Dr. Al-Kaisy is currently the Clinical Lead of the Pain Management and Neuromodulation Centre at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS trust. He trained in Chronic Pain Medicine at The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool. He has a fellowship in Chronic Pain Management at the University of Toronto Hospital, Canada. Dr. Al-Kaisy has an international reputation as a leading expert in Pain Management and has extensive experience in working toward the advancement of electrical neuromodulation techniques within this specialty. Dr. Al-Kaisy led the first multicenter and multinational study on the safety and efficacy of 10kHz SCS in the management of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS). He has subsequently clinically pioneered the use of this novel therapy in the management of different chronic pain conditions including the feasibility study on chronic back patients without prior surgery. He has successfully designed groundbreaking research including a randomized double-blind placebo control study examining different frequencies in the management of FBSS. He is the innovator of a number of techniques including transgrade dorsal root ganglion stimulation using monopolar electrical stimulation. Dr. Al-Kaisy continues to teach and lecture on essential and pioneering topics in pain management in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He is the chair of the biannual London Spine Pain Symposium at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital.

Neurosurgeon member of the Neurosurgical Brazilian Society

Board certified by the Brazilian Medical Association in Pain Medicine

Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice by the World Institute of Pain – Budapest 2016

Coordinator of the Pain Master Postgraduate Course at Sinpain – Campinas Brazil

Faculty at the World Institute of Pain Integrated Workshop – FIPP & CIPS exam

Examiner for the FIPP examination

“INSTITUTION

Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, University of Guadalajara

MAIN AREA OF INTEREST

Palliative Medicine and Pain Medicine

CURRENT POSITION

Full Professor of the Specialty of Palliative Medicine and Pain, University of Guadalajara. Coordinator of the Hospital Team of Palliative Care and Pain, Hospital General de Occidente, consolidated program by PNPC of CONACYT

RESEARCH WORK. Books and Chapters (AUTHOR)

Author of the Chapter: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Book of Pain Management Ed. Salvat. Dr. J. A. Aldrete 1997.

Author of the Chapter; Third Month Syndrome. Aldrete JA. Tratado de Angiología:

Author Chapter: Sistematización de la práctica profesional de Trabajo Social en Clínica del Dolor. Ed Salvat. Dr. J.A Aldrete

Author of the Chapter; Peri-operative Pain Management. Peri-operative Management. Zambrano V Ed JHG 1997

Author of the book Dolor y Paliación “Recursos en la Medicina Actual”. February 2001, Editorial Cuellar.

Author of “Manual práctico del Manejo del Dolor” ISBN in process 2004

Author of the Chapter: Medicina Tradicional y Dolor. Ed Edimplas; 1997

Author of the Chapter Fibromyalgia. 50 years of Tradol in Mexico. Editorial Edimplas, 2005

PUBLICATIONS:

1.- Effect of Halothane and enfluorane on plasma Beta-endorphins in patients with emergency surgery. Anesthesia in Mexico. 1987

2.- Effect of Enfluorane on plasma beta-endorphin in emergency surgery patients.

Douglas P. Beall, MD, is board-certified in Diagnostic Radiology, has an added fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology, is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management, and is a Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology and Interventional Pain Practice and board-certified by the World Institute of Pain. He is currently in private practice focused on interventional pain management and minimally invasive surgical procedures.

• Head of the Pain Management Department of Hospital Primavera in Aracaju – Sergipe.
• Pain Certified by Brazilian Medical Society (AMB).
• Former Pain Intervention fellow at Akdeniz University- Antalya/Turkey
• Former fellow Sint-Jan Hospital – Brugge/Belgium.
• Pain Management Specialization at Singular – Campinas /São Paulo and APM – Goiânia/ Goiás – Brazil
• FIPP / CIPS

Medical Surgeon Universidad de Chile,

Magister in Anesthesiology Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,

Magister in Public Health Universidad de Chile,

Master in Palliative Care Universidad de Valladolid Spain,

Fellow Interventionalist in Pain FIPP, United States.

