WIP Newsletter

Promoting global excellence in pain practice since 1993

Global Networking at its Finest

Richard Rauck

The evolution of WIP has been and continues to be a remarkable journey

for all who have been a part of the organization from its beginnings in
the mid-1980s to those who have more recently chosen to become part of
the WIP network. We have done many good things, bringing forward the
voice of pain for the practitioner and for the patient. The emphasis of our
society, the education and certification of pain physicians, requires the
dedication of hundreds of volunteer physicians who are constantly doing
their part to further scientific knowledge. This is accomplished, in part,
through WIPs platform of world congresses, regional symposia, practical
workshops, and the WIP journal of Pain Practice.
Today, WIP acknowledges a new milestone: the affiliation with the
American Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography to develop a certification examination for pain physicians who seek added qualifications
in ultrasonography. The first examination, which will convey to qualified
and successful candidates the credential of, Certified Interventional Pain
Sonologist (CIPS), will be hosted by the WIP Benelux Section, with a
preparatory workshop, in Lanaken, Belgium June 4-6, 2015.
WIP will experience another first next month, a dual-language practical
workshop and FIPP examination, conducted in English and Spanish, at
the Miami Anatomical Research Center in Miami, Florida, November 1215th. Details of this activity are included in the current newsletter.
Throughout the pages of this WIP Newsletter you will see resounding
evidence of the importance of our mission. Please pay particular attention
to the calendar of events on the back page and share this schedule with
colleagues.
Our network is completely dependent on YOU, our members and supporters, where collectively we can and do achieve more progress towards
our common aims of better physician education and patient outcomes
management.
As Albert Schweitzer (theologian, musician, philosopher and physician;
1953 Nobel Peace Prize recipient) said, Seek always to do some good,
somewhere...Even if its a little thing, so something for those that need
help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

- Richard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP - WIP President

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WIP Society News

WIP Call for Nominations for Executive Board Term of 2015-2017
Regular (FIPP-certified) Members of WIP are invited to
participate in the recommendation of qualified candidates for
the 2015-2017 term of the Executive Board of WIP. Eligibility
to nominate and be nominated is contingent upon the FIPP
Regular Member being current with his/her membership dues.
Please contact the WIP Secretariat to verify your membership
status or for assistance with renewal of membership.

Open Positions
President-Elect (President, 2017-2019)
Honorary Secretary
Honorary Treasurer
Chair, Board of Sections
Chair, Advisory Board

Current Executive Board Officers and Directors

President: Richard Rauck (becomes Immediate Past President)
President-Elect: Kris Vissers (automatic succession to President)
Honorary Secretary: Charles Gauci*
Honorary Treasurer: Ira Fox*
Chair, Board of Sections: Magdi Iskander*
Chair, Advisory Board: Andrea Trescot*
* None of these incumbents are eligible for re-election
to the same position, but are eligible for nomination to
another position.

The full Call for Nominations instructions and form for use with submitting nominations is posted on the WIP website
home page under current events, and has been emailed to all FIPP members in the database. If you did not receive
the email and would like to receive the form via email, please send an email to Dianne Willard.
The Regular (FIPP) Member may self- nominate or nominate another FIPP member. Please nominate only one candidate for each position, and do not nominate the same person for more than one position. Send all nominations using
the nomination form no later than December 8, 2014 via email or FAX to: WIP Secretariat c/o Ms. Dianne Willard,
E-mail: dianne.willard@worldinstituteofpain.org; FAX: 1-336-760-2981. Thank you!

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WIP Society News

WIP Executive Board Grants Section Status to Ireland

The WIP Section of Ireland becomes the 25th Section of WIP, having met (exceeded) the minimum
requirement of five FIPP Members. Approval was granted by the Executive Board at its recent Annual
Meeting in Budapest. Officers for this Section in formation will be elected among the active FIPP Members in Ireland. The Chair will automatically be appointed to the WIP Council effective May 1, 2015 for
the term 2015-2017.
WIP President, Richard Rauck extended congratulations to Ireland on its significant achievement as the
newest section of WIP. This is certainly a real tribute to the hard work of those interventional pain
physicians in Ireland and their dedication to becoming certified as Fellows in Interventional Pain
Practice, said Rauck.
Richard Rauck also congratulated and thanked the UK Section for its help and assistance to the Ireland
Section in supporting their formation and achievement of Section status.
Dr. Rauck added, Of course, now the real work begins. I kindly challenge Ireland to become vibrant and
active as a Section. There is so much work to be done in caring for our chronic pain patients. We have all
been afforded a great opportunity to help those suffering from chronic pain. Let us all work together to
carry the torch forward.

Be a part of WIPs network of pain centers - apply today!

WIP Excellence in Pain Practice Award & Recognition Program

for pain centers www.worldinstituteofpain.org/epp or www.wip-epp.org
Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Pain Practice
BELGIUM

Multidisciplinary Pain Centre of Ziekenhuis-Oost-Limburg Hospital
Genk, Belgium | Director: J. Van Zundert
NETHERLANDS

University Pain Center of Maastricht Academic Hospital
Maastricht, The Netherlands | Director: M. van Kleef
TURKEY

Istanbul Pain Center - Istanbul, Turkey | Director: S. Erdine
USA

Spine Institute Northwest - Bothell, WA, USA | Director: S. Kamson

University of Washington Center for Pain Relief, Seattle, Washington, USA
Multidisciplinary Clinical Pain Practice
ARGENTINA

Centro de Atencin Integral del Dolor - BA, Argentina | Director: JC Flores
BRAZIL

SingularCentro de Controle Da Dor - So Paulo, Brazil | Director: F. Dias Assis
INDIA

DARADIA: The Pain Clinic - West Bengal, India | Director: G. Das
ITALY

IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata
Rionero in Vulture, Italy | Director: P. De Negri
KOREA

