About the National Initative on Pain Control® (NIPC®)

Chairman

Chairperson 		Perry G. Fine, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology
Attending Physician Pain Research and Management Center
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

Scientific Content Advisor
Jianren Mao, MD, PhD
Staff Physician, Anesthesia and Pain Management
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Council Members
Charles E. Argoff, MD

Professor of Neurology
Albany Medical College
Director, Comprehensive Pain Program
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York

Miroslav Backonja, MD

Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin
Medical School
University of Wisconsin
Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin

Daniel A. Brzusek, DO

Clinical Professor
Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Washington Medical School
Seattle, Washington
Medical Director
Northwest Rehabilitation Associates, Inc.
Bellevue, Washington

Scott M. Fishman, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California

Bill H. McCarberg, MD
Founder, Chronic Pain Management Program
Kaiser Permanente
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California at San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, California

Christine A. Miaskowski, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean   
Department of Physiological Nursing
University of California
San Francisco, California

Michael H. Moskowitz, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis
Bay Area Pain Medical Associates
Mill Valley, California

Bruce D. Nicholson, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Penn State University School of Medicine
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Director, Division of Pain Medicine
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Steven D. Passik, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Attending Psychologist
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Richard Payne, MD

Professor of Medicine and Divinity
Esther Colliflower Director
Duke University School
Durham, North Carolina

David M. Simpson, MD

Professor of Neurology
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology
Laboratories
Director, Neuro-AIDS Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Dennis C. Turk, PhD

John and Emmma Bonica
Professor of Anesthesiology
and Pain Research
University of Washington School
of Medicine
Seattle, Washington