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The institute for global advancement of physician education, training, and certification in pain medicine.
NEWSLETTER of the
World Institute of Pain®
President’s MessageTo all who choose the World Institute of Pain (WIP) to network as pain professionals, pain solution
seekers, and especially those who seek the global exchange of knowledge and techniques associated with the best practices of pain medicine, thank you. It is an honor for me, and all who serve WIP in a leader-ship capacity, to represent this worldwide organization of pain clinicians. If you are a patient, a proxy of a patient, a health care professional, a pain specialist or a citizen wherever in the world, we all have one common goal, “the prevention of pain and suffering by providing the best multidimensional diagnosis and treatment for the patients suffering from acute and chronic pain.”Suffering from pain is a worldwide problem which is larger than the problem of cancer, heart disease,
and diabetes together. In the top 10 of most prevalent diseases, six of them are directly related to chronic pain. The World Institute of Pain was founded to improve this dramatic worldwide problem. The mission of WIP is to bring together the most recognized experts in the field of pain medicine through-
out the world for the standardization and advancement of multidisciplinary and interventional pain practice and the achieve-ment of improved standards of care for pain patients by workshops, educational activities and the FIPP and CIPS examination.In the past 20 years this mission has focused on the improvement of the standards of care implementing continuously new
knowledge and dimensions to the clinical practice of eradicating chronic pain by world recognized top experts who teach (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE)
Kris C.P. Vissers
NEW - Special Interest Forum: from chronic to acute pain
* 8th World Congress-New York Registration & Abstract Submission OPEN
* NEW-Special Interest Forum on Acute Pain* Call for Contributors to Book on Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures* FIPP, CIPS, EPP Recipients* FIPP Alumni News& More!
WIP is pleased to introduce its latest arena for the exchange of physician knowledge, Special Interest Forums. Through these forums, WIP invites and encourages member physicians to collaborate on specific topics of interest to the pain practitioner. A new interactive Website has been created to facilitate information sharing and
communication. Some features, including a topical discussion “blog” are visible and accessible via WIP member login or qualified registration.
“Together....We Make a Difference”By Amany E. Ayad, MD, FIPPProfessor of Anesthesia and Pain, Cairo University,Secretary of the Middle East Section, WIP Dear Colleagues;Today a dream came true….my dream…your dream.One year ago we were asked as the “WIP Middle East Section” to figure
out what is missing that needs attention to benefit pain management in develop-ing countries from the WIP perspective. As physicians of the WIP network, we are committed to, “bring(ing) the most recognized experts in the field of 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.” Knowing that a good number of the countries in our Section, as well as in Africa, the
Far East, Eastern European and Latin American countries represent populations “hav-ing limited income per capita,” where we are not working up to the standards we wish. Our needs are different. Endorsing pain in our medical practice is deficient. Having limited resources puts its impact on our medical practice and dictates a different set in our priorities. Medical education is not easy as it looks, especially in rural areas, where you cannot move easily and you cannot afford the cost of a decent medical education.(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
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WIP Society NewsPresident’s Message (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
during a lot of WIP`s activities. It is now recognized that pain and certainly chronic pain is a complex phenomenon where besides the physiological or somatic problems, psycho-social and existential factors may play an important role. Therefore, care should be centered around the patient and according to each patient’s specific problems and needs.
The World Institute of Pain continues to focus on promoting training and education and hopes that all pain physicians over the world have access to high quality training and educational support. Therefore, we hope that pain physicians around the world should be aware that they are in the preferential position to be able to relieve the patient’s suffering and that they can be involved in building strategies to improve the patient’s management in developed and developing countries all over the world. By becoming a member of the WIP you will participate in active membership by pain conferences, workshops, special fellowships, certifications and endorsements. WIP’s scholarly journal, PAIN PRACTICE and the books of our members are a rich collection of knowledge shared generously by those who have contributed as clinicians, researchers and editors. Our journal, together with the Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice® certification program, and now also the Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist certification program, are the hallmarks of WIP. We come together as both teachers and learners at the biennial WIP World Congresses, where we celebrate and facilitate the global exchange of knowledge and strive to set the level even higher to achieve greater impact and outcomes where the needs are greatest for patients.
A consortium of professional pain societies, including WIP signed in 2012 the declaration of Miami: “It is the right of any human individual to have access to the best possible pain relief in any and every part of the world.”