Pain Center of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,
Seoul National Univ. Hospital - Seoul, Korea | Director: YC Kim; Chairman: SC Lee
NETHERLANDS

Multidisciplinair Pijncentrum Lievensberg Ziekenhuis
Halsteren, The Netherlands | Director: C.W.J. van Tilburg

SINGAPORE

The Pain Specialist, of Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
Singapore, Singapore | Director: A. Yeo
Multidisciplinary Clinical Pain Practice
SWITZERLAND

Centre de la Douleur Clinique Cecil | Lausanne, Vaud
Switzerland | Director: P. Mavrocordatos
USA

Interventional Pain and Physical Medicine Clinic
Sartell, Minnesota, USA| Director: T. Kowalkowski

Neuro Pain Care - Manhasset, New York, USA | Director: V. Varma

Pain Management Division of the Department of
Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati| Ohio, USA

Pain Physicians NY - New York, NY, USA | Director: L. Reyfman

Utah Center for Pain Mgmt and Research, Inc. DBA Nexus Pain Care Provo, Utah, USA | Director: RM Rosenthal
Clinical Pain Practice
ITALY

Uosd Terapia Antalgica Rome, Italy | Director: G. Colini-Baldeschi
USA

ACME Pain Care Algonquin, Illinois, USA | Director: V. Patel
Clinical Pain Practice Specializing in Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes
AUSTRALIA

Metro Spinal Clinic - Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia
Co-Medical Directors: D. Vivian; B. Mitchell,; and P. Verrills

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FIPP News

WIP and the Board of Examination ANNOUNCE Affiliation

with the American Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography

The World Institute of Pain (WIP) and American Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography
(AAPMU) have reached an important agreement opening the opportunity for physicians to obtain
a certification in interventional pain ultrasonography.
Dr. Michael Gofeld, President of AAPMU stated, Utilization of interventional ultrasound has been exponentially increasing in the last decade allowing pain specialists to implement new methods in diagnosing and treating chronic pain introducing
this radiation-free imaging in procedures that traditionally have been performed with
fluoroscopy. Increased implementation of ultrasound methods has led to developing
a plethora of approaches that are practiced and taught by experts and professional
societies. Numerous interventions have robust evidence background and have been validated versus
alternative imaging methods or against so-called landmark-based techniques. Moreover, randomizedcontrolled studies demonstrated better clinical outcomes when the ultrasound guidance was used.
There is a necessity in evidence-based education in ultrasound accessible to multiple medical specialties. AAPMU has created such program focused on procedural anatomy and technical competencies.
The structural organization include three-step hands-on pathway that allows achieving significant
progress in acquiring theoretical knowledge and practical skills in ultrasound implementation in daily
pain practice. Next logical step is to develop a mechanism of knowledge assessment and certification. The knowledge assessment has already started via Audience Response System, and assessment
of procedural skills will be implemented soon. Given the extensive experience of WIP in conducting
unbiased reputable examination in interventional pain (FIPP), AAPMU leadership requested WIP
Executive and Examination Boards to endorse a certification in the procedural ultrasound.
The first examination open to medical professionals will be conducted in Lanaken, Belgium, June
6, 2015. Candidates shall submit letters and supportive documents in the same fashion as for FIPP
examination. The examination will be open to all medical doctors (or equivalent to MD) who completed their specialty training. No subspecialty board certification is required.
The Executive Board of WIP and directors of the FIPP Board of Examination are honored to
have been approached by the AAPMU, signifying confidence in our examination approach and
outcomes. This partnership represents an important milestone for not only our respective societies,
but for the specialty of pain medicine as well, said WIP President, Richard Rauck.
The affiliation between WIP and the AAPMU will yield unique opportunities for our members
who are interested in pain medicine ultrasonography to join the AAPMU and reciprocal opportunities for AAPMU members to join WIP.
The Editorial Board of WIPs journal of PAIN Practice recently appointed Dr. Michael Gofeld as
associate editor of the journals ultrasonography content. The opportunity to include in the journal
of PAIN Practice cutting-edge, evidence-based literature on ultrasonography in pain medicine is
significant to our society and our journals readership.
Richard Rauck, WIP President

Kris Vissers, WIP President-Elect Maarten van Kleef, BOE Chair

Attn: FIPP Alumni - Send your news, e.g., accolodes, relocations, photos to:
wip@worldinstituteofpain.org

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WIP and the Board of Examination CONGRATULATE

30 New FIPPs from the Budapest Class of 2014
The World Institute of Pain FIPP Board of Examination is pleased to present the physicians from the
August 28, 2014 class of Budapest, Hungary who satisfied the credentialing and examination requirements
for Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP).
FIPP
No.

