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Cancer Center. He discussed the use of adjuvant analgesics in the management of cancer pain. Later in the year, successive meetings will be devoted to the issue of pain and sports medicine, to case discussions, and to the annual research forum. This will be the third year for the research forum, which is an innovative session at which members of the Eastern Pain Association are invited to give a brief platform presentation devoted to recent research. The educational program is the most important activity of the Eastern Pain Association. The members are very grateful for the creativity and hard work of those who organize the program for the upcoming year. A full meeting schedule can be obtained from B. Berthold Wolff, PhD, DipPsych, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Meetings are open to all interested parties. Russell K. Portenoy
Midwest
Pain Society, Inc.
The annual meeting of the Midwest Pain Society (MPS) took place on April 24-25 at the Swissotel in Chicago. The society has a record membership approaching 300 members and has strong representation from 13 physician and 12 allied professional specialties. This meeting is consistently exceptional. There is a high level of interest and participation from the membership. E. Richard Blonsky, MD, the program chairman, compiled a top-notch program with recognized speakers addressing recent advances in reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), sympathetically maintained pain, and differential diagnoses. Relevant clinical cases were presented and discussed. The basic pathophysiology of RSD was the subject of a presentation by Gary Bennett, PhD. The industrial commissioner of Illinois discussed the “Crisis in Worker Compensation Programs,” and there also was extensive discussion of and audience interest in “Acute Sports and Industrial Injuries,” “Cancer Pain,” and “Issues in Pain Medicine.” A multidisciplinary panel presented views on the indications, role, and complications of epidural steroids, and crosscultural studies of low back pain patients. John L. Reeves II, PhD, president of the American Pain Society, discussed “Psychological Assessment in Chronic Pain.” Dana Simon, MD, was the outgoing president, and Matt Monsein, MD, was installed as president, while Peter J. Vicente, PhD, was voted president-elect of the society. Dana Simon
New England
Pain Association
The New England Pain Association (NEPA) is the regional APS group for the New England states. NEPA has approximately 200 members and an active professional and educational program. This year’s speaker series began with the NEPA Kasdon Memorial Lecture on “Mechanisms of Sympathetically Maintained Pain” by James Campbell, MD. The meeting was cosponsored by Allan Ropper, MD, and the neurology service at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Boston. This was followed by a weekend ski meeting on the subject of “Headache,” cosponsored by the Faulkner Hospital Graham Headache Center. In April, NEPA cosponsored a meeting of the Massachusetts Cancer Pain Initiative with the Massachusetts division of the American Cancer Society, and in June, John L. Reeves II, PhD, gave a presidential address on the subject of “Psychological Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients,” cosponsored by the Arnold Pain Center at New England Deaconess Hospital. At press time, NEPA planned to cosponsor a September 11 meeting with the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on the subject of “Visceral Pain” with Robert Forman, PhD, Gerald F. Gebhart, PhD, and Glen Geisler, PhD, as invited speakers. NEPA planned to cosponsor a meeting on September 18 with Hartford Hospital in Connecticut entitled “Controversy in Pain Management 1992.” This meeting was organized by Anthony Bouckoms, MD, with keynote speaker Daniel B. Carr, MD. The final cosponsored meeting was set to take place October 10 at the Copley Hotel in Boston: a daylong meeting on “Use of Narcotics in Chronic Pain Patients,” organized by Raymond Maciewicz, MD, and cosponsored by Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, with invited speakers Tony Yaksh, PhD, Russell Portenoy, MD, and Jerome Shofferman, MD. Raymond Maciewicz
Southern
Pain Societv
The Southern Pain Society (SPS) was founded in 1985 under the leadership of Hubert Rosomoff, MD, DMedSc. Currently, there are more than 125 members in the l&state region of the society. SPS strives to address the concerns of all healthcare professionals dedicated to the multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain. Specifically, the society is committed to fostering the organization of pain management professionals, quality care for their patients, and eco-
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Cancer Center. He discussed the use of adjuvant analgesics in the management of cancer pain. Later in the year, successive meetings will be devoted to the issue of pain and sports medicine, to case discussions, and to the annual research forum. This will be the third year for the research forum, which is an innovative session at which members of the Eastern Pain Association are invited to give a brief platform presentation devoted to recent research. The educational program is the most important activity of the Eastern Pain Association. The members are very grateful for the creativity and hard work of those who organize the program for the upcoming year. A full meeting schedule can be obtained from B. Berthold Wolff, PhD, DipPsych, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Meetings are open to all interested parties. Russell K. Portenoy
Midwest
Pain Society, Inc.