We strongly need your support, so do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions, or any good idea to support our mission. Feel welcome to our website and be aware that thousands of our WIP members, in all countries over the world are available to help and support any initiative to relief suffering from pain.
I hope that you can support WIP`s mission worldwide, and in case you have special questions or wishes, please contact us.
Warmest regards Kris Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP - President of WIP
August 29, 2011 in Budapest, Hungary, Prof. Kris Vissers was interviewed by WIP Founder and First President, Dr. Prithvi Raj as part of a series of articles entitled, Know Your Officers. Prof. Vissers was serving as Honorary
Treasurer of WIP. To view this article from 2011, please
click on the link below and navigate to page 33 for the transcript of the interview of Prof. Vissers.WIP Newsletter 2011, Vol. VI. No. 3,
Page 33 Vissers Interview
DIGITAL EXTRA: Know Your Officers : Kris VissersFROM THE WIP ARCHIVES
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WIP Society News
2014 Samuel J. Hassenbusch Prize Recipient
(To) achieve (this award) in the specialty I chose and love is truly amazing.”
WIP and its Board of Examination congratulate Cherilyn Fenech, MD, MRCP, DESA, FIPP, the 2014 recipient of the HASSENBUSCH PRIZE. This prize is awarded annually to the Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice® who earned the highest composite score on the certification examination. The prize is named in honor of the late Samuel J. Hassenbusch, III, MD, PhD, FIPP, a true
pioneer in the field of pain medicine and the WIP FIPP certification program.Dr. Fenech shared her enthusiasm with this response to the Award Committee, “Thank you very much! It was
a lovely and unexpected surprise! I don’t think I ever won a prize in my life, and (to) achieve it in the speciality I chose and love is truly amazing. Thank you so much.”Dr. Fenech of Malta at the time of the exam, is now a consultant in the chronic pain management and neuromo-
gulation centre at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London, England, UK. Dr. Fenech is the ninth recipient of this prize, awarded annually since 2008. For the
complete list of recipients and history of the Hassenbusch Prize, please visit our website.
In addition to that, we know that chronic pain is a continuum of acute pain, and acute pain patients in our hospital set-ting represents a much greater number than chronic pain patients. We thought that focusing on the theme “from acute to chronic” will be more practical in our setting. We said; well you cannot come to us, we will reach you.We thought of having a circle of electronic communication where we can bring the greatest experts from all over the
world to you, so you can chat with them, e-mail them, ask them questions and find proper answers to your queries. In our circle we could recruit some of the biggest names in acute pain management: Narinder Rawal of University Hospital in Örebro, Sweden; Dr. Marie Hanna of Johns Hopkins in the USA; Dr Loran M. Soliman of Cleveland Clinic in the USA; Dr Milton Raff of South Africa….and a long list of experts that will be involved in our circle of communication.For one long year we were working on this project, and finally the day has come.It is my pleasure to announce the launch of our WIP Acute Pain Medicine project ( APM) website, to which you can
register for FREE. You will find a full library that was brought to you so you can download topics that will enrich your knowledge in the field of acute pain.We will also have some activities to which you will be invited to so you can join us to improve your medical skills and
return to your country with this knowledge and to influence your society. We will help you to work on forums and guidelines that are fashioned for your demands, giving you the examples we
have, like the ‘middle east guidelines in acute pain’. Since Africa represents a major target for us, we will have a section for French speaking countries, under the supervision
of Dr Patrick Narchi of France and Dr. Magdi R. Iskander, the head of our Middle East Section. “Africa, we reach out for you.” I would like to thank the WIP Board, especially Dr. Richard Rauck the former president, and Dr. Kris Vissers, the current
president, who believed in our mission and helped us in all directions to make this dream come true. Finally, my colleagues, I wish you to join, contribute, and interact in this Website as our success in our mission depends
on your interaction. To my esteemed colleagues, who agreed to join and participate in this huge work, I appreciate your time and efforts in advance. For all expert physicians who are out there reaching out totheir colleagues, trying to help them, helping us in this
esteemed work, thank you, because “YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.” For more information about this project please contact either Dr. Magdi Iskander at [email protected] or
Dr. Amany Ayad at [email protected] .