Name

WIP Section

Country of Residence

826
Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelraheem, MD FIPP
Middle East
Egypt
827
Rubina Iftkhar Ahmad, MBBSf MSc MCPS FIPP
UK
UK
828
Khalid Muhssin Murad Al-Abudi, MBChB DA FIPP Middle East
Iraq
829
Mohamed Ibrihim Badr, MBChB MSc MD FIPP
Middle East
UAE
830
Ulrich H Beese, MD FIPP
Europe
Germany
831
Alan Berkman, MBChB FRCPC FIPP
Canada
Canada
832
Jean-Francois Canuel, MBChB FIPP
Canada
Canada
833
Amit Dua, MBBS MD DHCM FPM(Singapore) FIPP SE Asia
Singapore
834
Cherilyn Fenech, MD MRCp DESAFIPP
Mediterranean Malta
835
Ann-Katrin Fritz, FRCA FFPMRCA FIPP
UK
UK
836
Elly Geypen, MD FIPP Benelux Belgium
837
Mamdouh Haddara, MBChB CCST DAKys FIPP
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
838
Sangyoon Jeon, MD FIPP
NE Asia
South Korea
839
Ozlan Izma Muhamed Kamil, MD MS (Orth) FIPP Malaysia
Malaysia
840
Muhammad Amjad Khan, MBBS MD DABA FIPP Middle East
Pakistan
841
Pranab Kumar, MBBS MD FRCA FIPP
UK
UK
842
Raj Kumar, MD FIPP India India
843
Christine Elisabeth Nicole Lescrenier, MD FIPP
Benelux
Belgium
844
Ekramy Mansour Abdelghafar Owis, MBBCh MD FIPP
Middle East
Egypt
845
Maria-Luz Padilla del Ray, MD FIPP
Iberian
Spain
846
Mahaboob Subhani Shaik, MBBS FCARCSI FIPP
Ireland
Ireland
847
Devendra Singh, DNB PDCC FIPP
India
India
848
Dina Sobhi Abbas
Middle East
Egypt
849
Yaroslav Stefak MBBS FRCA FFPMRCA EDRA FIPP UK
UK
850
Vadim Tashlykov, MD MSc FIPP
Israel
Israel
851
Wilson Tay, MBBS MMED FIPP
SE Asia
Singapore
852
Sanjeev Tyagi, MD FIPP India India
853
Akilan Velayudhan, MBBS FRCA FCARCSI FIPP
UK
UK
854
Maria Verbeek, MD FIPP Benelux Netherlands
855
Eyad Ahmed Ramzi Arafa Wali, MBBCh MD FIPP Middle East
Egypt

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email congratulations!

Since 2001, physicians worldwide have been pursuing the Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP)
certification in interventional pain techniques. The FIPP certification program aims to establish the knowledge and skills domain of the practice of pain medicine; assess the knowledge and application of interventional techniques of pain medicine physicians in a psychometrically valid manner; encourage professional
growth in the practice of interventional techniques; formally recognize individuals who meet the requirements set forth by the Board of Examination; and serve the public by encouraging quality patient care in the
practice of pain medicine.
For more information about the FIPP certification program, please contact WIPs Certification Program
Manager, Mr. D. Mark Tolliver, MA at mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org.

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Thank you Budapest 2014!

The 19th Annual Advanced Interventional Pain Conference and Practical Workshop of WIP was held in Budapest, Hungary August 25-27, 2014.
The Budapest Conference program, a product of input
from both the Scientific Program Committee co-chaired
by Drs. Gabor Racz and James Heavner, and the Local
Arrangements Committee chaired by Dr. Edit Racz with
Drs. Agnes Stogicza and Lorand Eross, maintained its
tradition of shared learning and teaching aimed at challenging participants to make the whole field of interventional pain management better. New topics were introduced addressing some rare problems.
A total of 126 pain specialists representing 32 countries
answered the call to participate as teachers, learners, and
facilitators; together impacting the quality of this annual
global networking experience for not only participants,
but to those they mentor in their respective communities
and ultimately to the patients they serve.
The Annual FIPP Awards Ceremony was held August
26th at the Vigad, Budapests second largest concern
hall. Badly damaged during World War II, the post-war
reconstruction of the Vigad took some thirty-six years
to complete. Photos of this event are shared on this and
the next page.
WIP acknowledges with gratitude the sponsors who
helped make this event possible: Boston Scientific,
Epimed, Medtronic, Stimwave Technologies, Ziehm
Imaging, CoMedical, Cosman
Medical and St. Jude Medical.
Plan now to join us in 2015
for the 20th Annual Budapest
Conference, August 24-26!
Best personal regards to all!

Participant Countries
Argentina (1)
Austria (1)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (2)
Canada (2)
Egypt (8)
Germany (7)
Hungary (1)
India (1)
Indonesia (4)
Iraq (1)
Ireland (3)
Israel (2)
Italy (1)
Kenya (1)
Kuwait (1)
Malaysia (2)
Malta (1)
Namibia (1)
Poland (4)
Romania (1)
Saudi Arabia (3)
Singapore (1)
South Africa (1)
South Korea (3)
Spain (3)
Switzerland (4)
The Netherlands (6)
Turkey (3)
UAE (2)
UK (8)
USA (45)

The Vigad

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Join us in 2015!
Save the dates: Aug 24-26!

Physician-to-physician networking
for excellence in pain practice!

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Fellows of Interventional Pain Practice

WIP Pioneers of Pain Medicine
Pioneer
Thomas G. Johans, MD, FIPP
(Memphis Class of 2004) - USA

I feel certain that my story in becoming a chronic pain physician is similar to others who entered medical practice 30-40 years ago. Chronic pain management as we
know it today, did not exist; there were no residencies or fellowships; there were
no clinics or offices; there was no time or monies allocated for anything other than
Operating Room (OR) anesthesia. However, at about this time in history, it was noted
that some patients with neuropathic pain, for instance, a post hernioraphy ilioinguinal neuralgia who had a spinal anesthetic for an unrelated procedure, for instance a
Thomas G. Johans
knee surgery, found considerable relief of their neuropathic inguinal symptoms. At
MD, FIPP
first, this was met with great skepticism but repeated injections resulted in gradual
Pain Management Services
St. Louis, MO, USA and progressive improvement. Indeed, complete relief of these otherwise intractable
neuropathic pain conditions was witnessed with either the axial or peripheral routes
Contact: tjohans@aol.com
of neural blockade. To witness the remarkable success in relieving this pain from
these otherwise hopeless patients, was awe-inspiring.
Up to this point, these patients, who had no clinical, laboratory or radiographic reasons to have pain, were doomed to live
their lives on the psychiatric wards; in their ignorance, the medical community concluded that the pain these patients were
experiencing was in their head and all chronic pain was best treated as a psychiatric condition. Suddenly, these forgotten patients were getting better; many of them were able to stop some of their medications that allowed them to be more
mentally awake and to better cope with their pain; others became functional again and returned to work restoring their
self dignity; but most felt that there was now hope. There was another bullet in medicines armamentarium to use against
pain other than medications.
For a young anesthesiologist in 1980, this was intoxicating. It seemed like an explosion of new ideas and techniques occurred at this time: sympathetic blocks relieving sympathetic dystrophies, radicular steroids for herniated discs, intradiscal
diagnostic injections and therapeutic denervations, facetal posterior rami neurolysis by radiofrequency, ultrasound guided
enesthopathic musculoskeletal injections or peripheral nerve blocks, implantable spinal cord and field peripheral nerve
electrodes and generators, percutaneous laminotomies to resect ligamentum flavum hypertrophic spinal stenosis . . . truly
a renaissance of new ideas and treatment modalities erupted. I really dont know when I made the decision to leave the OR
and become a chronic pain physician; I just noticed one day that I was spending all of my time in the pain clinic.
In the early 1990s, a comment was made that with the narcotics available at the time, and the fact that addiction was a
very rare event in using these opioids, there shouldnt be anyone suffering from chronic pain. With this came a tidal wave
of interest in relieving pain with the use of opioids. As well intentioned pain physicians, we were ardent crusaders for pain
relief for all. The sixth vital sign was introduced in hospitals demanding that health care professionals take a new and
focused look at what uncontrolled pain can do to a patient. Liberalization of narcotics was the hue and cry and one was

