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Theresa A. Altilio, MSW, ACSW, LMSW -Coordinator of Social Work for the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. She is a member of the New York State Pain Initiative, on the Advisory Council of the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives and Co-Chair of the Pain and Palliative Care Special Interest Group of the Association of Oncology Social Workers. 

Alex Ambroz, MD, MPH - Dr. Ambroz is a pain medicine specialist in private practice in West Virginia. He is certified in pain management and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Marshall University. 

Alfred V. Anderson, MD, DC - Medical Director of the Pain Assessment & Rehab Center from 1979 to present; Member of the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice; Diplomate American Academy of Pain Management. 

Frank Andrasik, PhD - Professor of Psychology at the University of West Florida and Senior Research Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. He is a Past President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and the current Editor-in-Chief of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. He is a co-editor, along with M.S. Schwartz, of Biofeedback: A Practitioner’s Guide (3^rd ed.), 2003, Guilford Press. 

Gerald (Jerry) S. Asin, MD - Board certified by American Board of Internal Medicine. Residency at Medical College of Wisconsin. Member Alph Omega, Alpha Honor Society. Private group practice in Phoenix, AZ.

Joseph F. Audette, MA, MD - Earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in 1991 and completed a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York in 1995 and is board certified in PM&R and Pain. While in New York, he was trained in acupuncture in the Tristate School of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture Physician Course and has since studied and worked closely with Kiiko Matsumoto, a recognized Japanese master in acupuncture. He is currently the Director of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospitals’ Outpatient Pain Services in Medford and is the Course Director of the Harvard CME course on Structural Acupuncture for Physicians. He has lectured extensively on topics including Myofascial Pain, Pain Rehabilitation, and Acupuncture. His clinical and research interests include myofascial pain, repetitive strain syndrome, chronic pain and acupuncture.    

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Jane C. Ballantyne, MD, FRCA - Practices long-term opioid treatment for patients with pain due to cancer.   

Jennifer Bearce - Graduated from Purdue University with a BA. She received her MA from Colorado School of Professional Psychology in 2005 where she is currently working on a Doctorate in Psychology.

Robert Alan Bonakdar, MD - Director of Pain Management at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine and University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine (Voluntary). He is the CAM section editor for the 7^th edition of Weiner’s Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Clinicians.   

Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD - Professor of Anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, in Lubbock, TX, and Editor-in-Chief of the Pain Physician. Areas of interest include interventional pain management and clinical pharmacology.

David B. Brushwood, RPh, JD - Professor of Pharmacy Health Care Administration at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. Professor Brushwood’s research interests are in the areas of regulating for outcomes, medication error prevention, and pain management policy. He was twice selected as a Mayday Scholar in Pain Policy by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. 

Frankie L. Burget, OTR, RMT/MI, CNDT, FACW - National Board Certified Registered and Licensed Occupational Therapist in the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex for 22 years. She is also a Registered Massage Therapist and Instructor. 

Jan M. Burte, PhD, MSPP, DAAPM - Executive Director of Milton H. Erickson Institute of Southeastern Florida, Adjunct Professor Nova Southeastern University, Post Doctoral Masters Clinical Psychopharmacology, Diplomate AAPM, ASCH Certified in Hypnosis, Author of over 20 articles and book chapters on hypnosis and/or pain management. Private practice in Boca Raton, Florida.  

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Alexandra Campbell, PhD - A Clinical Psychologist, she is Director of the American Academy of Pain Management’s Pain Program Accreditation and Outcomes Measurement Projects.      

Myra J. Christopher, BS - President and CEO of the Center for Practical Bioethics in Kansas City, MO, whose mission is to raise and respond to ethical issues in health and health care.    

Yvette Colón, PhD, MSW - Director of Education and Internet Services at the American Pain Foundation, where she oversees the Consumer Pain information Center, APF’s website and PainAid, APF’s online support community. She has published and lectured extensively on pain management, psychosocial oncology and technology-based healthcare services. 

Margaret (Peggy) Compton, RN, PhD - Associate Professor at the UCLA School of Nursing in the Acute Care Section. Dr. Compton consults, gives invited lectures and has written multiple publications on pain management for the patient with addictive disease and assessing for addiction in the chronic pain patient.

Richard Cox, MD, PhD, DMin - Developed and instituted two graduate programs for psychology students, both approved by AAPM. He is a section editor and chapter author for AAPM’s Weiner Pain Management textbook.  

