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APS Bulletin • Volume 17, Number 2, 2007
Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Program Gala
APS hosted its first-ever Clinical Centers of Excellence (CCOE) in Pain Management Awards Gala on May 3 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
The evening emphasized the CCOE’s mission—promoting multidisciplinary pain management, honoring the nation’s outstanding pain care programs, and recognizing high-quality patient care.
Nearly 100 programs applied for the distinction. Only U.S.-based, multidisciplinary clinical programs that provide direct patient care and focus primarily on the treatment of pain were eligible for the award.
 Brigham and Women's Hospital Pain Management Center is well recognized for its high-tech tools for pain management. |
Judy Paice led the awards ceremony. She noted recurring attributes of the programs that received the 2007 awards. They “employ innovative approaches,” and the programs are “not afraid to try something new.” The programs also incorporate cognitive-behavioral therapies and other multidisciplinary modalities and use opioids and other pain medications appropriately.
The CCOE selection process included a diverse review panel, weighted scoring system, two rigorous rounds of reviews, three reviewers per application, and selection by the final review committee.
 Cincinnati Children's Hospital specializes in creative pediatric pain care. |
Congratulations to this year’s award recipients:
- NYU Medical Center/Hospital for Joint Diseases
- Rosomoff Comprehensive Pain Center
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- UCSF Pain Management Center
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
- James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital
Honorable mentions were awarded to Beth Israel Medical Center, University of Wisconsin Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, University of California–Davis, University of California–San Diego, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and Oregon Health and Science University.
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Rosomoff Comprehensive Pain Center was one of the first multidisciplinary centers in the U.S. Founder Hubert Rosomoff, MD DMedSc, and program director Renee Rosomoff, MBA RN, accepted the award on behalf of the Center. |
| UCSF Pain Management Center and UCSF PainCARE focus on teaching busy doctors about pain care. |  |
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James A. Haley V. A. Hospital is the largest and most comprehensive pain center in the VA system. Program director Michael Clark, PhD (shown here [at podium] with the team) will be the chair of the 2008 CCOE program. |
| NYU/Hospital for Joint Diseases is widely known for providing comprehensive pain care 24/7. |  |
Acknowledgments
Special thanks are extended to the CCOE Awards Program Task Force
Co-chairs Debra B. Gordon, MS RN FAAN, and Russell Portenoy, MD, and
members Christine Miaskowski, PhD RN FAAN, Judith Paice, PhD RN, Lori A.
Reisner, PharmD, Michael G. Byas-Smith, MD, Robert N. Jamison, PhD, and
Steven J. Weisman, MD.
APS also thanks the final review committee co-chairs Dennis C. Turk, PhD, and Judith A. Paice, PhD RN FAAN, and members Michael G. Byas-Smith, MD, Mark Jensen, PhD, Lonnie Zeltzer, MD, and Steven J. Weisman, MD.
APS thanks the following corporate sponsors for their generous support of the CCOE program: Endo Pharmaceuticals, Abbott, Pfizer, Inc., Cephalon, Inc., Alpharma, Inc., King Pharmaceuticals, and Merck & Co, Inc.