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WIP Pioneers of Pain Medicine

Pioneer

Thomas G. Johans, MD, FIPP

considered uncaring and almost unethical to withhold narcotics even for the most benign causes of pain.
Since it was felt that mu receptor agonists had no ceiling effect, pain relief was just a matter of dose. Unfortunately, even though addiction is rare, tolerance and the resultant dependence on narcotics is inevitable and
inescapable. Now, after a decade of this mind-set, we were left with myriads of patients who were taking large
doses of very expensive narcotics with little to no relief, were burdened with significant side effects but could
not stop them because of uncomfortable and possibly life threatening withdrawal reactions. In short, I think
most pain physicians applaud this work for its humanitarian efforts but also came to realize that narcotics can
never be considered long term answers to chronic pain. It was time for a concerted effort to control pain with
the marriage of the different disciplines in pain; it was time organize and focus talents toward a single goal; it
was time for a medical specialty in chronic pain management.
It is certainly not surprising, then, that groups of like minded physicians would gather together and ultimately form professional societies with the intent of expanding these ideas and sharing their collective
wisdom. In chronic pain management in the 1990s, there blossomed a number of societies pursuing their
specific way of treating pain. Unfortunately, these societies did not blend well as some felt that pain was
best managed with medications alone, others with only regional anesthesia procedures and still others with
modalities that required highly technical skills necessitating matriculation into postgraduate education and
training. As in any legitimate and well organized academy of science, to achieve full fellowship with these
dedicated physicians, one was required to pass an examination to make certain that the Membership was
academically equivocal. In an effort to acquire as much of the knowledge in pain management available at
that time, most of us pain physicians joined ALL of the pain societies. Most of these societies insisted on
taking their didactic courses and ultimately passing their Board examination. In addition, of those societies
that espoused interventional procedures, cadaver courses were offered to instruct the proper and safe way of
performing these invasive techniques.
After spending some time in Holland with the Dutch masters, I was enthralled with the international
flavor of pain management. There was so much to learn from each other that any pursuit in pain management
absolutely mandated collegial participation from both sides of the pond. I suspect this was the reason I was
attracted to the World Institute of Pain (WIP). Every time I would read their journal, attend their meetings or
labor in their cadaver courses, I came away with knowledge and techniques that I could bring to my practice
the next day and use them effectively. I wanted to be a part of this society. But acceptance was not just the
payment of annual dues or logging a few CME credits to belong. It required matriculation into coursework
that was never touched on in my medical school education or even residency training. I was compelled to
read and study areas of medicine that included physiology, pharmacology and anatomy that challenged
my knowledge base. Their cadaver course was rigid and demanded certain manual skills that needed to be
learned, practiced and mastered. The examination set up by the WIP Board was brilliant. Not only did they
expect their members to pass a comprehensive written test but also pass a practical exam in the cadaver
laboratory. I am unaware of any professional medical society that demands so much of their examinees.
Those not taking the intent of the WIP Board exam seriously and NOT mastering these techniques, were
sorely disappointed with failure of the exam. When I received my certificate, I was very proud that I had
accomplished something; something that will benefit every patient that I care for now and in the future.
Being a Fellow of WIP means something. I am very proud to be part of such an organization. ||

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Fellows of Interventional Pain Practice

WIP Pioneers of Pain Medicine
Pioneer

Professor Ahmed El Molla

MD (Egypt), FIPP (USA), PCert (UK)
Budapest Class of 2005

Ahmed El Molla
MD, FIPP, PCert

Professor of Anaesthesiology &

Director of Pain relief Unit
Medical Research Institute
Alexandria University-Egypt
Contact: aelmulla@yahoo.co.uk

During my practice in anaesthesia, (the late) Professor Omar Tawfik (Cairo university)
and Professor Maged El Ansary (Azhar university), Egyptian pioneers in pain medicine, encouraged me to subscribe to the Egyptian Society of Pain and to attend training
courses in some interventional pain procedures.
I travelled around the world to attend many workshops and training courses in different places like Canada-Mc Gills university (pain medicine), UK-Walton Center, James
Cook University Hospital, and Whipps Cross University Hospital (RF & SCS), Germany (Epiduroscopy, SCS, RF), Belgium-Sant-Nikolaas hospital (RF, pump implantation),
Turkey-Medical school (image-guided procedures), Switzerland (SCS &RF) and others.
I was a director of pain relief unit in Forced Armed King Fahad Hospital-Saudia
Arabia. During this period I had to be certified in pain from a considerable scientific
institution. In 2005 I attended a cadaveric workshop in University College London with
Dr Gauci and Dr Mohamed Ather. Those pioneers encouraged and convinced me to try
the exam of FIPP. Fortunately I passed the exam from the first time in Budapest to be
the first one in Arabic countries to pass from the first time in this difficult exam. Now I am the second one in Egypt but the only one FIPP
alumni in Alexandria university- Egypt. My contact with pioneers
of WIP faculty added to me good experience and strength in interventional pain practice. Thereafter, (2008) I prepared a specialised
certificate in pain medicine from Cardiff University-UK.
As long as I was the head of anaesthesia and pain departmentMedical research institute-Alexandria University, I organized with my
team many workshops in pain medicine and regional anaesthesia for
all medical schools in Egypt in association with other specialities such
as neurosurgeons and also with members from Cleveland and Jone
Hopkins hospitals.
The pain relief unit-medical research institute is providing educational programs such as diploma, MSc, & MD degrees in pain medicine;
the only scientific institution which provides pure MD degree in pain
medicine all over Egyptian universities. I am the teaching coordinator
of chronic pain subject for the educational programs in pain medi-