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NEW - Special Interest Forum: from chronic to acute pain | Together...We Make a Difference
Cairo, Egypt | October 2015: Profs. Ayad and Iskander, Mrs. Iskander; Prof. Vissers
2016 January 29-February 11st Annual Conference of Pain Management (Anes, ICU and Pain) *** Luxor, Egypt *** Faculty of Medicine - Sohag University in collaboration with Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS FoundationTrustEmail: [email protected] [email protected]
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WIP Society NewsWIP Executive Board, 2015-2017The officers and directors of the Executive Board and
Council of the World Institute of Pain® for the term of 2015-2017 assumed their positions May 1, 2015. Five positions were filled by election conducted pursuant to the WIP Bylaws governing the election of Executive Board officers and directors*.
EXECUTIVE BOARDPresidentKris C.P. Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP,- The NetherlandsPresident-elect*Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP - USAHonorary Secretary*Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP - SwitzerlandHonorary Treasurer*Muhammad Ather, MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP - UKImmediate Past PresidentRichard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP - USAChair, Advisory Board*Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP - Greece Chair, Board of Sections*Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP - BelgiumChair, Board of ExaminationPeter S. Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP - USAFounders-Past PresidentsP. Prithvi Raj, MD, DABPM, DABIPP, FIPP - USAGabor B. Racz, MD, DABIPP, FIPP - USASerdar Erdine, MD, FIPP - TurkeyRicardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD, FIPP - SpainExecutive Officer, Non-votingDianne L. Willard - USA
Vissers Hartrick Mavrocordatos Ather Rauck Willard, Non-voting
Officers & Directors
Vadalouca Van Zundert Staats Raj Racz
Directors Lifetime Directors
Erdine Ruiz-Lopez
Raj Racz
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Member-Society Services & Corporate ComplianceT: 336-760-2933 | E: [email protected]
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WIP SECRETARIAT Know Your Staff
Dianne L. Willard D. Mark Tolliver, MA Bridget L. StewartExecutive Officer Manager, Certifcation Accountant& Board Secretary & Education Programs
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WIP Society NewsCommittees of the WIP Executive Board
WIP President, Kris Vissers proposed and the Executive Board unanimously approved the formation of committees to direct essential programs and activi-ties of the society. In accordance with the stated mission and aims of WIP, the committees are:
Bylaws Chair: Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey)Purpose: To consider the strategic plan of WIP and the existing Bylaws, and recommend appropriate amendments.
Education Chair: Andrea M. Trescot, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (USA)Purpose: To describe a high level educational program that focuses on competences, skills, and educational targets. To encourage, initiate, and supervise
educational activities related to WIP educational and related activities. To make a proposal for educational standardization, to include a quality control cycle. To create an evaluation of the individual educational activities of participants within the framework of WIP (endorsed) activities.
Excellence in Pain Practice (EPP) Award Chair: Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey)Purpose: To develop a formal Fellowship Program in Pain Medicine, with emphasis on candidates from developing countries.
EPP Fellowship Subcommittee Supervised by the Advisory Board, Chair: Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP (Greece)
Organizational and Public Relations Chair: Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA)Purpose: To develop a comprehensive S.W.O.T. analysis that incorporates the unique cultures associated with the countries and regions of the WIP network.
This committee shall also help preserve compliance with the WIP Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation, and preserving the image and brand of WIP.
Project Development Chair: Ira B. Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP, ABIPP (USA)Purpose: To initiate and supervise projects that raise funds that should be dedicated to the education, standardization and evaluation of medical doctors
from developing countries within the framework of WIP activities.
Additionally, the Board of Sections will oversee the Special Interest Forums, the first of which will be devoted to acute pain management.
New Book in Progress! Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures: The Illustrated GuideCall for Action! Opportunity to be a contributor.
Prof. Serdar Erdine and Prithvi Raj are asking for assistance to provide evidence based compli-cations in your clinical practice in your region. This information is highly needed for our mission to educate and train the best pain physicians in the world. The aim is to show as many pictures of complications that occur during the interventional pain procedures. We therefore ask for the any picture of a complication you have witnessed while performing these procedures. The pictures and content featured in the book will mention your courtesy as contributors at the beginning of the book.We believe this will be a great contribution for next generations to see the complications with pictures. With Sincere thanks, Prof. Serdar Erdine, Prof. Prithvi Raj [Email: [email protected] | [email protected] ]
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WIP Launches New Web Sites WIP has partnered with Activity Forum - Agoria of the UK to transform its Web
community in a more dynamic way to better serve WIP’s global constituents. With member security always the foremost consideration, as well as connecting
physicians from all corners of our world in the most dynamic way, we are pleased to combine our pre-existing membership database with an integrated Web site product that will better support WIP’s expanding global marketplace.
