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World Institute of Pain (“WIP”) was conceived in 1993 for the purpose of alleviating disparate standards of pain practice through better physician educational and practical training programs specifically oriented towards interventional pain practice. Today, WIP is recognized as a global symbol of excellence that is reflected in how WIP executes its mission. WIP efforts are realized through the unification of physicians, scientists, and industry specialists who believe that working together in the global arena more can be achieved for the greater good of all mankind.

Through WIP, member and non-member physicians, laypersons and industry supporters of WIP programs, collaborate to optimize the exchange of cutting-edge scientific evidence and clinical practice experience in interventional pain practice.

The WIP official magazine of Pain Practice fulfills a need for scholarly, evidenced-based articles written by global experts in the field of pain medicine.

Through the WIP Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice certification program, pain physicians are choosing to demonstrate via the competency-based curriculum of rigorous oral, written, and practical examination exercises that pain medicine is a specialized field that warrants dedicated training and recognition to ensure the best practice of interventional pain medicine and the best outcomes for patients worldwide.

The advent of WIP’s Excellence in Pain Practice (EPP) Award for pain centers is elevating the scope of FIPP certification from an individual measurement of quality and expertise in pain medical practice to a global symbol of excellence. FIPP directors of EPP pain centers and their associates are assuming the roles of mentors and educators in their local regions. Through the WIP network of EPP pain centers, global advancements of pain medicine can be optimally achieved in more regions of the world.

The World Institute of Pain truly brings together the most recognized experts in the field of pain medicine throughout the world for the advancement and standardization of interventional pain practice. Through this guiding mission, physicians collaborating throughout the world are achieving higher standards of care for pain patients.


Preface ............................................................................................................................................. 2

Mission, Aims, Objectives ............................................................................................................... 4

Letter from the President .................................................................................................................. 5

Founders and Presidents ................................................................................................................... 6

WIP Council ..................................................................................................................................... 7

Historical Overview.......................................................................................................................... 8

Committees ..................................................................................................................................... 10

Committees: World Congress ......................................................................................................... 11

Advisory Board .............................................................................................................................. 12

WIP Sections ................................................................................................................................. 13

Pain Practice, the Official Journal of WIP .................................................................................... 36

Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) - 10 Years of Excellence ....................................... 39

Excellence in Pain Practice Award Program & Pain Center Profiles ............................................. 46

World Institute of Pain Foundation ................................................................................................ 61

In Memoriam .................................................................................................................................. 63

Epilogue.......................................................................................................................................... 64

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The World Institute of Pain (“WIP”) was founded in 1993 and incorporated in 1995 in the State of California of the United States of America. WIP is a non-profit corporation, exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c )(3). Since 2007, the WIP Secretariat was established in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

Mission Statement

WIP’s mission is to bring together the most recognized experts in pain medicine throughout the world for the advancement and standardization of interventional pain practice and the achievement of improved standards of care for pain patients.

WIP fulfills its mission through its organization, sponsorship, and endorsement of global educational and training programs for pain physicians. These program are aimed at facilitating the development of practice guide-lines and standards of examining and assessing competency in physicians who specialize in interventional pain practice.

Aims and Objectives

To educate and train personnel of member pain centers via local hands-on training, international seminars, and exchange of clinicians. Update pain centers with state-of-the-art pain information, including a newsletter, scientific seminars, interlined telecommunications, and publication of a journal and books.

To encourage members of pain centers to develop an informational database and protocols for efficacy and outcome studies.

To communicate administrative and patient-related matters on a regular basis by way of newsletter, telephone hook-up, world directory of pain centers by region, and video teleconferencing (including patient consultation).

To categorize and credential pain centers by mail correspondence, local information and the industry’s medical representatives.

To develop an examination process for pain centers in testing trainees, and provide technical expertise in the examination process.

To encourage interested industries to provide information on pain medicine in each region of the world; to bring together local pain physicians and industry for education in new technology and training; and to formulate an advanced fellowship program in pain medicine.

How WIP fulfills its mission

FIPP physician certification program

Pain Practice, the official journal of WIP

World Congresses

Advanced interventional pain symposia and practical workshops

Global networking among pain physicians to advance the specialty of pain management

EPP award program for pain centers

WIP newsletter, website, publications


WIP President & Founder

RICARDO RUIZ-LÓPEZ MD, FIPP

Dear Members and Supporters of WIP,

As a professional society organized for the purpose of bringing people together to promote the best practice of pain medicine, the aims of WIP are both high and attainable. High, because we have chosen a global forum to channel our goals for excellence in pain medical education, training, and clinical practice. Attainable, because as a society, the strength of WIP is in its network of thousands of physicians worldwide who share our belief that working together we can achieve more to pro-mote standardization and advancements in interventional pain practice.

Through WIP’s global network, real progress is being made through-out the world to advance the standards and recognition of physician edu-cation and practice in pain medicine. WIP’s multidisciplinary network of professionals encompasses associate members; full members who have attained the professional status of Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice, many of whom serve as leaders and mentors to current and next genera-tion pain specialists; pain centers of Excellence in Pain Practice; scholars who contribute to the official journal, Pain Practice; and participants and supporters of WIP pain conferences, workshops, and World Congresses.

Through the WIP Sections, the diffusion of our networking efforts is cultivating at local and international levels the true power of our ability to serve the pain medicine profession and achieve real outcomes improve-ments for patients throughout the world who suffer daily with the silent syndromes of chronic or acute pain.

The World Institute of Pain is a society of professionals who join hands to fulfill a common purpose of realizing better pain education for physicians and better outcomes for our pain patients. Together, as physi-cians, brothers, supporters, representatives of industry we can achieve more. Without the contributions of each stakeholder, our society would not exist. Thank you for your past, present, and future support. Best regards,

Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP WIP President 2011-2013

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President President President President President (1993-2002) (2002-2005) (2005-2008) (2008-2011) (2011-2013)

P. PRITHVI RAJ DAVID NIV GABOR B. RACZ SERDAR ERDINE RICARDO RUIZ-LÓPEZ MD FIPP MD FIPP MD FIPP MD FIPP MD FIPP

RICHARD L. RAUCK

MD FIPP

PRESIDENT-ELECT (2013-2015)


WIPC 2011‐2013

Executive Board

Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP (Spain) President and Founder Richard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP (USA) President-Elect Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey) Immediate Past President and Founder Gabor B. Racz, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (USA) Past President and Founder P. Prithvi Raj, MD, DABPM, DABIPP, FIPP (USA) Past President and Founder Charles A. Gauci, MD, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA (UK) Honorary Secretary Kris C.P. Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands) Honorary Treasurer Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA) Editor-in-Chief, Pain Practice Miles R. Day, MD, DABA, FIPP (USA) Chair, FIPP Board of Examination Ira B. Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA) Chair, Advisory Board José R. Rodríguez-Hernández, MD, FIPP (Puerto Rico) Chair, Board of Sections Dianne L. Willard (USA) Executive Officer (non-voting)

Section Chairs Section

Meir Bennun, MD, FIPP (Israel) Israel Teresa Bovaira, MD, FIPP (Spain) Iberian Frantz J. Colimón, MD, FIPP (Colombia) Colombia Peter G. Courtney, MBBS, FIPP, FFPMANZCA (Australia) Australia Gautam Das, MD, FIPP (India) India Neels de Villiers, MD, FRCA, FIPP (South Africa) Africa Magdi Ramzi Iskander, MD, FFARCS, FIPP (Egypt) Middle East Edvin B. Koshi, MD, FRCA, FIPP, FAADEP (Canada) Canada Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP (South Korea) Northeast Asia Martin Marianowicz, MD, FIPP (Germany) Central-Eastern Europe Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP (Switzerland) Switzerland Patrick R. McGowan, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA (UK) UK-Éire Charles Amaral de Oliveira, MD, FIPP (Brazil) Latin America Suleyman Ozyalcin, MD, FIPP (Turkey) Turkey Mahdi Panah Khahi, MD, FIPP (Iran) Iran Edit Racz, MD, FIPP (Hungary) Hungary José R. Rodríguez-Hernández, MD, FIPP (Puerto Rico) Puerto Rico-Caribbean Andrea M. Trescot, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (USA) USA Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP (Greece) Mediterranean Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP (Belgium) Benelux Alex Sow Nam Yeo, MD, PhD, FIPP (Singapore) Southeast Asia


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The World Institute of Pain (WIP) was founded 23 August 1993 in Paris, France at the Palais du Congres during the International Association for the Study of Pain World Congress. Drs. Prithvi Raj (USA), David Niv (Israel), Ricardo Ruiz-López (Spain), and Serdar Erdine (Turkey) held the first meeting about the creation of WIP. On 13 October 1994, Dr. Gabor Racz (USA) met with Drs. Raj, Nov, Ruiz-López, and Erdine during the American Pain Society meeting in Washington, DC. With a $1,000 contribution from each, WIP was officially chartered in 1995. WIP operates as an autonomous entity, independent of any other association, society, or academy. The first WIP secretariat was established in 2007 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

World Congresses

Since its founding, WIP has organized five World Congresses: Eilat, Israel (1998); Istanbul, Turkey (2001); Barcelona, Spain (2004); Budapest, Hungary (2007); and New York, USA (2009). The sixth World Congress will be conducted in February 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Regional Symposia and Workshops

As of December 2011, WIP has sponsored 16 cadaver workshops in Budapest; four international symposia and eight cadaver workshops in London, UK; and sponsored or endorsed pain conferences and workshops in Sharm El Sheikh and Cairo, Egypt; Athens, Myconos Island, and Santorini, Greece; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Brussels, Belgium; Maastricht, The Netherlands; Kolkata and New Delhi, India; and in the USA in New York, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Memphis, Tennessee; and Lubbock, Texas.

Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice

Since 2001, the FIPP Board of Examination has conducted ten examinations in Budapest, Hungary; three in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; one in New York, USA; and one in Maastricht, The Netherlands. A total of physicians representing 38 countries have earned certification as a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP). eFIPP™, the electronic application for the FIPP examination was introduced in 2010 to better facilitate the application, payment processing, and administrative processes associated with the FIPP program.

Pain Practice Journal

Pain Practice, the official journal of WIP, was first pub-lished in 2001. It has been indexed in Medline since 2006, and is in its twelfth year of publication by Wiley-Blackwell.

WIP Sections

In 2007, WIP established 17 official Sections representing regions where the FIPP population is greatest. In 2010, four more countries qualified for and granted Section status in 2011: Canada, Colombia, Hungary, and Iran. Through these 21 Sections, WIP focuses its core activities and growth strategies to optimize fulfillment of its mission.


EPP Award

In 2010, WIP introduced the Excellence in Pain Practice (EPP) Award program for pain centers. In 2011, EPP Awards were conferred upon 14 pain centers representing 11 countries. The EPP Award recognizes pain centers that demonstrate the highest standards of pain practice. Varying levels of recognition are attainable, including specializa-tion in a particular area of clinical pain practice, multidisciplinary clinical pain practice, and comprehensive recogni-tion that encompasses all dimensions of pain management including cutting-edge research.

Communication and Media

WIP’s newsletter and website are WIP’s windows to the world, and showcase the many ways that WIP, through its global network of pain physicians, is fulfilling its mission. Through WIP’s media outlets, WIP aims to demonstrate that those who affiliated with WIP share a common vision to provide better education for pain physicians and deliver better relief for pain patients around the world.

♦ 10 Years of FIPP

♦ 10 Years of Pain Practice

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Committees of the WIP are aligned with specific organizational activities to facilitate fulfillment of WIP’s aims and objectives. At least one member of the Executive Board serves on each committee. The President is an ex-officio member of all committees.

Accreditation The WIP Executive Board and FIPP Board of Exam-

ination oversee the governance and operational policies aimed at achieving compliance with and eventual accred-itation by American National Standards Institute interna-tional standard for certification systems.

Composition Executive Board P. Prithvi Raj, MD, FIPP—Chair (USA) Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey) Dianne Willard (USA) Board of Examination Miles R. Day, MD, DABA, FIPP (USA) James E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, FIPP (Hon), (USA) D. Mark Tolliver, MA (USA) Consultants Gerald A. Rosen, PhD, Psychometric Consultant (USA) Janice Moore, SeaCrest Company (USA)

Bylaws This committee is charged with reviewing, interpret-

ing, and recommending amendments to the Bylaws.

