Tampa, FL, May 8-10, 2008

Faculty List

Venu Akuthota. MD
University of Colorado

Ranjini Ambalavanar, PhD
University of Maryland Dental School

Vania Apkarian, PhD
Northwestern University Medical School

Charles Argoff, MD
Albany Medical Center

Cenk Ayata, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Miroslav Misha Backonja, MD
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Tamara Baker, PhD
University of South Florida

Jane Ballantyne, MD, FRCA
Massachusetts General Hospital

Charles Berde,MD, PhD
Children's Hospital Boston

Ken Berkowitz, MD, FCCP
VA National Center for Ethics in Healthcare NY Office,
VA NY Harbor Healthcare System

Jennifer Bolen,JD
The Legal Side of Pain

Brian Cairns, PhD, ACPR, RPh
University of British Columbia

Yu-Qing Cao, PhD
Washington University St. Louis

Mark Caverly
Drug Enforcement Agency

Roger Chou, MD
Oregon Health and Science University

David Clark, MD, PhD
Stanford University

Steven Cohen, MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Mark Connelly, PhD
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Michael Costigan, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

Kenneth Craig, PhD
University of British Columbia

Ricardo Cruciani, MD, PhD
Beth Israel Medical Center

Gary Deng, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Ajay Dhaka, PhD
The Scripps Research Institute

Sulayman Dib-Hajj, PhD
Yale University

Robert Dworkin, PhD
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Christopher Eccleston, PhD
University of Bath

Mary Ersek, PhD, RN
Swedish Medical Center - Providence

Subhadra Evans, PhD
UCLA

Connie Faltynek, PhD
Abbott Laboratories

Roger Fillingim, PhD
University of Florida

Perry Fine, MD
University of Utah

Scott Fishman, MD
University of California-Davis

Herta Flor, PhD
Central Institute of Mental Health

Gary Franklin, MD, MPH
University of Washington

Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Lucia Gagliese, PhD
Toronto General Hospital

Robert Gatchel, PhD
University of Texas-Arlington

Narender Gavva, PhD
Amgen Pharmaceuticals

Robert Gereau, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

Christine Gibbon, PhD, LP
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Carmen Green, MD
University of Michigan

Weiyong Gu
University of Miami

Jianguo Gu, MB, PhD
University of Florida

Brian Hainline, MD
New York University School of Medicine

Bryan Hains, PhD
Yale University

Barbara Hastie, PhD
University of Florida

Thomas Hazlet, PharmD, DrPH
University of Washington

Howard Heit, MD
Georgetown University

Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN
The University of Iowa

David Hewitt, MD
Merck and Company

Mohammedreza Hojat, PhD
Jefferson Medical College

Michael Jarvis, PhD
Abbott Laboratories

Donna Kalauokalani, MD, MPH
University of California-Davis

Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Robert Kerns, PhD
VA Connecticut Healthcare System/Yale University

Hyungsuk Kim, DDS, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Helena Knotkova, PhD
Beth Israel Medical Center

Paul Kreis, MD
UCDMC Pain Center

Peter Lacouture, PhD
Magidom Discovery, LLC

William Lariviere, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Allen Lebovits, PhD
ProHealth Care Associates

Alan Light, PhD
The University of Utah

John Loeser, MD
University of Washington

Qian Lu, MD, PhD
UCLA

Gary Macfarlane, MD
University of Aberdeen School of Medicine

Sean Mackey, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine

Bridget Ann Martell, MD, MA
Yale University School of Medicine

Mitchell Max, MD
National Institute of Dental Research

Samuel McLean, MD, MPH
University of Michigan School of Medicine

Meghan McMurtry
Dalhousie University

Christine Miaskowski, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of California-San Francisco

Jeffrey Mogil, PhD
McGill University

Bruce Naliboff, PhD
Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, UCLA

Tonya Palermo, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University

Gavril Pasternak, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Bob Rappaport, MD
Food & Drug Administration

Cielito Reyes-Gibby, DrPH
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Joseph Riley, III, PhD
University of Florida

Richard Robinson, PhD
Baylor University Medical Center

Richard Rosenquist, MD
University of Iowa

Stephen Sagar, MD
McMaster University

Jürgen Sandkühler, MD, PhD
Medical University of Vienna

Jerome Schofferman, MD
San Francisco Spine Institute

Nalini Sehgal, MD
Unversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Kathleen Sluka, PhD, PT
The University of Iowa

Terrance Snutch, PhD, FRSC
University of British Columbia

Steven Stanos, DO
Rehabilitation Institue of Chicago

Jennifer Stinson, PhD, RN, CPNP
The Hospital for Sick Children

Laura Stone, PhD
McGill University

Scott Strassels, PharmD, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin

Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD
University of Washington

Raymond Tait, PhD
St. Louis University

Charlie Taylor, PhD
Pfizer Global Research and Development

Gregory Terman, PhD
University of Washington

Marita Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN
The Univeristy of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Knox Todd, MD MPH
Beth Israel Medical Center

Jodie Trafton, PhD
VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Dennis Turk, PhD
University of Washington

April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN
Wayne State University

Todd Vanderah, PhD
University of Arizona

Thomas Voets, PhD
Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

David Walk, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School

Mark Wallace, MD
University of California-San Diego

Debra Weiner, MD
University of Pittsburgh

Kathleen Wesa, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Douglas Weschules, PharmD, BCPS
Glaxo Smith-Kline

Beth Winkelstein, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Gilbert Wong, MD
Anesiva, Inc.

John Wood, PhD, DSc
University College London

Robert Yezierski, PhD
University of Florida

Jun-Ming Zhang, MD
University of Cincinnati

Jon-Kar Zubieta, MD, PhD
University of Michigan