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ADDRESS: 

CURRICULUM VITAE 

GERALD M. ARONOFF, M.D., DABPM, DABPN, FAADEP 

Carolina Pain Associates, P.A. & 

North American Pain and Disability Group 

Metroview Building 

1900 Randolph Road, Suite 606 

Charlotte, NC 28207 

TELEPHONE: (704) 347-3447 

Medical Director, Carolina Pain Associates 

Medical Director, North American Pain and Disability Group 

EDUCATION: 

1967 B.A Drew University, Madison, New Jersey 

1972 M.D. New Jersey College of Medicine 

Newark, New Jersey 

RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIPS: 

1972-75 Resident in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School 

McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 

1975-76 Fellowship Psychosomatic Medicine 

Consultation—Liaison Psychiatry 

Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 

1993 

(First Year Available) Fellow American Board of Pain Medicine 

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION: 

1996 Certified, American Board of Independent Medical Evaluators (ABIME) 

1995 Certified, American Board of Forensic Examiners 

1994 North Carolina Medical License No. 01375 

1994 Diplomat, American Board of Pain Medicine 

1993 Fellow, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1993 Fellow, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians 

1972 Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners 

1973 Massachusetts Medical License No. 36110 

1977 Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 

2005-08 Adjunct Associate Professor 

Duke University Medical Center 

Department of Psychiatry, Pain Evaluation and Treatment Service 

Durham, NC 

1980-96 Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry 

Tufts Medical School 

Boston, MA 

1976-79 Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry 

Harvard Medical School 

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Boston, MA 

1975-76 Associate in Psychiatry, Boston 

University Medical School 

Boston, MA 

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: 

Sept. 1995 –Present Presbyterian Hospital and Presbyterian Orthopedic Hospital, Charlotte, NC 

Active Staff 

1994-Sept 1995 

Presbyterian Hospital, Medical Director, Presbyterian Pain 

Therapy Center, Charlotte, NC 

1992-1994 New England Memorial Hospital, Stoneham, MA 

1991-1994 Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Melrose, MA 

1976-89 Department Head, Director Boston Pain Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation 

Hospital Boston, MA 

1985-1992 J.B. Thomas Hospital, Peabody, MA – Medical Director, 

North Shore Pain Center 

1986-1992 Salem Hospital, Salem, MA 

1975-76 Co-Director Pain Service, New England Rehabilitation Hospital, 

Woburn, MA 

CONSULTATION BOARD APPOINTMENTS: 

2009-present King Pharmaceuticals Regional Advisory Board-Pain Market Place 

2007-present 

2007-present 

2007-present 

AECOM New Strategies in Pain Management Advisory Board 

QRX Pharma—Advisory Board on Pain Management 

Nektar –II Advisory Board: Opioid Induced Constipation 

2004 National Initiative on Pain Control (NIPC), Consultant and Faculty 

2004 Purdue Pharma Advisory Board and Speaker’s Bureau 

2004 National Pai Foundation Board of Advisors 

2002- Novartis Advisory Committee 

1999- Pain Specialists Advisory Council (NYC) 

1999- Advisor, Searle Cancer Pain Management Focus Group (Palm Springs, CA) 

1998 CARF National Advisory Committee- To develop Guidelines-Standards in 

Pain Centers 

1997-1999 Pain Consultant to Federation of State Medical Boards 

1992 Peer Reviewer for the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cancer Pain 

Management (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) 

1990-1994 Consultant to Medical College of Virginia, Pain Management 

Guidelines Development Panel (U.S. Department of Health & Human 

Services) 

1986-Present 

Consultant to Media Resource Service 

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1984-88 Consultant to Massachusetts Medicaid Medical Review Committee 

1981-84 Medical Consultant to Surgitronics 

(Division of Intermedics) 

2009 AAPM North Carolina State Representative 

AWARDS AND HONORS: 

2005 German Pain Award (for contributions to the field of Pain Medicine) 

2002-2005 Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital 

1999 American Academy of Disability Evaluation Physicians (AADEP) 

President’s Award: Lecturer of the Year 

1998 Task Force to develop National Guidelines for the Management of Chronic 

Non-Malignant pain; A Multidisciplinary Study 

1998-1999 Federation of State Medical Boards 

Pain Consultant 

1998 Task Force to develop National Guidelines for Pain Management in 

the Elderly who live in Long-Term Care Facilities 

1993-1996 American Back Society Award 

1988–1992 Pain Consultant for Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Arthritis Advisory 

Committee 

1987 Drew University- Distinguished Alumnus Award in the Sciences 

1986 International Physicians Commission For the 

Protection of Prisoners 

Advisory Board 

1985 Delegation leader, People-to-People, Soviet Union 

(Hosted by Ministry of Health) 

1984 Delegation leader, People-to-People International 

Citizen Ambassador Program. Pain Management 

Delegation to People's Republic of China (hosted by the Chinese Medical 

Association) 

1983-1987 Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation 

Facilities (CARF) Board of Directors 

National Advisory Committee on Chronic Pain (1982, 1987, 1998) 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: 

2002 Chairman, Malingering Task Force American Academy of Disability 

Evaluating Physicians 

2002 Founder, American Pain Society, Forensic Special Group 

2001-present 

National Pain Foundation: Board of Directors 

2001 AADEP, Chairman, RSD Task Force 

2000-2001 World Institute of Pain Advisory Board Scientific Committee 

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2001 Chairman, RSD Task Force American Academy of Disability Evaluating 

Physicians 

2000 New England Pain Association 

2000-present 

1999-present 

Active Member, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

National Pain Foundation, Board of Directors 

1999-2002 World Society of Pain Clinicians, Board of Directors 

1999-2000 Secretary, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians 

1999-2000 Chairman, Advanced Clinical Meeting on Pain, American Academy of 

Disability Evaluating Physicians 

1999 AADEP-Co-Chairman, Fibromyalgia Task Force 

1999 Chairman (with a co-chair), Fibromyalgia Task Force, American Academy 

of Disability Evaluating Physicians 

1998-1999 NC Medical Society, Task Force on End-of-Life issues 

1998-1999 Chairman, Board of Directors, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1997- 1999 Board of Directors, Southern Pain Society 

1997-1998 President, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1997-1998 Chairman: Committee on Pain Care at the End of Life 

(To establish guidelines for Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted 

Suicide), American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1997-1998 President, American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 

1997-1998 Chairman, Committee on Quality Care at the End of Life. (AAPM) 

1997 AAPM, Clinical Practice Committee 

1997 World Institute of Pain, Board of Directors 

1996-2003 Board of Directors, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians 