Composition P. Prithvi Raj, MD, FIPP—Co-Chair (USA) Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP—Co-Chair (Turkey)

Electronic Media This committee is charged with overseeing the WIP

website. Composition José R. Rodríguez-Hernández, MD, FIPP (Puerto Rico) Dianne Willard (USA)

Education and Scientific This committee is charged with evaluating the goals

and objectives of WIP’s educational activities; assessing the needs of the WIP membership and proposing educa-tional activities, and coordinating CME efforts.

Composition Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP—Co-Chair (Switzerland) Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD, FIPP—Co-Chair (Netherlands) James P. Rathmell, MD, FIPP (USA)

Excellence in Pain Practice Award This committee is charged with overseeing the EPP

Award policies, procedures, and approval process. Composition P. Prithvi Raj, MD, FIPP—Chair (USA) Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey) Charles A. Gauci, MD, FIPP (United Kingdom) Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP (USA) Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP (Spain) Finance

This committee is charged with overseeing the financial integrity of WIP. Composition Kris C.P. Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP—Chair (USA) Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey) Ira B. Fox, MD, FIPP (USA) Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP (USA) Dianne Willard (USA)

Marketing Diffusion & Foreign Affairs This committee is charged with overseeing market-

ing diffusion and foreign affairs. Composition Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP—Chair (Turkey) Craig T. Hartrick, MD, FIPP (USA) Ira B. Fox, MD, FIPP (USA) Maya Raj Andreadis (USA)

Publications This committee is charged with the responsibility of

planning and organizing official publications of WIP.

Composition Craig T. Hartrick, MD, FIPP—Co-Chair (USA) Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP—Co-Chair (Belgium) Dianne Willard (USA)


WIPC

6th World Congress (2012)

WIP is delighted to have chosen Miami Beach, Florida, USA as the venue for its 6th World Congress to be held February 4-6, 2012. Since its founding, WIP has held five successful World Congresses in Eilat, Israel; Istanbul, Turkey; Barcelona, Spain; Budapest, Hungary; and New York, USA.

WIP’s combined focus on participant-friendly activities together with hands-on courses has led to the development of novel interventional techniques for the management of pain. At the same time, WIP has fostered consensus building amongst pain experts on the effectiveness of existing techniques and on avenues for further improvements in therapeutic performances. The 6th World Congress will be an opportunity for participants to hear and meet renowned lecturers and share their experiences from all over the world.

The Congress chairs, scientific and local organizing committees, are collaborating to prepare a comprehensive program representing the very latest evidence-based and best-practice-based pain medicine in all areas and disciplines in the field. WIP is anticipating a highly successful and exiting Congress. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and expertise in an international framework, meet friends and colleagues from all over the world, and listen to lectures to be delivered by prominent leaders in pain medicine.

In addition to participating in a stimulating scientific congress, participants have opportunities to see a little of Miami. Although best known for its sun, surf, and sand, Miami Beach is also a vibrant cultural and entertainment center renowned for its Art Deco architecture and designer fashions.

WIP looks forward to welcoming the international pain physician community to Miami in 2012!

Congress Chairs Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP—Chair (Turkey) Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP—Co-Chair (Spain)

Local Organizing Committee Ira B. Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP—Chair (USA) José R. Rodríguez-Hernández, MD, FIPP (Puerto Rico)

Scientific Committee Richard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP—Chair (USA) Tony Yaksh, PhD—Co-Chair (USA) James P. Rathmell, MD, FIPP—Co-Chair (USA) Ira B. Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA) Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP (Korea) Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands) Professional Congress Organizer Kenes International

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Introduction

Established March 2008, members of the Advisory Board are selected by the Executive Board based on experience in the pain field and contribution to WIP activities. Advisory Board members serve for a two-year term and can be reappointed for only one additional term.

The Advisory Board Chairman serves as an at-large member of the Executive Board.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Advisor Board are to:

Promote membership of WIP in their region;

Promote WIP activities in their Section;

Promote publications of their Section’s members’ work in Pain Practice;

Plan and organize WIP educational programs;

Encourage members to attend WIP educational programs; and

Help WIP administration to maintain a correct roster of addresses for their

Section’s members.

Composition

Ira B. Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP — Chairman USA

Muhammad Ather, MD, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA UK-Éire

Lorand Eross, MD, FIPP Hungary

An Liong Liem, MD, FIPP Belgium

Martin Marianowicz, MD, FIPP Central-Eastern Europe

Renier Mendez de Guzman, MD, FIPP Puerto Rico

James P. Rathmell, MD, FIPP USA

Christopher X. Wells, MD, FIPP UK-Éire

Tony Yaksh, PhD USA

Chairman

I B.F MD,FIPP


WIPS

Introduction

WIP Sections were established in 2007. In 2011, four new Sections were added to the original 17, bringing the total number of Sections and associated Council Chairs to 21. The four new Sections are: Canada, Colombia, Hungary and Iran.

Each Section has a Chairman, Vice-Chair (optional), Secretary, Treasurer, and individual members. Individual members may be Regular (FIPP) members or Associate members. Only FIPP members may serve as Chairman or any other Section officer.

The Chairman of each Section serves as a WIP Council member. One of these Section Chairmen also serves as a Member-at-Large of the Executive Board.

Responsibilities

Promote membership of WIP in their region;

Promote WIP activities in their Section;

Promote publications of their Section’s members’ work in Pain Practice;

Plan and organize WIP educational programs;

Encourage members to attend WIP educational programs; and

Solicit appropriate members for the FIPP Board of Examination, the Editorial

Board of Pain Practice, and for faculty on scientific programs

Assist the WIP Secretariat with maintaining a correct roster of addresses for

their Section’s members, and with renewal of WIP membership fees

Chairman

J ́ R.R ́ ‐H ́ MD,FIPP

Sections and Chairs

Africa Neels de Villiers, MD, FRCA, FIPP

Australia Peter G. Courtney, MBBS, FIPP, FFPMANZCA

Benelux Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP

Canada Edvin B. Koshi, MD, FRCA, FIPP, FAADEP

C/E Europe Martin Marianowicz, MD, FIPP

Colombia Frantz J. Colimón, MD, FIPP

Hungary Edit Racz, MD, FIPP

Iberian Teresa Bovaira, MD, FIPP

India Gautam Das, MD, FIPP

Iran Mahdi Panah Khahi, MD, FIPP

Israel Meir Bennun, MD, FIPP

Latin America Charles Amaral de Oliveira, MD, FIPP

Mediterranean Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP

Middle East Magdi Ramzi Iskander, MD, FFARCS, FIPP

NE Asia Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP

Puerto Rico José R. Rodríguez-Hernández, MD, FIPP

SE Asia Alex Sow Nam Yeo, MD, PhD, FIPP

Switzerland Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP

Turkey Suleyman Ozyalcin, MD, FIPP

UK-Éire Patrick R. McGowan, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA

USA Andrea M. Trescot, MD, DABIPP, FIPP


WIPS

WIP encourages the establishment of regional Sections when such Sections would further the objectives of the WIP. The Executive Board has the authority to control the establishment of Sections and to establish regulations for this purpose. Individual Section members are required to have common membership with WIP.

Sections may only be formed by FIPP certificate holders and a minimum of five (5) FIPPs are required in the country or region desiring to form a Section.

21 Sections of WIP21 Sections of WIP21 Sections of WIP ♦ Africa ♦ Australia ♦ Benelux ♦ Canada ♦ Central-East Europe ♦ Colombia ♦ Hungary ♦ Iberian ♦ India ♦ Iran ♦ Israel

♦ Latin America ♦ Mediterranean ♦ Middle East ♦ Northeast Asia ♦ Puerto Rico-Caribbean ♦ Southeast Asia ♦ Switzerland ♦ Turkey ♦ UK-Eire ♦ USA


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Continent of Africa

WIP Section of Africa

Section Chair

NEELS DE VILLIERS MBCHB, FIPP, FRCS

The WIP Section of Africa held its annual WIP Cadaver Workshop from 18-20 March 2011 at the University of Stellenbosch Anatomy Department.

Guest lecturers were Dr. Andrea Trescot (USA) and Dr. Leland Lou (USA).

Topics covered included the present syllabus for FIPP examinations. Three C-arm workstations and one ultrasound workstation with four wet cadavers were used to teach 18 students over a 20-hour period. Both Drs. Trescot and Lou were struck by the high propor-tion of orthopedic surgeons (five) and neurosurgeons (six) present on the course. Further-more, we had an interventionalist radiologist present.

Four physicians earned FIPP certification in 2011, more than doubling the number of FIPPs in the Section of Africa.

Discussions are underway between Drs. Trescot, Lou, Eric Wilson, and I to develop a WIP fellowship for Africa since such a fellowship does not exist in Africa. The idea is to have a prerequisite of three WIP workshops as an entry level to the one-year modular course. The course will consist of six modules of which three will be done in Belgium, Holland, and the UK, respectively; with three modules in the Republic of South Africa at three accredited pain clinics. This will ensure that WIP Africa Section candidates are well prepared prior to sitting for the FIPP examination.

Furthermore, a Pain Training Academy is being established at the University of Stellen-bosch Medical School with its own C-arm as a permanent ongoing training facility to train under- and post-graduate students.

Prospective pain practitioners in neighboring countries of Nambia, DRC, and Ghana have been identified to establish outreach WIP pain clinics in MBBch (Wits) FRCS (Glas)

FIPP (USA), FRCS (Edin) these to ensure adequate pain services in these third-world countries.

C.M. (Neels) de Villiers (Section Chair), Eric N. Wilson (Secretary), and Pauline du Plessis (Treasurer) were elected to serve as Section Officers for the next academic year.


WIPS

Continent of Africa

WIP Section of Middle East

Section Chair

MAGDI RAMZI ISKANDER

MD, FFARCS, FIPP

The second cadaveric workshop performed in the anatomy lab of Ain Shams University on the 18th June 2011 was a big success.

Under the flag of the Egyptian Society for the Management of Pain all FIPP certified Middle East Section physicians conducted a discrete hands-on training on basic spine interventions to 40 young pain clinicians from all over Egypt governorates. At the end of this workshop, every participant had a CD explaining the techniques they learned. Candidates requested clearly their demands for regular repeated training .

WIP Middle East Section Council

Chairman—Prof. Dr. Magdi Ramzi Iskander, MD, FFARCS, FIPP

Secretary—Prof. Dr. Amany Ezzat Ayad, MD, FIPP

Treasurer—A.Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed Abdelshafi Abdelhamid, MD, FIPP

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Continent of Asia

WIP Section of India

Section Chair

GAUTAM DAS MD, FIPP

The WIP Section of India is directed by its elected officers: Drs. Gautam Das, Chair; Subrata Ray, Vice-Chair; Pankaj Surange, Secretary; and Karthic Babu Natarajan, Treasurer.

The International Conference on Interventional Pain Management 2011, organized by the WIP Indian Section and conducted at Chettinad University near Chennai on September 8-11, 2011 attracted an international audience of approximately 500 pain physicians representing the USA, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The theme of the conference, Safety in Interventional Pain Practice, delivered an evidence-based curriculum aimed at maximizing patient safety and efficacy of pain management.

As Organizing Chairman, Dr. Ravi Krishna Kalathur, aptly stated, “Pain medicine is a young and rapidly-evolving science. It is rapidly gaining acceptability as an essential and independent specialty in the West and in India. In keeping with these rapid strides, it is essential to translate the scientific advances to our day-to-day practice of interventional pain management.”

“It is also important to keep interventional pain management an absolute evidence-based science with highest standards in safety during clinical

practice,” said Organizing Secretary, Dr. Karthic Babu Natarajan. Dr. P. Prithvi Raj, Founder and Past Presi-dent of WIP was invited to inaugurate the event and delivered an inspiration-al talk aimed at inspiring young pain physicians to become engaged in the study, practice, and scholarly exchange of interventional pain techniques. Dr. Raj was also honored with “The Prithvi Raj Oration,” delivered by a pio-neering pain physician. Dr. Raj stated that, “The conference was divided into scientific sessions with a parallel review course, ‘Ask the Experts’ session, and a cadaver train-

ing course. The auditorium was ultra-modern with all tech-nical facilities for a major conference.