* Login IDs and passwords remain the same. The Login area will be more visibly positioned at the top of the Web screen.* Login to WIP content is now in this one uniform place - at the top of the scree* Login controls your access to: -PAIN Practice journal online content -Special Interest Forums, featuring threaded topic discussions -Purchase of DVDs and Videos*Calendar of Events is searchable via calendar mode or via featured events listing,
with event details delivered in a more uniform and structured way.* Social media networking is integrated and accessible.* Sections that desire their own Web pages, may receive them - at no charge.
Details to follow via the Board of Sections Chair. * Stay connected with us for evolving content and networking opportunities for
our valued physicians of the World Institute of Pain!
WIP’s existing domain WILL be directed/redirected, i.e., www.worldinstituteof-pain.org . However, in the interim - and going forward, the following direct (and shorter) domains are ACTIVE. Section pages are accessible via the WIP site, but a new “landing page” for the Board of Sections will be launched early 2016.
www.wip.agoria.co.uk Main WIPwww.wip-boe.org Board of Examination: FIPP, CIPSwww.wip-acutepain.org Special Interest Forum: Acute Pain
Questions/comments: [email protected] OR [email protected] WIP + World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography
WIP and the Board of Examination CONGRATULATE the physicians of WIP and WAPMU Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS)
The WIP Board of Examination is pleased to present the physicians who have earned the advanced credential of Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist.
CIPS No. Name WIP Section Country of Residence
1 Michael Gofeld, MD, FIPP, CIPS Canada Canada2 Mark Friedrich Hurdle, MD, CIPS USA USA3 Einar Ottestad, MD, FIPP, CIPS USA USA4 Amitabh Gulati, MD, FIPP, CIPS USA USA5 Anuj Bhatia, MD, FIPP, CIPS Canada Canada6 Michael Sommer, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS Netherlands Benelux: Netherlands7 Hariharan Shankar, MBBS, CIPS USA USA8 Sadiq Salim Bhayani, MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, FFPMRCA, CIPS Canada Canada9 Jee Youn Moon, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS South Korea NE Asia10 Thiago Nouer Frederico, MD, CIPS Brazil Brazil11 Joon Kyung Sung, MD, FIPP, CIPS South Korea NE Asia
The CIPS Examination was also administered in Miami, Florida, USA in December 2015. Those results will be reported in January 2016.
WAPMU course calendar & moreavailable on www.wapmu.org
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WIP Society News
WIP new member discounts available to WAPMU members. Contact: Dianne Willard via [email protected]
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WIP and the Board of Examination CONGRATULATE 35 FIPPs from the Maastricht and Budapest Classes of 2015
The WIP FIPP Board of Examination is pleased to present the physicians from the June 6, 2015 class of Maastricht, The Netherlands and the August 27, 2015 class of Budapest, Hungary who satisfied the credentialing and examination requirements for Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP). WIP also congratulates the first FIPP to represent our newest member country: Qatar
FIPP No. Name WIP Section Country of Residence
881 Abdullah Bakr Adolkhair, MD, FIPP Middle East Saudi Arabia882 Uel J. Alexis, MD, FIPP USA USA (New York)883 Massimo Allegri, MD, FIPP Italy Italy884 Mohamed Ali Mahmoud Dorgham, MD, FIPP UK UK885 Eric Francois, MD, FIPP Benelux Belgium886 Christopher Gilligan, MD, FIPP USA USA (Massachusetts)887 Bregje Anna Antoon Huisman, MD, FIPP Benelux Netherlands888 In Jong Kim, MD, FIPP NE Asia South Korea889 Jee Youn Moon, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS NE Asia South Korea890 Heinrich Moser, MD, FIPP Benelux Netherlands891 Wael Saleem, MD, PhD, FIPP Qatar Middle East892 Pieter Schotte, MD, FIPP Benelux Belgium893 Joon Kyung Sung, MD, FIPP, CIPS NE Asia South Korea894 F.G.A.M. van Haren, MD, FIPP Benelux Netherlands
