The Mayday Fund Special Committee on Pain and the Practice of Medicine
Committee Co-Chairs:
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Chair, Department of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center
Professor of Neurology & Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Lonnie Zeltzer, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, and Director, Pediatric Pain Program, Mattel Children’s Hospital, UCLA
Associate Director, Patients & Survivors Program, UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center
Committee Members:
James N. Campbell, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University
Nancy Eksterowicz, RN, BC, MSN
Immediate Past President, American Society for Pain Management Nursing
Scott M. Fishman, MD
President & Board Chair, American Pain Foundation
Chief, Division of Pain and Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of California, Davis
Sandra Fitzler
Senior Director of Clinical Services, American Health Care Association
Kathleen M. Foley, MD
Attending Neurologist, Pain & Palliative Care Service and Chief, Pain Service, Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience & Clinical Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College
Rollin M. Gallagher, MD, MPH
President, American Academy of Pain Medicine
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Anesthesiology, Director for Pain Policy Research & Primary Care,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Carmen R. Green, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Michigan School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Health Management & Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Constance S. Houck, MD
Chair, Section on Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics
Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Children’s Hospital of Boston
Bill McCarberg, MD
Founder, Chronic Pain Management Program, Kaiser Permanente San Diego
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego
Patrick McGrath, OC, PhD
Vice President, Research, IWK Health Centre
Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics & Psychiatry, Dalhousie University
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Pathology (Neuropathology), Massachusetts General Hospital
Steven D. Passik, PhD
Associate Attending Psychologist, Department of Psychiatric & Behavioral Sciences,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College
Lisa Robin
Senior Vice President, Member Services, Federation of State Medical Boards
Will Rowe
Chief Executive Officer, American Pain Foundation
Seddon R. Savage, MD, MS
President-Elect, American Pain Society
Director, Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery & Education
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Medical School
Pain Consultant, Manchester VA Medical Center
Mary Jean Schumann, MSN, MBA, RN, CPNP
Chief Programs Officer, American Nurses Association
Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH
Director, Pain and Emergency Medicine Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Peter VanPelt, RPh
Senior Manager, Corporate Alliances, American Pharmacists Association
Gary A. Walco, PhD
Director of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Washington College of Medicine
Robert A. Wise, MD
Vice President, Division of Standards and Survey Methods, The Joint Commission
All signatories
Please note that signatory status indicates only the signatory's endorsement of the content of the Special Committee's report. It does not signify endorsement of the Mayday Fund, The Committee, or any other organization, nor does the Mayday Fund necessarily endorse the organization or person of any or all signatories.
| First Name |
| Alliance of State Pain Initiatives |
| American Academy of Family Physicians |
| American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
| American Academy of Neurology |
| American Academy of Pain Management |
| American Academy of Pain Medicine |
| American Academy of Pediatrics |
| American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network |
| American Chronic Pain Association |
| American College of Emergency Physicians |
| American Health Care Association |
| American Nurses Association |
| American Pain Foundation |
| American Pain Society |
| American Pharmacists Association |
| American Psychosocial Oncology Society |
| American Society for Pain Management Nursing |
| American Society of Consultant Pharmacists |
| American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics |
| American Society of Pain Educators |
| Association of Oncology Social Work |
| Association of Professional Chaplains |
| Center for Practical Bioethics |
| Center to Advance Palliative Care |
| D.C. Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration |
| Dept of Family & Preventive Medicine UAMS |
| For Grace |
| Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care |
| International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care |
| International Psycho-Oncology Society |
| Methadone Support.Org |
| National Association of Social Workers |
| National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association |
| National Palliative Care Research Center |
| Oregon Pain Management Commission |
| Pain & Policy Studies Group |
| Pain Connection-Chronic Pain Outreach Center, Inc. |
| Pain Society of Oregon |
| Pain Treatment Topics (Pain-Topics.org) |
| Patient Physician Trust Partnership |
| Pelvic Pain Management |
| Rainbow Medical Corporation |
| ReCept |
| Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association |
| Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative |
| Stress Resources LLC |
| Texas Pain Advocacy and Information Network (TxPAIN) |
| The Chronic Pain Association of Canada |
| The HealthCare Chaplaincy |
| The Joint Commission |
| The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization |
| US Pain Foundation inc |
| Western Pain Society |
| Chad Adkins |
| chronic pain sufferer |
| Terry Altilio LCSW, ACSW |
| Social Work Coordinator, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Beth Israel Medical Center |
| K.J.S. Anand, MBBS, D.Phil., FAAP, FCCM, FRCPCH |
| Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, & Neurobiology, St. Jude Chair for Critical Care Medicine, Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| Paul Arnstein, RN, PhD |
| Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pain Relief Massachusetts General Hospital |
| David Austin |
| Professor NCSU |
| Jeff Ayars |
| patient RSDS |
| James Banks, MD |
| Associate Director Mercy Health Research, Ryan Headache Center |
| Michael Barrier |
| advocate, organiser, flyer distributor american pain foundation |
| Timothy Beacham, MD |
| Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Management University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Debra Benner |
| Dr. - chronic pain educator |
| Amy Berman |
| Program Officer The John A. Hartford Foundation |
| David Borsook MD, PhD |
| Associate Professor Harvard Medical School |
| Barbara Bothe |
| Ms. |
| Jay Burstein |
| Pain Management Patient |
| Odette Campbell |
| PHYSICIAN |
| Silas Campbell |
| Mr. |
| Amy Carmona, RN, BN, CHPN |
| Pain Resource Nurse Pain Resource Nurse |
| Daniel B. Carr, MD |
| Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research Department of Anesthesia and Medicine, Tufts Medical Center |
| C. Richard Chapman, PhD |
| Professor & Chair Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah |
| Paul Christo, MD, MBA |
| Assistant Professor, Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Michael J. Cousins, MD, DSC |
| Professor, Anaesthesia Northern Clinical School, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, The University of Sydney |
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