World Institute of Pain

WIP Sections

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Vice-Chair
Zakari Suleiman
MD, FIPP
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Vice-Chair
Erich Mansfield
MD, FIPP
Emmanuel Thobejane, MBChB, Mmed Neurosurgury, CIME, FIPP
Chair
Emmanuel Thobejane
MBChB, Mmed Neurosurgury, CIME, FIPP

PO Box 2870, Brooklyn Square
Pretoria, 0075, South Africa
T: +27 12 343 4400
F: +27 12 343 9924
E: [email protected]

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Vice-Chair
Louis Smit
MD, FIPP
Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain

EPP AWARD CENTERS

Pain Clinic – Cape Town

200C East Wing 

Constantiaberg Mediclinic

Cape Town, South Africa

(Director: Eric Wilson, BSc(med); MB; BCh; DM; MSc (Pain); MMed; FIPP; RSA)

Chair
Guy Buchanan
MD, FIPP
Chair
Martine Puylaert
MD, FIPP
Paulo Renato B. da Fonseca
Treasurer
Paulo Renato Fonseca
MD, FIPP
Breno Lima Santiago, MD, FIPP
Secretary
Breno Jose Santiago Bezerra de Lima
MD, FIPP
Andre Mansano
Chair
Andre Marques Mansano
MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS
Charles Amaral de Oliveira, MD, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Charles Amaral de Oliveira
MD, FIPP, CIPS
Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain

EPP AWARD CENTERS

Singular – Centro de Controle Da Dor – Sao Paulo

(Director: Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP)

Clinica para o Tratamento da Dor- Hospital das Clinicas,
Faculdade de Medicinade Ribeirao Preto
Universidade de Sao Paulo

(Director: Gabriella Rocha Lauretti, MD, MSc, PhD, FIPP)

Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, FIPP
Chair
Ludger Gerdesmeyer
MD, FIPP
Martin Marianowicz, MD, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Martin Marianowicz
MD, FIPP

Kufsteinerplatz 4
81679 Munich, Germany
T: 0049 89 5474 0616; M: 0049 170 902 5517
E: [email protected]

Hartmut Neumann, MD, FIPP
Secretary
Hartmut Neumann
MD, FIPP
Andrea Balthasar, MD, FIPP
Treasurer
Andrea Balthasar
MD, FIPP
Jordi Perez-Martinez, MD, FIPP
Chair
Jordi Perez-Martinez
MD, FIPP
Secretary
Dr. Philip Chan
FIPP
Treasurer
Dr. Tolu Alugo
CIPS, FIPP
Anuj Bhatia, MD, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Anuj Bhatia
MD, FIPP
Cadavid
Chair
Adriana Cadavid
Vice-Chair
Cesar Ceballos
FIPP
Secretary
Diana Perez Moreno
FIPP
Carlos Guerrero, MD, FIPP Anestesiologo
Treasurer
Carlos Guerrero
MD, FIPP Anestesiologo

Fundacion Santa Fe
Ora 5 131-90 Apt 1005
Bogota, Colombia

T: 57 1 6273171; M: 057 310 7857490
E: [email protected]

Lorand Eross, MD, PhD, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Lorand Eross
MD, PhD, FIPP
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP
Chair
Agnes Stogicza
MD, FIPP
Treasurer
Balázs Laskói
MD, FIPP
Laszo Entz, MD, FIPP
Secretary
Laszo Entz
MD, FIPP
Javier de Andrés Ares, MD, FIPP
Chair
Javier de Andrés Ares
MD, FIPP

c/Guisando 56, 2^B
Madrid, Spain 28035

E: [email protected]

Jose Cid Calzada, MD, FIPP
Treasurer
Jose Cid Calzada
MD, FIPP
Joaquin Insausti Valdivia, MD, FIPP
Secretary
Joaquin Insausti Valdivia
MD, FIPP
Teresa Bovaira Forner, MD, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Teresa Bovaira Forner
MD, FIPP
Karthic Babu Natarajan, MD, DNB, FIPP
Chair
Karthic Babu Natarajan
MD, DNB, FIPP

