Committees

The Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD) has three committees, open to members in good standing. Committee participation enables members to contribute to the development and implementation of new programs and services. Each committee is comprised of a chair, who must be a current or former APPD Board member; one pain faculty member; and two to three trainee members. Members are invited to complete the application process each year, and terms last two years, beginning at the end of the annual meeting held in conjunction with ASRA Pain Medicine’s Annual Pain Medicine meeting.

Membership Committee

Prentiss Lawson, Jr., MD, Chair, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jillian A. Maloney, MD, Mayo Clinic-Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ

Tolga Sulvar, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Committee Duties

The duties of this committee are to:

Track members
Engage lapsed members
Arrange website updates on APPD website
Help develop website content for trainees and faculty
Connect APPD website with social media platforms

Research Committee

Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, Chair, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Yashar Eshraghi, MD, Co-Chair, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA

Dalia Elmofty, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Saba Javed, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Alan Kaye, MD, PhD, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA

Committee Duties

The duties of this committee are to:

Develop/identify ideas for manuscript submissions
- Can include opinion, perspective, and review pieces
Identify contributors
Identify appropriate journal for submission
Manuscript writing in collaboration with the Educational Committee
Manuscript submission
Identify funds for publication fees (via APPD or outside APPD; this may be done before manuscript(s) are planned)

Education Committee

Cindy Chai, MD, Chair, University of California, San Francisco

Anuj Aggarwal, MD, Sanford Medicine, Stanford, CA

Scott Chamberlain, DO, VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Las Vegas, NV

Margaret Hsu, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Jillian A. Maloney, MD, Mayo Clinic – Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ

Hannah Masters, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Andrew Ng, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Tejinder S. Swaran Singh, MBBS, FRCA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Committee Duties

The duties of this committee are to:

Identify topics for webinars/Hot Topics
Review educational proposals for possible APPD website integration
Identify educational content for the APPD website
Manuscript writing as directed by the Research Committee
Develop an educational curriculum for the website

Membership Committee

Prentiss Lawson, Jr., MD, Chair, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jillian A. Maloney, MD, Mayo Clinic-Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ

Tolga Sulvar, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Committee Duties

Research Committee

Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, Chair, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Yashar Eshraghi, MD, Co-Chair, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA

Dalia Elmofty, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Saba Javed, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Alan Kaye, MD, PhD, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA

Committee Duties

Education Committee

Cindy Chai, MD, Chair, University of California, San Francisco

Anuj Aggarwal, MD, Sanford Medicine, Stanford, CA

Scott Chamberlain, DO, VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Las Vegas, NV

Margaret Hsu, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Jillian A. Maloney, MD, Mayo Clinic – Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ

Hannah Masters, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Andrew Ng, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Tejinder S. Swaran Singh, MBBS, FRCA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Committee Duties

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