895 Wael Mohamed Abdelkhalek, MD, FIPP Middle East Egypt896 Tohotom Peter Bartha, MD, FIPP Hungary Hungary897 Gergely Péter Bokrétás, MD, FIPP Hungary Hungary898 Klaas Buyse, MD, FIPP Benelux: Belgium Belgium899 César A. Ceballos Maya, MD, FIPP Colombia Colombia900 Christine Cleary, MD, FIPP Ireland Ireland901 Mohamed Adly Shahat Abdallah Elramely, MD, FIPP Middle East Egypt902 Paulo Renato Barreiros da Fonseca, MD, FIPP Brazil Brazil903 Manuel Herrero Truijllano, MD, FIPP Iberian Spain904 Lúcio César Hott Silva, MD, FIPP Brazil Brazil905 Jinyoung Jeong, MD, FIPP NE Asia South Korea906 Gaby J.A. Kox, MD, FIPP Benelux: Belgium Belgium907 Pierluigi Manchiaro, MD, FIPP Italy Italy908 Aliaksandr Mudrakouski, MD, FIPP Ireland Ireland909 Rashmi Murab, MD, FIPP India India910 Gurumoorthi Ramasamy, MD, FIPP India India911 Taher Thabet, MD, FIPP Middle East Egypt912 Hishashi Tomie, MD, FIPP NE Asia Japan913 Antonius Hono Wijono, MD, FIPP SE Asia Indonesia914 James Yu, MD, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA, FIPP Australia Australia915 Muhammad Zubair, MBBS, FCPS (ANAES), FIPP India Pakistan
The WIP FIPP Board of Examination is pleased to present the physicians from the November 15, 2014 class of Miami, Florida, USA who satisfied the credentialing and examination requirements for Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP). WIP also congratulates the first FIPPs to represent five new member countries: Bangladesh, Chile, Na-mibia, Panama and Venezuela.
FIPP No. Name WIP Section Country of Residence
856 Ali Salman Askary, MBBS FCARCSI CMSHMI FIPP Ireland Ireland857 Elias Atencio, MD FIPP Panama Latin America858 Yira Blanco Rodriguez, MD FIPP Argentina Latin America859 Rafael Calvo Falcon, MD FIPP Spain Iberian860 Philip Chan, MD FRCPC FIPP Canada Canada861 Gonzalo Diaz Reganon Vilches, MD FIPP Spain Iberian862 Karine Fillion, MD FIPP Canada Canada863 Mauricio Forero Mantilla, MD FIPP Canada Canada864 Michael Hana, MD DABA DABPM FIPP USA USA865 Bill W. Haney, MD FIPP USA USA866 Berenice Carolina Hernandez-Porras, MD FIPP Mexico Latin America867 Sarfaraz M. Khan, MD FIPP Saudi Arabia Middle East868 Andre Marques Mansano, MD PhD FIPP Brazil Brazil869 Einar Ottestad, MD FIPP USA USA870 Ovelio Quiroga, MD FIPP Venezuela Latin America871 Antonio Carlos Rezoagli, MD FIPP Argentina Latin America872 Rene Rodriguez, MD MSC FIPP Colombia Colombia873 Kawsar Sardar, MBBS MD FIPP Bangladesh India874 Ricardo A. Sierra Almeida, MD FIPP Chile Latin America875 Michael Sommer, MD PhD FIPP Netherlands Benelux876 Upendra Thaker, MD FIPP USA USA877 Emmanuel Kgoro Thobejane, MBChB Mmed-Neurosurgery, FIPP Namibia Africa878 Harry Trigosso Venario, MD FIPP Argentina Latin America879 Robert E. Wright, MD DABPM FIPP USA USA880 Chadi Yaacoub, MD FIPP USA USA
Since 2001, physicians worldwide have been pursuing the Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (“FIPP”) certification in interventional pain techniques. The FIPP certification program aims to establish the knowledge and skills domain of the practice of pain medicine; assess the knowledge and application of interventional techniques of pain medicine physicians in a psychometrically valid manner; encourage professional growth in the practice of interventional techniques; formally recognize individuals who meet the requirements set forth by the Board of Examination; and serve the public by encouraging quality patient care in the practice of pain medicine. For more information about the FIPP certification program, please contact WIP’s Certification Program Manager, Mr. D. Mark Tolliver, MA at [email protected] OR [email protected] .