Staff Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit Hospital del Salvador, Interventional Pain Interconsultant Clínica Davila, Clínica Santa Maria and FALP.”

Dr. Kenneth Chapman is the director of pain management at Staten Island University Hospital, part of the Northwell Health System, and is an assistant clinical professor at NYU Langone Medical Center. He completed his Interventional Pain Management Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, and his Anesthesiology residency at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, New York.
Dr. Chapman directs the fellowship program at the Spine and Pain Institute of NY and is actively involved in teaching and lecturing both nationally and internationally. Dr. Chapman also frequently serves as a pain management Board Examiner for certification on the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice Pain Boards. He has won numerous peer validated awards including ‘America’s Best Anesthesiologists’ and ‘Most Compassionate Doctors,’ and was one of the youngest physicians to ever be named as both a NY Times ‘Super Doctor’ and NY Magazine ‘Top Doctor’ when he first received the recognition in 2014. While at the Cleveland Clinic Dr. Chapman also received the “Ethlene R. Smith’s Most Outstanding Fellow” award. He is Vice President of the NYS Interventional Pain Society and on the advisory board to the NYS Worker’s Compensation Board responsible for writing the NYS Worker’s Compensation Guidelines, which all injured workers in the state are treated by.
Dr. Chapman’s interests include translational research pertaining to spinal cord stimulation and dorsal root ganglion stimulation mechanism of action, and studies involving the use of DRG-S to treat conditions traditionally considered to be mechanical pain syndromes.

George C. Chang Chien is a physiatrist specializing in interventional pain management with a focus on musculoskeletal medicine and regenerative medicine. He has practices in Southern California and can be reached at www.GCCInstitute.org

“DOCTOR IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY: UNIVERSITY OF GUAYAQUIL 1998
SPECIALIST IN ANESTHESIOLOGY AND RESUSCITATION: UNIVERSITY OF GUAYAQUIL 2003
SUBSPECIALIST IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY ANESTHESIA: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL 2015
SUBSPECIALIST IN PAIN MEDICINE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES / PAIN FOUNDATION OF BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA INCORPORATION DECEMBER 2012
POSTGRADUATE IN INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR REFRACTORY PAIN: UNIVERSITY OF LA PLATA – ARGENTINA INCORPORATION JULY 6, 2019.
FIPP (FELLOW OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PRACTICE) FEBRUARY 17, 2020.
ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ECUADORIAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY
ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ECUADORIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY AND TREATMENT OF PAIN.
INSTRUCTOR OF THE EPM (ESSENTIAL PAIN MANAGEMENT) WORKSHOP, ECUADOR CHAPTER
LECTURER OF THE CHAIR OF PRACTICAL ANESTHESIOLOGY AND TUTORING AT THE UEES MEDICAL SCHOOL.
PROFESSOR OF THE CHAIR OF ALGOLOGY OF THE POSTGRADUATE COURSE OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST SPECIALIZED CENTER FOR PAIN TREATMENT CETDOL IN GUAYAQUIL”.

Miles R. Day, MD (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock). Dr. Day is the medical director of The Pain Center at Grace Clinic, pain fellowship program director at Texas Tech, and the Traweek-Racz Endowed Professor in Pain Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology with subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine. He also serves as an examiner for the World Institute of Pain. Previously, he served as the director and associate professor at the Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He serves on the editorial boards of Pain Practice and Pain Physician. He is the past-president of the Texas Pain Society and past-chair of the Board of Examination for the World Institute of Pain. Dr. Day received his medical degree from Texas A&M University Health Science Center in College Station and completed his general surgery internship at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He completed his anesthesiology residency and pain fellowship at Texas Tech as well. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters in well-known publications. He has educated physicians globally to further the specialty of interventional pain medicine.

Pain Physician, Anesthesiologist  and Palliative Care.

Scientific Director of the Brazilian Society for Pain Studies – SBED (2022-3).

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Scientific Director of Sinpain S.A.

Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice by WIP (World Institute of Pain), FIPP.

Chief Editor of the Oncologic Pain Treaty, Editora Atheneu.

Professor of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Care – Faculty of Medicine – Federal University of Alfenas.

Palliative Medicine Master Continuing Care. Support treatment and palliative care University of Catalonia, Spain.

Regional Anesthesia, Acute Pain, Cancer Pain Interventional Management at Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal Qc, Canada.

Certified by the World Institute of Pain (WIP) as a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice.

Staff of Medical Specialists of the Aranda de la Parra Hospital.

AMETD Board of Directors 2020-2022

Y 2022-2024

Member of the Mexican Society of Ultrasound in Pain (SMUD).

Coordinator of courses in Pain Medicine, Palliative Care and Interventionism in Pain certified by the University of Guanajuato.

National and international publications in acute postoperative, chronic and oncologic pain management, as well as regional anesthesia and pain interventionism”.

Dr. Deer is the world leader in research, product development, and education in the practice of Interventional Spine and Pain treatment. He is the President and CEO of The Spine and Nerve Centers of the Virginias. He is also a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Dr. Deer has been a leader in the field of interventional techniques and neuromodulation for more than two decades. His enduring research career has included many pivotal studies to achieve FDA approval and many “first in human” approved devices. Dr. Deer has provided cadaver-based training to over 3000 physicians in novel methods of pain relief to improve function and relieve suffering. His work has led to more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters, and many classic textbooks. Dr. Deer has held many national and international society positions including his current roles as the Chairman of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, Past President of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS), and President Emeritus of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (WVSIPP). He is the Past Chairman of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee of Pain Medicine and a Charter Member of the West Virginia Controlled Substance Monitoring Program and has been involved in the peer review process to improve the quality of research in the international arena. In addition to his many endeavors in Medicine, Dr. Deer is an accomplished endurance athlete., with accolades including winning the Ultrarunning World Masters Championship in the Badwater 135-mile run in 2021 and competing in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii on many occasions. Dr. Deer is blessed with a more than 30-year marriage to his wife, Melissa, and has four children.

A double board-certified interventional pain and spine specialist and anesthesiologist, Dr. Didier Demesmin is a leader in treating the full spectrum of various joint and spinal disorders with the most advanced and novel therapies. Dr. Demesmin serves as an expert consultant on emerging technologies in healthcare and is involved in ongoing clinical research to remain at the forefront of medicine. He is an associate program director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship program at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute and director of the Pain Medicine Department at Saint Peters University Hospital in New Jersey. He is also an assistant professor at Rutgers RWJ Medical School and has both lectured on and taught minimally invasive surgical procedures nationally and internationally, including as a faculty member for the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience and the Latin American Pain Society. He has written numerous chapters and peer reviewed journal articles focusing on minimally invasive pain procedures, which have been featured in several textbooks and peer reviewed medical journals widely employed by pain physicians worldwide.

MEDICAL TRAINING: Rutgers RWJ Medical School (MD); SUNY Downstate Medical Center (residency); Columbia University/St. Luke’s–Roosevelt Medical Center (fellowship).

Fabricio Assis, MD, FIPP is one of the founders of the Brazilian Society of interventional Pain Physicians (SOBRAMID) and its first president from 2013 to 2015. Dr. Assis is involved in lots of educational projects and had trained physicians in interventional pain all over the world in the last 20 years. Twelve years ago, he started a very successful training program in Interventional Pain in Brazil, where physicians from all over the country and neighboring ones from Latin America come once a month a year. This project was replicated in Budapest in 2017 and named Pain School International. Dr. Assis is also one of the directors of the WIP Workshop in Florida. Just founded in 2022, Dr. Assis is the first president of the Latin American Pain Society (LAPS). Dr. Assis became a certified pain specialist at the Universidad de Barcelona, Spain, in 1998. Since that he began his work in interventional pain management and focused his work mainly on chronic pain patients, performing all kinds of procedures. He had participated in courses and traineeships in Hungary, England, Turkey, the Netherlands, the US, and several other countries. In 2007 he became a WIP-certified Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP). Today Dr. Assis works at Singular – Pain Management Center, an EPP (Excellence in Pain Practice) Center in Campinas, SP, and is a member of the pain team at Hospital Sao Luiz Itaim, Sao Luiz Morumbi e Vila Nova Star and the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, all in São Paulo.

