CME Information

CME Advisory Board

American Medical Association

R. Mark Evans, PhD  
Director, Healthcare Education Products
American Medical Association
Chicago , IL   

Perry G. Fine, MD
Associate Medical Director
Pain Management Center  
Professor of Anesthesiology 
University of Utah  
Salt Lake City , UT  

Philipp M. Lippe, MD
Executive Medical Director 
American Academy of Pain Medicine 
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
Stanford University  
Stanford , CA

Arthur G. Lipman, PharmD
Professor, College of Pharmacy & Director of Clinical Pharmacology
Pain Management Center , Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Advisory Group
Huntsman Cancer Institute 
U niversity of Utah Health Sciences Center
Salt Lake City , UT

Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center  
Professor of Neurology 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
New York , NY

Independent Reviewer

Barry D. Dickinson, PhD
Director, Science Policy,
Research and Technology
American Medical Association
Chicago, IL

American Academy of Neurology

Charles E. Argoff, MD
Co-Director, Cohn Pain Management Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset , NY

American Academy of Osteopathy

Darrin D'Agostino, DO
Assistant Director of Medicine
Director of Ambulatory Pain Services
Hartford Hospital
Hartford , CT

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists  

Jonathan S. Berek, MD
Professor and Chair, College of Applied Anatomy 
Executive Vice Chair, Department of OB/GYN
Chief, Gynecology Service 
Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology 
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 
Los Angeles , CA  

American Society of Anesthesiologists

May L. Chin, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology 
Director, Pain Management Center
George Washington University Hospital
Washington , DC

American Geriatrics Society   

Bruce A. Ferrell, MD
Associate Professor 
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 
Los Angeles , CA

American Pain Society 

Scott M. Fishman, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California , Davis
Sacramento , CA  

American Academy of Pain Medicine

Kenneth A. Follett, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurosurgery
University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
Iowa City , IA

American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Martin Grabois, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston , TX

American Academy of Pediatrics

Constance S. Houck, MD
Senior Associate in Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston , MA

American Osteopathic Association

Richard L. Hull, DO
President-Elect, American College of Osteopathic
Sclerotherapeutic Pain Management
Iola , KS

American Academy  of Orthopaedic Surgeons

L. Andrew Koman , MD
Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem , NC

American Academy of Physician Assistants

Sharon Kulesz, PA-C
Assistant Director of Professional Affairs, AAPA
Alexandria , VA

American Academy of Family Physicians  

Cheryl L. Lambing, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California , Los Angeles
Ventura , CA

American Society of Addiction Medicine  

Seddon R. Savage, MD, MS
Pain Consultant, Manchester VAMC
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Adjunct Faculty, Dartmouth Medical School
Bradford , NH

American Psychiatric Association

Jon Strelzer, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu , HI

American College of Surgeons

A. Reed Thompson , MD , FACS
Associate Professor, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock , AR  

American College of Emergency Physicians  

Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH , FACEP
Director, Pain and Emergency Medicine Initiative
Adjunct Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta , GA

Contributing Authors

Elizabeth F. Brown, MD
Lake Forest , IL

Constance S. Houck, MD
Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston , MA

Pauline Lesage, MD, LLM,
Medical Director, Jacob Perlow Hospice
Beth Israel Medical Center
Associate Professor, Family Medicine
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
New York, NY

Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center  
Professor of Neurology 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
New York , NY

Contributing Editors

R. Mark Evans, PhD
American Medical Association

Patti Fitzgerald
American Medical Association