WIP and the Board of Examination CONGRATULATE 25 New FIPPs from the Miami Class of 2014
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WIP Activity NewsEducational Endorsements
WIP Section Bulletin Board * FIPP® Alumni News
Gabor B. RaczMD, DABPM, FIPP, DABIPP
Interventional Pain Workshopof Minimally-Invasive Pain Management Procedures
Dr. Gabor B. Racz’s Interventional Pain Workshop sponsored by Epimed was held October 3-4, 2014 at the Baylor Medical Center in Frisco, TX. Subsequent workshops were held in 2016, April 17-18 and September 25-26. These cadaver workshop were each a tremendous success and attended by twelve local and national physicians. Attendees were able to get hands-on experience performing several minimally invasive pain management procedures such as Epidural Lysis of Adhesions, Catheter Guided Cervical Injections, Coudé Blunt Needle Techniques, Transforaminal Epidurals and attend a Coding and Practice Management Lec-ture given by Epimed’s Director of Reimbursement. [ Gabor B. Racz, MD, DABPM, FIPP (FIPP 2001-5), (Texas, USA) ]For future workshop dates and locations, please visit epimedlab.com.
WIP SECTIONSAfricaAustraliaBeneluzBrazilCanadaColombiaEastern-Central EuropeHungaryIberianIndiaIranIrelandIsraelItalyLatin AmericaMalaysiaMediterraneanMiddle EastNE AsiaPuerto Rico-Carib.SE AsiaSwitzerlandTurkeyUKUSA
The 6th International Evidence-based Interventional Pain Management Symposium was held 3-4 June 2015 in Laanaken, Belgium. Directed by Drs. Jan Van Zundert, Maarten Van Kleef, and Kris Vissers, this event was the first workshop co-directed by the World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography and its President, Dr. Michael Gofeld. The first official exam for physicians seeking advanced credentialing as a Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS) was also conducted in Laanaken by the Board of Examination of the World Institute of Pain®.
BeneluxWIP BENELUX 2015
Coming SoonNew-improved WIP Website Section pages with searchable events calendar
Attn: FIPP Members
Please share with us your news, e.g., accolodes, relocations, photos, etc.. Send to [email protected]
FIPP® Alumni NewsPioneers of Pain Medicine
Thank you to these FIPP members for sharing their experiences! Have something to share? Please send it to the WIP Secretariat!
“Why I teach!” - Andrea M. Trescot, MD DABIPP FIPP (FIPP 2002-47) (Anchorage, Alaska, USA)
Good morning Dr. Trescot,My name is Fabio Lhamby and I was student of intervention-ism in pain curse in the Clínica Singular. I’m very grateful for your willingness to share your knowledge with us in the course of clinical Singular Campinas.Throughout this year, I fell in love with interventional pain management and you, Dr. Charles and Dr. Fabricio were the cupids who made this happen.I just wanted to thank you for the teachings and thank you for the affection with which you treated us.I’m already looking forward to see you in SOBRAMID. Best regards,Fabio Lhamby.
Fabio Lhamby and Andrea Trescot
Fabricio Assis Charles Oliveira(FIPP 2007-383) (FIPP 2007-409)
Observership - Mehran Kouchek, MD FIPP (FIPP 2013-752) (Tehran, Iran)It’s a great pleasure for me to present a brief report of my visit in Lubbock, Texas, USA during September 2014.During one month of observership, I had the honor and chance to be familiar with the diagnostic and therapeutic methods for patients suffering from chronic pain, in the hands of the scientists and experts such as Prof. Racz, Dr. Heavner, Dr. Day and Dr. Bosscher through their visits in pain clinics and their procedures in the operating rooms. Watching those procedures in Grace Clinic and UMC, was like discovery of a treasure for me which I had never experienced but was always dreaming for it. I could see whatever I’d read in the books and study whatever I was watching everyday.I can say that, since 2009, after joining several congresses and workshops of WIP in Maastricht and Budapest and my observership in Cleveland Clinic, which all resulted in being certified as an FIPP, I highly improved my knowl-edge of interventional pain practice in Lubbock and I hope that the people of my country can benefit from this precious experience of mine. In this regard I would like to thank all WIP organizers, teachers and personnel for ma-terializing this opportunity that I could achieve the FIPP exam and just begin what should I know and practice in the exciting field of Interventional pain management . I really appreciate all the efforts of Mrs. Paula Brashear for managing all difficult administrative issues which she kindly followed months before my trip. Without her help I could have never found myself in Lubbock. And last point but not the least, is the wonderful team of nursing and staff of the Grace Center and UMC whom I’ve learned a lot and will never forget them. Our WIP Section Chair here (Dr. Arman Taheri) sends his best greetings to you. Best regards.