“Surgeon, Anesthesiologist, Specialist in Pain and Palliative Care and Interventionism in Chronic Pain, Acute Pain and Palliative Interventionism with more than 10 years of experience.

Physician and surgeon. El Bosque University. Bogota. Colombia
Special Rotation Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center. Boston MA. USA. 2007
Anesthesiology and Resuscitation. Simon Bolivar Hospital. Universidad El Bosque 2012
Fellow Pain and Palliative Care. Santa Fe Foundation of Bogota. El Bosque University. 2013
Member Colombian Society of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation SCARE
Member WIP World Institute of Pain
Member LAPS

FIPP 2020 Miami. FL, USA. Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice. Certification as a specialist in interventionalism with fluoroscopic guidance in pain before WIP
CIPS 2022. Budapest. Hungary certified interventional Pain Sonologist. Certified interventional pain specialist with ultrasound guidance in pain before WIP
Associate professor postgraduate Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia”.

Dr. Díez Tafur did his Pain Medicine Fellowship at McGill University. Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit- Montreal General Hospital, Canada. He is Certified by the World Institute of Pain (WIP) with both, FIPP and CIPS certifications and has an MSc degree in Pain Study and Treatment from Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain. He is a BOARD Certified Physiatrist with an Expert Diploma in MSK Ultrasound trained at Severo Ochoa University Hospital in Madrid, Spain. Born and raised in Lima, Perú. Dr. Díez Tafur moved back to Lima in 2018 aiming to provide high standards of care for pain-suffering patients and educate in this field. He is currently leading a private hospital’s pain service and is the Medical Director of two private pain centers in Lima, Peru.

Dr. Sudhir Diwan, nationally and internationally recognized as a key opinion leader in the field of pain management, is the President, Park Avenue Spine and Pain, New York, Associate Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. Dr. Diwan was the former Director of the Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship Program and Division of Pain Medicine at Ivy League Weill Medical College of Cornell University for more than a decade, where he also served as associate professor of clinical anesthesiology, and on the faculty at the world-renowned New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Diwan has published extensively in prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals and medical books on a variety of pain management topics. He is on the Editorial Board for the Pain Physician – an official journal of the American Society of Pain Physicians (ASIPP) since 2008, and Pain Practice – official journal of the World Institute of Pain (WIP) since 2009. He was invited as Guest Editor for the Journal of Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management 2009. Dr. Diwan is the Examiner for the Certification Board for American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP) and Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) offered by the World Institute of Pain. Dr. Diwan is Co-Editor of Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity, Vol 2, Timothy Deer, Series Editor, Elsevier-Saunders 2012, and Co-Editor for Diwan-Staats’s Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures, McGraw Hill Education 2015, and Advanced Procedures for Pain Management, A step-by-step Atlas, Springer US, 2018.

In addition to his busy pain management practice in New York City, Dr. Diwan lectures extensively and interacts regularly with experts in the field of pain medicine nationally and internationally.  He has been guest speaker for many noteworthy organizations including the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), and State Societies Pain Meetings, the World Institute of Pain, NANS, INS, and numerous International pain specialty societies and congresses nationally and internationally. Currently, he is Executive Director of NYSIPP and Course Chairman of the Annual NYSIPP/NJSIPP Pain Medicine Symposium, and President of ASIPP.

Brazilian doctor, registered with CREMERJ: 52.46874-4 and CREMESP: 197670.

Anesthesiologist with a specialization in Pain Management (CAAD – AMB/SBA).

MBA in Health Management from FGV.

Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice – FIPP/WIP.