The cadaver workshops were extremely well located, the sessions were well controlled, and the meeting was always on time. The cadavers were excellent for teaching purposes and the faculty taught the registrants all interventional procedures in accordance with WIP standards. The interna-tional faculty represented WIP well and I was told that they were happy to participate.” Raj also characterized the social activities as well organized for the international faculty and their wives, with the highlight of the meeting being the Gala Dinner with a grand concert of Indian dancers.

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Continent of Asia

WIP Section of India

Section Chair

Hospitality was excellent and sincere, and the attendees were very keen on learning about pain management.

WIP President, Dr. Ricardo Ruiz-López declared, “WIP’s Indian Section has emerged as an integral educational center of excellence, eroding barriers to access to the best pain education for physicians not only in south Asia, but globally as well.” “It was the biggest conference on pain in more than 25 years of history of pain medicine in India and also in this

part of Asia,” said Dr. Gautam Das, WIP Chair for the Indian Section. Das added, “It was truly international and biggest in terms of total numbers of participants, international faculties, international participants, quality of cadaver workshops and number of workstations, and ultimately truly satisfied feedback from participants and faculties. The term ‘excellent’ has been used so many times by almost all participants and all this was possible, because of a team of young and dynamic pain physicians of India, inspired by the WIP International team and senior Indian pain physicians lead by Prithvi Raj himself. We members of WIP-India are indebted to Prithvi Raj and all other international and national faculties for their contributions to make this conference so successful.” WIP and the Indian Section gratefully acknowledge the participation of the following FIPP member physicians who served as faculty of ICIPM 2011.

Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP (Brazil)

Frantz J. Colimon, MD, FIPP (Colombia)

Peter Courtney, MBBS, FIPP (Australia)

Gautam Das, MD, FIPP (India)

Prakash Desmukh, DA, FIPP (India)

Preeti Doshi, MD, FIPP (India)

Philip M. Finch, MBBS, FIPP (Australia)

Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP (Argentina)

Ira B. Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA)

Sujeet Gautam, MD, FIPP (USA)

Subrato Goswami, MBBS, FIPP (India)

Neeraj Jain, MD, FIPP (India)

Pravesh Kanthed, MD, DNB, FIPP (India)

Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP (South Korea)

Leland Lou, MD, FIPP (USA)

Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP (Switzerland)

Palak Bhavin Mehta, MD, FIPP (India)

Karthic Babu Natarajan, MD, DNB, FIPP (India)

Anant Patel, MD, FIPP (India)

Muralitharan Perumal, MD, FIPP (Malaysia)

P. Prithvi Raj, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (USA)

Subrata Roy, DA, FIPP (India)

Pankaj N. Surange, MD, FIPP (India)


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WIP Section of Iran

Section Chair

MAHDI PANAH KHAHI MD, FIPP

The country of Iran experienced significant growth in 2011, qualifying it for independent Section status. Dr. Mahdi Panah Khahi was elected Section Chairman. Dr. Farnad Imani and Fasihi Harandi were elected Section Secretary and Treasurer, respectively.

The 2nd International and 4th annual ISRAPM (Iran Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine) Congress was held September 28-30, 2011 in Tehran, Iran.

A wide spectrum of topics on the captioned subject were covered by an international faculty. A group of experts and opinion leaders, from overseas and from Iran, delivered and exchanged experience and scientific knowledge.

The 2011 Congress was designed to reinforce the basic and clinical practices in the field of interventional pain treatment, and included lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and poster presentations.

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WIP Section of Israel WIP Section of Turkey

Section Chair

MEIR BENNUN MD, FIPP

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SULEIMAN OZYALCIN MD, FIPP

Section Chair

The Istanbul Pain Center, under the directorship of

Prof. Serdar Erdine, earned the highest distinc-tion that WIP bestows up-on a pain center for Excellence in Pain Practice — the EPP Award for Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Pain Practice.


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Continent of Asia

WIP Section of Northeast Asia WIP Section of Southeast Asia

SANG CHUL LEE MD, PHD, FIPP

Section Chair

Section Chair

ALEX SOW NAM YEO MD, PHD, FIPP

Pain physicians in the country of Malaysia declared their intention to encourage candidates for FIPP certification with the aim of earning Section status for Malaysia. WIP recognized Malaysia as a Section in Formation


WIPS

Continent of Australia

WIP Section of Australia

Section Chair

PETER G. COURTNEY, MD, FIPP

The WIP Section of Australia experienced significant growth in FIPPs within its small

section, with four new FIPPs bringing the total to 15.

One pain center, Metro Spinal Clinic in Victoria, Australia applied for and received and EPP Award for Clinical Pain Practice Specializing in Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes. The Section acknowledges the efforts of its FIPP colleagues Bruce Mitchell, MBBS, FIPP; Paul Verrills, MBBS, FIPP; and Robert Gassin, MBBS, FIPP.

Although there have been some informal discussions with individual members, there have been no official meetings or sessions at local meetings.

Section Officers

Chairman: Peter G. Courtney, Bsc, MedSc, MBBS, MMed (Pain), FFARACS, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA, Grad Dip Musk Med, DipAAPM, FIPP

Secretary: Bruce Mitchell, MD, FIPP

Treasurer: Murray G. Taverner, MD, FIPP


WIPS

Continent of Europe

WIP Section of Benelux

Section Chair

JAN VAN ZUNDERT, MD, PHD, FIPP

WIP Benelux proves successful in promoting quality in pain management Increasing number of FIPP’s

WIP Benelux has now 58 FIPPs. Each year pain physicians are motivated to participate in the FIPP examination. The alumni are always prepared to help the candidates with the preparation, which has proven to be successful because the success rate is very high. The third year in a row the Samuel Hassenbusch Prize was won by a WIP Benelux member, with Dr. Jan Willem Kallewaard who had the highest composite score in 2011.

Already two centers with the EPP award

Multidisciplinair Pijncentrum Lievensberg Ziekenhuis, Halsteren, The Netherlands, Direc-tor: Kenneth van Tilburg and David van den Tol received the excellence award for multi-disciplinary clinical practice.

Multidisciplinair Pijncentrum, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium, Director Jan Van Zundert and the team: Martine Puylaert, Pascal Vanelderen, Pieter De Vooght and Roel Mestrum received the award for comprehensive multidisciplinary pain practice.

Continuous efforts for training and education

Besides the ad hoc training sessions mostly organized in the multidisciplinary pain center of the Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium, WIP Benelux organizes again an interventional symposium and hands-on workshop. During the 2011 edition of the symposium and workshop, the scientific presentations ran parallel with the hands-on workshop. Several participants

expressed the regret that they had to miss part of the congress; therefore the scheme is changed for the 2012 meeting. For 2012, the theoretical session will be elaborated to provide participants with an update on the anatomy, diagnosis and management of cervical facet, discogenic, and lumbosacral radicular pain. Thanks to the cooperation with the neurologist, Dr. J. Patijn, the physical examination of the cervical and lumbar area will be developed. The anatomists, A.

Lataster and A. Herrler make sure that relevant preparation are available to allow participants to study the different important structures for correct and safe performance of interventional pain management techniques. Furthermore several stations with fresh-frozen cadaver specimen equipped with fluoroscopy will be available for demonstra-tion and practice of the techniques. Six participants per station ensure everyone gets the opportunity to practice. The WIP examination for FIPP will be organized in Maastricht in June 2012.


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Continent of Europe

WIP Section of Benelux

Evidence-Based interventional pain medicine according to clinical diagnoses

The chair and vice chair of WIP Benelux are respectively first and last editor of the book: Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine, according to Clinical Diagnoses. Several WIP Benelux members contributed to this work that has the objective to assemble the up to date information relative to diagnosis, additional investigations, differential diagnosis, conventional and interventional management for the clinical diagnoses most prevalent in a pain clinic. This work is based on the original book that was pub-lished in Dutch. Thanks to the cooperation with Nagy Mekhail and Craig Hartrick the information of

each chapter was adapted by at least two experts for the US, thus giving the content an international aspect. The majority of the 61 authors have acquired the FIPP certificate. The hand book is recommended literature for the preparation of the FIPP examination.

A good representation and activity planned in Miami

During the 6th World Congress of WIP in Miami Beach, several WIP Benelux members will act as speaker, trainer, and examiner. Several posters have been submitted from WIP Benelux members. On Saturday evening the members and the editors of the handbook will host a get together, where the publication of the book will be celebrated and members will have the opportunity to exchange impressions of the congress and formulate ideas for the organization of the 7th World Congress in May 2014 in Maastricht.

Preparing for the organization of the 7th World Congress of WIP in 2014

The 7th World Congress of WIP will be organized in Maastricht. The congress centre MEC has gained an excellent reputation also in the health care sector. It is situated within walking distance of the Maastricht University Medical Centre and the University department of anatomy and embryology. The section officers outlined the action plan from now until D-day. Several WIP Benelux members already offered their support for making this meeting a success.

From the section committee

Frank Wille, treasurer, has been appointed as Director of the Department of Pain Medicine of the Amsterdam Medical Cen-tre. Kris Vissers, secretary, continues his activities in the educational board of WIP and EFIC. He is also involved in the program on “Societal Impact of Pain” (SIP) whereby pain is brought under the attention of government and policy makers. The SIP group outlined a roadmap that will be implemented in the European countries to increase the awareness of pain as a

disease in its own right. Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD, FIPP serves as vice-chairman of the WIP Benelux Section and co-chairman of the FIPP Board of Examination.

Participation in the workgroup “complications”

WIP Benelux section will be represented by Frank Wille in the workgroup on the registration of complications of interven-tional pain management procedures.


WIPS

Continent of Europe

WIP Section of Central-Eastern Europe

Section Chair

MARTIN MARIANOWICZ MD, FIPP

Summary of Section’s efforts in 2011

Project Nablus

A team consisting of various specialists traveled on a mission to Nablus, a city in the Palestinian Territories. The trip was accompanied by a German film grew and the report was broadcasted in the German TV ARD in September 2011.

By deep and emotional experiences and the medical crash course will be won for humanitarian missions, have been sensitized and are committed to continue to pursue similar projects in future

The goal: Building up the first pain center in the Palestinian Territories.

Prospective outlook of 2012 initiatives

Symposium and Cadaver Workshop

For end of the year 2012 we plan for the Section Central and Eastern Europe a symposium in Munich including a Cadaver workshop for 100-200 participants.

Section-Members- Meeting

We are also planning a meeting of the members of our section Central and Eastern Europe on the Tegernsee in Bad Wiessee.

Section Secretary/Treasurer

Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, FIPP


WIPS

Continent of Europe

WIP Section of Hungary

Section Chair

EDIT RACZ MD, FIPP

Pain physicians from 34 countries gathered in Budapest to participate in The 16th Annual Advanced Pain Conference and Practical Workshop. Organized by WIP Founder and Past President, Dr. Gabor Racz, Dr. James Heavner and the Local Arrangement Committee of Drs. Edit Racz, Agnes Stogicza (Section Secretary), and Lorand Eross (Section Treasurer) participants were stimulated by the advanced curriculum of practical and clinically-relevant top-ics pertinent to today’s pain specialists.

Maintaining WIP’s customary formula of delivering new and effective pain treatment modali-ties under the guidance of world-renowned scholars, participants spent their mornings at the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus engaging in topical lectures and afternoons at Semmelweis Universi-ty Medical School in cadaver workshop sessions. This formula of didactics promoted uniform standards of excellence in pain practice while also allowing for focused instruction on proce-dures most relevant to each participant’s practice. Participants benefitted from this tradition of excellence that is synonymous with WIP’s compre-hensive curriculum that optimizes both knowledge and performance in interventional techniques involving head and neck, thorax, lumbar, and pelvic anatomy.

“The conference and cadaver workshops which I attended in Budapest were among the best I ever at-

tended,” said Dr. Samir Desai of India.

Dr. Arman Taheri of Iran agreed, “It was (a) help-ful conference and workshop, and it was great to meet pain authorities from all of the world…(and) to upgrade my knowledge in pain practice.”

The impact of this annual conference on the global nexus of pain physicians is evident in the support demonstrated toward organized social activities as well as to the sponsors and exhibitors. Exhibitors enjoyed prime space adjacent to the lecture halls that optimized the exchange between in-dustry representatives and conference participants.