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June L. Dahl, PhD - 1957, PhD Physical Chemistry; 1974- present, Professor of Pharmacology, UW School of Medicine; 1980- 1988, Chair, WI Controlled Substances Board. 

Anthony Dekker, DO, FAOAAM -Associate Director, Ambulatory Care and Community Health at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center. Board certified in Family Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. He holds CAQs in Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Sports Medicine, Geriatrics and Addiction Medicine. He is a Fellow in numerous professional societies. Dr. Dekker just completed his tenure as a member of the Board for Society for Adolescent Medicine and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Addiction Medicine and is past President of the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine.

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Roger B. Fillingim, PhD - Associate Professor at the University of Florida. He has an active pain research program investigating individual differences in pain responses. 

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Robert J. Gatchel, PhD, ABPP - Received his BA in Psychology from the Sate University of New York at Stony Brook and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin. Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). Currently the Chair of the Department of Psychology, College of Science, at The University of Texas at Arlington, as well as the Director of Clinical Research at the Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.  

Brian Ginsberg, MD - Board certified in anesthesiology and is a fellow of the faculty of anesthesia (South Africa board equivalent). Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke University and is the Director of Acute Pain Services. Dr. Ginsberg is a member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists and is an active lecturer, author and researcher. He is a leader in the field of acute and postoperative pain management.

James Giordano, PhD, MPhil - Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, is Visiting Scholar of the Hastings Center, NY and is a Visiting Fellow of the John McGovern Center for Health and Humanities at the Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX. Dr. Giordano is bioethics section editor of the American Journal of Pain Management, ethics editor of Practical Pain Management, and neuroscience section editor for the Pain Physician journal. The author of over fifty peer-reviewed publications and editor for four books, his work addresses the philosophical and ethical basis of pain medicine, neurology and psychiatry, and his ongoing research is focused upon the role of serotonin and opioid receptors in nociception and analgesia. Dr. Giordano is the 2004 recipient of the Richard Weiner Award for Pain Management Education.  

David M. Glick, DC - Currently practices in Richmond VA, evaluating patients and lecturing on complicated and chronic neck and back pain. He currently serves on several committees for the American Academy of Pain Management, co-authored the chapter on electrodiagnosis and acted as editor for the Common Pain Syndromes for the 7th Edition of Weiner's Textbook of Pain Management.   

Doug Gourlay MD, FRCPC< FASAM - An anesthesiologist specializing in the assessment and management of pain and addictive disorders. He holds clinical appointments at several Toronto teaching hospitals. Dr. Gourlay is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s Expert Advisory Committee on Methadone. Certified with the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and is the current co-chairman of the Opioid Agonist Committee.

Carmen R. Green, MD - Received a BS in Biology from the University of Michigan (UM), MD from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and did both a residency (Anesthesiology) and a fellowship (Pain Management) at the UM. She was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society, completed fellowships at the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Health Services Research Institute and National Institute of Aging’s Summer Aging Research Institute. Her research examines 1) the role of race, ethnicity, age, gender, and social stratification on pain management health outcomes and 2) physician variability in pan management. Currently an Associate Professor, Dr. Green was the first African American to receive tenure in Anesthesiology at UM. She is Attending Physician in the UM Pain Center, Medical Director for Acute Pain Services, and the founding chair for the American Pain Society’s Special Interest Group for Pain and Disparities. She is on the editorial board for several pain journals and has received many honors for her work. Dr. Green was an Inaugural Mayday Pain and Society fellow. 

Gerald Q. Greenfield, Jr., MD, FACS - Board certified in orthopaedic surgery and has subspecialty training in spinal surgery and non-surgical spinal care.

Berit Gundersen, PharmD - Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Director of PreHealth Programs at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.

Kelly Gustafson, MA - A doctoral student at Colorado School of Professional Psychology specializing in Health Psychology and Pain Management. She is a student therapist at Switzer Community Counseling Center and a co-facilitator of a psychoeducation pain management group.

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Keri Hirsch, BA - Marketing/Sales Executive at Work Loss Data Institute. Her marketing experience includes 10 years in wellness, computer technology, and workplace health/productivity publications. She graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder B.A. Sociology. 