Medical Research Institute-Alexandria University, Egypt

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WIP Pioneers of Pain Medicine

Pioneer

Ahmed El Molla

cine. Moreover, I introduced the image & ultrasonographic (US) guided-interventional pain procedures to the educational programs of pain medicine
at Alexandria university. I am a member of the exam faculty for all educational programs. I shared with my team in construction of a great pain center in medical research institute-Alexandria University-Egypt. Moreover,
after being FIPP certified, I worked in many pain clinics and I have been
invited as a guest speaker in Arabic countries like Saudia Arabia, Jordon,
Syria, Lebanon, Emirates and others such as Kenya. Moreover, I submitted
scientific posters in interventional pain procedures especially about epiduroscopy in many world conferences. I am running a research about the use
of stem cells in degenerated discs for treatment of discogenic pain with RF
technique to be published as soon as possible. I did many researches and
publications in pain medicine. I published a book entitled, How to cope
with your chronic pain. in Arabic language to increase the
awareness of the Egyptian and Arabic community about
chronic pain. Moreover, I supervised many thesis concerning pain medicine. I shared with FIPP alumni in Egypt in
all cadaveric workshops done in Cairo-Egypt. Cadaveric
workshops for image and US guided pain interventions are
planned to be organized in Alexandria University soon. The
continuing scientific activity from WIP encouraged me to
open a private pain clinic in Alexandria, Egypt. Two years
later, I introduced a private highly specialized pain center in Alexandria
which including beside the interventional pain practice, other specialities
like physiotherapy, psychology, nutrition, internal medicine & rheumatology. Image & US guided pain procedures are done in the center and the
trainee are attended.
My scientific and practical experience as FIPP alumni from WIP pioneers,
have a good impact on the educational program to the Egyptian students
particularly as regard the image-guided interventional pain procedures.
Therefore, I am very grateful to WIP faculty and appreciating them too
much for providing me eye & hand on interventional pain practice.
My Messages:
1) I advise and encourage every pain practitioner all over the world for
registration for FIPP exam.
2) I kindly hope from WIP faculty to put in consideration the importance
of providing all FIPP alumni, the opportunity to help and share by their
scientific practice and experience; providing them, official scientific
positions in WIP board by a rotation system, if possible. ||
(Right) Teamwork of pain workshops organized by Professor El
Molla-Medical Research Institute- Alexandria university-Egypt.

Guest speaker at Aleppo University-Syria

Ultrasonography-guided regional
anaesthesia workshop In Kenya

Pain workshop organized by Professor El Molla in

association with Johns Hopkins-USA

Pain workshop organized by Professor El Molla in

association with Clevanad-USA

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2014 | Vol. IX No. 3

Physician-to-physician networking...

Ireland
Africa
WIP congratulates
Australia
the FIPPs of newest
Beneluz
Section (in formation).
ALSO pain medicine
Brazil
now a recognized
Canada
specialty.
Colombia
MIAMI | 2014 November 12-14 | bit.ly/wipmiami2014
Eastern-Central
Brazil
FIPP Examination
Europe
November 15th!
Hungary
Oct 23-25, 2014
*Register now! | Registrate ahora!*
II Congress of the
Iberian
Brazilian Society
Brazil + USA
India
of Interventional
Iran
Pain Physicians
Miami Anatomical Research Center | Miami, FL, USA
bit.ly/wipmiami2014
Sao
Paulo,
Brazil
Ireland*
www.sobramid.org Contact: mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org
Israel
OVER TWO-THIRDS FULL! * CME PENDING *
Italy
2014 November 15 | 27th FIPP Examination of WIP
Latin America
Miami, Florida, USA Application Deadline: Oct10th
Malaysia
www.worldinstituteofpain.org/fipp
Contact: mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org
Mediterranean
Middle East
NE Asia
Puerto Rico-Carib.
V Singular Pain
SE Asia
Switzerland
Management
Switzerland
Center Theoretical 2015 January 16-17
Turkey
and Hands-on
Centre for Pain Medicine
Interventional
Pain
5th International Symposium
UK
Practice Course
Invasive Procedures in Motion
USA
Sao Paulo, Brazil
* In formation

www.singular.med.br

Nottwil, Lucerne, Switzerland | www.pain-nottwil.ch

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WIP Section

...across all borders!

Bulletin Board
Iberian

www.wipiberica2014.org

Hungary
Benelux

SAVE THE DATES!

2015 June 3-4

Laanaken,
Belgium

SAVE THE DATES!

2015 August 24-26
The 20th Annual Advanced
Interventional Pain Conference
& Practical Workshop
Budapest, Hungary
www.congressline.hu/pain2015

UK
6th International Evidence-based Interventional
Pain Management Symposium
June 5: FIPP Examination and FIRST certification
examination open to medical professionals seeking CIPS certification in pain medicine ultrasonography.

