​ More than 30 states as well as Washington D.C. have legalized cannabis for medical purposes, making it more accessible than ever before to patients throughout the country, including patients suffering from chronic pain...

June 5, 2019, CHICAGO – The American Academy of Pain Medicine Board of Directors (AAPM) enthusiastically endorses the HHS Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Final Report , which calls for a balanced, ...

 AAPM Resident Fellow Education SIG Co-Chair, Mark Bicket, MD , discusses his research findings published in The American Journal of Surgery , including recommendations to reduce the chance that patients will contin...

  Continuous femoral nerve block research conducted by AAPM member André P. Boezaart, MD PhD and presented during the 2019 AAPM Annual Meeting is highlighted in this review of novel pain management approaches for jo...

AAPM member Beth Darnall, PhD, contributed to this  ​National Public Radio  ​story about how physical pain can interact with different brain areas to ultimately impact emotions, feelings, and behaviors. "For pe...

Place your order for the Academy's latest textbook publication, Acute Pain Medicine , which covers the diagnosis and treatment of acute pain from both surgical and non-surgical causes. Pain syndromes are reviewed in a ca...

Thank you to all of the faculty, attendees, and industry partners who contributed to the success of the AAPM 35th Annual Meeting & Preconferences held in Denver March 6-10, 2019. The following on demand courses that ...

Pain management experts and patient advocates met this past week to begin developing clear evidence-informed guidance for healthcare clinicians on the reduction or elimination of opioids, when appropriate, for ...