WIP Section Bulletin Board * FIPP® Alumni News
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Be a part of WIP’s network of pain centers - apply today!
www.worldinstituteofpain.org/epp or www.wip-epp.org
COMPREHENSIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PAIN PRACTICEBELGIUM
• Multidisciplinary Pain Centre of Ziekenhuis-Oost-Limburg Hospital Genk | Director: J. Van ZundertBRAZIL
• Clínica para o Tratamento da Dor-Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto-Univ. de São Paulo | Director: G. LaurettiNETHERLANDS
• Radboud Expertise Center for Pain and Palliative Medicine - Nijmegen | Director: K. Vissers• University Pain Center of Maastricht – Academic Hospital Maastricht| Director: M. van Kleef
TURKEY• Istanbul Pain Center - Istanbul | Director: S. Erdine
USA• Spine Institute Northwest - Bothell, Washington | Director: S. Kamson• University of Washington Center for Pain Relief, Seattle, Washington
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL PAIN PRACTICEARGENTINA
• Centro de Atención Integral del Dolor - Buenos Aires | Director: JC FloresBRAZIL
• Singular—Centro de Controle Da Dor - São Paulo | Director: F. Dias AssisINDIA
• DARADIA: The Pain Clinic - West Bengal | Director: G. DasITALY
• IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata - Rionero in Vulture | Director: P. De NegriKOREA
• Pain Center of Deptof Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National Univ. Hospital - Seoul | Director: YC Kim; Chairman: SC LeeNETHERLANDS
• Multidisciplinair Pijncentrum Lievensberg Ziekenhuis - Halsteren| Director: C.W.J. van TilburgSINGAPORE
• The Pain Specialist, of Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre - Singapore | Director: A. YeoSWITZERLAND
• Centre de la Douleur Clinique Cecil | Lausanne, Vaud| Director: P. MavrocordatosUSA
• Interventional Pain & Physical Medicine Clinic Sartell, MN| Director: T. Kowalkowski• Neuro Pain Care - Manhasset, New York | Director: V. Varma• Pain Management-Dept of Anesthesiology, Univ of Cincinnati| Ohio, USA• Pain Physicians NY - New York, NY | Director: L. Reyfman• Utah Center for Pain Mgmt and Research, Inc. DBA Nexus Pain Care - Provo, Utah | Director: RM Rosenthal
CLINICAL PAIN PRACTICEITALY
• Uosd Terapia Antalgica — Rome| Director: G. Colini-Baldeschi USA
• ACME Pain Care (Inactive) — Algonquin, Illinois | Director: V. Patel
CLINICAL PAIN PRACTICE Specializing in Musculoskeletal Pain SyndromesAUSTRALIA
• Metro Spinal Clinic - Caulfield South, Victoria | Co-Medical Directors: D. Vivian; B. Mitchell,; and P. VerrillsUSA
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WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, USA (January 29, 2015) – The World Institute of Pain (WIP) has conferred the Excellence in Pain Practice (EPP) Award for Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Pain Practice on Clínica para o Tratamento da Dor-Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto-Universidade de São Paulo, in Brazil.
Dr. Charles Amaral de Oliveira, an anaesthesiologist with Médico Intervencionista da Dor in Campinas, Brazil said, “For several years now, the clinic has been headed by Dr. Gabriela Lauretti… The university of which she is a member develops important actions for the dissemination of pain education and treatment in the regional where she is located, and is respected and renowned in our country. “
“As a teaching hospital and tertiary care center, patients are seen from all over that region of Brazil with the most difficult pain problems,” said site inspector for WIP Dr. Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP of The Pain and Headache Center of Anchorage and Wasilla, Alaska.