Founding member of LAPS and member of the Radiofrequency/Cryoneurolysis Committee.

Director of Relationships and Coordinator of the OrthoDor course at sinpain College.

Former President of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain (SBED) 2020/2021.

Former President of the Brazilian Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (SOBRAMID) 2018/2019.

Former President of the Pain Brazil Institute 2022-2024.

Dr.Tiago da Freitas graduated in medicine from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). Medical Residency in Neurosurgery by the Hospital de Base Federal District completed recognized by the MEC and the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery (SBN). Dr.Tiago da Freitas has a specialization in Functional Neurosurgery at Hospital das Clínicas da USP. Specialization in Functional Neurosurgery, pain management and movement disorders, held at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA. He is a Founder and coordinator of the Brasilia Neuromodulation Invasive pain course – INDOR , a course endorsed by INS(INternational Neuromodulation Society), Master in Health Sciences from the University of Brasilia(Unb) Doctorate in Health Sciences from the University of Brasília(Unb)Title of area of expertise in pain by the Brazilian Medical Association(AMB) Coordinator of LADOR- Federal District Academic Pain League Coordinator of the pos-graduation pain course from Sirio-Libanes Hospital Former President of the Brazilian Society of Neuromodulation, Brazilian Chapter of INS(International Neuromodulation Society) Midwestern Regional Representative of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain(SBED) Member of the editorial board of Neurotarget issue Fellow Interventional Pain Procedures- World Institute of Pain.

Anesthesiologist and pain specialist with over 20 years of uninterrupted clinical and teaching experience at Fundacion Santa Fe in Bogota, Colombia. Associate Professor at University El Bosque and University of Los Andes in Bogota. Former Director of the Specialization Program in Pain Management and Palliative Care at University El Bosque. Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice at the World Institute of Pain (WIP). President of the Quality in Medical Care Committee at Fundacion Santa Fe in Bogota. Former President and current Treasurer of the Colombian chapter of the World Institute of Pain (WIP), and founding member and current Treasurer of the Latin American Pain Society (LAPS)

Dr. Manuel Herrero is board certified in anesthesiology and pain management. He completed his anesthesia training at Severo Ochoa Hospital, Madrid, and continued his specialization in pain management at Ciudad Real Hospital with his mentor and recognized pain physician, Dr. Joaquin Insausti. He is also certified interventional pain sonologist (CIPS), fellow of interventional pain practice (FIPP) and European diploma in pain medicine (EDPM). Currently working in Madrid at Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda Hospital, and managing the Cancer Pain multidisciplinary Unit at HM Sanchinarro Hospital. He is a regular trainer in his country using fluoroscopy and ultrasound guided minimally invasive interventional pain procedures, and honorary tutor of the Master of Pain treatment by the Rey Juan Carlos University.

“ACADEMIC FORMATION

LICENCIATURA MEDICO CIRUJANO

Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango ( UJED)

584770
SPECIALTY IN ANESTHESIOLOGY

Ced. Prof. 8854318

Centro Medico del Noreste UMAE 25

Universidad de Monterrey (udem) 2011-2014

HIGH SPECIALTY IN ALGOLOGY

Hospital General de México (HGM) “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga”

UNAM, CDMX (2014-2015)

HIGH SPECIALTY IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

Hospital General de México (HGM) “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga”

UNAM, CDMX (2015-2016)

HIGH SPECIALTY IN INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCAN)

UNAM, CDMX (2016-2017)

Master in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound By the University of CARDENAL DE HERRERA in SPAIN.

2021

Currently developing the master in HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION. By IESAP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ADSCRITO MEDICO IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CANCEROLOGY

PAIN CLINIC UNIT 2017- TO DATE

HOSPITAL SAN ANGEL INN UNIVERSITY (MEXICO, DF): ANESTHESIOLOGIST PHYSICIAN – ALGOLOGIST – PALLIATIVE MEDICINE – PAIN INTERVENTIONIST MANAGEMENT

Founding partner of CLINICA ALIVE in the city of MEXICO .

