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July 2025 President’s Message
July 2025 President’s Message

Antje Barreveld, MD, AAPM president, outlines advocacy for patient access to multidisciplinary pain care amid funding changes, highlighting NIH support and advocacy. Continue Reading

Date posted07/7/2025


June 2025 President’s Message
June 2025 President’s Message

AAPM President's Message: updates on Pain Matters Podcast leadership, PainConnect 2026, Menorca Summit, and thanks volunteers advancing team-based pain care. Continue Reading

Date posted06/2/2025


May 2025 President’s Message
May 2025 President’s Message

AAPM President's Message on PainConnect2025 highlights scholarship, innovation, advocacy for pain care; previews 2026 and neural interface guidelines. Continue Reading

Date posted05/5/2025


March 2025 President’s Message
March 2025 President’s Message

AAPM President updates on changes in pain medicine, PainConnect 2025 travel grants ($750), Innovation Challenge finalists, and the Pain Matters Podcast. Continue Reading

Date posted03/3/2025


February 2025 President’s Message
February 2025 President’s Message

AAPM President’s Message: announces 2025 election results, AAN Meeting spotlight, PainConnect 2025, Hacking Pain, and a neuromodulation guideline for clinicians. Continue Reading

Date posted02/2/2025


January 2025 President’s Message
January 2025 President’s Message

AAPM Jan 2025 President's Message thanks members for 2024; notes FDA Acute Low Back Pain Guidelines progress, Pain Rounds grants, and 2025 elections Jan 17 Continue Reading

Date posted01/6/2025


December 2024 President’s Message
December 2024 President’s Message

AAPM December President's Message: Give on Giving Tuesday to fund Scholarships for PainConnect 2025, call for abstracts, Dec 12 elections, Innovation Challenge. Continue Reading

Date posted12/2/2024


November 2024 President's Message
November 2024 President's Message

Last chance to nominate for AAPM's 2025 Board of Directors; explore volunteer roles. PainConnect 2025 features keynote speakers and registration in Austin, TX. Continue Reading

Date posted11/4/2024


October 2024 President's Message
October 2024 President's Message

AAPM update: new leadership roles, Call for volunteers, 2025 Board nominations, and expanded 2024 Scholars Program for pain medicine professionals nationwide. Continue Reading

Date posted10/7/2024


September 2024 President's Message
September 2024 President's Message

AAPM advances pain medicine education with the 2024 Scholars Program at UCSD, Pain Medicine Training Part II, Resident Ambassadors, and PainConnect sessions. Continue Reading

Date posted09/9/2024


August 2024 President's Message
August 2024 President's Message

AAPM advances pain medicine training through the Pain Medicine Fellows and Scholars program, Neuromodulation-focused Pain Rounds, and global workforce readiness. Continue Reading

Date posted08/1/2024


July 2024 President's Message
July 2024 President's Message

AAPM unveils PainConnect, the newly branded annual meeting for multidisciplinary pain care experts in Austin, TX, April 3–6, 2025—connect, learn, innovate. Continue Reading

Date posted07/3/2024