In conveying the award, WIP’s EPP Award Committee Chairman, Dr. P. Prithvi Raj said, “The Committee found the comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to pain practice employed by Clínica para o Tratamento da Dor to be of the highest standards. The impact of this university-affiliated pain center on the specialty of pain practice is evident in the interventional techniques offered, physician education and training, cutting-edge research and the status of the pain center as a regional referral center of Brazil, and its international reputation for contributions that promote the advancement of the science and practice standards of pain medicine.“
The EPP Award program, established in 2010 by the World Institute of Pain, recognizes pain centers that demonstrate the highest standards of pain practice around the world. Varying levels of recognition are attainable, including specialization in a particular area of clinical pain practice, multidisciplinary clinical pain practice, and comprehensive recognition that encom-passes all dimensions of pain management including cutting-edge research.
EPP Awards have been conferred on 22 pain centers in 12 countries. To qualify for the award, an online application is com-pleted by or on behalf of the pain center director. A site visit is conducted by an FIPP (Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice) member of WIP’s inspector’s panel. The EPP Award Committee exercises its due diligence in the determination of each award given, in accordance with WIP’s guidelines for EPP Award recognition.
WIP is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1993 that brings together the most recognized experts in the field of pain medicine for the advancement and standardization of interventional pain practice. WIP achieves its purposes and objectives through organizing physician-oriented educational symposia, practical workshops, and World Congresses; certifying as Fellows of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) physicians who pass a competency-based, multi-part examination; publishing the scholarly journal, Pain Practice; and establishing liaisons with physicians and industry worldwide to promote the specialty of pain medicine.
For more information about the World Institute of Pain and its Excellence in Pain Practice award and recognition program, please visit the Web site: www.worldinstituteofpain.org.
WIP Excellence in Pain Practice Award & Recognition Program for Pain Centers
WIP Announces Comprehensive Award RecipientClínica para o Tratamento da Dor-Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto-Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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WIP COUNCIL — 2015-2017EXECUTIVE BOARD President Kris C.P. Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands)President-Elect Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA)Honorary Secretary Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP (Switzerland)Honorary Treasurer Muhammad Ather, MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP (UK)Immediate Past President Richard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP (USA)Past President Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP (Spain) Past President Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey)Past President Gabor B. Racz, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (USA)Past President P. Prithvi Raj, MD, DABPM, DABIPP, FIPP (USA)Editor-in-Chief Pain Practice Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA)Chair, Advisory Board Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP (Greece)Chair, Board of Examination Peter S. Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP (USA)Chair, Board of Sections Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP (Belgium)Executive Officer (non-voting) Dianne L. Willard (USA)SECTION CHAIRS Africa Pauline DuPlessis, MD, FIPP (S. Africa) Australia Peter Courtney, MBBS, FFARACS, FFPMANZCA, FIPP (Australia)Benelux: Belgium Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP (Belgium)Benelux: Netherlands Frank Huygen, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands)Brazil Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP (Brazil)Canada Edvin B. Koshi, MD, FRCPC, FIPP (Canada)Central & Eastern Europe Martin Marianowicz, MD, FIPP (Germany)Colombia Frantz J. Colimón, MD, FIPP (Colombia) Hungary Edit Rácz, MD, FIPP (Hungary)Iberian Carmen Pichot, MD, FIPP (Spain)India-Pakistan Pankaj Surange, MD, FIPP (India) Iran Mehran Kouchek, MD, FIPP (Iran)Israel Meir Bennun, MD, FIPP (Israel) Italy Massimo Barbieri, MD, FIPP (Italy), Ad InterimLatin America Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP (Argentina)Malaysia Anwar Arshad, MD, FIPP (Malaysia)Mediterranean Irene Kouroukli, MD, PhD, FIPP (Greece)Middle East Magdi Ramzi Iskander, MD, FFARCS, FIPP (Egypt)NE Asia Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP (S. Korea) Puerto-Rico/Caribbean José R. Rodríguez-Hernandez, MD, FIPP (Puerto Rico)SE Asia Alex Sow Nam Yeo, MD, FIPP (Singapore)Switzerland Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP (Switzerland)Turkey Alp Yentur MD, FIPP (Turkey)UK-Eire Patrick R. McGowan, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA (UK)USA Honorio Benzon, MD, FIPP (USA)
WIP 2016 World Congress Planning Committee met 18-19 Sept 2015 in Boston MA, USA at the offices of Clifford J. Woolf, MD, PhD at the Boston Children’s Hospital Harvard Medical School. Pictured L-R: Michael Gofeld, Kris Vissers, Clifford Woolf, James Rathmell, Richard Rauck, and Honorio Benzon
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