1996-2000 President, North Carolina Pain Society 

1995-present 

Mecklenburg County Medical Society 

1995-1997 American Board of Independent Medical Examiners Exam Committee 

1995-1997 Clinical Practice Committee, American Pain Society 

1995-1996 Clinical Practice Committee, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1995 Chairman, Nominating Committee, New England Pain Association 

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1995 Chairman, Annual Scientific Meeting, Southern Pain Society 

1994-present 

American Academy of Disability Evaluating 

Physicians, Board of Directors; Chairman, 

Professional Affiliates Committee 

1994-1995 President, New England Pain Association 

1993-present 

American Back Society, Advisory Council 

1993-2003 Senior Faculty, Course Instructor, Pain and Disability, American Academy of 

Disability Evaluating Physicians 

1991-1996 Executive Committee, Easter Pain Association 

1991-1992 Chairman of the Board, Eastern Pain Association 

1990-1994 Consultant to Research Advisory Committee 

1989-2001 American Representative, World Society of Pain Clinicians 

1989-1992 Co-Chairman, Committee of Scientific and 

Professional Conduct, American Pain Society 

1989-1992 Board of Directors, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1989-1990 Chairman, Nominating Committee, Eastern Pain Association 

1989 Chairman, Program Committee, Section on 

Chronic Pain, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1988-1992 Member, Committee on Taxonomy, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1988-1992 Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pain Consultant 

Arthritis Advisory Committee 

1985-present 

1985-present 

Member (active), Eastern Pain Association 

Member, American Pain Society 

1985-1988 Member, Board of Directors, American Pain Society 

1985-1987 President, Eastern Pain Association 

1984-1989 Commission for Accreditation of 

Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) Board of Directors 

1984-present 

Founding Member, New England Pain Association 

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1984-present 

Board of Directors, New England Pain Association 

1984-1988 President, New England Pain Association 

1983-1992 Chairman, Socioeconomic Committee, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1983-1990 Member, Ethics Committee, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1983-1990 Chairman, CARF Liaison Committee American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1983-1987 Board of Directors, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1983-1987 Chairman, Committee on Pain Centers, American Academy of Pain Medicine 

1983-1984 Member, Nominating Committee, American Pain Society 

1983-1984 Chairman, Scientific Program Committee, Eastern Pain Association 

1982-1987 Chairman, Committee on Standards of Pain 

Treatment Facilities, American Pain Society 

1982-1983 Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 

1981-1983 Chairman, Committee on Guidelines for the 

Organization of Pain Centers, American Pain Society 

1979-1980 Chairman, Membership Committee, Eastern Pain Association 

1977-1995 Pain Copers, Inc. (President) 

1977-1980 New England Representative, Eastern Pain Association 

1977-1980 American Society of Clinical Hypnosis 

1976-present 

International Association for the Study of Pain 

1976-1980 New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis 

1975-1998 Massachusetts Medical Society 

1974-1997 American Medical Association 

1966-1967 Sigma Tau Sigma (Honor Society) 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: 

1995-present Annual WTVI hour TV Specials on Chronic Pain 

1993 Winthrop Community Access TV, Winthrop, MA 

1988-present 

Numerous Public Service Lectures on Chronic pain 

1987 Leventhal- Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton Center, MA 

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Lecture on Boston Pain Center and Chronic Pain 

1986 Jewish Community Center, Marblehead, MA 

Lecture on Chronic Pain (OCT) 

1985 Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, Lecture on Chronic Pain (MARCH) 

Senior Citizens Group, Winchester, MA 

1984 Swampscott High School Community Lecture Series 

1983-1984 North Shore Cancer Society 

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1982-1988 Board of Directors, West End/Back Bay/Beacon Hill Unit of the American 

Cancer Society 

TELEVISION APPEARANCES DISCUSSING CHRONIC PAIN: 

Night Line 

Good Morning America 

David Letterman 

David Suskind 

WTVI Healthwise 

EDITORIAL POSITIONS: 

2001-present Advisory Board, Partners Against Pain 

2001-present Executive Editor Pain Practice 

1996-2000 Co-Editor Current Review of Pain 

1993-present Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Disability 

1990 Editorial Advisory Board, Pain Management 

1985-2005 Editorial Advisory Board, Pain Clinic 

1984-1990 Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Journal of Pain, Raven Press 

1981-1987 Editor-in-Chief, Mediguide to Pain, Della Corte Publications 

BOOKS AUTHORED OR EDITED: 

1. Aronoff, GM. Handbook on Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain, Wavecrest 

Publishing, Charlotte, NC, 2005 

2. Aronoff, GM. Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain, 3 rd edition, Lippincott/Willliams 

& Wilkins, 1999. 

3. Aronoff, GM., Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain, 2nd ed., Williams & Wilkins, 

Baltimore, MD, 1992. 

4. Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain, Aronoff, GM, ed Urban & Schwarzenberg 

(Baltimore, 1985). 

5. Aronoff, GM. Pain Centers: A Revolution in Health Care Raven Press, New York, 1988. 

6. Aronoff, GM, Evans, WO. Handbook on Rational Use of Medication for Pain. New York, 

Della Corte Publishing Feb., 1987. 

7. Aronoff, GM. Ed. 1 vol. Pain Management in the Soviet Union, People to People Pain 

Management Delegation to The Soviet Union, 1985. 

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8. Aronoff, GM. ed. 2 vols. Pain Management in China, People to People Pain Management 

Delegation to China, 1984. 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS PUBLISHED: 

1. Aronoff, GM. A Holistic Approach to Pain Rehabilitation:The Boston Pain Unit. In: W 

Erdmann, T. Oyama and MJ Pernak, ed. The Pain Clinic I, The Netherlands, VNU Science 

Press, 1985. 

2. Aronoff, GM, McAlary PW, Berdell MS, Witkower AB. Pain Treatment Programs: Do They 

Return Workers to the Workplace? In: RA Deyo, M.D. M.PH., ed. SPINE. Hanley& Belfus, 

Inc., September 1987. 

3. Aronoff, GM, McAlary PW, Berdell MS, Witkower AB. Pain Treatment Programs: Do They 

Return Workers to the Workplace? Occupational Medicine, Hanley & Belfus, Inc. January 

1988. 

4. Aronoff, GN, McAlary PW. Organization and Personnel Functions in the Pain Clinic. In: JN 

Chia, ed. The Multidisciplinary Pain Center. Kluwer Academic Publ. May 1988. 

5. Aronoff, GM, Wagner JM. The Pain Center: Development, Structure, and Dynamics. In: CD 

Burrows, D Elton and BV Stanley, eds. Handbooks on Chronic Pain Management, 

Amsterdam, Elsevier Biomedical Press, 1989. 

