ASM 2018 Sydney – International Keynote Speakers: Professor Frank Huygen
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2018 Australian Pain Society 38th and New Zealand Pain Society Conjoint Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the...
View ArticleDoes Cannabis have a place in Rheumatology Practice?
By Dr John Quintner FFPMANZCA Physician in Rheumatology and Pain Medicine (retired) The plant Cannabis sativa has long been used as a medicine, either as a leaf or through its extracts. It has been...
View ArticleASM 2018 Sydney – International Keynote Speakers: Professor Stephen McMahon
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2018 Australian Pain Society 38th and New Zealand Pain Society Conjoint Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the...
View ArticleASM 2018 Sydney – International Keynote Speakers: Dr Tonya Palermo
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2018 Australian Pain Society 38th and New Zealand Pain Society Conjoint Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the...
View ArticleASM 2018 Sydney – International Keynote Speakers
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2018 Australian Pain Society 38th and New Zealand Pain Society Conjoint Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the...
View ArticleBehold the Mighty Trigger Point
By Dr John Quintner, Prof Milton Cohen and Asaf Weisman PT MScPT Some clinicians are still endeavouring to prove that myofascial pain is a distinct localised clinical entity attributable to “trigger...
View ArticleLaunch of Pain in Residential Care Facilities: Management Strategies, 2nd...
It’s 13 years since the Australian Pain Society published the first (2005) edition of Pain in Residential Care Facilities – Management Strategies, a landmark document which shaped pain management in...
View ArticlePost conference review of the combined Annual Scientific Meeting of the...
By Tim Austin, Local Organising Committee Convenor and APS Treasurer Well, what a tremendous Sydney Annual Scientific Meeting! The overwhelming vibe of the conference was positive. During the...
View ArticleASM 2019 Gold Coast – International Keynote Speaker: Prof Tor Wager
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2019 Australian Pain Society 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in...
View ArticleASM 2019 Gold Coast – International Keynote Speaker: Prof Beth Darnall
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2019 Australian Pain Society 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in...
View ArticleASM 2019 Gold Coast – International Keynote Speaker: Prof Nanna Finnerup
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2019 Australian Pain Society 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in...
View ArticleASM 2019 Gold Coast – International Keynote Speakers
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2019 Australian Pain Society 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in...
View Article2019 Sunderland Lecture: Professor Tor Wager
Background: The Sir Sydney Sunderland Named Lecture is offered to an international guest speaker. The Sunderland Lecture was instituted at the 1987 meeting of the Australian Pain Society in recognition...
View Article2019 Tess Cramond Lecture: Dr Melissa Day
Background: The Professor Tess Cramond Named Lecture is offered to an Australian researcher in the early part of their career. The Lecture was first presented at the 2007 Australian Pain Society...
View Article2019 Bonica Lecture: Professor Glenn King
Background: The John Bonica Named Lecture is offered to an Australian guest speaker. The Bonica lecture has been a feature of the Australian Pain Society scientific meeting since 1984. John Bonica...
View ArticleCommunications, Advocacy, and The Joshua Tree: A Chat with Beth Darnall
Beth Darnall, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University, USA. Her research examines different ways to best treat and...
View ArticleCops for Kids and the Australian Pain Society: Working Together to Support...
Cops for Kids (CFK) began in 2006 when a group of police officers in Port Adelaide, South Australia, wanted to support the sick children and families of their colleagues. These officers began donating...
View ArticlePersonalised Treatment, Collaboration, and Puzzles: A Chat with Nanna Finnerup
Nanna Finnerup, MD, DrMedSc, is a Professor in pain research at the Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark and Chair of the Neuropathic Pain Special...
View ArticleFrom Christian Science to the Placebo Effect: A Chat with Tor Wager
Tor Wager, PhD, is a Professor of psychology and neuroscience and the Director of the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Colorado, Bolder. Together with his lab, Wager...
View ArticleNew Sensation: Chronic Pain as a New Concept for the International...
Enormous collaborative effort sees chronic pain added to international disease coding system The following is a summary of a talk given by Professor Milton Cohen AM of St Vincent’s Clinical School,...
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