pre-publicaion book reviewer)

Shane A. Shapiro, MD
Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
No relevant financial relationships

Michael T. Smith, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School fo Medicine
Director -Johns Hopkins Center for Behavior and Health
Director - Johns Hopkins Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program
Baltimore, MD
No relevant financial relationships

Dmitri Souzdalnitski, MD PhD
Staff Physician
Center for Pain Medicine
Summa Western Reserve Hospital
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
No relevant financial relationships

Steven P. Stanos, DO
Conference Co-Chair
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Northwestern University Medical School
Medical Director
Center for Pain Management
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Covidien (speaker); DepoMed (advisory board/consultant); Endo Pharmaceuticals (speaker, advisory board/consultant); Lilly (speaker, advisory board/consultant); Grunenthal (advisory board/consultant); MyMatrix (advisory board/consultant); Nuvo (advisory board/consultant); Ortho-McNeil (speaker, advisory board/consultant); Pfizer (speaker, research); Purdue Pharma (speaker, advisory board/consultant)

Claire Tibiletti, MD
Azalea Orthopedics
Tyler, TX
Texas Spine and Joint Hospital ownership (ongoing financial interests-stockholder)

Jeffrey M. Tiede, MD MAJ MC USA
Conference Co-Chair
Chief
Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Ft. Gordon, GA
Nevro Inc. (stock options, consulting fees/consultant and member of advisory committee)

Patrick J. Tighe, MD MS
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
No relevant financial relationships

Linda M. VanHorn, MBA
President/CEO
21st Century Edge
Kansas City, MO
21st Century Edge (salary-employee)

Bruce M. Vrooman, MD
Staff Physician
Department of Pain Management
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Azur Pharmaceuticals (honorarium-speaker); Johnson & Johnson Corporation (honorarium-speaker); Kimberly-Clark Corporation(honorarium-speaker)

Ajay D. Wasan, MD MSc
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Chestnut Hill, MA
No relevant financial relationships

James C. Watson, MD
Scientific Poster Session Chair
Consultant
Departments of Neurology and Anesthesiology
Pain Division
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Nevro Corporation (data safety monitoring board)

Lynn R. Webster, MD
Medical Director
CRILifetree
Salt Lake City, UT
AstraZeneca (honorarium-TC consultation) (honorarium/travel support-advisory board); Covidien Mallinckrodt - (honorarium-TC consultation) (honorarium/travel support-advisory board); CVS (honorarium-webinar); Jazz Pharmaceuticals (honorarium-meeting/consultant); Medtronic (honorarium-TC consultation); Nektar Therapeutics (honorarium/travel support-advisory board); Salix (honorarium-advisory board); Theravance (honorarium/travel support-advisory board)

David Westerdahl, MD
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Weston, FL
Ferring Pharmaceuticals (honorarium-speaker)

Steven J. Wisniewski, MD
Assistant Professor
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
No relevant financial relationships

Englok Yap, MD
Staff
Pain Management Department
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
No relevant financial relationships