6. Aronoff, GM, McAlary PW. Multidisciplinary Treatment of Tractable Pain Syndromes. In 

Lipton, Tunks, Zoppi,eds., Advances in Pain Research and Therapy: The Pain Clinic, Raven 

Press, 1990, 267-278. 

7. Aronoff, GM, Wagner, JM. The Role of Pain Clinics. In: The Anesthesiologist Guide to Pain 

Management, CA Warfield, ed. Kluwer Academic Publ., 1995. 

8. Aronoff, GM, Approach to the Patient with Chronic Pain, Office Practice of Neurology, 

Samuels MA and Feske S, eds., Churchill Livingstone, 1995. 

9. Aronoff, GM, Pain Centers: Organization, Structure, and Function. In Publication of the 

Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Pain Clinics, Raj PP, ed., Monduzzi Editore, 

1995. 

10. Aronoff, GM, Organization of a Chronic Pain Center. In Raj, P., Erdine S., Niv, D., Raja, S., 

eds. Management of Pain A World Perspective, Monduzzi M. Editore, Bologna, 1995. 

11. Aronoff, GM, Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain and Disability,in Disability Evaluation, 

Demeter SL, Anderson GBJ, Smith G, eds, Mosby Year Book, Inc., 1996. 

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12. Aronoff, GM, Layden M, Green E, Goodall R., Assesment and Prevention of Disability, in 

Wittink H, Michel TW, Chronic Pain Management for Physical Therapists, Butter Worth- 

Heinmann, 1997. 

13. Aronoff, GM, The Fine Art of Promoting Yourself, in Silver, JK, The Business of Medicine, 

Hanley & Belfus, 1998. 

14. Aronoff, GM, Myofasical Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: A Critical Assessment and 

Alternate View, in DeVera JA, Parris W, Erdine S, eds., Management of Pain: A World 

Perspective III. 

15. Aronoff, GM, Chronic Pain, Impairment and Disability, in Disability Evaluation 2 nd edit, 

Demeter SL, Anderson, GBJ, Smith G, eds, Mosby Year Book, 2003. 

16. Aronoff GM, Feldman JB, Campion T, Chronic Pain: Controlling Disability, in State of the Art 

Reviews and Occupational Medicine, Randolph DC edit., 2000. 

17. Aronoff, GM, Pain and Disability, Demeter SL et al, Disability Evaluation, 2 nd Edit. 

18. Aronoff, GM, Approach to the Patient with Chronic Pain, Edited Samuels MA and Feske SK, 

“Office Practice of Neurology” Second Edition, Churchill Livingston, Pg. 1390-1394, 2003. 

19. Aronoff, GM, The Role of Pain Clinics, Warfield CA and Bajwa ZH, “Principles & Practice of 

Pain Medicine, Second Edition, Pg. 813-824, 2004. 

20. Aronoff, GM, Chronic Pain; The Importance of a comprehensive history in, Maj M, Akiskal H, 

Mezzich J, Okasha A, Somatoform Disorders, (WPA Series Evidence and Experience in 

Psychiatry Volume 9) Wiley Press, 2005. 

21. Aronoff, GM, Disability/Impairment Evaluation; Wallace MS, Staats PS, Pain Medicine & 

Management: Just the Facts; McGraw-Hill, 2005. 

22. Aronoff, GM, Siwicki, DM; Urine Drug Monitoring Opioids. Dominion Diagnostics &Alpharma 

2009. 

23. AECOM. Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 2 nd Edition. 2009 

PUBLICATIONS: 

1. Aronoff, GM, Aronoff S and Peck LW. The Use of Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of 

Bronchial Asthma. Annals of Allergy. 1975; 34:356-362. 

2. Aronoff, GM, Wilson RR, Sample S. Treating Chronic Pain: The Team Approach. Journal 

Nursing Care. 1978: April:12-13, 27. 

3. Aronoff, GM, Wilson RR. How to Teach Your Patients to Control Chronic Pain. Behavioral 

Medicine. 1978; July12-13, 27. 

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4. Wilson, RR, Aronoff GM. The Therapeutic Community in the Treatment of Chronic Pain. 

Journal Chronic Diseases. 1979;32: 477-481. 

5. Aronoff, GM, Grabius S. Postoperative Pain. Mediguide to Pain. 1980; 1:1:1:5. 

6. Aronoff, GM, Walls CM, Wheaton C and Carlisle J. Clinical Report on Ice Massage for Pain 

Control. Mediguide to Pain. 1980: 1:5:2:5 

7. Aronoff, GM, Kamen R. Evans WO. Relaxation Response: A Behavioral Answer for 

Chronic Pain Patients. Behavioral Medicine. 1981; 8:7:20-25. 

8. Aronoff, GM. The Boston Pain Unit: A Holistic Approach to Pain Rehabilitation. NIDA 

Monograph. 1981: 36:1-4. 

9. Aronoff, GM, Walls CM, Wheaton C and Carlile J. Ice Massage for Pain Control. Aches and 

Pains. 1982. 3:233:-36. 

10. Aronoff, GM. Pain Units as an Effective Alternative Technique in Controlling Chronic 

Pain. Orthopedic Review. 1980; 11:7:95-100. 

11. Aronoff, GM, Evans WO. Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain at the Boston Pain 

Center. Journal Clinical Psychiatry, 1982, 43:8: 3-7. 

12. Aronoff, GM, Evans WO. Use of Doxepin as an Adjunct in the Treatment of Chronic Pain. 

Journal Clinical Psychiatry 1982; 438:42-45. 

13. Aronoff, GM. The Use of Non-narcotic Drugs and Other Alternatives for Analgesia as Part 

of a Comprehensive Pain Management Program. NY State Med J 1982; 13-3:191- 202. 

14. Aronoff, GM, Evans WO. The Prediction of Treatment Outcome at a Multidisciplinary 

Pain Center. Pain 1982; 14:67-73. 

15. Aronoff, GM, Evans WO. Chronic Pain: A Pharmacological Approach. Mediguide to Pain. 

1982; 3:3:1-4. 

16. Aronoff, GM, Evans WO and Enders PO. A Review of Follow- up Studies of 

Multidisciplinary Pain Units. Pain. 1983; 16:l-11. 

17. Aronoff, GM, Crue BL and Seres, J. Pain Centers: Help for the Chronic Pain Patient. 

Mediguide to Pain. 1983; 4:1:1-5. 

18. Aronoff, GM. The Role of the Pain Center in the Treatment of Intractable Suffering and 

Disability Resulting from Chronic Pain. Seminars in Neurology. 1983; (3):No 4,377-381. 