Linda C. Nadia Hole, MD - Has served as a contributing author for complementary medicine textbooks, past president of CSHMS, an ordained minister/healer, physician for Peace and facilitator for Dolphin Qi Hawaii Healing Retreats for health professionals.

Kristen Hoover - Receive a MA in elementary education from the University of Phoenix and a MA in psychology from the Colorado School of Professional Psychology, where she is working toward a PsyD.

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Jay Jacobson, MD - Professor of Internal Medicine at University of Utah School of Medicine where he leads a multidisciplinary Division of Medical Ethics. He also led Utah’s Partnership to Improve End of Life Care. 

Jeffrey W. Janata, PhD - Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Reproductive Biology at Case School of Medicine, where he is Director of the Behavioral Medicine Program and Co-PI of the 4PCP Trial. 

Gary W. Jay, MD, DAAPM, FAAPM - Former President of the Florida Academy of Pain Management and one of the original founders of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Dr. Jay is the 2006 recipient of the Janet Travell Pain Management Clinical Award. He has published two textbooks (the third is in press-hopefully out at the conference) and over 50 textbook chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles and monographs. He is a frequent lecturer on headache and pain. 

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Harvey (Heshie) Klein, MD, BSME, DAAPM - Dr. Klein has been treating pain for over 20 years as Director of The Pain Therapy Center® in Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of Tufts Medical School and Brooklyn Polytech, he is an orthopedic surgeon as well as a mechanical engineer. As an inventor, he holds 4 patents in the field of surgical instrumentation. Dr. Klein has manufactured parts for the Lunar Module (LEM) that are sitting on the moon right now. His engineering understanding of structures in the body offer a unique, effective approach to diagnosing and treating pain. 

William H. Kole, MD - Graduate from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI. University of Michigan Anesthesiology Residency and Pain Fellowship.

Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OT/L, FAOTA, DAAPM - Professor, Occupational Therapy, Public Health and Law, Nova Southeastern University; Past-President, AOTA, Private law practice, Miami. Author books, chapters and journal articles. 

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David C. Leopold, MD, DABFM, DAAPM - Director of Integrative Medical Education at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. He practices Integrative Pain Management and Integrative Health and Wellness Medicine at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. He is an Associate Fellow at the University of Arizona, Program in Integrative Medicine, where he is a Bravewell Scholar of Integrative Medicine.  

Felix S. Linetsky, MD - Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of South Florida. For the past 15 years, he has lectured extensively at numerous conventions and published 9 Journal articles and 6 textbook chapters on RIT.  

Michael W. Loes, MD, MD(H) - Director of the Arizona Pain Institute and clinically affiliated with SW Pain Management in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Loes is certified by boards or examinations in Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Homeopathy, Hypnosis, Acupuncture and Functional Medicine. He is the Author of The Healing Response. 

Joyce H. Lowinson, MD - For more than 30 years has been actively engaged in pain treatment. Dr. Lowinson is on the International Certification Advisory Committee of the American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders. She is current Trustee of the Institute for Cancer Prevention. She is also the Medical Co-Chair of the Conferences of Pain Management and Chemical Dependency.

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Rick Marinelli, ND, MAcOM - Naturopathic physician and acupuncturist and the Director of the Natural Medicine Clinic in Portland, Oregon. He is the Chair of the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Examiners and President-Elect of the AAPM. 

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Linda L. Norton, PharmD - Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and an Assistant Dean at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Science at University of the Pacific. She has been active in the American Academy of Pain Management since 1994. 

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John Peppin, DO, FACP - Boarded in IMED, Hospice and Pain, extensive research and publication background, spoken on pain, hospice and bioethics around the country and Canada. 

Michael K. Perry, CRNA, PhD, DAAPM - Pain Management Specialist in private practice with offices in Omaha and Fremont, Nebraska. 

Marguerite R. Poreda, MD - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at University of South Florida. As a former anesthesiologist, she has a special interest in treating patients with chronic pain and psychiatric co-morbidity. 

Robert Prince, MD - Board Certified anesthesiologist and ABA Board Certified Pain Specialist in private practice in Virginia and Maryland, and has been in practice for 15 years. He did his residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and has taught interventional pain techniques nationally and internationally.

Andrew Putnam, MD - Director of the Palliative Care Program at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC. He specializes in clinical cancer pain management and palliative care across different diseases.

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Carla Rodgers, MD - Independent Supervision of Residents in Forensic Psychiatry; Lecturer in Forensics and History of Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. 