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Rohitha Jayamaha MD, FIPP
Treasurer
Rohitha Jayamaha
MD, FIPP

Flag: Sri LankaSri Lanka

Madhuri Annarao Lokapur MD, FIPP
Secretary
Madhuri Annarao Lokapur
MD, FIPP

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Kawsar Sardar
Vice-Chair
Kawsar Sardar
MBBS, MD, FIPP

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Bangladesh

DARADIA: The Pain Clinic – Kolkata, West Bengal (Director: Gautam Das, MD, FIPP)

Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain
Vice-Chair
Yusak Siahaan
MD, FIPP, CIPS
Secretary
TCT Novy
SpKFR, FIPP, CIPS

[email protected]
+62 811 2246067
Sam Ratulangi University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of PM&R, Manado
Prof. Kandou Central General Hospital, Manado
Bandung Pain Rehab Center, West Java
PIK Pain Rehab Clinic, Jakarta

Treasurer
Agus Setiyana
SpAn, KAKV, FIPM, FIPP

[email protected]
+62 819 18056707
Mitra Keluarga Waru Hospital, East Java

Chair
Said Shofwan
MD, FIPP

[email protected]
+62 813 78841111
Sultan Agung Islamic Hospital, Semarang, Central Java

Farnad Imani, MD, FIPP
Secretary
Farnad Imani
MD, FIPP
Poupak Rahimzadeh, MD, FIPP
Treasurer
Poupak Rahimzadeh
MD, FIPP
Mehran Kouchek, MD, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Mehran Kouchek
MD, FIPP

17/14 East 24, South Allameh,
Saadat Abad
Tehran, Iran 1997836843

O: 98 21 77 54 52 57
M: 98 912 120 8893
E: [email protected]

Chair
Arman Taheri
MD, FIPP
Chair
Tadhg Lynch
MD, FIPP
Secretary
Vadim Tashlykov
MD, FIPP
Chair
Haggai Sharon
MD, PhD, FIPP
Gianni Colini Baldeschi
Secretary
Gianni Colini Baldeschi
Pasquale de Negri
Chair
Pasquale de Negri

EPP AWARD CENTERS

IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata – Rionero in Vulture
(Director: Pasquale De Negri, MD, FIPP)

Uosd Terapia Antalgica – Rome, Italy
(Director: Gianni Colini-Baldeschi, MD, FIPP)

Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain

December 3, 2018

A few days ago I participated as an invited speaker as President-Elect of WIP to this symposium on Pain Medicine and its importance at cultural and social levels. It was truly an honor to participate with other doctors as well as philosophers and journalists on this occasions. – Prof. Giustino Varrassi

See more at the Istituto Sicurezza Sociale – RSM Facebook page!

Useful Links:

https://www.fondazioneprocacci.org

Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP
Chair
Sang Chul Lee
MD, PhD, FIPP

Dept. of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Seoul National University Hospital
#28, Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu
Seoul 110-744, Korea

T: 82-2-2072-3484
E: [email protected]

Pain Center of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, Korea
Director: Yong Chul Kim, MD
Chairman: Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP

Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain
PIADEMONTE
Vice-Chair
Fabian Piedimonte
MD, FIPP
Atencio
Vice-Chair
Elias Atencio
MD, FIPP
Plancarte
Chair
Ricardo Plancarte Sanchez
MD, PhD, FIPP
Carcamo
Vice-Chair
Cesar Carcamo
MD, FIPP

EPP AWARD CENTERS

Argentina

Centro de Atencion Integral del Dolor – Buenos Aires
(Director: Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP)

Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain
Muralitharan Perumal, FIPP
Chair
Muralitharan Perumal
FIPP
Awisul-Islah Ghazali, FIPP
Secretary
Awisul-Islah Ghazali
FIPP
Anwar Arshad, MBBS, FRCP(Lon), FIPP
Treasurer
Anwar Arshad
MBBS, FRCP(Lon), FIPP, CIPS

57 & 59 Jalan Todak 6, Sunway Perdana
Pusat Banda
Seberang Perai, Penang 13600, Malaysia

T/F: 04 3838829
E: [email protected]

Toh Charng Jeng, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Toh Charng Jeng
FIPP
Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP
Treasurer
Athina Vadalouca
MD, PhD, FIPP

Athens University School of Medicine
Dept. of Anesthesiology
Lefkon Oren, Athens 15344, Greece

T: 30 693 671 8181
E: [email protected]

Irene Kourokouli, MD, PhD, FIPP
Chair
Irene Kourokouli
MD, PhD, FIPP
Charles Gauci, MD, FIPP
Secretary
Charles Gauci
MD, FIPP
Amany Ayad Ezzat MD, FIPP
Chair
Amany Ayad Ezzat
MD, FIPP
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Vice-Chair
Abdulmuhsen Al-Sahhaf
MD, FIPP, CIPS
Treasurer
Raafat Mahfouz Riad
MD, FIPP
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Vice-Chair
Raad Al-Khafaji
MD, FIPP
Sherry-Nabil-Fanous
Secretary
Sherry Nabil Fanous
MD, FIPP, PHD, DESA

E. [email protected]

M. +2-01275735758

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Aurea Negron, MD, FIPP
Secretary
Aurea Negron
MD, FIPP
José Rodríguez Hernandez, MD, FIPP
Chair
José Rodríguez Hernandez
MD, FIPP

P.O. Box 360283
San Juan, 00936-0283, Puerto Rico

T: 787-798-4047
E: [email protected]

Renier Mendez de Guzman, MD, FIPP
Treasurer
Renier Mendez de Guzman
MD, FIPP
Luis Cummings, MD, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Luis Cummings
MD, FIPP
Kok-Yuen Ho, MD, FIPP
Chair
Kok-Yuen Ho
MD, FIPP

The Pain Clinic
Mount Alvernia Medical Centre D
820 Thomson Road, #07-59
Singapore, Singapore 574623

W: +65 6254 5447
E: [email protected]

The Pain Specialist, of Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
Singapore, Singapore

(Director: Alex Sow Nam Yeo, MD, PhD, FIPP)

Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain
Dr. med Lucian Macrea, MD, FIPP
Chair
Dr. med Lucian Macrea
MD, FIPP

Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Clinique Cecil Lausanne
av. Ruchonnet 53
CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland

T: 41 21 310 55 67 (Sec.); 41 21 310 54 45; 41 78 882 01 17 (M)

Centre de la Douleur Clinique Cecil – Lausanne, Vaud

(Director: Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP)

Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain
Yu Chuan (Grace) Tsai, MD, FIPP
Chair
Yu Chuan (Grace) Tsai
MD, FIPP

Executive Director and Past President, Taiwan Pain Society

Professor, I-Shou University, College of Medicine

Chief, Pain Management of E-Da Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan

E: [email protected]

Main Tel: 886-6-2090427

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Vice-Chair
Chih-Peng Lin
MD, FIPP, CIPS
Chia-ShiangLin
Vice-Chair
Chia-Shiang Sean Lin
MD, FIPP, CIPS
Alp Yentur, MD, FIPP
Treasurer
Alp Yentur
MD, FIPP
Ibrahim Asik, MD, FIPP
Vice-Chair
Ibrahim Asik
MD, FIPP
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Secretary
Can Eyigor
MD, FIPP
Serdar Erdine MD, FIPP
Chair
Serdar Erdine
MD, FIPP

EPP AWARD PAIN CENTERS:

Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Pain Practice

Istanbul Pain Center (Director: Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP)

Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain
Raja Reddy Varadapura
Secretary
Raja Reddy Varadapura
Arun Bhaskar MBBS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FFICM, FIPP
Chair
Arun Bhaskar
MBBS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FFICM, FIPP
Arif Ghazi
Treasurer
Arif Ghazi
Dalvina Hanu-Cemat
Vice-Chair
Dalvina Hanu-Cemat

Message from Arun Bhaskar

Dear Friends.

