CHAPTER 1: The Emergence of Multidisciplinary Pain Management• Changing attitudes to pain from mid-1700’s

• Late 19th century: wide range of products used for pain relief, from lettuce to cocaine

• Wartime breakthroughs: Giovanni (John) Bonica (WWII)

• Bonica financed his medical studies as a wrestler - gave him first hand experience of pain

• 1940s: revolution in understanding and treating pain - multidisciplinary pain management

• 1953: Bonica’s book: The Management of Pain

Prof John Bonica(USA) Photo courtesy of IASP

CHAPTER 1: The Emergence of Multidisciplinary Pain Management continued• 1965: Melzack & Wall’s ‘Gate Control Theory’ (diagram at dinner)

• 1974: Founding Vice President of IASP: Sir Sydney Sunderland (Australia)

• IASP President 1987-90: Prof Michael Cousins AO (Australia)

• APS Vision: All people will have timely recognition, prevention and management of pain across their lifespan

L to R: Prof Ronald Melzack (Canada) and Prof Patrick Wall (UK)

L to R: Sir Sydney Sunderland (Australia) and Prof Michael Cousins AO (Australia)

CHAPTER 2: From Australasian Chapter to Australian Pain Society, 1978-83 “an exhilarating time”• IASP agrees to formation of Australasian Chapter, August 1978

• 1st Australian-New Zealand Conference on Pain, December 1978

• 1st Scientific Meeting of Australasian Chapter, May 1979

• Australasian Chapter first President: Prof Issy Pilowsky

• NZ members form their own society from 1 July 1983

• Australian Chapter of IASP created on 4 February 1984, President: Dr Leigh Atkinson AO

Dr Leigh Atkinson AO, First President of the

Australian Pain Society.

Photographs courtesy APS, Bruce Rounsefell

CHAPTER 3: The Australian Pain Society, 1984-90: From National Crisis to World Success• Corporate sponsorship introduced

• Early Newsletters: single double-sided page

• 1986: Draft report on “The Economic Costs of Chronic Pain in Australia” by Paul Gross

• APS incorporated in 1987 as a company limited by guarantee

• 1987: Robyn Quinn, first woman and nurse on APS Council

• 1988 APS submission to NHMRC inquiry: “The Management of Severe Pain”

• Australian Pain Relief Association (APRA): 1989

• Steady growth in membership: 392 by October 1989

• From 1990 Secretariat run by Dianna Crebbin (DC Conferences)

• 1990: IASP 6th World Congress held in Australia for first time: Adelaide. Delegate Cricket Game: England vs Australia (including John Bonica)

Robyn Quinn.Photo courtesy Robyn Quinn

CHAPTER 4: Growing and Adapting, the Australian Pain Society, 1991-2005

• 1995: APS/APRA PhD Scholarship Program commences

• 1996: First Web-based services to members

• 1998: Pain Interest Group-Nursing Issues (PIG-NI) becomes a sub-group of the APS

• 1998: Faculty of Pain Medicine, ANZCA established

• Growth of APS including financial base. In 1999, 767 members – largest discipline group: Nursing

First APS/APRA scholar, Dr Samantha South

CHAPTER 4: Growing and Adapting, the Australian Pain Society, 1991-2005 continued

• 2003: First female President: A/Prof Carolyn Arnold. More women and allied health professionals on the Board

• 2005: Pain Medicine recognised as a specialty by Australian Medical Council

• Publications including “Pain In Residential Aged Care Facilities – Management Strategies” in 2005

• 2005: 11th IASP World Congress on Pain held in Australia: Sydney

Photos courtesy APS

CHAPTER 5: The Australian Pain Society, 2006-14• 2006: First Northern Territory Director: Dr Gavin Chin First conference in Darwin held in 2011

• Newsletters become solely electronic and move from quarterly to 10 issues per year

• 2007: Distinguished Member Awards introduced

• 2008: Good luck and good management to survive the GFC

• 2009: Tiered self-reporting income based subscriptions begin

• 2010: National Pain Summit - Parliament House, Canberra

• 2010: Corporate Membership relaunched

• 2011: Pain in Childhood Special Interest Group (SIG) formed

• 2011: Painaustralia formed, supported by APS

• 2012: “Waiting in Pain” published in MJA

Dr Will Howard, Newsletter Editor

CHAPTER 6: Annual Scientific Meetings (ASMs)• 1st ASM: 1979, Australasian Chapter of IASP, Surfers Paradise

• 8th ASM: 1986, Australian Pain Society, Melbourne. First ASM to have a theme – “Pain in the Community – A Clinical Approach”

• 11th ASM: 1989, Sydney. First ASM organised by DC Conferences.

• No ASM in 1990 due to IASP’s 6th World Congress on Pain in Adelaide

• 18th ASM: 1997, Uluru/Ayers Rock. Fondly remembered as a unique destination with “Black Tie & Sandshoes” Gala Dinner and Hale-Bopp comet.

• 24th ASM: 2003, Christchurch, NZ. Combined with the New Zealand Pain Society. First time for “Fundamentals of Pain”.

Dr Will Howard, Newsletter Editor

CHAPTER 6: Annual Scientific Meetings (ASMs)continued• No ASM in 2005 due to IASP’s 11th World Congress on Pain in Sydney

• 29th ASM: 2009, Sydney. Theme: “The Pain Continuum-Making Pain History”, APS’s 30th anniversary

• 31st ASM: 2011, Darwin.

• 33rd ASM: 2013, Canberra. Coincided with Canberra’s centenary year

• 35th ASM: 2015, Brisbane. Launch of “Australian Pain Society: the first 35 years”Dr Will Howard, Newsletter Editor

APPENDIX A: PhD Scholarship Award Program• Established in 1995, inaugural Chair of the APS/APRA PhD Scholarship Awards Committee: Dr Geoff Gourlay

• Chair from 2003-14: Professor Maree Smith

• Current Chair: Associate Professor Michael Farrell

• APS/APRA PhD program supported by industry educational grants from:

bioCSL (from 2001 to 2006)

Mundipharma (from 2005 to present)

Janssen-Cilag (from 2008 to present)

• APS/APRA scholars: Samantha South, Debbie Tsui, Susan Slatyer, Amelia Edington and current scholar: James Kang

• CSL/APS/APRA scholars: Lara Winter and Anne Pitcher

• Mundipharma/APS/APRA scholars: Kathryn Nicholson Perry, Zoë Brett and current scholar: Audrey Wang

• Janssen-Cilag/APS/APRA scholars: Mary Roberts and current scholar: Sarah Kissiwaa