AAPM invites members to submit an abstract for the upcoming 2022 Meeting. Submissions should aim to improve the knowledge, competence, or performance of the practice of Pain Medicine, provide innovative solutions to current issues, and further the overall mission of the AAPM organization.

See the table and checklist below for important dates and additional submission criteria.

• Only lead authors may submit poster abstracts. Lead authors must alert all authors named on a given abstract in advance of submission. There is no limit on abstract submissions. Abstracts are free of charge to submit.
• Abstracts will be limited to 250-word-maximum in abstract text body and require up to three references for submission. Funding of the project also must be listed. All abstracts must be submitted in English and grammatically correct.
• All accepted abstract authors will be expected to submit a disclosure form. If they are not submitted within the final poster content submission timeframe presenter will not be provided a presentation time slot.
• AAPM will not accept any previously published, previously accepted for publication, nor previously presented. Abstracts must summarize an original contribution and must not have been presented, published, nor submitted for presentation or publication elsewhere.
• By submitting a scientific poster abstract, you are agreeing that you, or a co-author designated by you at the time of submission, will present the abstract in digital poster form during the Annual Meeting. Virtual posters will not be allowed. Poster presenter must register for the entire Annual Meeting 30 days before start of the meeting and are responsible for all expenses incurred in registering for, traveling to, and attending the Annual Meeting.
• Clinical Categories for Submission: Basic science, acute pain, technology innovation, chronic pain, epidemiology/healthcare policy/education, pharmacological, procedures, psychosocial, rehabilitation, translational.
• Abstracts must be free of commercial bias. Any information regarding commercial products must be based on generally accepted scientific methods. Any discussion of particular pharmaceuticals or devices will use generic names, when possible, and will be in the context of a review of the full range of therapeutic options.
• The Scientific Poster Abstract Committee may select up to 6 abstract submitters to present their research during a live flash talk session at AAPM 2022. Winning abstracts will be provided additional benefits as faculty including waived conference registration fee.
• Only abstracts that are presented in-person, in digital poster form, during AAPM 2022 will be published in Pain Medicine. AAPM will maintain the copyright for all abstracts published in Pain Medicine.

Check back for additional information as the abstract submission process continues.