AAPM longtime member David Nagel, MD , spoke to the New Hampshire Medical Society about unintended consequence of the battle against the opioid epidemic, and the negative impact on chronic pain patients. Full story .
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Three preconference courses featuring pain medicine best practices, medications management, and ultrasound-guided pain interventions – as well as more than 50 AAPM 35th Annual Meeting sessions – make up AAPM35 March 6-10...
There is still time to cast your vote before polls for the AAPM 2019-20 Leadership Elections close on Monday, February 4 . Active, voting members were sent an email from AAPM on January 4 with their unique voting link.
AAPM President Jianguo Cheng, MD PhD will chair and present during The 3rd Opioid Management Summit in Washington D.C. February 26-27. The summit will offer hospital and healthcare system clinical leaders an opportunity ...
AAPM Member Jonathan D. Mayer, PhD , is interviewed in a Health Affairs podcast titled: What We Don't Know About Chronic Pain . The interview highlights his article in the January issue of Health Affairs , 'Pain Behavior...
AAPM Board Member Robert E. Wailes, MD contributed this coverage of investigations by the Medical Board of California into doctors who prescribed opioids to patients who suffered fatal overdoses. "What we're finding is t...
A statement from the American Academy of Pain Medicine The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) President Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD, issued a response expressing deep disappointment in Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)'s Decem...
A panel of three program directors from pain fellowship programs around the country present information for potential applicants on what an accredited pain medicine fellowship program teaches, who can and does apply, the...
Registration for the AAPM 35th Annual Meeting & Preconferences is live, with early-bird registration rates expiring on January 9. Secure the lowest registration prices by registering now . The AAPM Call for Late-Brea...
AAPM President Jianguo Cheng, MD PhD contributed to CNN coverage of a new analysis of opioids for chronic noncancer pain, saying it reinforces what's become conventional wisdom for pain specialists. "We're going to try t...