19. Rutrick, D, Aronoff GM. Combined Psychotherapy of Chronic Pain Syndrome Patients at a 

Multidisciplinary Pain Centers. Hospital Practice. 1983; 18:9:60-65. 

20. Aronoff, GM. Trazadone Associated with Priapism. Lavnet, April, 1984. 

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21. Panis, W, Aronoff GM. Painful Peripheral Neuropathies Mediguide to Pain. 1984; 51:1-5. 

22. Kaufman, G, Aronoff GM. The Use of Psychomotor Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic 

Pain. Psychotherapy Research and Practice. 1984. 

23. Aronoff, GM, Wagner JM and Kleinke C. Pain and Depression. Mediguide to Pain. 1984. 

24. Aronoff, GM. Psychological Aspects of Non-malignant Chronic Pain: a Multidisciplinary 

Approach. Resident and Staff Physician. 1984. 

25. Aronoff, GM. Editorial "Evolving Trends in Chronic Pain Management." Clinical Journal 

of Pain, 1:1, 1985 Raven Press. 

26. Aronoff, GM. "Pain Treatment: Is it a Right or a Privilege?" Clinical Journal of Pain 1:4, 

1985, Raven Press. 

27. Aronoff, GM. Editorial: "The Future of Pain Management,"Clinical Journal of Pain 2:2, 

1986, Raven Press. 

28. Aronoff, GM, Wagner JM. "Pain Centers A Community Resource",Mediguide to Pain, 

Dellacorte Publ.,7-:1,1986. 

29. Aronoff, GM, Wagner J and Spangler AS, Jr. Chemical Interventions for Pain. J. Consulting 

and Clinical Psychology, 1986, 54:6:1-7. 

30. Aronoff, GM, Witkower AB. Chronic Pain: Common Problems Practical Solutions; Resident 

& Staff Physician, Romaine Pierson Publ., Inc., Jan. 1988, 39-47. 

31. Aronoff, GM, McAlary PW, Organization and Personnel Functions in the Pain Clinic, in the 

Multidisciplinary Pain Center. Organization and Personnel Functions for Pain Management. 

Chia, JN, Ed., KIuwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1988, 21. 

32. Aronoff, GM, The Use of Adjuvant Analgesics For Pain control; Medical Dialogue on Pain. 

Mount Vernon Hospital, 1989. 

33. Aronoff, GM, McAlary PW, Living With Chronic Pain, Executive Health Report, March, 

1989, (25): No.6. 

34. Aronoff, GM, Editorial "What is Happening to Medicine".Clinical Journal of Pain. 4:65-66, 

1988 Raven Press. 

35. Aronoff, GM, Diamond S., Eds, Special Issue on Headache,Clinical Journal of Pain. 

51:1989, Raven Press. 

36. Aronoff, GM, Editorial, "The Disability Epidemic",Clinical Journal of Pain. 5:203-204, 

1989. 

37. Aronoff, GM, Editorial, "Pain Management: Challenge for the 90's", Clinical Journal of Pain. 

5:281-282, 1989. 

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38. Aronoff, GM,"Chronic Pain and the Disability Epidemic",Clinical Journal of Pain. 7:330- 

338, 1991. 

39. Aronoff, GM, "Psychiatric Illness, Chronic Pain and Disability", Journal of Disability, 3:63- 

79, 1993. 

40. Aronoff, GM, “Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain and Disability”, Current Review of Pain. 

1:93-98, 1997. 

41. Aronoff, GM, “Psychiatric and Behavioral Aspects of Headache”, Current Review of Pain. 

9:165-173. 

42. Aronoff, GM, “Where Have We Been? Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?”, 

Clinical Journal of Pain. 13:3-5, 1997. 

43. Aronoff, GM, Dupuy, D, “Evaluation and Management of Back Pain: Preventive 

Disability”, Journal of Rehabilitation, 1997. 

44. Aronoff, GM, “Myofacial Pain Syndrome and and Fibromyalgia: A Critical Assessment and 

Alternative View”, Clinical Journal of Pain 1998. 

45. Aronoff, GM, Feldman JB. “Preventing Iatrogenic Disability from Chronic Pain”, Current 

Review of Pain 3:67-77, 1999. 

46. Aronoff, GM, Fibromyalgia editorial, Disability, xv-xvii, Nov. 1999. 

47. Aronoff, GM, Feldman, JB. “Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain: A Review and 

Reappraisal”, International Review of Psychiatry 12:156-168, 2000. 

48. Aronoff, GM,” Opioids in Chronic Pain Management: Is There a Significant Risk of 

Addiction?”, Current Review of Pain, 4:112-121,2000. 

49. Aronoff, GM, Tota-Faucette M, Phillips L, Lawrence CN, “Are Pain Disorder and 

Somatization Disorder Valid Diagnostic Entities?”, Current Review of Pain 2000, 4:309- 312. 

50. Aronoff, GM, Guest Editorial, Rehabilitation, Not Disability for Chronic Pain, Amer Back 

Society Newsletter, Fall 2000. 

51. Aronoff, GM, In Memoriam, William H. Sweet, Pain Medicine,2:2:176, 2001. 

52. Aronoff GM, Hicks MS, Hardin N, et al, CARF Position Paper: CRPS I(RSD), Impairment 

and Disability Issues, Published Pain Medicine, 3:3:274-287, 2002. 

53. Aronoff GM, Brennan MJ, Pritchard DD, Ginsberg B. Evidence-based oral transmucosal 

fentanyl citrate (OTFC) dosing guidelines, Pain Medicine. 6 (4):305-314, 2005. 

54. Aronoff GM, Mandel S, Genovese E, et al. Evidence-based oral trans-mucosal fentanyl 

citrate (OTFC) dosing guidelines. Pain Medicine,7 (6):178-204, 2001. 

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - INTERNATIONAL: 

August 14, 2008 

New Trends in Pain Management 

Veijle, Demark 

“CRPS” 

March 9 th -15 th , 2005 

Germany 

(Key Note Speaker) “German Pain Conference” 

Controversy in Opioid Use in Chronic Pain 

September 17 th -26 th , 2004 

Barcelona, Spain 

“The World Institute of Pain” 

May 4 th -9 th , 2004 

Reykjavik, Iceland 

SASP – Speakers Conference 

Keynote Speaker (Study of Pain) 

September, 2002 

Toronto, Canada 

First International Conference on Symptom, Diagnostic and Disability Validity: Improving Patient 

Outcomes 

Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia 

February, 2002 

Frankfurt, Germany 

AWA Pharma 

Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia “A Critical Assessment and Alternate View” 


Sydney, Australia 

Forensic Psychiatry Course 

The Iatrogenesis of Disability from Chronic Pain 

The Management of Chronic Pain 


Budapest, Hungary 

6 th Annual Advanced Interventional Pain Conference 

Appropriate Use of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain 

March, 2001 


World Pain Congress 

Fibromyalgia “Disease or Syndrome?” 