CERTIFICATIONS AND ACADEMICS

Associate Professor of the courses of HIGH SPECIALTY OF ALGOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONAL ALGOLOGY IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CANCEROLOGY FROM 2017 TO DATE.

Associate Professor of the subject of ALGOLOGY in the academic program of the medical career of the UNAM

International certification by the WIP (WORLD INSTITUTE OF PAIN) FIPP, MIAM.

Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D. is a Pain Physician at the Carolinas Pain Institute and Center for Clinical Research. He is also a member of the clinical faculty of Wake Forest University, School of Medicine. Dr. Kapural served as a Professor of Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University and Wake Forest University over the last 15 years. Dr. Kapural’s interests include spinal cord stimulation, discogenic low back pain, and visceral abdominal and pelvic pain. Dr. Kapural is an active member of a number of professional organizations including the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, North American and International Neuromodulation Societies, and the World Institute of Pain. In addition, he is an invited speaker to many national and international meetings. He served as Director-At-Large of the American Academy of Pain Medicine and International Neuromodulation Society, and currently is the Director-At-Large of the North American Neuromodulation Society. Dr. Kapural’s experience is broad and encompasses teaching and clinical education, extensive research, and innovations in the area of pain treatments which brought him two Innovator Awards. His noteworthy research findings have been published in more than 160 journal articles, more than 200 abstracts, two books, and 35 book chapters. He is listed by his peers in the “Best Doctors in America”.

“Dr. Camila Lobo is from Pará. She graduated in medicine from the State University of Pará, where she received the best student award for her academic performance during the course.
After graduating, she moved to São Paulo where she followed a long road to a solid and excellent education… It was precisely this excellent education, added to her enormous dedication, that made her stand out on the national and international scene.

He did his residency in Anesthesiology at IAMSPE (Hospital do Servidor Público de São Paulo)
After completing this stage, he did his residency in Pain at UNIFESP (Universidade Federal de São Paulo), one of the most respected universities in the country.
He then continued his training with a two-year Fellowship in Pain Intervention at Singular, a world-renowned pain control center and pioneer in bringing minimally invasive treatments to Brazil.
At the end of her lengthy training, she completed a total of 6 years of medical residency, 3 of which were dedicated solely to the study of Pain in order to treat the complexity of a chronic pain patient with excellence.
Her area of expertise is Pain and she holds the International Title of Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS), having been the youngest woman in the world to obtain this title.

Today, she is a member of the Executive Board of LAPS (Latin American Pain Society), the Regional Complex Pain Syndrome Committee of SBDE (Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain) and the Pain Medicine Committee.

Dr Jesus Medina is a Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS) and Former President of Sociedad Mexicana de Ultrasonido en Dolor (SMUD). Dr Medina earned his Medical Degree from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara College of Medicine in Guadalajara, Mexico, and specialized in Anesthesiologist and Pain Management and Palliative Medicine from the University of Guadalajara (CUCS). He’s been dedicated to his practice for more than 10 years, and opt for non-surgical treatments, when indicated, before considering the option of surgery.

“Born in Puerto Rico. He studied medicine at the University of Navarra Pamplona Spain. He did his training in Anesthesia at the Medical Sciences Campus of the School of Medicine of Puerto Rico which he completed in 1980. He is dedicated to pain since 1980. Obtained his FIPP in 2005. Participates with the WIP since then.

CEO of the Academy of Pain of Puerto Rico

Medical Director of Advance Pain Management and Rehabilitation Institute from 2004 to present

“

“Professor of Interventional Algology (Universidad Militar, Universidad Sabana, Universidad Sanitas) at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Socia

”

Dr. Annu Navani is the Chief Medical Officer of Boomerang Healthcare, the leader in interventional and multidisciplinary spine, musculoskeletal, and orthopedic care. Boomerang is a large multispecialty group practice with 350 medical providers that operates via multiple state of the art centers in Northern and Southern California and Nevada.