The annual meeting of the Midwest Pain Society (MPS) took place on April 24-25 at the Swissotel in Chicago. The society has a record membership approaching 300 members and has strong representation from 13 physician and 12 allied professional specialties. This meeting is consistently exceptional. There is a high level of interest and participation from the membership. E. Richard Blonsky, MD, the program chairman, compiled a top-notch program with recognized speakers addressing recent advances in reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), sympathetically maintained pain, and differential diagnoses. Relevant clinical cases were presented and discussed. The basic pathophysiology of RSD was the subject of a presentation by Gary Bennett, PhD. The industrial commissioner of Illinois discussed the “Crisis in Worker Compensation Programs,” and there also was extensive discussion of and audience interest in “Acute Sports and Industrial Injuries,” “Cancer Pain,” and “Issues in Pain Medicine.” A multidisciplinary panel presented views on the indications, role, and complications of epidural steroids, and crosscultural studies of low back pain patients. John L. Reeves II, PhD, president of the American Pain Society, discussed “Psychological Assessment in Chronic Pain.” Dana Simon, MD, was the outgoing president, and Matt Monsein, MD, was installed as president, while Peter J. Vicente, PhD, was voted president-elect of the society. Dana Simon
New England
Pain Association
The New England Pain Association (NEPA) is the regional APS group for the New England states. NEPA has approximately 200 members and an active professional and educational program. This year’s speaker series began with the NEPA Kasdon Memorial Lecture on “Mechanisms of Sympathetically Maintained Pain” by James Campbell, MD. The meeting was cosponsored by Allan Ropper, MD, and the neurology service at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Boston. This was followed by a weekend ski meeting on the subject of “Headache,” cosponsored by the Faulkner Hospital Graham Headache Center. In April, NEPA cosponsored a meeting of the Massachusetts Cancer Pain Initiative with the Massachusetts division of the American Cancer Society, and in June, John L. Reeves II, PhD, gave a presidential address on the subject of “Psychological Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients,” cosponsored by the Arnold Pain Center at New England Deaconess Hospital. At press time, NEPA planned to cosponsor a September 11 meeting with the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on the subject of “Visceral Pain” with Robert Forman, PhD, Gerald F. Gebhart, PhD, and Glen Geisler, PhD, as invited speakers. NEPA planned to cosponsor a meeting on September 18 with Hartford Hospital in Connecticut entitled “Controversy in Pain Management 1992.” This meeting was organized by Anthony Bouckoms, MD, with keynote speaker Daniel B. Carr, MD. The final cosponsored meeting was set to take place October 10 at the Copley Hotel in Boston: a daylong meeting on “Use of Narcotics in Chronic Pain Patients,” organized by Raymond Maciewicz, MD, and cosponsored by Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, with invited speakers Tony Yaksh, PhD, Russell Portenoy, MD, and Jerome Shofferman, MD. Raymond Maciewicz
Southern
Pain Societv
The Southern Pain Society (SPS) was founded in 1985 under the leadership of Hubert Rosomoff, MD, DMedSc. Currently, there are more than 125 members in the l&state region of the society. SPS strives to address the concerns of all healthcare professionals dedicated to the multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain. Specifically, the society is committed to fostering the organization of pain management professionals, quality care for their patients, and eco-