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Germany Pain Congress 

Fibromyalgia, Disease or Syndrome 

Opioids for long-term treatment of Chronic Pain in the Elderly? 

December, 2000 

Vancouver B.C., Canada 

American Back Society (Advanced Diagnosis and Treatment for Neck and Back Pain 2000) 

May, 2000 


AADEP International Disability Medicine Symposium 

Use of Opioids to Prevent Chronic Pain From Being Disabling 

May, 2000 


Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators 

Chronic Pain Management and Disability 

October, 1999 

Sharm el Sheik, Egypt- World Congress on Pain 

Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain 

Chronic Pain and disability 


Budapest, Hungary. Interventional Pain Conference – 

Preventing disability from chronic pain. 

Fibromyalia and Myofascial Pain – An Alternative View. 

August, 1998 

AADEP, International Congress on Disability: Use of Opioids in Preventing Disability from 

Chronic Pain, Preventing Disability from Back Pain 

(Vancouver, British Columbia) 

June, 1998 

Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators: Chronic Pain Assessment and Management, A Critical 

Review of the Relationship between Pain and Disability (Toronto, Canada) 

May, 1998 

8TH World Congress The Pain Clinic: Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia - A critical 

Assessment and Alternate View, Evaluation and Management of Back Pain - preventing disability 

(Canary Islands, Spain) 

November, 1997 

Associates of Designated Assessment Centers: Evaluating Impairment 

and Disability from Chronic Pain (Toronto, Canada) 

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European Federation Pain Conference (Barcelona, Spain) 

May, 1997 

International Disability Medicine Symposium: Chronic Pain - Impairment 

& Disability Issues (Toronto, Canada). 

October, 1996 

7th International Symposium: The Pain Clinic, (Istansul, Turkey). 

June, 1994 

American Back Society, Cost Effective Back Care: Pain Management 

(Montreal Canada). 


The First East-West International Conference on Pain Management. 

Lecture: "Psychologic and Pharmacologic Management of Chronic 

Pain." (Seoul, Korea) 


5th International Congress: The Pain Clinic 

"Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain." 

Jerusalem, Israel 

October, 1991 

Eleventh Argentinean Congress on Pain and Third Argentinean Congress of Pain for Nurses. 

Lectures: "Medication Management in Chronic Pain" and "Disabilities Resulting Specifically from 

Low Back Pain." (Mar Del Plata, Argentina) 

May, 1991 

American Back Society, Toronto, Canada 

Pain Management 


Toronto, Canada, Joint Meeting of the Canadian and American Pain Societies. Lecture: 

"Complicating Factors in the Pharmacotherapy of Chronic Pain Syndromes." 


Florence, Italy, The 3rd International Symposium: The Pain Clinic. Lecture: "Evolution of 

Multidisciplinary Pain Centers"; "Multidisciplinary Treatment of Intractable Pain Syndromes." 

January, l987 

Brisbane, Australia, Keynote Address, Australian Pain Society- 

"Chronic Pain: Prevention of Disability." 

NATIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: 

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April 24-26, 2008 

Western Pain Society Annual Conference 

“Depression and Chronic Pain” 

Seattle, Washington 

September 29, 2007 

AAPM Annual Pain Conference 

“Managing Pain and Improving Patient Outcomes 

with the use of Opioid Therapies” 


VIM-CME Teleconference 

Pain Grand Rounds 

“Managing Pain: Improving Patient Outcomes 

and Minimizing Risk in Opioid Therapy of Chronic Pain” 

University of Mississippi Medical Center—Jackson, Mississippi 

August 18, 2007 

Promerica “Roundtable Chronic Pain Management” 

New York, NY 

Auxillium Advisory Board 

July 17, 2007 





Louisiana State University 

April 5, 2007 

PHN Back pain Teleconference Interviews 

“Localized pain, Back Pain and Neuropathic 

Pain Evaluation and Treatment” 

Worldwide Marketing Research & Strategic Consultancy 

May 22, 2007 





Laxford, TX 

May 16, 2007 





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Dallas VA Medical Center 

March 19, 2007 

VIM –CME Teleconference 




February 10 th -14 th , 2007 

Cleveland Clinic Pain Courses 

Managing Breakthrough Pain 

Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain 

January 19, 2007 


Johns Hopkins University 

Advances in the Management of Breakthrough pain 

March 30 th -31 st, 2006 

13 th Annual Rehab & Case Management Symposium 

Keynote Address “Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain” 

October 17, 2005 

DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc. 

Keynote Address at Third Annual Scientific Symposium 

May 26, 2005 

Panama City Beach, Florida 

“Challenges in the Management of Acute & Chronic Pain” 

Panama City, Florida 

Emerald Coast Cancer Center 

“Assessment & Treatment of Breakthrough Pain” 

May 18, 2005 

San Antonio, TX 

Brook Army Medical Center 


May 11, 2005 

Pittsburgh, PA 

Univ. Pittsburgh Med. Center – St. Margaret 


May 6, 2005 

New Orleans, LA 

AAPM&R 

Core Faculty 

Pharmacotherapy of Chronic Pain 

Co-Morbid Psychiatric Problems in Chronic Pain 

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May 3, 2005 

Bedford, New Hampshire 

Southern NH Medical Center 


March 23, 2005 

Manchester, NH 

Elliot Hospital Oncology 


March 22, 2005 

Bedford, NH 

Bedford Dartmouth Hitchcock 


March 22, 2005 

Nashua, NH 

Southern NH Medical Center 


March 17, 2005 

Jackson, MS 

Jackson Oncology 

“Management of Excessive Sleepiness” 

March 4, 2005 

Nashville, TN 

Vanderbilt Med. School/OCC Medical Meeting 

Keynote Speaker: “Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome” 

“Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy” 

February 23 rd -27 th , 2005 

Palm Springs, CA 

American Academy of Pain Medicine 

Talk: (1) What is the Risk of Iatrogenic Addiction in Chronic Pain Treatment 

Talk: (2) Meet-the-Expert (Assessment Tools – Assessment of Chronic Pain) 

