EPA 34th Annual
Scientific Meeting
New York Academy of
Sciences
7 World Trade Center
40th floor, New York, NY
September 12, 2008
Save the Date
EPA GRIPE meeting
June 10, 2009 at 7pm
Please join
us June 10 at 7 pm for a GRIPE meeting sponsored by Eastern Pain
Association. Dr. Steven Passik will lead a discussion of the
proposed FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation and Strategies. The
time period for comments to the FDA ends soon so this is an
important and timely topic. Please join us for dinner and
conversation at the Faculty club at Columbia University Medical
Center, 622 west 168th street. Please send responses
to Michael Weinberger at
mlw45@columbia.edu so we have enough
food. We look forward to seeing you.
Official Journal of EPA
30% discount exclusively to EPA members.
CJP is ranked #3 of 22 related medical journals in
anesthesiology/pain medicine with an Impact Factor of 3.058; (d)
online manuscript submission makes it easy for members to submit
and review manuscripts.
“The
Clinical Journal of Pain
explores all aspects of pain and its effective treatment,
bringing you the insights of leading anesthesiologists,
surgeons, internists, neurologists, orthopedists, psychiatrists
and psychologists, clinical pharmacologists, and physical and
rehabilitation therapists”
Eastern Pain Association
A Regional Section of the
American Pain Society
Mission Statement
The Eastern Pain Association is a regional organization of pain specialists including physicians, psychologists, nurses and basic scientists dedicated to promoting clinical care, pain-related research, education and professional practice.
History of the Eastern Pain Association
- In 1964 Dr. B. Berthold Wolff and Dr. Thomas G. Kantor started an informal New York Pain Group, which met monthly at the NYU Medical Center. About 30 pain clinicians and researchers from the Greater New York Metropolitan area began to meet to discuss various pain-related research projects and clinical topics. Following the formation of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) in 1973, Dr. John J. Bonica recommended to Dr. Wolff that the group be enlarged to include the New England States, with the additional participation of the Middle Atlantic and Southern States. Dr. Wolff formed the Eastern Pain Association in 1974, which included all states east of the Rockies. In 1975, the Eastern Pain Association (EPA) became one of the first chapters of the IASP.
EPA Meetings
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The EPA offers local and regional scientific meetings to foster an exchange of clinical and scientific information among multidisciplinary health professionals and researchers interested in the field of pain. In 1979 the EPA established the John J. Bonica Award and Lecture, given annually that honors Dr. Bonica. To date, over twenty awards have been made to distinguished and outstanding recipients such as Patrick D. Wall (1979), Ronald Melzack (1982), B. Berthold Wolff (1991), Tony L. Yaksh (1993), Michael J. Cousins (1995) and many others.
The Annual EPA Scientific Meeting held in attractive venues such as the New York Hilton, routinely offers symposia and lectures given by nationally recognized speakers, posters and exhibits that are designed to appeal to a wide spectrum of specialists and interests.
The EPA scientific meetings are complementary to the national and international meetings and offer members the opportunity of networking with local colleagues and keeping abreast of current developments.
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