“Our mission simply would not have been possible with-out the loyal and continuing support of our sponsors. I ask you to note those who sponsor us and make every effort to support them,” said Gabor Racz.

WIP President, Dr. Ricardo Ruiz-López emphasized

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that, “WIP is firmly committed to preserving its heritage as a scholarly institute of higher learning for pain physicians globally. We owe much of our success to the origins and perpetuity of this annual educational activity. Our mission is en-riched by the multitudes of cultures represented by our participants, as well as our loyal volunteer faculty who share their time and expertise generously on behalf of WIP and all pain patients who are the true beneficiaries.”

Dr. Racz echoed this viewpoint in this declaration, “Pain knows no boundaries. People in every country need pain doc-tors who can help them and make the quality of life better worldwide.”

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WIP Section of Mediterranean WIP Section of Iberian

Section Chair

The Mediterranean Section experienced growth in memberships with a surge in FIPP certifications in the country of Italy.

Preliminary plans are underway to organize another international symposium in Greece, as reported by Prof. Dr. Athina Vadalouca, Section Chair for the Mediterranean Section. The year 2013 is projected.

The Iberian Section welcomed a new FIPP in 2011. Efforts are underway to organize the first WIP-sponsored symposium in the Iberian Section. This symposium is anticipated for 2012 and will be directed by Dr. María Teresa Bovaira, WIP Section Chair for the Iberian Section, with organizers: Drs. David Abejón González, Carmen Pichot, Alejandro Jiménez Jericó, and Ricardo Ruiz-López.

ATHINA VADALOUCA MD, PHD, FIPP

SECTION CHAIR

TERESA BOVAIRA MD, FIPP

SECTION CHAIR

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Continent of Europe

WIP Section of Switzerland

Section Chair

PHILIPPE MAVROCORDATOS

MD, FIPP

The WIP Switzerland Section was quite active, with three of the 9 FIPPs also being members of the Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management (SSIPM). Dr. Philippe Mavrocordatos is the President of SSIPM . The group participated in the creation of an official sub-specialty in interventional pain, recognized by the Swiss Medical Federation. They also participated in the re-engineering of the reimbursement of all interventional procedures at a national level. This was very important, as no physician would specialize in pain if interventions were not reim-bursed. This guarantees the survival of the specialty of pain medicine.

The yearly Congress was also co-organized by FIPPs and takes place in Montreux every year. This year’s meeting was organized with the Swiss Chapter of IASP and the Swiss Chapter of INS.

The Cecil Pain Center, directed by Dr. Mavrocordatos, received in 2011 the WIP Excellence in Pain Practice Award for Multi-disciplinary Pain Practice.

Section Officers

Chairman Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP

Secretary Pietro Schianchi, MD, FIPP

Treasurer Lucian Macrea, MD, FIPP


WIPS

Continent of Europe

WIP Section of UK-Éire

Section Chair

PATRICK R. MCGOWAN MBCHB, FIPP

The UK-Éire Section of WIP is developing well with good interest. The new officers have taken up post and had a fruitful meeting. They are Dr. Patrick McGowan (Chair), Dr. Adnan Al-Kaisy (Vice-Chair), Dr. Dalvina Hanu-Cernat (Treasurer), and Dr. Lourdes Gaspar (Secretary). We wish to extend our thanks to Dr. Muhammad Ather and Dr. Charles Gauci, the previous officers who have made significant contributions and whose advice is still valuable.

The economic climate is causing change in the delivery of healthcare in the UK. A large amount of healthcare is publicly funded and as a result of this is sensitive to political decisions. Pain Medicine is sensitive to this. Pain Medicine has been enhanced by the creation of the Facul-ty of Pain Medicine at the Royal College of Anaesthetists a few years ago in the UK, and the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland.

The Section particularly promotes the value of the FIPP diploma. The Irish Faculty of Pain Medicine records the FIPP one of the entry criteria (equivalent to DAPAPM and FPMANZA) for Foundation and Ad Eundem entry to the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the College of Anaes-thetists of Ireland.

In May 2012 a UK-Éire FIPP dinner is due to take place in London and it will be opened to others who wish to attend. We hope to see further WIP-sponsored meetings in the coming year.

The current membership of the WIP UK-Éire Section is 84 with 35 FIPPs and we hope this will continue to grow.

I extend my thanks to all those who have worked so hard, including past officers of the Section, to further the aims of WIP and who have given of their value time and expertise.

The UK-Éire Section has been particularly thankful to Di-anne Willard and Mark Tolliver at the WIP Secretariat for their unfailing assistance.

Patrick R. McGowan, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA

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WIPS

Continent of South America

WIP Section of Colombia

Section Chair

FRANTZ COLIMON MD, FIPP

The country of Colombia experienced significant growth in 2011, qualifying it for independent Section status.

The Sections first elected officers are:

Chairman — Frantz Colimón, MD, FIPP

Vice-Chairman — Carlos Rodríguez, MD, FIPP

Secretary/Treasurer — Jorge René Estupiñán


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Continent of South America

WIP Section of Latin America

SECRETARY Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP TREASURER Leandro Mamede Braun, MD, FIPP

CHARLES AMARAL DE OLIVEIRA

MD, FIPP

SECTION CHAIR

Latin American Section Establishes Advanced Training Program in Brazil

For practicing physicians, taking a year (or two) off to pursue a new career in pain medi-cine is a huge barrier to entry. And yet, a week-end course does not allow for adequate training. Dr. Fabricio Dias Assis (FIPP) and his col-leagues at Singular—Centro de Controle Da Dor (an EPP Award Pain Center) in Campinas,

Brazil, have developed a unique training program, one weekend per month for seven months, to train anesthesiologists, orthopedic and neuro-surgeons, as well as neurolo-gists and primary care physicians, in the diagnosis and treatment of common pain problems. Students receive didactic training from international WIP members and national experts as well as hands-on fluoroscopic training on a spine phantom. In addition, they are educated on the evidence-based data regarding each procedure, observe live procedures, are trained on physical exam, and receive more than 300 seminal articles on pain topics. Fifteen students from all over Brazil started in the course in September 2011, and another course is already scheduled to begin in April. With the support of WIP and its members, the quality of pain care in Brazil will increase exponentially.

(L/R seated) Andrea Trescot, Fabíola Peixoto

Minson

As a neurosurgeon, I've been trying to learn, since 2007, the interven onal techniques for spinal pain through books, a end-

ing congresses ,and visi ng co-workers ― anesthesiologists and neurosurgeons. In October of the current year, I started to

a end a course in the clinic "Singular", under guidance of Drs. Fabricio Dias Assis, Charles Amaral de Oliveira, and Andrea

Trescot orienta on, who are widely going over the theore cal aspects related to the prac cal sec ons, directly in the intensi-

fier room, with the review of all techniques. Excellency in exposi on of theories and in the prac cal teaching have been the

highlights of this important and pioneer course in Brazil. ‐Dr. Fernando Schmidt, Neurosurgeon, Scien fic Director of CCMI

– Brazilian Spine Society

I’ve been working with pain since 2003 and un l recently I had pa ents

whose pain relief was not complete, because pain was managed only

with drugs and a few procedures. Now, I have an excellent opportunity to

manage pain be er. This training course in minimally-invasive pain proce-

dures is very important to me and other par cipants. I will become a more

skilled doctor and, in the near future, it is a way for me to stand out. The

course in Brazil provides us with an opportunity to train with excellent and

accessible professionals who are willing to help us with our more difficult

cases. Training with them makes the techniques seem easier to do! Classes

are very interes ng and the course covers all aspects of pain management. I

enjoy it a lot and I have been recommending it to my co-workers and to

people who ask me about it!" ‐ Daniela Medeiros, Anesthesiologist and

Pain doctor, São Paulo, Brazil


WIPS

Continent of North America

WIP Section of Canada

Section Chair

EDVIN B. KOSHI MD, FIPP

The country of Canada experienced significant growth in FIPP membership in 2011, qualifying for independent Section status.

Section officers are Edvin Koshi, MD, FIPP—Chair and Joseph Park, MD, FIPP — Secretary.

Dr. José Rodriguez-Hernández, MD, FIPP, Chair of the Puerto Rico-Caribbean Section and Chair of the WIP Board of Sections, was appointed a Trustee of the World Institute of Pain Foundation.

Section Chair

JOSÉ R. RODRIGUEZ-HERNÁNDEZ

MD, FIPP


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Continent of North America

WIP Section of USA

Section Chair

ANDREA M. TRESCOT

MD, DABIPP, FIPP

The USA Section served as a co-sponsor of the 28th Annual Pain Symposium held in Lubbock, Texas, USA in June 2011.

Section Chair, Dr. Andrea Trescot, served as an instructor and program co-director of the new advanced interventional pain training program in Brazil, organized by the Latin American Section. Dr. Trescot is in discussions with FIPPs in other sections to develop similar training programs in other countries.

Dr. Trescot also served on the Excellence in Pain Practice (EPP) Award inspectors’ panel.

In addition to Chair, Dr Andrea Trescot, the USA Section elected to serve with her as officers: Hammam Akbik, MD, FIPP—Vice Chair; Leonardo Kapural, MD, FIPP—Secretary; and Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP — Treasurer.


P P T O J WIP

Editor‐in‐Chief

C T.H MD,DABPM,FIPP

Pain Practice, the official journal of WIP, publishes international multidisciplinary articles on pain and analgesia that provide its readership with up-to-date research, evaluation methods, and techniques for pain management. Special sections including the Consult-ant’s Corner, Images in Pain Practice, Tutorials, and the Evidence-Based Medicine series combine to give pain

researchers, pain clinicians, and pain fellows-in-training a systematic approach to continuing education in pain medicine.

In 2011, total circulation including consortia, increased by 17% from 2009. In 2011, institutional subscriptions remained stable; member subscriptions grew steadily as renewals were processed throughout the year and overall membership subscriptions increased 5% from 2010. Non-member personal subscriptions increased slightly in 2011.

In 2011, Pain Practice articles were downloaded 94,341 times on Wiley Online Library, excluding third-party (EBSCO and Ingenta). This compares with 69,691 in 2010; an increase of 35%.

Readership for Pain Practice on Wiley Online Library rose from 69,691 (2010) to 94,341 in 2011, an increase of approximately 35%. This increase is slightly attributed to improvements on Google indexing and Wiley Online Library search functionality.

Regional analysis of readership (full text accesses): 37% USA; 29% Other; 8% UK; 5% Australia; 4% Canada, India; 3% Italy, Netherlands, Spain; and 2% Germany, South Korea.