February 12 th -16 th , 2005 

Orlando, Florida 

Cleveland Clinic Pain Management Symposium 

Talk: (1) Preventing Disability in Chronic Pain Patients 

Talk: (2) Fibromyalgia: An Old Name for a New Disease 

Talk: (3) Long Term Opiates for Non-malignant Pain – US Perspective 

January 28 th -30 th , 2005 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 

“The World Institute of Pain and Puerto Rico Pain Management Society” 

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Pain Care at the End of Life: What to do if all else fails 

December 10, 2004 

Greenville, NC 

Visiting Professor 

“Eastern Carolina Medical School-Faculty Lecture” 

November 18, 2004 

Raleigh, NC 

“Assessment & Treatment of Breakthrough Pain” Selective GABA Reuptake Inhibition: A Novel 

Pharmacologic Approach 


Charlotte, NC 

Clinical Experts in Pain Series 

“Substance Abuse” 


Savannah, GA 

Psychiatric Consultants 

“Selective GABA Reuptake Inhibition: A Novel Pharmacologic Approach” 


Savannah, GA 

Neurological Institute 



Las Vegas, Nevada 

Recent Developments in Neuropathic Pain & Their Impact on Clinical Practice 

“Neuropathic Pain Roundtable Meeting” 



Eastern Carolina University Pain Management Center 

“Assessment & Treatment of Breakthrough Cancer Pain” 


Healthwise Program – WTVI 

“Management of Chronic Pain” 


Chicago, Illinois 

Pregabalin National Specialist Speaker Training” 


Oklahoma City, OK 

Cancer Specialists of Oklahoma 


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Glastonbury, CT 

Glastonbury Osteopathic Medicine 



Stamford, CT 

“Purdue Advisory Board Meeting” 


Roanoke, Virginia 

Southwest Virginia Pain Initiative (Chapter of VCPI) 

Appropriate Use of Opioids for Non Cancer Pain “Substance Abuse, Diversion & Risk Mgmt.” 

August 26, 2004 

Louisville, KY 

Pain and Substance Abuse: Recognizing the Potential for Misuse and Diversion 

August 26, 2004 


Murphy Pain Center 

“Assessment and Treatment of Breakthrough Cancer Pain” 

August 17, 2004 

Bedford, NH 

Bedford Pain Group 


August 17, 2004 

Manchester, NH 

CMC Medical Group 


August 2, 2004 

Chapel Hill, NC 

UNC Pain Department 


Gabitril: A Selective GABA Reuptake Inhibitor (SGRI) 


Durham, NC 

Duke Pain Department 


Gabitril: A Selective GABA Reuptake Inhibitor (SGRI) 

July 29 th -August 1 st , 2004 

San Francisco 

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Gave Course on: 

“Chronic Pain Management” 

July 12, 2004 

Monroe, NC 

Monroe Pain Clinic 


June 29, 2004 

Augusta, GA 

Evans Pain Clinic 


June 22, 2004 

Salisbury, NC 

Dr. Lyerly’s Office 

“Current Issues in the Management of Sleep Disorders & Wake Management & Gabitril: A 

Selective GABA Reuptake Inhibitor (SGRI)” 

June 22, 2004 

Greensboro, NC 

Guilford Pain: 


June 14, 2004 

Charlotte, NC 

NIPC: “Neuropathic Pain Dinner Meeting” 

National Initiative on Pain Control 

May 18, 2004 

Barrington, NH (Interventional Spine Medicine) 


May 13, 2004 

Ashville, NC (Physicians & Nurses) 


April 29, 2004 

Charlotte, NC 

Liberty Mutual: Rehab Nurses Association 

“Preventing Disability From Chronic Pain” 

April 23, 2004 

Decatur, IL (St. Mary’s) “Pre-Clinical Pharmacology of Provigil” 

Decatur, IL (Decatur Hospital) “Pre-Clinical Pharmacology of Provigil” 

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Decatur, IL (Cancer Care Specialists) “Provigil-Clinical Profile 

April 16th-18 th , 2004 

Actiq Speaker Training: Scottsdale, AZ 

“National Speakers Bureau” 

April 13, 2004 

Cephalon: Charlotte, NC 

Bonner Family Practice 

“Current Issues in the Management of Disorders of Sleep & Wakefulness 

March 26 th -28 th , 2004 

Halfmoon, CA 

NIPC Curriculum Development Meeting 

March 2 nd -7 th , 2004 


AAPM 20 th Annual Meeting 

January 22 nd -23 rd , 2004 

Ft. Meyers, Florida 

Liberty Mutual Medical Directors Meeting 

“Psychiatric Co-morbidity in Chronic Pain Syndrome 


Charlotte, NC 

Neuropathic Pain – PMR Residents 


Palm Beach, Florida 

Alza Investigators Meeting 

“Chronic Use of Opioids to Treat Non-Malignant Pain” 

December 3 rd -5 th , 2003 

Bedford, MA 

New England College of Occupational Medicine 

“Effective Pharmacological Management of Lower Back Pain” Preventing Disability 

November 20 th -21 st , 2003 

St. Paul, Minnesota 



Glen Oaks, NY 

Zucker Hillside Hospital 

“Ground Rounds” Topic: The difficult pain patient 

November 14 th -16 th , 2003 

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Miami, Florida 

Clinical Experts Faculty Meeting 

“Advisory Board” 


New Orleans, LA 

AADEP 

“17 th Annual Scientific Session and Business Meeting” 



Grandover Resort 

“Substance Abuse, Diversion, & Risk Management” 


Midwestern Regional Medical Center – Zion, Illinois 

Education Lecture – Lincolnshire, Illinois 

“Management of Breakthrough Pain” 

October 22 nd -26t h, 2003 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 

Pain Society Scientific Meeting & Workshop 

October 17 th -19 th , 2003 

Naples, Florida 

Actiq Consultants Meeting 

“Abuse, Addiction Diversion: Issues and Concerns” 


Rock Hill, SC 

Southeastern EPEC Conference 

Hospice Community Care 

“Chronic Pain Management & Cancer Pain” 

September 12 th -14 th , 2003 

NYC 

Regional Consultant Meeting 

“Migraine/Headache” 


Spartanburg, SC 

Continuing Medical Education 

“Management of Chronic Pain” 

August 22 nd -24 th , 2003 

Chicago, Illinois (The Peninsula) 

“Actiq Regional Consultant Meeting” 

“Migraine Headache” 

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August 20, 2003 

Naperville, Illinois 


July 22 nd -24 th , 2003 

Hyannis, Massachusetts 

Seak, Inc. 23 rd Annual National Workers Compensation & Occupational Medicine Seminar 