Dr. Navani is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Division of Pain, Stanford University School of Medicine. She also serves as an Advisor to Le Reve Regenerative Wellness, the center for cutting edge restorative and regenerative solutions for clinical applications and research.

Dr. Navani completed her Anesthesiology residency from Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Fellowship in Pain Medicine from the University of California, Davis. She is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine by American Board of Anesthesiology, in Interventional Pain by American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians, Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice and in Regenerative Medicine by American Board of Regenerative Medicine and American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians.

She sits on the Editorial board of the journal, Pain Physician and serves on the board of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. She is the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Association of Interventional Pain Physicians, The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and The Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology.

She has extensive publications in the field of Interventional spine and Regenerative medicine and has contributed via several peer reviewed journal articles, visionary editorials and book chapters. Her book, “Essentials of Regenerative Medicine” is first in its right illustrating latest interventional techniques in spine and musculoskeletal interventions. She has also been instrumental in authoring several National Guidelines including the ones on Opioids, Interventional Spine Epidural procedures, Facet joints, and Biologics in Lumbar spine.

Her vision is to forward the field of Interventional Pain and Regenerative Medicine by using technological innovations to improve access, decrease health care costs and maximize quality and efficacy.

“NAME AND SURNAME: JUAN PABLO PALADINO

AGE: 45 YEARS OLD

NATIONALITY: ARGENTINA

PLACE OF BIRTH: APÓSTOLES MISIONES, ARGENTINA.

PLACE OF RESIDENCE: GENERAL VILLEGAS, PROV BS AS

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

MEDICAL ANESTHESIOLOGIST.

FORMER FELLOW AT JUAN PABLO GARRAHAM HOSPITAL.

EXPERT IN PAIN TREATMENT AND PALLIATIVE CARE.

FELLOW INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PRACTICE (FIPP) WIP.

INSTRUCTOR OF INTERVENTIONALISM.

LECTURER CLASA 2022, SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, BOLIVIA. DISCOGENIC PAIN.

DIRECTOR OF CENTRO MEDICO VILLEGAS, PROV BS AS.

DIRECTOR OF CLINICA MODELO DE GENERAL VILLEGAS, PROV BS AS.

”

“Anesthesiologist with AMB-SBA Area of Practice in Pain
Member of NeuPSIG IASP
RESPONSIBLE DOCTOR OF THE PAULISTA PAIN CENTER
CHIEF EDITOR OF THE NEUROPATHIC PAIN TREATISE
Professor of Postgraduate Pain and Interventional Medicine HIAE
COORDINATOR OF THE SBED CANABINOID COMMITTEE (2022-23)”

Prof. Plancarte, trained in Anesthesiology and intensive care, to later specialize in interventional pain management. He founded the Pain Clinic of the National Institute of Cancerology in Mexico and has been the creator of 5 original techniques in interventional pain management, which are already part of the armamentary of interventional cancer pain treatment. He is a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has a Doctorate in Medicine research and is a member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico.

Carlos Eduardo Restrepo-Garces MD FIPP is a Colombian Anesthetist & Pain Physician. He did his MD and Anesthesia training in Colombia and his Fellowship on Chronic Pain in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre at the University of Toronto. He is also a FIPP graduate from the WIP.

He is currently an Associate Professor of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín Colombia, Director of the Pain Relief Unit at UROGINE/QQ, Liaison for the ASRA Newsletter, Director of the Research Committee of the Latin American Pain Society and Co Chair of the Latin American Academy of Ultrasound. His Clinical interest includes US for pelvic pain procedures, Intravenous infusions, Headache and Interventional Cancer Pain and tools for Education in Pain Management, specially interventional pain relief.

– General medicine

(University Autonomus of Coahuila)

– Anesthesiology

(University of Monterrey)

– Pain Management and Palliative Care

(National Institute of Cancerology, Mexico)

– Interventional Pain Management

(National Institute of Cancerology Mexico)

-Master of Medical Sciences.

– Fellow Interventional Pain (FIPP) Practice by World Institute of Pain.