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1. Pergolizzi, J., Böger, R. H., Budd, K., Dahan, A., Erdine, S., Hans, G., Kress, H. G., Langford, R., Likar, R., Raffa, R. B. and Sacerdote, P. (2008), Opioids and the Management of Chronic Severe Pain in the Elderly: Consensus Statement of an International Expert Panel with Focus on the Six Clinically Most Often Used World Health Organization step III Opioids (Buprenorphine, Fentanyl, Hydromor-phone, Methadone, Morphine, Oxycodone). Pain Practice, 8: 287-313. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2008.00204.x

2. Van Eijs, F., Stanton-Hicks, M., Van Zundert, J., Faber, C.G., Lubenow, T.R., Mekhail, N., van Kleef, M. and Huygen, F. (2011), 16. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Pain Practice, 11: 70-87. doi10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2010.00388.x

3. Raj, P.P. (2008), Intervertebral Disc: Anatomy-Physiology-Pathophysiology-Treatment. Pain Practice, 8: 18-44. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2007.00171.x

4. Macario, A. and Royal, M. A. (2011), A Literature Review of Randomized Clinical Trials of Intrave-nous Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) for Acute Postoperative Pain. Pain Practice, 11: 290-296. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500. 2010.00426.x

5. Vermani, E., Mittal, R. and Weeks, A. (2010). Pelvic Girdle Pain and Low Back Pain in Pregnancy: A Review. Pain Practice, 10: 60-71. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2009.00327.x

6. Van Wijck, A. J. M., Wallace, M., Mekhail, N. and van Kleef, M. (2011), 17. Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia. Pain Practice, 11: 88-97. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2010.00428.x

7. Kallewaard, J. W., Terheggen, M. A. M. B., Groen, G. J., Sluijter, M. E., Derby, R., Kapural, L., Mekhail, N. and van Kleef, M. (2010), 15. Discogenic Low Back Pain. Pain Practice, 10: 560-579. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2010.00408.x

8. De Mos, M., Sturkenboom, M. C. J. M. and Huygen, F. J. P. M. (2009). Current Understandings on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Pain Practice, 9: 86-99. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2009.00262.x

9. Chappell, A. S., Desaiah, D., Liu-Seifert, H., Zhang, S., Skljarevski, V., Belenkov, Y. and Brown, J.P. (2011), A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Duloxetine for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Due to Osteoar-thritis of the Knee. Pain Practice, 11: 33-41. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2010.00401.x

10. Van Boxem, K., Cheng, J., Patijn, J., van Kleef, M., Lataster, A., Mekhail, N. and Van Zundert, J. (2010), 11. Lumbosacral Radicular Pain. Pain Practice, 10: 339-359. doi: 10.1111/j. 1533-2500.2010.00370.x

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EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Senior Editor Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA) Anna Wesley Editor-in-Chief (Emeritus) Production Editor P. Prithvi Raj, MD, DABPM, DABIPP, FIPP (USA) Grace Ma

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Marc Huntoon, MD (USA) Susan Hartrick

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Associate Editors Alex Cahana, MD, PhD, FIPP (USA) - Ethics Nagy A .Mekhail, MD, PhD, FIPP (USA) Marshall Devor, PhD (Israel) - Translational Research Co-Editor, Evidence-Based Medicine and Basic Science Reviews Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands) Robert J. Gatchel, PhD, ABPP (USA) - Behavioral Medicine Co-Editor, Evidence-Based Medicine Marc Huntoon, MD (USA) - Clinical Reports Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey) Ricardo Vallejo, MD, FIPP (USA) - Images in Pain Practice R. Norman Harden, MD (USA) Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP (Belgium) - Evidence- James E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, FIPP (Hon), (USA) Based Medicine

EDITORIAL BOARD David Abejon, MD, FIPP (Spain) Tat Leang Lee, MD (Singapore) Matthew J. Bair, MD, MS (USA) Janice M. Livengood, PhD (USA) Pedro Bejarano, MD (Spain) Leland Lou, MD, FIPP (USA) Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (USA) Takashi Mashimo, MD, DMSc (Japan) Honorio T. Benzon, MD (USA) Patrick R. McGowan, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA (UK) Allen W. Burton, MD, FIPP (USA) Ricardo S. Plancarte, MD, FIPP (Mexico) Chetwyn C.H. Chan, PhD (Hong Kong) Gabor B. Racz, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (USA) Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD (USA) Richard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP (USA) James C. Crews, MD (USA) Enrique Reig, MD, FIPP (Spain) Miles R. Day, MD, DABA, FIPP (USA) José R. Rodríguez-Hernández, MD, FIPP (Puerto Rico) Jose A. DeAndres, MD, PhD, FIPP (Spain) Andrew D. Rosenberg, MD (USA) Timothy R. Deer, MD, FIPP (USA) Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP (Spain) James H. Diaz, MD, MPH&TM, Dr.PH (USA) Rinoo V. Shah, MD, FIPP (USA) Dennis Dobritt, DO, FIPP (USA) B. Todd Sitzman, MD, MPH (USA) Philip M. Finch, MBBS, DRCOG, FFPMANZCA, FIPP (Australia) Philip S. Sizer, Jr., PT, PhD (USA) Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP (Argentina) Michael Stanton-Hicks, MD, FIPP (USA) Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, PhD, FIPP (Germany) Rod Taylor, MSc, PhD (UK) Michael Gofeld, MD, PhD, FIPP (USA) Terrence Trentman, MD (USA) Frank J.P.M. Huygen, MD, PhD (Netherlands) Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP (Greece) Kenneth C. Jackson, II, PharmD (USA) Giustino A. Varrassi, MD, PhD, FIPP (Italy) Robert N. Jamison, PhD (USA) Kris C.P. Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands) Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD, FIPP (USA) Christopher X. Wells, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP (UK)

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39 FIPP Member Countries: AFRICA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, COLOMBIA, EGYPT,

GERMANY, GREECE, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, INDIA, IRAN, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, KOREA, LITHUANIA, MALAYSIA,

MALTA, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, PHILIPPINES, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SPAIN, SRI LANKA,

SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UKRAINE, USA

Established in 2001, WIP and its Board of Examination administer the psycho-metrically-developed and practice-related interventional examination in the field of pain medicine to qualified candidates. Physicians who successfully complete the credentialing process and examination are issued a certificate of diploma as Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (“FIPP”) certification program.

FIPP Board of Examination

Miles Day, MD, DABA, FIPP, Chairman Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD, FIPP, Vice-Chair James E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, FIPP (Hon), Registrar Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP, WIP Liaison Charles Amaral de Oliveira, MD, FIPP

Neels de Villiers, MD, FIPP

Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP

Patrick McGowan, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA

Vikram Patel, MD, FIPP

Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP

Alex Sow Nam Yeo, MD, PhD, FIPP

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These early workshops witnessed by Dr. Raj influenced his belief that better and closer contact between the experts would result in standardization of techniques in pain practice. He presented his thoughts and concept to the other WIP founders. They were hesitant to proceed, based on the fact that it was believed people would not come together, it would be too difficult to organize, the concept might not be accepted by major institutions, and it was considered to be very expensive to initiate. Another consideration was that if we conceived of a competency examina-tion, would there be barriers imposed by the official examination boards in each country or respective governments?

Dr. Raj consulted specialists in creating and conducting examinations to obtain their practical and legal advice. Knapp and Associates Inc. was chosen for this advice, because Dr. Raj had worked with them when he served on the Board of the American Board of Pain Medicine (ABPM). The agency had done good work in creating the ABPM examination and its results were well received in the USA. The agency advised that a body such as WIP could create a competency examination and provide a certificate for passing the examination. It was determined that the examination had to cover the area of common practice in the field of pain medicine. Furthermore, eligibility criteria had to be uni-form, nondiscriminatory, and transparent. The Information Bulletin was prepared for eligible candidates to describe how the examination was to be conducted, scored, and results communicated and in what time period for each candidate.

The next question raised was how the interventional examination would be formatted. Was it going to be just theoretical, just practical, or a combination of both? It was Dr. Raj’s belief that the fellowship examination he took in England in Anesthesiology (FFARCS) was an extremely thorough and fair assessment. Based on that examination, the proposed interventional examination for WIP was decided to be formatted in three parts: theoretical, identification, and procedural. That is how the examination was conceived and initiated. The examination cost WIP $70,000 to initi-ate, including consultation fees. Initially, in the first two or three beta examination periods physicians of excellence in interventional pain practice were invited to participate. WIP began with the first group of nine and later with another 13 physicians who administered the beta examination and created an examiner’s pool. WIP had a sufficient number of examiners by 2001 and that is when the first official FIPP examination was conducted. Since then, modifications have been implemented to the examination based on necessity and growth of the examinees. The initial certificate was given as a Diplomat of Interventional Pain Practice and soon was changed to Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP).

As of 2011, 684 physicians from 38 countries have earned FIPP certification.

P. Prithvi Raj, MD, FIPP

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8 Africa 14 Australia 57 Benelux (30, Belgium; 27 Netherlands) 7 Canada 13 Central-Eastern Europe (1 Austria; 9 Germany; 2 Lithuania; 1 Ukraine) 7 Colombia 5 Hungary 20 Iberian (1 Portugal; 19 Spain) 27 India 8 Iran 7 Israel 9 Latin America (3 Argentina; 5 Brazil; 1 Mexico) 18 Mediterranean (3 Greece; 14 Italy; 1 Malta) 11 Middle East (9 Egypt; 2 Saudi Arabia) 19 Northeast Asia (2 Hong Kong; 3 Japan; 13 South Korea; 1 Taiwan) 6 Puerto Rico 11 Southeast Asia (2 Malaysia; 4 Philippines; 4 Singapore; 1 Thailand) 9 Switzerland 14 Turkey 36 United Kingdom-Eire (5 Ireland; 31 England) 379 USA

Examiners — Budapest 2002

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I think that FIPP above all is a dream. It is a fantastic example of how people from all over the world are linked to make the best practice in the (field of) interventional pain practice. In a region like Brazil, where I live, FIPP could represent the opportunity of millions of people to have access to their pain relief. Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP (Class of 2007), Brazil

FIPP helped me to reach a high standard, providing guidelines for procedures, and has led me to a high success rate. Magdy Aglan, MBBCh, MSc, FFARCSI, FRCA, DEAA, FIPP (Class of 2007), UK

FIPP certification gave me a new horizon for my career. When I got this certificate I became confident that I practice pain management intervention up to a universally-accepted standard and from my point of view this is the most esteemed achievement for the FIPP certification. Ammany Ezzat Ayad, MD, FIPP (Class of 2008), Egypt

The real value of the WIP is that their meetings and cadaver workshops always provided something new and exciting to use in your practice; no matter what your bent on pain was. Its examination had teeth. Not only did you have to pass a written test, you had to prove that you could take that concept and bring it to action. The practical part of their exam was brilliant. When I walked out of my exam, I felt that they tested everything that I knew about pain and every modality I had ever offered to my patients. When I received my certificate, I was very proud that I had accomplished something; something that will benefit every pa-tient that I care for now and in the future. Being a Fellow of WIP means something. I am very proud to be part of such an organization. Thomas G. Johans, MD, FIPP (Class of 2004), USA

I find it virtuous to be able to see, define, and resolve the universal modalities that human beings define as pain in this reconciliation of facts, methods, and experiences. Interventional pain practice and WIP have opened those paths for both myself and my community in manners that are immeasurable! I hope to keep your title in high honor and pride as all your members have taught me. Thank you all! Aurea T. Negron-Valcarcel, MD, FIPP (Class of 2006), Puerto Rico

FIPP-certification is for me a quality label: setting the standard high. It is a constant appeal for aware-ness of the risks and complications of interventional pain therapy, for attention to detail, for trying to im-prove QOL of my patients . FIPP is a never- ending- improvement- task. Many thanks to the dedicated people involved and congratulations with the 10th anniversary! Marc Maes, MD, FIPP (Class of 2002), Belgium

The FIPP exam was the most intense thorough Pain course I had ever experienced. Many of the im-portant tips, information and skills that I use now daily in my pain practice. The experience was an incred-ible learning event and I gained immeasurably from it. I am a better Pain Physician because of it. But it was very stressful, but nothing compared to the stress of the airport experience in Memphis that year in 2009. Lee Erlendson, MD, FIPP, DABIPP (Class of 2009), USA

Many problems have arisen in pain medicine from the indiscriminate, and sometimes inappropriate, per-formance of procedures being carried out by practitioners who claim have familiarity with interventional pain practice, albeit having received no formal training. The FIPP examination can be considered a tool to provide certification, by world renowned pain doctors, that the physician is qualified to properly perform pain interventions. Esther Benedetti, MD, FIPP (Class of 2010), USA

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As the Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice exam celebrates its 10th year anniversary, I look back and marvel at the successes and accomplishments. In the beginning, the exam was the lofty ideal of a few for-ward-thinking practitioners and thought leaders. Precedents for such an ambitious exam were few. As the field of interventional pain medicine continued its rapid expansion, existing written exams proved insuffi-cient in testing competency. The exam was born from these inadequacies. Effort and sacrifice have been made by examiners and members of the examination board as the process has developed and expanded. More importantly, I thank the examinees who put significant amounts of time, money, and trust that the FIPP exam was meritorious and of value to their practice. They studied hard and many were rewarded with an FIPP diploma. While there remains much work to be done, the first decade of the FIPP has enjoyed remarkable success. The international community of pain practitioners has clearly acknowledged the value of an FIPP diploma. As one of the stewards of the World Institute of Pain, I am extremely proud of the FIPP exam and look forward to helping it expand to new heights. To its Founders, I tip my hat and say, ‘thank you for a job well done.’ Richard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP (Class of 2011), USA

It is a matter of great honour and privilege to express my views for the World Institute of Pain. I am real-ly proud for being successful in the FIPP examination taken by the WIP. Those golden days of early Sep-tember at Budapest will remain ever with my memories. I could never imagine organization of such well structured, unbiased, methodical and scientific system of examination, if I would not have been there. Subrata Goswami, MD, FIPP (Class of 2010), India