2014 December 4-7

London Spine Pain and Neuromodulation
Symposium & Cadaver Workshop
A Shared Vision of Expertise
Contact: Dr. Adnan Al-Kaisy, MB ChB,
FRCA, FPMRCA, FIPP | alkaisy@aol.com

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2014 | Vol. IX No. 3

UK-Eire

Second longest running WIP-sponsored symposium and workshop, organized

in the UK, attracts participants from six continents to June 2014 event
WIP Comprehensive Reviews Back to Basics in Interventional Pain Management and Comprehensive Reviews for
the FIPP Exam and 13th UK Hands on Cadaver Workshop on Interventional Pain Procedures was held in London,
England 19-22 June 2014.
The thirteenth international symposium and comprehensive FIPP review course on back to basics in interventional
pain procedures attracted 35 delegates, and the thirteenth UK Hands-on Cadaver workshop attracted 27 delegates.
Participants were from the United Kingdom, Brazil, Belgium, Australia, Pakistan, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kenya,
The Netherlands, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Namibia, Dubai, Canada, Bermuda and United States of America. Both
of these activities were organised by Dr. Muhammad Ather FIPP and endorsed by the World Institute of Pain. Professor Serdar Erdine and Dr. Charles Gauci advised on the overall arrangements and conduct of the symposium and
workshop.The symposium was supported by renowned faculty including: Professor Serdar Erdine, Dr. Charles Gauci,
Professor Leland Lou, Dr. John Nelson, Professor Nilesh Patel, Professor Jeffrey Petersohn, Dr. Robert Menzies,
Dr. Sajid Butt, Dr. Sean White, Dr. David Wilson, Dr. Jan Willem Kallewaard and Professor Ludger Gerdesmeyer.
The symposium topics included: drugs used in interventional pain treatments, fluoroscopy, DSA, CT guidance and
ultrasound in interventional pain management, radiation safety, principles and mechanisms of radiofrequency, pulsed,
bipolar and cooled, trigeminal neuralgia and its management, atypical facial pain and its management, cervical axial
spinal and cervical radicular pain and its management, management of cervicogenic headaches, thoracic axial and radicular pain and its management, sympathetic nervous system: its role in chronic pain management and interventional treatments, is there any role of botox in chronic pain management? intra-articular injections and cooled radiofrequency for the peripheral joint pain, the role of pulsed radiofrequency in peripheral nerves; also, lumbar facetal pain
and its management, lumbar sacroiliac joint pain and its management, lumbar discogenic pain and its management,
lumbar radicular pain and its management, epidural steroid injections, dorsal root ganglion pulsed radiofrequency,
epidural adhesiolysis, epiduroscopy, role of minimum invasive surgery and axial spinal pain, spinal cord stimulation
in the management of radicular pain, spinal cord stimulation and the management of axial spinal pain, drug delivery
implants in pain management, risk assessment in interventional pain treatments, complications early and late, and
how to minimise them , abuses and misuses of interventional pain procedures. The section on the FIPP exam included how to pass the exams, MCQs for the FIPP exams, case presentations for the FIPP exams and mock viva exams.
The cadaver workshop consisted of the following stations: Stellate ganglion block/PRF, trigeminal RF, sphenopalatine
ganglion RF, cervical facetal RF/cooled RF, cervical DRG blocks/PRF, lumbar facet RF/cooled RF, lumbar DRG blocks/
PRF, splanchnic RF, lumbar sympathetic RF, sacroiliac joint cooled/bipolar RF, thoracic facet RF/cooled RF, thoracic
DRG block/PRF, thoracic sympathetic RF, discography/disc biacuplasty, hip and knee joint cooled RF.
The participants from the symposium and workshop gave very positive feedback with more than 98% rating as very
good or excellent. Only 1 delegate reported one lecture as poor. Much interest was generated on the FIPP exam when
Professor Miles Day, Dr. Leland Lou, Professor Serdar Erdine and Dr, Charles Gauci gave their advice and general talk
about it. I found a lot of enthusiasm for the FIPP exam during this workshop and at least three candidates will be
appearing in the FIPP exam in Budapest.
For more information about this event, please contact Dr. Muhammad Ather at: Muhammadather1@aol.com.

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USA

MIAMI, FLORIDA| November 12-14, 2014 | bit.ly/wipmiami2014

FIPP Examination
November 15th!
Taught in English and Spanish!
Se imparte en Ingls y Espaol!

* Register now! | Registrate ahora! *

The magnificence of the WIP network is best exemplified

when FIPP members throughout the world come together for
the common purpose of teaching and mentoring colleagues of
pain medicine on the finer techniques of interventional pain
practice. Through the joint efforts of FIPP member volunteers
representing the WIP Sections of Brazil, USA and beyond, the
first dual-language, English and Spanish, hands-on cadaver
workshop with didactic lectures will be conducted November 12-14, 2014 at the Miami Anatomical Research Center
(M.A.R.C.). An FIPP Examination will also be offered in both
English and Spanish on Saturday, November 15th.
Organized by Drs. Ira Fox and Andrea Trescot (USA), and
Fabricio Dias Assis and Charles Amaral de Oliveira (Brazil),
this international workshop, administered at the state-of-theart Miami Anatomical Research Center, aims to deliver current
and emerging techniques in interventional pain management
with emphasis on FIPP certification preparation.
Registered delegates to date represent the countries of:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Guatemala,
Honduras, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Puerto
Rico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, USA and Venezuela. The
workshop is over two-thirds full. Interested physicians are
encouraged to register now! To register, please go to the event
website: bit.ly/wipmiami2014.
Physicians interested in the FIPP examination should complete
an application via: http://www.worldinstituteofpain.org/FIPP/
ExamApp/ .
Direct questions/comments to: Mr. Mark Tolliver via email:
mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org.

