Breakthrough Unified Pain Treatment Advances Introduced At Annual Southern Pain Society Meeting.Business Editors, Health & Medical Writers ORANGE BEACH, Ala.--(BW HealthWire)--March 6, 2000 Scientific Meeting to Update Professionals On New Developments in Medicine and Treatment Integration The Southern Pain Society's annual scientific meeting, "Advances in a Unified Approach to Pain: From Theory to Practice," co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and biomedical research institute in the United States. , Algos Pharmaceutical, ANS (ANS Communications, Inc, Purchase, NY) An ISP, Internet backbone and provider of private data network services, founded in 1990 as Advanced Network & Services, Inc., by IBM, MCI and Merit (consortium of Michigan universities). , Arrow International, Elan Pharmaceutica, Janssen Pharmaceutica Janssen Pharmaceutica, is a pharmaceutical company based in Beerse, Belgium, was established in 1953 by Dr. Paul Janssen. It was created not as a subsidiary of a chemical factory but solely with the aim of conducting pharmacological research. , Knoll Pharmaceutica, Medtronic, Merck & Company, Purdue Pharma Purdue Pharma L.P., is privately-held pharmaceutical company founded by physicians. It is located in Stamford, Connecticut. Purdue is best known for painkillers, but they have also branched into other areas such as oncology and nutraceuticals. , Roxane Laboratories, Inc. and Searle, will take place March 23-26 at the Peridio Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Ala. Pain medicine experts will address important methods to help integrate various disciplines involved in pain into a unified program. Topics to be presented include advances in behavioral and psychological approaches to pain, nurses' expanding roles in pain management, cancer pain, acute pain management, evaluations of new procedures and medications, debates and a balanced approach to the use of opioides. "Pain medicine is a young, distinct primary medical specialty medical specialty Any specialty that provides non-interventional Pt management, ie with drugs, or with minimum intervention–eg, balloon catheterization Examples Internal medicine–allergy and immunology, cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, and incorporates practitioners from many disciplines. It has become increasingly important to institute a theory of pain that serves as a foundation for integrating the various disciplines involved in pain medicine," said Peter Staats, M.D., division of pain medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and program director of the Southern Pain Society meeting. "Our goal at this conference is to help all professionals develop a well-rounded philosophy of pain medicine, gain expertise in managing pain, increase patient education and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration." Among this year's speakers are Stanley Chapman Born in 1925, Stanley Chapman is a British architect, designer, translator and writer. His interests include theatre and pataphysics. He was involved with founding the National Theatre , Ph.D., Center for Pain Medicine, The Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Ga.; Tim Lamer, M.D., Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic: see Mayo, Charles Horace. Mayo Clinic voluntary association of more than 500 physicians in Rochester, Minnesota. [Am. Hist.: EB, 11: 723] See : Medicine , Jacksonville, Fla.; Daniel Doleys, Ph.D., Pain & Rehabilitation Institute, Birmingham, Ala.; K. Dean Willis, M.D., Alabama Pain Center, Huntsville, Ala.; Thomas Yearwood, M.D., Anesthesia Consultants, PC, Mobile, Ala.; and Albert Ray, M.D., Miami Pain Medicine Center. Registration for the March Southern Pain Society meeting is still open. To register or for more information on the meeting, contact Carol Stokeling, administrative coordinator, division of pain medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine at 410-955-1818 or via fax at 410-614-7597. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Association for the Study of Pain The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is an international professional organisation for doctors and other health professionals involved in the diagnosis, treatment and scientific study of pain, as well as education and training in the field of pain medicine. , at least half of all medical patients suffer from unnecessary pain. More than 65 million Americans suffer from painful disabilities and approximately $120 billion is spent on treatment in the United States alone. The Southern Pain Society, a regional section of the American Pain Society, is a 450 member, multi-disciplinary, non-profit professional organization dedicated to serving people in pain by advancing research knowledge and treatment methods, supporting professional practice organizations and enhancing the education of its membership. The goal of the Southern Pain Society is to improve care for those suffering from pain as a symptom of disease and primary pain diseases. For more information, please contact Albert Ray, M.D., president of the Southern Pain Society at 305-595-4681 or visit the Web site at http://www.ampainsoc.org/member/region.htm. |
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