I would like to  thank all the WIP UK members for supporting the two teams that stood for election.  On behalf of WIP and UK section, I want to thank Dalvina, Adnan, Raja Reddy, Arif, Pranab and Cherilyn for stepping up to take the UK Section forward in the future; this also comes with a gentle reminder that our work is just beginning.  The responsibility lies with the seven of us to continue engaging with our colleagues not only in the UK, but also across the globe in furthering education and interaction of professionals in the field of pain medicine as envisaged by the founding fathers of the organisation.  As many of you know, Adnan, Dalvina and Mohammed  have been instrumental in the training of pain intervention for several years in the UK bringing in a wealth of experience and I would request the rest of the WIP UK membership to step up to help and support to maintain the high standards they have achieved.

Needless to say, much of the foundation for this has been laid by senior colleagues like Patrick McGowan, Charles Gauci and Muhammad Ather and we thank them for their effort and also for the continuing advice and support in the future.   I would like to specially thank Prof Gabor Racz and Chris Wells for their ever present and unconditional support and words of wisdom on a personal note as well as on behalf of WIP UK.  Dianne Willard has always been at hand to support and I would like to thank her for everything she has been doing and I look forward to working closely with her and the WIP executive.  Once again many thanks to all of you for your support and I hope you continue to have a great weekend.

Thank you

Kindest regards

Arun

Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP, DABIPP
Vice-Chair
Aaron Calodney
MD, FIPP, DABIPP

PO Box 130459
Tyler, TX 75713-0459 USA
T: 903-360-7211
E: [email protected]

Katherine Travnicek
Treasurer
Katherine Travnicek
MD, FIPP
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Secretary
Leonardo Kapural
MD, PhD, FIPP
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Chair
Ramsin Benyamin
MD, FIPP

EPP AWARD PAIN CENTERS:


Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Pain Practice

♦ Spine Institute Northwest
   
Bothell, Washington, USA
   Director: Solomon Kamson, MD, PhD, FIPP

♦ University of Washington Center for Pain Relief
   
Seattle, Washington, USA 
   Director: Alex Cahana, MD, FIPP

Multidisciplinary Clinical Pain Practice

♦ Interventional Pain and Physical Medicine Clinic   
   Sartell, Minnesota, USA
   Director: Thomas C. Kowalkowski, DO, FIPP

♦ Neuro Pain Care   
   Manhasset, New York, USA
   Director: Vikas Varma, MD, FIPP

♦ Pain Management Division of the Department of 
   Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati
   
   Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
   (Former) Director: Hammam Akbik, MD, FIPP

♦ Pain Physicians NY
   New York, New York, USA
   Director-Founder: Leonid Reyfman, MD, FIPP

♦ Utah Center for Pain Management and Research, Inc.  
   DBA Nexus Pain Care

   Provo, Utah, USA.  
   Director: Richard M. Rosenthal, MD, FIPP

Clinical Pain Practice

♦ ACME Pain Care
   Algonquin, Illinois, USA 
   Director: Vikram B. Patel, MD, FIPP

♦ East Louisville Interventional Pain Specialists, PLLC
   Louisville, Kentucky, USA 
   Director: Bill W. Haney, MD, FIPP, DABIPP, DABPM

Clinical Pain Practice Specializing in Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes

♦ The Pain Center USA PLLCC
   Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Warren, Michigan, USA 
   Director: Rajendra Bothra, MD, FIPP

Excellence in Pain Practice Award - World Institute of Pain