July 16, 2003 


Murphy Pain Clinic 


July 15, 2003 

Cleveland, TN 

Ford Pain Clinic 


July 11, 2003 

Houston, TX 

AADEP (Impairment Rating) 

“Impairment from Chronic Pain” 

June 30, 2003 

Charlotte, NC 

Round Table Talk: Kadian-Faulding 

“Presbyterian Center for Pain Physicians & Staff” 

June 13, 2003 

Anchorage Alaska 

Alaska Pain Conference 

“Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain” 

June 4, 2003 

Charlotte, NC 

“Pain in the Geriatric Population 

Living in the Long Term Care Setting” 

May 30 th -June 1 st , 2003 

San Diego, California 

“Clinical Experts in Pain” 

Faculty Meeting 

May 28, 2003 


NC Pain Coalition 

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“Founding Member” 

May 16, 2003 

New York 

NY County Dental Society 

Symposium on Painful Disorders of the Head and Neck 

“Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain” 

“Fibromyalgia & Myofascial Head and Neck Pain” 

May 8, 2003 

Fayetteville, NC 

North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians 

Risk Factors & Management of Chronic Pain 

Signs of Addiction 

May 6, 2003 



Risk Factors & Management of Chronic Pain 


April 29, 2003 

Wilmington, NC 


How to Diagnosis Chronic Pain “Treatment Options” 

Managing Pain “Medications, Risk Factors” 


April 26, 2003 

New York 

Alza Advisory Board 

April 24, 2003 

Ashville, NC 



Managing Pain “Medications, Risk Factors” “Signs of Addiction” 

April 22, 2003 

Raleigh, NC 



Managing Pain “Medications, Risk Factors” 


April 4, 2003 


Kronus-MSP Investigators Meeting 

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Pain and Analgesia: State of the Art Presentation 

April 1, 2003 

Hickory, NC 


Appropriate and Inappropriate Use of Opioids 

“Chronic Pain” 

March 2, 2003 

University at Sea/Continuing Education 

Norwegian Star in Hawaii 

Pain & Suffering “Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain” 

Pain Disorders “Fibromyalgia, Somatoform Disorders, Headache” 

Evidence-based Management of Chronic Pain “Pharmacological & Behavioral” 

Drug Dependence & Addiction in Chronic Pain Treatment 

February 7, 2003 

Houston, TX 

AADEP 

AMA Guides Training Course 

Chronic Pain “Occupational and Impairment Issues” 


Ft. Lauderdale, FL 

Hyatt Regency Pier 

“Key Opinion Leader Workshop” 


Atlanta, GA 

Northside Hospital 

Overview of Therapeutic Options for Chronic Pain 


Philadelphia, PA 

AADEP 

The Use of Opioids and Safe Return to Work 


South Boston, VA 

Halifax Regional Hospital (Ground Rounds) 

Practical Issues in Opioid Use for Chronic Pain 


Hickory, NC 

North Carolina Academy of Family Practice 

Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain 


Charlotte, NC 

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North Carolina Academy of Family Practice 

Appropriate Use of Opioids “Chronic Pain Management” 


Chicago, IL 

AADEP 

Chronic Pain “Occupational and Impairment Issues” 


Raleigh, NC 

NC Academy of Family Physicians 

Pharmacological Management of Pain “Preventing Drug Diversion” 


Charlotte, NC 

HeathSouth 

Use of Opioids and Safe Return to Work 


Houston, TX 

AADEP 



Chattanooga, TN 

Primary Care Physicians 

Assessment and Treatment of Breakthrough Cancer Pain 

July 13, 2002 

San Antonio, TX 

AADEP 

Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain; AMA Guides 

July, 2002 

Myrtle Beach, SC 


Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain “Preventing Addiction from Opioids” 

“Addiction and Recovery” 

“Pharmaceutical Drug Diversion” 

“Guidelines from the NC Medical Board Perspective” 

June, 2002 

Anchorage, Alaska 

Progress in Neuromodulation (Pain Conference) 

“Psychological & Psychiatric Issues Affecting Patient Selection and Compliance with Spinal Cord 

Stimulation” 

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June, 2002 

Charlotte, NC 

Byron Hall 

Chronic Pain Management “Are Opioids Appropriate?” 

“Is There a Significant Risk of Addiction” 

June, 2002 

Raleigh-Durham, NC 

Triangle Orthopedic 

“Prevention of Iatrogenic Disability and Delayed work Re-Entry” 

“Conservative Use of Opioids” 

June, 2002 

Dallas, TX 

AADEP 

“Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain; AMA Guides 4 th Edition” 

“Effective Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain Can Prevent Disability” 

May, 2002 


The University at Sea / Head-Neck Pain Symposium 

Pain Disorders “Fibromyalgia, Somatoform Disorders, Headache” 

Evidence-based management of Chronic Pain “Pharmacological and Behavioral” 

Drug Dependence and Addiction in Chronic Pain Treatment 

May 2002 

Ashville, NC 

Avery County Medical Society 

Charles Cannon Hospital 

Update on Pain Management “Legal and Ethical Issues in Prescribing Opioids: 

May, 2002 

Chicago, IL 

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 

“Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia” 

“A Critical Assessment and Alternative View: 

“Opioids and their Role in the Management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain: 

May 2002 

New York, NY 

Chronic Head/Neck Pain Symposium 

“Opioids and the Management of Chronic Pain” 

May, 2002 

Atlanta, GA 

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AADEP 



March, 2002 

Charlotte, NC 

Carolina Medical Center (PM&R Residency Program) 

Evaluation & Management of Chronic Pain “Pharmacological Issues” 

March, 2002 

Charlotte, NC 

Carolina Medical Center (Rehabilitation Nurses) 

“Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain” 

March, 2002 

Manassas, Virginia 

Prince William Hospital 

“Interdisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain” 

February 2002 

Dallas, TX 

AADEP 



Houston, TX 

AADEP 


January 2002 

Hickory, NC 

Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain “Are Opioids Appropriate?” 




American Back Society 

Preventing Disability from Chronic Back Pain “Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain” 

November 2001 

Knoxville, TN 

Knoxville Area Physicians Dinner 

Management “Where do we go from here?” 


Tullahoma, TN 

Coffee County Medical Society 

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“Barriers to Pain Management & Regulatory Issues” 


Las Vegas, NC 

AADEP 



Wadesboro, NC 

Anson Community Hospital 

“Management and Treatment of Chronic Pain” 



University of Tennessee Family Practice, Family Practice Center 

“Pain Management at the Primary Care Level” 



“Use v/s Abuse in Pain Management” 


Las Vegas, NV 

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 

Workers Comp; A Multidisciplinary Perspective “Chronic Pain, Unnecessary Disability Due to 

Back Pain 

October, 2001 

Durham, NC 

Chronic Pain Management “Are Opioids Appropriate?” 