The FIPP exam certifies to the world that I have met the highest standards available in interventional pain medicine. We all know doctors who know the answers for the test, but do not have the hand/coordination or clinical judgment to safely perform interventional procedures. The FIPP exam tests all three of the areas of competence - knowledge, judgment, and technical skill. Andrea M. Trescot, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (Class of 2002), USA

The training I received for the certificate helped me feel more competent in practicing interventional techniques. Since I have been recognized as a 'teacher' for interventional pain procedures from WIP, the pain center in Aretaieio hospital is recognized as a center of excellence in training in pain procedures. We now have the largest number of trainees in Greece. Furthermore the companies support all the educational programmes I organize. The certificate has also helped me in my private practice. Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP (Class of 2007), Greece

For me it was a remarkable achievement to improve my practice as a doctor of pain, In this time, the interventionism in pain practice, is emerging in our country, Columbia, and the contribution made by the WIP has been invaluable, being able to be part of such an important scientific society it’s a great oppor-tunity to attend major symposia, congresses and other academic activities as well as enjoy the official jour-nal PAIN PRACTICE and the official web portal to help me update daily on the issues related to pain and interventionist practices. I know that in the near future I will be able to contribute to the WIP with valuable research information that me and my colleagues are currently carrying out. The FIPP certificate allowed me to be recognized to teach pain interventionism in my city and also improved my resume to run for a new job. Our country needs to improve the pain practice and WIP is one of the major points of support to do it. Gabriel Gaviria, MD, FIPP (Class of 2010), Colombia

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FIPP helped me to [reach a] high standard, [providing] guidelines for procedures, and has led me to a high success rate. Magdy Aglan, MBBCh, MSc, FFARCSI, FRCA, DEAA, FIPP (Class of 2007), UK

All over the world medical professionals are under pressure of maximum efficacy and output; time is becoming a scarce commodity. The FIPP examination has provided the opportunity to take some time off for study and self-reflection. It allows one to take a critical appraisal of ones own pain practice regarding interventional procedures. Also, the opportunity to meet pain treatment specialists from all over the world has provided valuable insights. Thank you for making all of this possible. Robert Sie, MD, FIPP (Class of 2010), Netherlands

I have more confidence now when I'm working and I'm able to make decisions on a scientific sub-stantiation. This also improves my explanation and advice towards patients. The patients trust me more and get better and more specific information. I have already given several information days to the patients and a lot of presentations to my colleagues especially in Indonesia, my birthplace/country. I also encouraged them to follow the congress and workshops for improving their knowledge in Pain Practice and to take the FIPP examination. I used this extra title of FIPP, in every presentation and explained them what it means and what the benefits of FIPP are. My knowledge has been remarkable increased, because if you have to do an exam you are forced to study and improve your knowledge and skills in pain practice. Your appearance will only get better with such a certificate. I am so thank-ful that this examination exists in the pain practice and I don't regret of taking this examination. Willy Halim, MD, FIPP (Class of 2007), Netherlands

I am proud to have completed the FIPP process and feel that preparing for it improved as a practi-tioner and interventionalist. Unfortunately, having those four letters behind my name mean very little to insurance companies who continue to credential anesthesiologist and other specialists who have little training in interventional pain medicine but continue to practice their brand of medicine that I believe has very little place in todays medical environment. hat being aside I felt the whole FIPP process was extremely positive and you will see me for re-credentialing in 2017. Tom Ranieri, MD, FIPP, DABIPP (Class of 2007), USA

It is a fantastic feeling, a sense of accomplishment of a long cherished goal. The conference and the cadaver workshops before the examination were of the highest quality; the best i have ever attended. I commend the wip for conducting a faultless examina-tion. This certification will make me a more confident pain physician. Keep up the good work. Samir Desai, MD, FIPP (Class of 2011), Gujarat, India

(FIPP) is the only certification on pain intervention so that when you have the FIPP qualification, you can say you reach certain standards in pain management. Although there are other qualifications in pain in different countries...they do not focus on the pain interventions. However, when the pain interventions are not properly done, they cause more harm and suffering to the patient. Therefore, FIPP is the other way to prove that you are providing the patient with the all-round, comprehensive and safe medical care. Henry Ka Fai Tong, MBBS, FANZCA, FHKCA, DPM(HK), FIPP (Class of 2011), Hong Kong, China

I passed the FIPP exam with the first group here in Maastricht in the Netherlands and I am very excited about that. I want to em-phasize the big impact on my work as a practitioner. It gives me great security in doing the interventions I have to do during my working day as a pain doctor. Brigitte Köder, MD, FIPP (Class of 2011), South Holland, The Netherlands

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I can surely say that clearing FIPP has boosted my confidence and makes me feel (like) a complete pain consultant today. I was really happy as well as com-fortable during the entire exam. I see the enthusiasm and professionalism in WIP, which many institutes and societies do not have. Only conferences and presenta-tions do not matter for any institute, but the teaching passion and training endeav-or undertaken by WIP for FIPP exams is really world class and is truly emerging boundaries in terms of quality care and equality in knowledge. Voila! I feel proud and elated to be FIPP. Sunil Waghmare, MD, DMRE, MACP, FACP, Fellow ISVIR, FIPP (Class of 2011), Maharashtra, India

Preparing for the FIPP exam and undergoing the hands-on cadaveric session helped me improve my techniques of performing the procedures. My procedure performance after the exam preparation has improved tremendously. The FIPP exam process was a very enriching experience for me. I am really thankful to WIP for giving me this opportunity. Kritika Doshi, MD, DA, FIPP (Class of 2011), Maharashtra, India

I feel that I have gained a lot interacting with other participants and examiners as well. I came to know about some of the differences in the practice protocol, approach to a perfect diagnosis, and many upcoming pain interventions. I hope it would help me in improving my clinical acumen and practical skills as an inter-ventional pain practitioner in the future. As in India pain practice is still in a very nascent stage and trying to create its well-deserved niche in the field of medicine, these kinds of interactions broaden the vision and open up our minds to numerous possibilities we can work up on. The only thing we need to have (is) the will to bring in that change with great commitment and hard work. I hope (WIP) will continue to spread awareness about pain management in countries where it is still an unknown entity. Madhujeet Gupta, MBBS, DA, FIPP (Class of 2011), New Delhi, India

I passed the FIPP exam with the first group here in Maastricht in the Nether-lands and I am very excited about that. I want to emphasize the big impact on my work as a practitioner. It gives me great security in doing the interventions I have to do during my working day as a pain doctor. Brigitte Köder, MD, FIPP (Class of 2011), South Holland, The Netherlands

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Excellence in Pain Practice A P P C

The Excellence in Pain Practice (EPP) Award program was introduced by WIP in

2010 to promote the highest standards of pain practice. By recognizing pain centers that demonstrate clinical and scientific excellence, as well as dedication to teaching and mentoring physicians-in-training and young physicians in newly established practices. WIP aims to bolster the exchange of clinical experience and scientific exploration in interventional pain practice. Through EPP, WIP encourages networking between FIPPs and associate pain physicians in FIPP-member pain centers to stimulate medical research and continuous learning in the most up-to-date technical procedures. In 2011, WIP presented EPP Awards to 14 pain centers. Awards were made to pain centers qualifying for Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Pain Practice, Multidisciplinary Clinical Pain Practice, Clinical Pain Practice, and Clinical Pain Practice Specializing in Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes.

Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Pain Practice BELGIUM

Multidisciplinary Pain Centre (Genk) Director: Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP

TURKEY Istanbul Pain Center, affiliated with Florence Nightingale Group of Hospitals and Istanbul Bilim University (Istanbul), Director: Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP

USA University of Washington Center for Pain Relief (Seattle, Washington), Director: Alex Cahana, MD, FIPP

Multidisciplinary Clinical Pain Practice ARGENTINA

Centro de Atencion Integral del Dolor Buenos Aires Director: Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP)

BRAZIL Singular—Centro de Controle Da Dor (Campinas, Sao Paulo), Director: Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP

INDIA DARADIA: The Pain Clinic (Kolkata, West Bengal) Director: Gautam Das, MD, FIPP

ITALY IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata (Rionero in Vulture) Director: Pasquale de Negri, MD, FIPP

KOREA Pain Center of Dept of Anesthesiology-Pain Medicine,

Seoul National University Hospital (Seoul), Director: Yong Chul Kim, MD; Chair: Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP

NETHERLANDS Multidisciplinair Pijncentrum Lievensberg Ziekenhuis

(Halsteren), Director: C.W.J. van Tilburg, MD, FIPP SWITZERLAND Centre de la Douleur Clinique Cecil (Lausanne, Vaud)

Director: Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP USA

University of Cincinnati Pain Management Division—Anesthesiology (Cincinnati, OH) Director: Hammam Akbik, MD, FIPP

Utah Center for Pain Management and Research DBA

Nexus Pain Center (Provo, UT) Director: Richard Rosenthal, MD, FIPP)

Clinical Pain Practice USA

ACME Pain Care (Algonquin, Illinois) Director: Vikram B. Patel, MD, FIPP)

Clinical Pain Practice Specializing in Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes AUSTRALIA Metro Spinal Clinic (Caulfield, South, Victoria)

Directors: David Vivian, MBBS; Bruce Mitchell, MBBS, FIPP; Paul Verrills, MD, FIPP


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Fellowship: Two fellows each year, part-time in pain and anesthesia; Medical student exploratory acade-my three-week course, two per year; Courses orient-ed toward in-house nurses, paramedics, and secretar-ies. Industry-sponsored studies, physician-initiated studies, theses, abstracts and posters at international congresses. Current areas of research interest and collaboration: radiofrequency for treatment of occip-ital neuralgia, epidural corticosteroids, Cauda equina syndrome secondary to lumbar disc herniation, non-invasive cerebral oximetry to assess cerebral perfu-sion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, epiduros-copy for treatment of failed back surgery syndrome.

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The Multidisciplinary Pain Centre (MPC) is a unit of critical services of the East Limburg Hospital, located on campus André Dumont, Genk Waterschei. MPC adheres to the highest ethical and professional stand-ards in pain medicine. Particular emphasis on the mul-tidisciplinary approach to pain therapy is evident in MPC’s educational and clinical expertise. MPC’s pain management team consists of doctors specializing in anesthesiology and pain therapy, nursing pain special-ists, pain nurses, a social nurse, psychologists, physio-therapists, and medical secretaries.

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Mar ne Josef Puylaert, MD, FIPP Anesthe st-Algoloog

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Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul Pain Center Affiliated with the Florence Nightingale Group of Hospitals and

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Istanbul Pain Center was founded in 2000 by Prof. Dr. Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP. From using scientific and technological possibili-ties, the more positive aspects of medicine provide new therapeutic opportunities. Imaging techniques, based on laboratory tests, are utilized to avert unnecessary treatments and surgeries. Imaging techniques are important, as are the evaluation of laboratory findings, and other tests and clinical findings with the clinical need to adapt methods of investigation. That is exactly the evaluation of the patient to be examined and the methods to be utilized. Because there is a feature that separates the branches of medical science, a simple positive science of medicine itself has emerged as an art. Istanbul Pain Center continues to work in the light of these princi-ples. Patients admitted to our center are met by the staff. Then, the patients are evaluated by a team of professors and other faculty members under the direction of Prof. Dr. Erdine. After the patient has been diagnosed, the methods of treatment of the disease are described in detail to both patients and relatives.

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Prof. Dr. Serdar Erdine graduated from Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty of Istanbul University in 1978. In 1982 he completed residency in the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation of Medical Faculty of Istanbul, Istanbul University. In 1986 he became Associate Professor in Anesthesiology, and in 1991 became Professor of Anesthesiology and Algology. From 1990-2011 he served as Professor and Founder and Chairman of Department of Algology. Since 2000 he has served as Chair of Istanbul Pain Center. Prof. Erdine has served on numerous professional and scientific committees, including EFIC where he served as Honorary Secretary, President-Elect, and President; and the World Institute of Pain where he is a Founder and Past-President.



