AAPM Scholars Program

What You'll Gain as an AAPM Scholar

The AAPM Scholars Program combines practical education with professional opportunities that extend beyond the annual meeting. Selected Scholars receive:

Learn from Leaders. Build Your Network.

The transition from fellowship brings new clinical responsibilities, practice decisions, and professional opportunities. The Scholars Program introduces you to physicians and experts whose work spans interventional pain medicine, medical management, research, patient care, and the business of medicine.

At PainConnect, you'll have opportunities to learn alongside experienced clinicians, exchange perspectives with peers, and develop connections that can support your career well beyond fellowship.

AAPM also provides opportunities to contribute to the specialty through education, professional service, and committee participation.

Your PainConnect 2027 Scholars Experience

The four-day Scholars experience blends clinical learning, hands-on education, career development, and networking. Scholars participate in a curated educational track while engaging with the broader PainConnect scientific program.

Visit the PainConnect website for the Scholars agenda, session details, and program updates.

Program details and session schedules are subject to change.

Who Is Eligible?

Applicants must meet both of the following requirements:

• Be a current AAPM Fellow Member with a membership expiration date of August 1, 2027, or later.
• Be currently enrolled in an ACGME-accredited Pain Fellowship Program.

Travel Reimbursement Guidelines

Selected Scholars may receive up to $1,000 in reimbursement for eligible meeting-related travel expenses. The following conditions apply:

• Scholars must stay at the designated conference hotel, the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort, to qualify for hotel reimbursement.
• Airfare must be purchased in advance and must be economy class.
• Food and beverage expenses are not reimbursable. The conference provides approximately 90% of meals.
• For Scholars sharing a room, reimbursement may not exceed the total room rate and tax for four nights, Wednesday through Saturday.
• Expense reports must be submitted within 30 days after the meeting concludes.
• Approved reimbursements will be processed according to AAPM's standard twice-monthly accounts payable schedule.
• AAPM Scholars are not eligible for the separate PainConnect 2027 travel grants.

Additional conditions: Hands-on cadaver lab participation is subject to final sponsorship confirmation. To redeem the 50% physician registration discount for PainConnect 2028, Scholars must maintain AAPM membership through the 2028 annual meeting.

Build Your Future with AAPM

The Scholars Program is an introduction to a professional community committed to advancing evidence-based, multidisciplinary pain medicine.

As you move from fellowship into practice, AAPM offers opportunities to continue learning, build professional relationships, contribute to the specialty, and develop as a physician leader.

Your Scholars experience is a starting point for that continued engagement.