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June Member Focus: Salman Hirani, MD
June Member Focus: Salman Hirani, MD

June Member Focus: Salman Hirani, MD — AAPM profiles OHSU pain medicine leader and MIT Grand Hack winner advancing cancer pain care and spine interventions. Continue Reading

Date posted06/2/2026


2025 Hacking Pain Highlights
2025 Hacking Pain Highlights

Hacking Pain at 2025 PainConnect: a 48-hour hackathon uniting students, clinicians, and innovators to design patient-centered pain solutions; winners announced. Continue Reading

Date posted05/5/2025


2025 Innovation Challenge Highlights
2025 Innovation Challenge Highlights

Highlights from the 2025 AAPM & MIT Innovation Challenge: AI-driven pain care, neuromodulation advances, and winners like Personalized Pain Treatment. Insights. Continue Reading

Date posted05/5/2025


Innovation Challenge
Innovation Challenge

AAPM's Innovation Challenge winner Sana Health and Lutroo Imaging claim the $100,000 grand prize at MIT Hacking Medicine, accelerating pain care innovation. Continue Reading

Date posted05/5/2025


2025 Innovation Challenge Registration Now Open
2025 Innovation Challenge Registration Now Open

AAPM 4th Annual Pain Innovation Challenge (with MIT Hacking Medicine): pitch your pain-tech at PainConnect in Austin, TX on April 5, 2025; prizes, mentorship. Continue Reading

Date posted11/20/2024


Innovators Propel Pain Medicine Forward at the 3rd Annual Innovation Challenge
Innovators Propel Pain Medicine Forward at the 3rd Annual Innovation Challenge

AAPM's 3rd Annual Innovation Challenge, presented with MIT Hacking Medicine and sponsors, spotlights startups transforming pain care; winner Menda Health. Continue Reading

Date posted03/13/2024


2024 Innovation Challenge Registration Now Open
2024 Innovation Challenge Registration Now Open

Join AAPM's 3rd Annual Pain Innovation Challenge - MIT Hacking Medicine. Registration open to pitch your pain-tech solution at 2024 AAPM Meeting in Scottsdale. Continue Reading

Date posted12/11/2023


Aches & Gains Podcast Features '22 Innovation Challenge Winners
Aches & Gains Podcast Features '22 Innovation Challenge Winners

AAPM highlights its Innovation Challenge in pain medicine, featuring Sana Health and Feather Health winners on the Aches & Gains podcast with Dr. Paul Christo. Continue Reading

Date posted03/8/2023


Ep. 7 - The Role of Innovation and Technology in Pain Medicine’s Future
Ep. 7 - The Role of Innovation and Technology in Pain Medicine’s Future

Pain Matters Ep. 7: The Role of Innovation and Technology in Pain Medicine’s Future. Insights from AAPM leaders on innovation and the future of pain care. Continue Reading

Date posted03/31/2022


Finalists for March’s Innovation Challenge Officially Announced
Finalists for March’s Innovation Challenge Officially Announced

14 finalists vie for $100K in-kind prizes at the 2022 AAPM + MIT Hacking Medicine Innovation Challenge — a public pitch during the AAPM Meeting in Scottsdale. Continue Reading

Date posted02/16/2022


Ep. 2 – How to Unlock Digital Health Opportunities in Pain Medicine
Ep. 2 – How to Unlock Digital Health Opportunities in Pain Medicine

Explore how digital health innovation is transforming pain medicine, from software development and patient care solutions to healthcare entrepreneurship and emerging technologies. Continue Reading

Date posted01/6/2022


Ep. 1 - Developing a New Device From Start to Finish
Ep. 1 - Developing a New Device From Start to Finish

Pain Matters podcast episode Developing a New Device From Start to Finish: how pain physicians turn ideas into patent, development, and market success. Continue Reading

Date posted12/14/2021