The University of Washington Division of Pain Medicine provides inpatient and outpatient services in 9 programs at 5 hospitals: UW Medical Center; Harborview Medical Center; Seattle Children's Hospital; VA Puget Sound Healthcare System; and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. In each of these programs, multispecialty medical evaluation is provided with an emphasis on diagnosis, goal-setting, effective treatment and follow-up. The UW Division of Pain Medicine is dedicated to predicting, diagnosing and preventing pain from becoming a disabling disease. To predict, clinicians evaluate risks of developing chronic pain after injury, surgery, and disease. To diagnose, preci-sion diagnosis is pursued when possible, permitting target-specific treat-ment while identifying obstacles to recovery. To prevent, providers pro-mote patient education and encourage lifestyle changes. UW Medicine Center for Pain Relief follows an interdisciplinary approach to caring for patients. Specialists in anesthesiology, internal medicine, neurology, neu-rosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, neuroimaging and musculoskeletal radi-ology, rehabilitation, sports medicine and vocational counseling work to-gether to provide recognized best practice pain diagnosis and treatment.

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Agnes Reka Stogicza, MD, FIPP Pain Fellow

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UW Division of Pain Medicine has enlarged the scope of its training to medical students, residents and added a two-year fellowship program for individuals seeking to deepen their clinical or basic science research. UW is involved in pain education of primary care providers locally, statewide, and nationally. UW Pain is active in patient advocacy, guiding legislature to strike a fine balance between maintaining lawful access to Pain care for all, while battling public health challenges related to abuse. UW will continue to provide compassionate Pain care, feedback to the community on patient progress and up-to-date guidance on evidence-based practice. The research mission of the Department of Anesthesiol-ogy & Pain Medicine of the University of Washington is to advance medical science and improve clinical care by conducting state-of-the art pre-clinical, clinical, translational, and outcomes research. The Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine recognizes research as the corner-stone of our academic program. The goals of departmental research programs include advancing knowledge in health and disease, and improving the quality of patient care in perioperative and pain medicine. Such goals will be achieved by successful competition for research funding and by cross-disciplinary research programs including faculty, fellows, residents, and students.


Seattle, Washington, USA University of Washington Center for Pain Relief

http://depts.washington.edu/anesthes/care/pain/index.shtml



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Centro de Atención Integral del Dolor Buenos Aires ‐ CAIDBA Av Corrientes Nº 4566 1st floor Dept 4. PC 1195 CABA Buenos Aires, Argen na

T: 54‐11‐48664413 F: 54‐11‐48664413 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

Juan Carlos Flores

MD FIPP

Medical Director

Multidisciplinary Clinical Pain Practice

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Centro de Atención Integral del Dolor Buenos Aires — CAIDBA www.caidba.com

The CAIDBA main mission is to make available to each patient all diagnostic and therapeutic resources with the necessary professionals and all the technology that has the medicine to fight the pain.

For diagnosis there are many tools, some old and semiotics of pain oriented nowadays explore their type and mechanism, more modern as the pain ultrasound is a new technology in this field of medicine that now serves help diagnose and make safe many interventional procedures, diagnoses under fluoroscopic images, with the help of TAC; procedures forecasts under images, various interventional techniques, trials of stimulation under fluoroscopy; trials of drugs, etc.

Pain management will help restore core values to live. Learn what it is and how to measure quality of life, as it affects and is recovering from disability. How to measure pain. The measurement of these parameters will tell you and us its evolution and improvement. The scales for measuring subjective and objective components are measured and pain and its impact and to assess treatment outcome and are ideal tools that are designed for this purpose.



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Singular – Centro de Controle da Dor Rua Maria Monteiro, 968—Cambui Campinas, Sao Paolo 13025151, Brazil

T: 54‐1933251522 E: [email protected]


Sao Paolo, Brazil Singular—Centro de Controle da Dor

www.singular.med.br

WHO WE ARE. One of the fifteen benchmark centers in pain management in the world, the first in Brazil, with two of the four Brazilian interventionists on our team. Our pain center came into being in 2009 and just one year later was awarded accredi-

tation by the World Institute of Pain (WIP). WHAT WE DO. We take an interdis-ciplinary approach to pain treatment by X-ray or ultrasound-guided interventional techniques. Major treatment modalities include: diagnostic blocks and pain blocks using pulsed and conventional radiofrequency, PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) injections and minimally invasive spine interventions. We also offer infrared thermography, a non-invasive diagnostic technique. We disseminate interventional pain medicine through scientific research and course delivery. We are dedicated to your health and well-being, and to creating a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere for patients. Here at Singular Pain Management Center, enthusiastic and professional people take your pain seriously. Our work shows that living with pain is a choice in our day and time since it can be treated. In state-of-the-art facilities, our qualified and experienced interdisciplinary team is prepared to help you overcome your pain, offering the most

recent pain treatments, aided by cutting-edge technology. OUR MISSION. SINGULAR is committed to offering excellent services in interdisciplinary pain management, through the adoption of best clinical practices, Innovation, Education, Sustainability and Recognition of People, in order to contribute to our patients' health and well-

being. VALUES. Excellence, Sustainability, Reliability, People, Contribution, Innovation and Transparency

Charles Amaral de

Oliveira

MD, FIPP

Anesthesiologist and

Pain Interven onist

Fabricio Dias Assis

MD, FIPP

Anesthesiologist and Pain

Interven onist




India DARADIA: The Pain Clinic

www.painindia.net

Daradia feels your pain and sufferings. Daradia: The pain clinic is a unique pain clinic or pain management center, conveniently located at KOLKATA. It is the first multidisciplinary Pain Clinic at Kolkata with the facilities of diagnosis, treatment, research and training. This pain clinic provides extensive diagnostic and therapeutic services for management of most kinds of pain. This clinic has a multi-disciplined team dedicated to the management of pain based on comprehensive approach to each patient has individual needs. The patients may suffer from different kinds of acute or chronic pain conditions like HEADACHE, FACIAL PAIN, NECK PAIN, SHOULDER PAIN, LOW BACK PAIN, KNEE PAIN, JOINT PAIN etc. due to variety of diseases like migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, arthritis, slipped disc, spondylosis, cancer etc. In this pain clinic we use a blend of different pain management modalities starting from yoga, meditation, pranayama to radio-frequency ablation, spinal cord stimulator, percutaneous discectomy, vertebroplasty & ozone Nucleolysis.

Gautam Das

MD, FIPP

Director

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Daradia: The Pain Clinic Concord Tower, 2nd Floor, 92/2A Bidhan Nagar Road, Ultadanga crossing, Kolkata 700067 Beside Coal India "ROHINI", Opposite OP House Also available at The Pain Clinic—CHARNOK HOSPITAL Junc on of V.I.P Road & New Town Approach Road Opp. To Club Town Teghoria, Kolkata ‐ 700 059 West Bengal, INDIA

T: 09339657857 E: [email protected] or [email protected]

P , FIPP Subrata Roy, MD, FIPP

Interven onal Pain Physician

Subrata Goswami, MD, FIPP Interven onal Pain Physician




Italy IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata www.crob.it

The Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) Oncological Referral Center of Basilicata (CROB) is nationally recognized by Decree of the Minister of Health on March 10, 2008 in the specialty oncology. Institute is an autono-mous Regional Health Service , with legal personality and public organizational, administrative and accounting, in accordance with the Laws of Regional Basilicata n. 12 of 1 July 2008 and no. 20 of 6 September 2008.

The World Institute of Pain awarded the Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care IRCCS Crob Rionero in Vulture, directed by Pasquale De Negri, the prestigious worldwide "Excellence in Pain Practice Award". It recognizes excellence in the practice of pain therapy and was attributed to the Pain Management IRCCS Crob in the field of "multidisciplinary clinical pain practice" for the treatment of cancer pain to 360 degrees. Only recognition given to Italy this year, emphasizes the preparation and quality of care at the Institute Lucan.

For pain therapy means the diagnostic approach, therapeutic and scientific to pain, which is a disease and should be treated as such. Chronic pain makes incapacitated person who suffers both from a physical point of view that emotional and therapy in this area aims at an improvement of the quality of life.

"It 'a great satisfaction to see recognized at such a high level the work done, not without difficulty, for the treatment of pain," said Dr. Pasquale De Negri. Satisfaction also expressed by the IRCCS Crob strategic direction for their success, which sees the Institute as Luke only awarded to Italy.

Pasquale de Negri

MD, FIPP

Director of Pain Man-

agement

A Via Padre No. 1 Rionero in Vulture, PZ 85028 Italy

T: 0972 726721 F: 0972 726424 E: [email protected]




South Korea Pain Center of Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University

http://medicine.snu.ac.kr

Dr. Yong Chul Kim is director of the Pain Management Center, Seoul National University Hospital. He performs various interventional pain procedures, such as kyphoplasty, spinal cord stimulator implantation, and intrathecal pump implantation. Dr. Kim and his colleagues are also studying on the efficacy and neurotoxicity of spinoaxially-administered drugs as preclinical trials.

The pain center consists of 3 professors, 2 clinical assistant professor, 4 fellow-ships, 3 residents, 6 nurses, 2 aid-nurses, 2 clinical and research assistants, and 2 specialized radiographers. Only for pain procedures, two theatres are operated and equipped with C-arms and radiofrequency machines. Also, there are 3USGs, 2 RF machines, an ESWT machine, an infrared thermography and etc. to manage patients in outpatient clinic. Over 110 patients visit the pain center a day, and 60-70 proce-dures are performed under fluoroscopy-guided or USG-guided. They are able to perform almost of present minimal invasive procedures. The first case of many procedures in Korea or in Asia was performed here, including radiofrequency, spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal drug administration system and etc. They have a lot of experiences in spine intervention such as vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, sacroplasty, IDET, nucleoplasty, dekompressor and epidural adhesiolysis using a Racz catheter or an epiduroscopy. They use dry needling and CAM, indeed. For education, the pain center offers five fellowships; 12-month positions each year (2 starting in our hospital for 6 months, another 3 more in branch hospital). The fellowship program is devoted to the evaluation and management of complex pain problems. The program trains candidates to be qualified in pain management by the Korean Board of Pain Medicine. Fellows must have completed an anesthesiology residency at an accredited residency training program. Fellows completing a residency in a specialty other than anes-thesiology will be considered on an individual basis. Fellowship training is available in com-mon and advanced interventional techniques. Cancer pain management based on the inpa-tient consult service is also encompassed in the program. Fellows are also required to partic-ipate in teaching and research activities. We also train 3 residents. We review text books and journals every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 7 to 7:45 am. And on Wednesday from 7 to 8:45 am. In particular, four hospitals participating conference is held on Thursday morn-ing in semester. Until now, many Korean and foreign doctors have visited our pain center to learn the procedures. We are willing to share our experiences with anyone recommended by WIP, and provide consultation.

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Yong Chul Kim

MD, PhD

Director, Pain

Management Center

Sang Chul Lee

MD, PhD, FIPP

Department

of Anesthesiology


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Netherlands Multidisciplinair Pijncentrum Lievensberg Ziekenhuis

www.pijn-weg.nl

In 2011, the pain center the ISO 9001-2008 certificate received. This means that the pain center demonstrably her business trials have described and continuously improved. The ISO 9001-2008 certificate was extended in March 2012 with 1 year.

The anesthesiologists-pain spe-cialists and pain nurse make part from of the palliative consultation team, by which in multidiscipli-nary manner advices be given

with relation till the many attentions area at the patient for which no cure more pos-sible is. Acute pain fight, as pain fight around an operation, by an accident or an acute problem, an important part of the daily work forms also. Furthermore is given extensive attention at education of medical specialists, (nurse) general practitioners, nurses, home care organizations

C.W.J. Van Tilburg

MD, FIPP

Director

David van den Tol

MD, FIPP

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Mul disciplinary Pain center Lievensberg Hospital Boerhaaveplein 1 4624 VT Bergen op Zoom The Netherlands

T: 0031 164 278697

F: 0031 164 278699

E: [email protected]

www: pijn‐weg.nl


E P P EPP A P P C


Switzerland Centre de la Douleur Clinique Cecil

www.hirslanden.ch

Patients who suffer from pain for weeks, months or even years require special attention. That is why hospitals often have a special department dedicated to the therapy of chronic pain. The field of pain therapy comprises doctors from a variety of branches of medicine – rheumatology, anesthetics, general surgery and physical medicine working togeth-er in an interdisciplinary regime. They select methods of pain relief tailored to the patient that either completely eliminate the pain or at least alleviate it. Various drugs and surgical techniques can be used to achieve this. These days, use is often made of the latest methods, such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) – where the nerves in the spinal cord are stimulated using an electrical cur-rent – or implanting pumps that drip-feed pain-relieving drugs into the body. Pain therapy also makes use of techniques from the Far East, such as acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. Hypnotherapy (hypnosis used for therapeutic purposes) can also help to alleviate chronic pain. As pain can also have a pronounced impact on the spiritual well-being of the patient, psychiatrists and psychotherapists are often involved in pain therapy.