Application Deadline: Oct. 10

* Examen disponible en Ingls y Espaol. *

* Over 90% full | Ms de 90% completo *

La magnificencia de la red WIP es mejor ejemplificada cuando los miembros FIPP en todo el mundo se renen con el
propsito comn de enseanza y tutora colegas de medicina
para el dolor en las tcnicas ms sutiles de la prctica intervencionista del dolor. A travs de los esfuerzos conjuntos de
los miembros voluntarios FIPP que representan las secciones
de WIP de Brasil, EE.UU. y ms all, el primer dual-idioma,
Ingls y Espaol, se llevarn a cabo con manos taller cadver
con charlas didcticas 12 a 14 noviembre 2014 en el Miami
Anatomical Centro de Investigacin (MARC). Un examen
FIPP tambin se ofrece en Ingls y Espaol en Sbado, 15 de
noviembre.
Organizado por los Dres. Ira Fox y Andrea Trescot (EE.UU.),
y Fabricio Dias Assis y Carlos Amaral de Oliveira (Brasil),
este taller internacional, administrado en el Miami Centro
de Investigaciones Anatmicas estado-of-the-art, tiene como
objetivo ofrecer las tcnicas actuales y emergentes en intervencionista manejo del dolor con nfasis en preparacin de la
certificacin FIPP.
Delegados registrados a la fecha representan los pases de:
Argentina, Australia, Brasil, Canad, Colombia, Guatemala,
Honduras, Israel, Kenya, Mxico, Namibia, Noruega, Puerto
Rico, Arabia Saudita, Espaa, Turqua, EE.UU. y Venezuela. El
taller es de ms de dos tercios de su capacidad. Los mdicos
interesados son alentados a registrarse ya! Para registrarse, por
favor visite el sitio web del evento: bit.ly/wipmiami2014. Los
mdicos interesados en
el examen FIPP deberan completar
una aplicacin a travs de: http://www.worldinstituteofpain.
org/FIPP/ExamApp/.
Las preguntas directas / comentarios a: Sr. Mark Tolliver va
e-mail: mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org.

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PAIN Practice

2014 | Vol. IX No. 3

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Most Accessed Articles for 2013

Ultrasound Appearance of Forearm Muscles in 18 Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 of the Upper Extremity
Lakshmi Champak Vas, Renuka Pai and Mahesh Radhakrishnan
Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2013
Neuromodulation of Pelvic Visceral Pain: Review of the Literature and Case Series of Potential Novel Targets for Treatment
Corey Hunter, Nimish Dav, Sudhir Diwan and Timothy Deer
Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2013
Yoga Spinal Flexion Positions and Vertebral Compression Fracture in Osteopenia or Osteoporosis of Spine: Case Series
Mehrsheed Sinaki
Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2013
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Phantom Pain and Stump Pain in Adult Amputees
Matthew R. Mulvey, Helen E. Radford, Helen J. Fawkner, Lynn Hirst; et al.
Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2013
Pelvic Pain: Mechanistically Enigmatic, Therapeutically Challenging
Martine Puylaert
Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2013
Management of Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain Associated with Endometriosis Refractory to Conventional Treatment
Blanca Martnez, Enrique Canser, Elena Gredilla, Eduardo Alonso; et al.
Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2013
Transversus Abdominis Block: Clinical Uses, Side Effects, and Future Perspectives
Robert Taylor Jr., Joseph V. Pergolizzi, Alexander Sinclair, Robert B. Raffa; et al.
Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2013
A Review of Duloxetine 60 mg Once-Daily Dosing for the Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain, Fibromyalgia, and
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Due to Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain and Low Back Pain
Joseph V. Pergolizzi Jr, Robert B. Raffa, Robert Taylor Jr, Gabriel Rodriguez; et al.
Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2013
Palliative Medicine Update: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Kris C. P. Vissers, Maria W. M. van den Brand, Jose Jacobs, Marieke Groot; et al.
Volume 13, Issue 7, September 2013
Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain and Its Relation to Cluster Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Paclitaxel
Yael Golan-Vered and Dorit Pud
Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2013

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2014 | Vol. IX No. 3

Interventional Techniques Video Library

WIP Resource Center

WIPs Interventional Pain Techniques DVDs have been essential study aids for hundreds of
candidates for the Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) examination.
Purchase the DVDs one at a time or the complete set. Shipped to your home or office.
Purchase immediate access to web-streamed content. Choose between 24-hour, one-week, or
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Order from: www.interventionalpainpractice.org
Please use our video library to acquire your Interventional Pain Techniques DVDs or downloaded videos.
WIP Section Officers and FIPP alumni who are interested in promoting WIPs educational video library on their
pain centers website may email Mr. D. Mark Tolliver, MA for our ads suitable for placement on websites. Mark may
be reached by phone: 1-336-760-2939 or e-mail: mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org.
For more recommended study aids for the FIPP examination, please refer to the latest FIPP Information
Bulletin posted on the FIPP website: www.worldinstituteofpain.org/fipp.

Featured Patient
Education Publication
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Featured recommended FIPP study materials

Pain-Relieving Procedures by Prithvi Raj and Serdar Erdine | E-book also available!
The Illustrated Guide

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This book takes real-life photos from procedural steps allied to 3D CT anatomic scans to show the
procedures effective towards pain management. Discount Code: VB713
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intends to use, interventional pain techniques. Discount Code: VB695
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Pain Management: Current Issues and Opinions, Edited by Gabor B. Racz and Carl E. Noe. Available

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Manual of RF Techniques, 3rd Edition. Charles A. Gaucis how to handbook on the essentials of RF pain
management procedures, including facet denervation, PRF of the DRG, sympathetic RF, facial RF, RF cordotomy, and
eral nerve RF. http://www.worldinstituteofpain.org/PDF/ManualofRF-flyer.pdf

FOR PURCHASE AND E-BOOK OPTIONS, VIEW STUDY AIDS SECTION OF:

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WIP congratulates Juan Carlos Flores on new book

