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Section Chairman:
Honorio T. Benzon, MD,FIPP 161 E. Chicago Ave, Apt 48F Chicago, IL 60611 USA T: 312 926 8369 E: hbenzon@nmff.org
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Section Vice-Chair:
Amitabh Gulati, MD, FIPP Dept. of Anesthesia 1275 York Ave, M-308 New York, NY 10065 USA T: 212-639-6851; M: 972-897-0415 E: amitabhgulati@yahoo.com
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Secretary:
Esther Benedetti, MD, FIPP
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Treasurer:
Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP, DABIPP PO Box 130459 Tyler, TX 75713-0459 USA T: 903-360-7211 E: aaroncalodney@me.com
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EPP AWARD PAIN CENTERS:
Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Pain Practice
♦ Spine Institute Northwest Bothell, Washington, USA Director: Solomon Kamson, MD, PhD, FIPP
♦ University of Washington Center for Pain Relief Seattle, Washington, USA Director: Alex Cahana, MD, FIPP
Multidisciplinary Clinical Pain Practice ♦ Interventional Pain and Physical Medicine Clinic Sartell, Minnesota, USA Director: Thomas C. Kowalkowski, DO, FIPP ♦ Neuro Pain Care Manhasset, New York, USA Director: Vikas Varma, MD, FIPP ♦ Pain Management Division of the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Former) Director: Hammam Akbik, MD, FIPP
♦ Pain Physicians NY New York, New York, USA Director-Founder: Leonid Reyfman, MD, FIPP
♦ Utah Center for Pain Management and Research, Inc. DBA Nexus Pain Care Provo, Utah, USA. Director: Richard M. Rosenthal, MD, FIPP
Clinical Pain Practice
♦ ACME Pain Care Algonquin, Illinois, USA Director: Vikram B. Patel, MD, FIPP
♦ East Louisville Interventional Pain Specialists, PLLC Louisville, Kentucky, USA Director: Bill W. Haney, MD, FIPP, DABIPP, DABPM
Clinical Pain Practice Specializing in Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes
♦ The Pain Center USA PLLCC Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Warren, Michigan, USA Director: Rajendra Bothra, MD, FIPP
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WIP Section Report: USA
Dear Craig and Colleagues,
I am humbled to have such great support from the WIP. Since I was a fellow, I have admired the education and leadership of the faculty that have embraced the WIP culture. I am proud to be among such motivated professionals and hope I can continue to work with all of you in many future endeavors.
Regarding the inaugural ICPS (Interventional Cancer Pain Symposium) at MSKCC, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive for both the conference curriculum and cadaveric workshop. We had over 180 registered participants with 36 workshop attendees. We are the third largest conference ever hosted at MSKCC (number 1 being a Rank L conference).
As a result, we intend to have a more thorough workshop, including enhancing the representation of neurosurgery, radiology, and rehabilitation disciplines in 2018 (September 7-8). In two years, we hope to build on this with a larger cancer pain symposium. While I know September is a competitive time for conferences, my choices are limited and all future MSKCC conferences will be the weekend (or weekend after) after the American Labor Day celebration.
As Dr. Benzon alluded to, collaboration is important and we have great colleagues at Weill Cornell School of Medicine and could potentially expand the curriculum to chronic pain medicine (perhaps with a focus, for example neuropathic pain syndromes). We hope the WIP could be integral in this process.
Nonetheless, your support and guidance is always appreciated.
See everyone soon,
Cheers
Amit
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