Philippe

Mavrocordatos

MD, FIPP

Director

A Avenue Ruchonnet 53 Lausanne, Vaud 1003 Switzerland

T: 0041 21 310 55 30 F: 0041 21 310 54 42 E: [email protected]


E P P EPP A P P C


USA University of Cincinnati (Ohio) Dept. of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Division

www.universitypain.com

Since pain affects every aspect of the patient, the preferred and most beneficial treatment is a multi-disciplinary approach. This means providing treat-ment for the entire physical, mental, and emotional being. Our five major approaches are: Medical Management, Physical Therapy, Interventional Tech-niques, Psychological Therapies, Surgical Approaches.

We Treat: Back & Neck Pain, Cancer Related Pain, Complex Pain Syndromes, Dental Pain/TMJ, Failed Back Surgery Pain, Fibromyalgia, Headache, HIV related Pain, Joint/Muscle Pain, Neuropathic/Diabetic Pain, Pancreatic Pain, Post-Herpetic Pain/Shingles, Post-Thoracotomy Syndrome, Sciatica, Sports Related Accidents, Work Related Accidents

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University of Cincinna Department of Anesthesiology Pain Management Division 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML 670764 Cincinna , OH 45267‐0764 USA

T: 1‐513‐584‐0909 F: 1‐513‐584‐4003 E: [email protected]

EPP Award acquired under

Humam Akbik

MD, FIPP

formerly of University of Cincinna

Pain Management Division

Now with Mercy Medical Associates

of Greater Cincinna


E P P EPP A P P C


USA Utah Center for Pain Management & Research, Inc. dba Nexus Pain Care

www.nexuspaincare.com

Most pain is acute pain, the result of injury or illness, and is gone in 6-8 weeks with rest and medication. Chronic pain is different. It affects the whole person, disrupting their physi-cal, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being.

A spiral occurs in which pain leads to inactivity, which causes muscle weakness, weight gain, and feelings of help-lessness. Too many patients are told there is nothing that can be done about the pain. Using precision diagnostic tech-niques, we can often find the source of pain. Once the cause of the problem is known, a treatment is close at hand.

We believe that patients in pain deserve to be given an accurate diagnosis and treatment based on scientific evidence delivered by people who really care about our patients.

Mission Statement: We believe that patients in pain deserve to be given an accurate diagnosis and treatment based on current scientific evidence

Values: We value a medical team comprised of clinicians, patients and other medical staff which is built on innovation, creativity, integrity, mutual respect, caring for others, perpetuation of knowledge and quality of service all working together toward providing excellence in patient care, education, research and medical treatment.

Richard M.

Rosenthal

MD, FIPP

Owner and

Founder

Address

3585 N. University Avenue, #150 Provo, Utah 84604 USA

T: 801 356 6100 F: 801 356 2113 E: [email protected]


E P P EPP A P P C

Clinical Pain Practice

USA ACMI Pain Care

www.acmipaincare.com

Advanced Comprehensive Medical Interventions (ACMI) aims at targeting the root cause of chronic pain syndromes and utilizes pain care plans that are individually designed for each of our patients. Its goals are to: diagnose the most likely source of pain using interventional fluoroscopically guided techniques; treat chron-ic pain syndromes utilizing state-of-the-art interventional pain man-agement modalities ; minimize or eliminate dependence on opiate and non-opiate pain-killers and other drugs; treat chronic pain pa-tient as a whole to improve his/her lifestyle and to help them return back to a productive and functional life; promote a healthy, functional and active lifestyle; use multi-modal and multi-disciplinary approach to pain care if needed; provide cost effective care and minimize reliance on health care resources. Areas of speciali-zation: spinal cord stimulation; chronic pain man-agement; back, head and neck; neuropathies; Intradiscal and radiofrequency procedures.

Dr. Patel began his career at B.J. Medical College in India, one of the country's premier institutions where he also completed his Anesthesia residency and Board certification. He later completed a residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Toledo Medical Center, where he also earned his Chief Resident status during his final year. University of Toledo Medical Center then awarded him a fellowship in pain medicine and regional anesthesia. Since receiving his education, Dr. Patel has led a vital career in pain medicine. Dr. Patel is board-certified in anesthesiology and also fellowship trained and board certified in pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is also a certified Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice. A highly active author, editor, and pain management specialist, Dr. Patel has managed and practiced at medical centers throughout Illinois, including Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago where he served as Program Director for the Pain Management Fellowship program and as an associate professor of the pain management section in the Department of Anesthesiology. He has helped publish Guidelines for Interventional Pain Management procedures under the auspi-ces of American society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Currently president and medical director of ACMI Pain Care in Algonquin, Illinois, Dr. Patel has published numerous articles and chapters on pain management and has taught and presented at several national as well as international workshops and universities nationwide.

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1479 Commerce Drive Algonquin, Illinois 60102 USA

T: 1‐847‐854‐7246 F: 1‐847‐854‐7248 E: [email protected]

Vikram B. Patel

MD, FIPP

Board Cer fied in

Anesthesiology and

Pain Management


E P P EPP A P P C

Clinical Pain Practice Specializing in Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes

Australia Metro Spinal Clinic

www.metropainclinic.com.au

Metro Pain Clinic (MPC) is a group of specialist medical facilities devoted to high-standard medical and interventional man-agement of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, neuropathic and other complex pain problems. The range of problems that are typically managed include: headache, neck pain, back pain and disc pain; peripheral joint pain (such as the shoulder and hip); chronic post-surgical pain, and other more complex pain syndromes, including neuropathic pain and pelvic pain.

Physicians, FIPP

Bruce Mitchell, MBBS FACSM FACSP FASMF MPainMed FIPP

Sports and Interven onal Pain Physician

Paul Verrills, MBBS, FAFMM, GDMM(Hons), MPainMed, FIPP

Musculoskeletal and Interven onal Pain Physician

Robert Gassin, MBBS, B(Med)Sc, FAFMM, GDMM, GDPainMed, FIPP

Musculoskeletal and Interven onal Pain Physician

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Level I, 544 Hawthorn Road Caulfield South, Victoria 3162 Australia



The WIP Foundation—Realizing the vision

For the Patient. For the Physician. For Pain Practice.

The World Institute of Pain Foundation was founded in 2010 to engage global advo-cates of world population health and function in the field of pain medicine. The WIP Foundation is dedicated to the creation of projects that will enable scholarships for train-ing and certification of eligible pain physicians, protocols for global clinical and scien-tific research in pain medicine, and greater collaboration among pain physicians world-wide. By partnering with the WIP Foundation, the public can help make a difference in the quality of life for pain patients throughout the world.

Through the generosity of those who believe in our mission, the WIP Foundation aims to train more physicians in more countries by eliminating geographic and economic bar-riers that impede access to and opportunity for advanced physician education and im-proved patient care outcomes.

Learn more by visiting our website.

Do more, by joining our donor circle. Thank you!

The Samuel J. Hassenbusch Prize

Awarded annually to the highest-scoring candidate for the FIPP

The Samuel J. Hassenbusch Prize, established in 2008, rec-ognizes the candidate who earned the highest composite score on the examination for Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP).

In 2011, the Hassenbusch Prize was awarded to Dr. Jan W. Kallewaard, MD, FIPP of The Netherlands. Dr. Kallewaard is affiliated with the Rijnstate Hospital in Arnhem, the Netherlands. He has served as chairman of the Dutch Society of Anesthesiology.

Hassenbusch

Kallewaard

www.wipfoundation.org

Dossier of the WIP Foundation available upon request to:

Maya Raj Andreadis Director of Development

Email:

[email protected]


World Institute of Pain Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees P. Prithvi Raj, MD, DABPM, DABIPP, FIPP Chairman, Trustee Cincinnati, OH, USA

Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP Chief Executive Officer, Trustee Istanbul, Turkey

Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP Liaison to WIP, Trustee Barcelona, Spain

Philip M. Finch, MBBS, DRCOG, FFPMANZCA, FIPP Treasurer, Trustee Perth, Australia

Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP Secretary, Trustee Royal Oak, MI, USA

Gabor B. Racz, MD, DABIPP, FIPP Trustee Lubbock, TX, USA

Richard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP Trustee Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Giustino Varrassi, MD, PhD, FIPP Trustee L’Aquila, Italy

Alex Sow Nam Yeo, MD, PhD, FIPP Trustee Singapore, Singapore

Charles A. Gauci, MD, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA Trustee Gozo, Malta

José R. Rodríguez Hernández, MD, FIPP Trustee San Juan, Puerto Rico

Enrique Chico, PhD Trustee Madrid, Spain

Ira B. Fox, MD, FIPP Trustee Tamarac, FL, USA

World Institute of Pain, Foundation, Inc. Regional Office of Development 774 Roundtree Court Cincinnati, OH 45230-4329 Tel: 513-520-3855 Fax: 513-231-2468 Email: [email protected]

Corporate Headquarters 145 Kimel Park Drive, Suite 310 Winston-Salem, NC 27103-6972 Tel: 336-760-2933 | Fax: 336-760-2981

Raj

Erdine

www.wipfoundation.org


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DAVID NIV SAMUEL J. HASSENBUSCH STEPHEN J. HATCH MD, FIPP III, MD, PHD, FIPP MD, FIPP

(1950-2007) (1954-2008) (1965-2011)

The World Institute of Pain honors the memories of those whose pioneering efforts as Fellows of Interventional Pain Practice contributed to the advancements in interventional pain practice. With legacy contributions to the World Institute of Pain Foundation, their life’s work can continue through scholarships to physicians in under developed, and developing and emerging countries.

For complete information about the mission and aims of the WIP Foundation, as well as ways of giving, please visit the website of the WIP Foundation: www.wipfoundation.org.


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The World Institute of Pain gratefully acknowledges the contributions of all of its members, both Associates and FIPPs, as well as participants and supporters of WIP-sponsored and endorsed symposia and workshops. WIP is a working society that depends on the volunteerism of hundreds of physicians and non-physician staff.

To all who served in a leadership role as an officer, director, program director, program faculty, scientific committee chair or contributor, workshop instructor, examiner, and mentor—thank you for another year of outstanding service.

WIP is especially grateful to its panel of inspectors who support the Excellence in Pain Practice (EPP) Award program. For their voluntary service to WIP, which necessitates a commitment of time away from their practices, and travel to cities throughout the world, we offer special thanks to: Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP (USA), Patrick McGowan, MBChB, FIPP (UK), Peter Courtney, MBBS, FIPP (Australia), Mahdi Panah Khahi, MD, FIPP (Iran), Philip Finch, MBBS, FIPP (Australia), Jose Rodriguez Hernandez, MD, FIPP (Puerto Rico), Ira Fox, MD, FIPP (USA), Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP (USA), Craig T. Hartrick, MD, FIP (USA), Ricardo Vallejo, MD, FIPP (USA), Timothy Lubenow, MD, FIPP (USA), Kris C.P. Vissers, MD, FIPP (Netherlands), and Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP (Switzerland).

WIP is also extremely fortunate to have enjoyed the continuity of many dedicated staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes to support the work of our officers, directors, and members. To Ms. Dianne L. Willard (Executive Officer); Mr. D. Mark Tolliver, MA (FIPP Coordinator); Mrs. Paula Brashear (FIPP Secretary); Mrs. Maya Raj Andreadis (WIPF Director of Development); Ms. Cynthia Kearney (Accountant); Mr. Ron Stoppenhagen (Webmaster); and Mr. Olaf “Sonny” Gibson (Programmer) — thank you for your efforts and loyalty to WIP.

Charles A. Gauci, MD, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA

Honorary Secretary

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