This book is designed to become an international

leader in pain medicine in Spanish. Over 10 sections
and two appendices global aspects and scientific
bases, diagnostic and pharmacology, interventional
procedures, refractory pain syndromes, craniofacial
pain, and cancer pain in children are covered. The
book closes with a gallery of images of clinical cases
and an epilogue which is a proposal that modern
society can and should do to address pain as a health
problem, with all the social and health implications
involved.
Pain Medicine brings together a large international
team of 96 employees, including some of the leading
experts in the field, led by Dr. Juan Carlos Flores, a
prominent anesthesiologist and Phycologist, director
of the Center for Comprehensive Care Pain Buenos
Aires, (CAIDBA), distinguished with the award for
Excellence from the World Institute of Pain (WIP).
ISBN 978-84-9022-664-3

Some pain is too intense to learn to live with them. However, as demonstrated in this book, we have some useful techniques to eliminate
much of the avoidable pain. The selections presented in the book show
the authors desire to make it easier for doctors to find relevant information and updated to combat this type of refractory pain.
Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP, Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Center for
Health Sciences; Co-Director of Pain Service Texas Tech University, USA,
Former President and Founding Member of WIP

Dr. Flores has published a manual on coordinated and Pain Medicine

featuring contributions from international experts in education, research and clinical practice, each of which provides an update on your
area of expertise

perspective. The volume and quality of information,

fully updated, are impressive and will be of great value to the reader of
the Spanish language. This volume will certainly be part of the library
of specialists in pain for many years, and I recommend it unreservedly
to all those who wish to specialize in this area.
Prithvi Raj, MD, FIPP, Former President and Founding member of WIP
Father of FIPP Certification in Pain Medicine

An international quality book fills the void for many means the
language barrier trials of whites ... This work is called to be a primary
text query for the pain specialist who wants to find complex issues
discussed in depth.

Juan-Francisco Asenjo, MD, FRCPC, Department of Anesthesia and Alan

Edwards McGill Pain Center, McGill Cancer Pain Clinic, Presidente de la
Academia Latinoamericana de Medicina Intervencionista del Dolor (ALMID)

2014

Oct 23-25 II Congress of the Brazilian Society of Interventional Pain Physicians - Campinas, So Paulo, Brazil | www.sobramid.org | Contact: contato@sobramid.org
Nov 6-7 3rd International Symposium of Iberian Society of WIP Barcelona, Spain www.wipiberica2014.org
Dec 4-7
London Spine Pain & Neuromodulation Symposium with Cadaver Workshop - London, UK | Contact: alkaisy@aol.com or mcgowan@painclinic.co.uk

2015

Jan 16-17

5th International Symposium Invasive Procedures in Motion 2015 Nottwil, Lucerne, Switzerland www.pain-nottwil.ch

Nov 12-14 Hands-on Cadaver Workshop - Miami, FL, USA | Miami Anatomical Research Center | Contact: mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org
Nov 15
FIPP Examination - Miami, Florida, USA | App. deadline: Oct 10, 2014 * Examen disponible en Ingls y Espaol. * Contact: mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org

Jun 3-5
Jun 6
Jun 6

6th International Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Management Symposium & Cadaver Workshop www.wipbenelux.org
* In conjunction with the first WIP-AAPMU Interventional Pain Ultrasonography Workshop and CIPS Examination - Laaaken, Belgium
FIPP Examination www.worldinstituteofpain.org/fipp | Contact: mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org
CIPS Examination - Application details to be announced | Contact: mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org

Aug 23
WIP EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNUAL MEETING - Budapest, Hungary | Kempinski Corvinus Hotel | Contact: dianne.willard@worldinstituteofpain.org
Aug 24-26 20th Annual Budapest Conference and Practical Workshops - Budapest, Hungary | Kempinski Corvinus Hotel & Semmelweiss University

www.congressline.hu/pain2015 | Contact: vamos@congressline.hu
Aug 27 FIPP Examination - Budapest, Hungary | Application deadline: July 23, 2015 | www.worldinstituteofpain.org/fipp | Contact mark.tolliver@worldinstituteofpain.org

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WIP COUNCIL 2013-2015

Richard L. Rauck, MD, FIPP (USA)
Kris C. P. Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands)
Charles A. Gauci, MD, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA (UK)
Ira B. Fox, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA)
Ricardo Ruiz-Lpez, MD, FIPP (Spain)
Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey)
Gabor B. Racz, MD, DABIPP, FIPP (USA)
P. Prithvi Raj, MD, DABPM, DABIPP, FIPP (USA)
Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP (USA)
Andrea M. Trescot, MD, FIPP, DABIPP (USA)
Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands)
Magdi Ramzi Iskander, MD, FFARCS, FIPP (Egypt)
Dianne L. Willard (USA)

Pauline DuPlessis, MD, FIPP (S. Africa)

Peter Courtney, MBBS, FFARACS, FFPMANZCA, FIPP (Australia)
Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP (Belgium)
Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP (Brazil)
Edvin B. Koshi, MD, FRCPC, FIPP (Canada)
Martin Marianowicz, MD, FIPP (Germany)
Frantz J. Colimn, MD, FIPP (Colombia)
Edit Rcz, MD, FIPP (Hungary)
Carmen Pichot, MD, FIPP (Spain)
Subrata Ray, MD, FIPP (India)
Arman Taheri, MD, FIPP (Iran)
Meir Bennun, MD, FIPP (Israel)
Diego Beltrutti, MD, FIPP (Italy)
Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP (Argentina)
Anwar Arshad, MD, FIPP (Malaysia)
Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP (Greece)
Magdi Ramzi Iskander, MD, FFARCS, FIPP (Egypt)
Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP (S. Korea)
Jos R. Rodrguez-Hernandez, MD, FIPP (Puerto Rico)
Alex Sow Nam Yeo, MD, PhD, FIPP (Singapore)
Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP (Switzerland)
Sleyman zyalcin, MD, FIPP (Turkey)
Patrick R. McGowan, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA (UK)
Jianguo Cheng,MD, PhD, FIPP (USA)