-Degree of Pain Ambassador

(International speaker on pain issues by the

pharmaceutical industry)

– Founder and Director of the Specialized Center for Comprehensive Pain Management (CEMID) Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

– Chief of Acute Pain Unit in Christus Muguerza Hospital.

-Member of the group of examiners for the FIPP certification of the World Institute of Pain

-Author and co-author of 20 articles and

chapters of books.

-Actual President of SMUD Mexican Society of

Ultrasound in Pain 2023-2025

Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine specialist from Costa Rica. Centro Oncologico Costarricense, Hospital de Trauma. With multiple articles and book chapters on issues of pain and regional anesthesia. Invited to numerous conferences for workshops and presentations.

Anestesiologo especialista en Algologia y Manejo intervencionista del dolor en Costa Rica. Centro Oncologico Costarricense, Hospital de Trauma. Con multiples articulos y capitulos de libro en temas de dolor y anestesia regional. Invitado en multiples congresos para talleres y ponencias.

“Title and Specialty:

Medical Doctor (UMSA), La Paz, Bolivia.
Specialist in Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain (Chief Resident), Hospital Obrero CNS, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Specialization in Pain at:

Pain Unit of the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid), Spain.
Pain Unit of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital (Madrid), Spain.
Pain Unit of the Santa Creu Isant Pau Hospital (Barcelona), Spain.
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca (Salamanca), Spain.
Training Interdisciplinary Pain Management and in Radiofrequency Techniques, Boston Pain Care Center, (Boston), USA.

Postgraduate Degrees in Pain:

Master in Study and Treatment of Pain (University of Salamanca, Spain).
Postgraduate in Interventional Techniques for Refractory Pain (National University of La Plata – CAIDBA), Argentina.

International Certifications in Interventional Pain Management:

Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice – FIPP N°1265 (World Institute of Pain, USA).

Accredited Physician in Interventional Pain Techniques – MATID N°24 (ALMID FEDELAT CENIT Foundation, University of Panama).

Assistance Positions:

Director of Aliviar, Specialized Center for the Treatment of Pain.
Pain Medicine, Foianini Clinic.
Pain Medicine, Clínica de Las Américas.

Institutional Positions:

Directive Member of the Bolivian Society of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain (SBARD) – Santa Cruz Branch.
President of the Bolivian Pain Association (ABD) Santa Cruz Branch.
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Interventional pain management professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey and University of Guadalajara. Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice FIPP and Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist CIPS.

Physician, Specialist in Anesthesia, Specialist in Pain and Palliative Care, Master in Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia, Master in Bioethics with a laureate mention for her thesis “Bioethical Principles for the therapeutic use of Cannabis, a proposal based on the ethics of Cordial Reason”. More than 20 years of clinical experience and five years of experience in the medical use of cannabis.

Dr Thais K. Vanetti is a Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice. She`s a Medical anesthesiologist specialized in Pain Treatment by the Brazilian Medical Association. Dr Thais is also an Assistant physician at Singular Pain Management Center in Campinas, Brazil and works at Hospital 22 de Outubro in Mogi Mirim in Sao Paulo.

Dr. Juan Felipe Vargas Silva obtained his degree in Medicine and Surgery at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellin, Colombia. Later he obtained his degree in Anesthesiology at CES University in the same city. Afterwards, he did a Fellowship in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Universidad El Bosque/Fundación Santa Fe, in Bogotá, Colombia. He has done clinical practice at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Spain) and the General Hospital of Montreal (Canada). Currently, he is a subspecialist in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at the Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital in Medellin, Colombia. He is an associate professor of the subspecialty of Pain Medicine at the Universidad de Antioquia and Universidad El Bosque. His main interest has been in the applications of ultrasound in pain medicine, where he has published several articles in national and international journals and books and has been an organizer and lecturer at multiple conferences and workshops, with emphasis on ultrasound applied to anesthesia, regional anesthesia, perioperative medicine and pain.