Thomas J. Romano, MD, PhD - Rheumatologist in private practice in Martins Ferry, OH. He serves as a member of the editorial staff of the Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, where he also has a regular column on Nonarticular rheumatism. He is a member of the Board of Advisors and Board of Directors of the AAPM and serves as Chairman of its Examination Committee. 

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Michael E. Schatman, PhD - Has practiced as a clinical psychologist in pain management for over 20 years. He is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and presented papers on pain management and medical bioethics, and is the editor of the soon-to-be-released textbook, Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management. Dr. Schatman is currently in consulting practice in Redmond, VA.   

William K. Schmidt, PhD - Dr. Schmidt is head of NorthStar Consulting, LLC, which specializes in providing advice on preclinical and clinical studies of novel analgesic drugs. Previous appointments include VP, Clinical Research (Renovis), VP, Scientific Affairs, (Adolor), and Principal Research Scientists (DuPont Merck).

Jennifer Schneider, MD, PhD - Practices addiction medicine and pain management in Tucson, AZ. She is certified in Internal Medicine, and Pain Management and is the author of Living with Chronic Pain.   

Patricia C. Schniedwind, JD, MA - Graduated from the University of Illinois Law School. She is currently working on a PsyD degree at the Colorado School of Professional Psychology where she received a MA in 2005.

Sidney H. Schnoll, MD, PhD - Vice President for Risk Management at Pinney Associates, Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia and Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University. 

Thomas Schultz, CRNA - Practicing anesthesia and pain management in Glasgow, MT. He will receive his PhD in Pain Management from the University of Integrated Studies in 2006. He graduated from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota/Abbot Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN with a Masters in Nurse Anesthesia in 1992. He has been formally practicing interventional pain management since 2001.  

Gabriel E. Sella, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD - Has been involved in the practice of clinical pain management for over 18 years. He has written over 80 peer reviewed articles on the subject and 12 textbooks. He participated with chapter writing in several textbooks on the subject of pain. Dr. Sella has given more than 180 international Conferences and seminars on the subject of soft tissue injury and pain management.

Mark Spanos, CMTPT - Board Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist. Co-founder of the Center for Pain Treatment in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as treating patients, lectures and teaching therapeutic exercise classes.

Brendan C. Stack, DDS, MS - A university trained orthodontist who has limited his practice to orthodontics, Craniofacial Pain and TMJ Disorders for the past 40 years. Having graduated from Georgetown University, he was also the Tufts’ University (Boston) 2003 recipient of their “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his years of contribution to the field of Craniofacial Pain.

Steven Stanos, DO - Clinical instructor at the Northwestern University Medical School, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Medical Director at the Chronic Pain Center, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Dr. Stanos is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, as well as a diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with subspecialty certification in pain. Co-Chairman of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Task Force and is on the editorial board of Pain News. He has published numerous abstracts and book chapters and is an active speaker and researcher for studies focusing on pain.

LeAnne Starr, MA - Received her Masters degree from the Colorado School of Professional Psychology where she is currently working towards her Doctorate in Psychology.

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Dana Ullman, MPH - Has authored nine books and has published 30+ books by his colleagues in homeopathy. He has served on advisory boards of alternative medicine institutes at Harvard and Columbia. 

Jim Ungvarsky, MA, MPA, LMFT - 20+ years experience as a mental health administrator and family therapist in non-profit and community mental health. A faculty member and student of the Colorado School of Professional Psychology, he is interested in sensory integration disorder and pediatric pain.

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Ariana Vora, MD - Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. She serves on the clinical staff of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Vora is a medical acupuncturist and is currently studying yoga and Ayurveda. 

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Thomas N. Watson, PT, DPT, MEd, DAAPM - Has an extensive background in orthopedic physical therapy and pain management. He wrote chapter 19 on Physical Therapy and Pain Management in the 7^th Edition of Weiner’s Pain Management. 

Alan Witkower, EdD, CGP - Assistant Director of the Outpatient Pain Service at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, MA. He is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry (Psychology) at Harvard Medical School and a Clinical Associate at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

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Tony Yancey, MLS - Has worked as a medical librarian for over ten years. She has been educating health professionals about the products and services of the National Library of Medicine by conducting training sessions throughout the Southeastern United States and exhibiting at meetings of health care professionals.