October, 2001 

Gatlinburg, TN 

Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants 

“Abuse Issues in Pain Management” 

October, 2001 

Henderson, NC 

Grand Rounds 

Wake AHEC 


Decature, GA 

Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center 

Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain “Are Opioids Appropriate?’ 

“Is there a Significant Risk of Addiction” 


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Ft. Payne, AL 

Baptist Medical Center 

“Barriers to Pain Management” 

June, 2001 

Washington, DC 

Pharmacia 

Anesthesia Advisory Board 

June, 2001 


Purdue 

Pain Symposium 

May, 2001 

Scottsboro, AL 

Jackson County Hospital 

“Barriers to Pain Management & Regulatory Issues Prescribing Opioids” 

May, 2001 

High Point, NC 

High Point Medical Association 

Opioids for Pain Relief “Improving Quality of Life” 

May, 2001 

New York, NY 

New York County Dental Society 

Symposium on Painful Disorders of the Head and Neck “Opiate Analgesics in Non-Cancer Pain” 

May, 2001 

North Wilkesboro, NC 

Wilkes Regional Hospital 

“Inappropriate and Appropriate Uses in Opioids Analgesics” 

April, 2001 

Birmingham, AL 

St. Vincent’s Hospital 

“Opioids in Treatment of Chronic Pain” 

April, 2001 

Charlotte, NC 

Mecklenburg County Medical Society and Alliance (NBC6 News) 

“Fibromyalgia” 

March, 2001 

Chicago, IL 

AADEP 

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“Pain and Mental Disorders” 


Charlotte, NC 

Piedmont Emergency Medicine Association 

Barriers and Misconceptions to Effective Pain Management “Use of Opioids in the ER Setting” 


Ft. Worth, TX 

AADEP 

The Chronic Pain Syndrome Patient “Preventing Iatrogenic Impairment & Disability” 


Bixby Institute of Research Medical Center 


Kansas City, MO 


AADEP Clinical Training Program (Chicago, Ill) 


March 2000 

AADEP Clinical Training Program (Chicago, Ill) 



AADEP Advanced Clinical Training Program-Chairperson (Charleston, SC) 

Opioids in chronic non-malignant pain-are they appropriate? 


November 1999 

Dallas, Texas Keynote Address – Greater Dallas Pain Society – Use of Opioids for Chronic Pain 


Tucson, Arizona 

AADEP Annual meeting- Fibromyalgia – Is there impairment or disability? 

October, 1999 

Annual meeting – Virginia Association of defense attorneys talk on “treating chronic pain – 

preventing disability –Roanoke, VA., 


Chicago, Illinois 

AADEP-Clinical Training Program 

Preventing disability from Back Pain. 

Pharmacologic management of chronic pain. 

June, 1999 

AADEP Advanced Clinical Training Program 

Evaluating impairment from Chronic Pain 

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Opioids to prevent chronic pain from being disabling 

March, 1999 

Greensboro, NC, State Farm Insurance, Annual Meeting: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy- clinical 

and disability issues 

January, 1999 

Jonesboro Arkansas: Medical-legal issues in opioid use for chronic pain 

January, 1999 

Batesville, Arkansas: Independence County Med. Society-Current legal issues in pain management 


Las Vegas, Nevada-American Back Society.1.Preventing Disability from chronic back pain 2. 

Appropriate use of Opioids to prevent disability 

May, 1998 

Orlando, FL, American Society Consultant Pharmacist, Guidelines for Treatment of Pain in the 

Long Term Care Facility, Satellite Symposium 

May, 1998 

Santa Fe, NM, AADEP, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD): Impairment and Disability 

Issues 

May, 1998 

Shelby, NC, Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Keynote Speaker--Management of Back Pain: 

Preventing Disability 

May, 1998 

Orlando, FL, Purdue Frederick Company, Management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain 

May, 1998 

St. Louis Law School, Department of Medicine and Law, Consultant-Pain and Managed Care 

April, 1998 

Orlando, FL, Purdue Frederick Company, -Guidelines for Management of Chronic Non-Malignant 

Pain in Long Term Care 

March, 1998 

Orlando, FL, Purdue Frederick Company, Use of Opioids for Non-Malignant Pain 


San Diego, CA, American Academy of Pain Medicine, Prevention of 

Disability, Use of AMA Guides for Chronic Pain Evaluation, Moderator-- 

Debate on End of Life Care Issues 


San Francisco, CA, American Back Society, Preventing Disability from 

Chronic Back Pain, Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain 

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Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Member 

of Expert Panel, Guidelines for Chronic Nonmalignant Pain in the Elderly 

LTC Resident: The Relief Paradigm 


Palm Springs, FL, Federal Judiciary Education Program, Guidelines for 

Use of Opioids in Chronic Pain 


Chicago, IL, AADEP, Clinical Training Program, Use of AMA Guides to 

Evaluate Chronic Pain 

August, 1997 

Hilton Head, SC, AADEP Chairman Conference on Pain and Disability, 


June, 1997 

New York, NY, American Academy of Pain Medicine, Chronic Pain and 

the Prevention of Disability 

May, 1997 

Southern Pain Society, Moderator on Session on Alternative Therapies 

April, 1997 

Charlotte, North Carolina, North Carolina Pain Society, Moderator -- 

Pain Care at the End of Life -- Euthanasia/Physician Assisted Suicide 

April, 1997 

Chicago, Illinois, Advanced Topics in Medical Disability Management-- 

The Pain Dilemma 

March, 1997 

Charlotte, North Carolina, Independent Insurance Agents of Charlotte -- 


March, 1997 

San Francisco, AADEP, Clinical Training Course on Disability -- Use of 

AMA Guides to Rate Chronic Pain 


Aspen Colorado, Advanced Topics in Medical Disability Management -- 

The Pain Dilemma 


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San Francisco, American Back Society, Use of Opioids for Complex Chronic 

Non-Cancer Pain 


Tucson, Arizona, Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain: AADEP 

October, 1996 

Los Angeles, California, Symposium on Myofascial Pain, Lecture: Myofascial Pain 

Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. 

September 1996 

Chicago, Clinical Training Course, “Use/Abuse of AMA Guides to Evaluate 

Impairment from Pain”. 

May, 1996 

New York, NY 

North Shore University Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Neurology. Interdisciplinary 

Conference, Practical Management of Chronic Pain. Lecture: “Are Opioids Useful or Not in 

Chronic Non-Cancer Pain”. 

May, 1996 

Chairman, Southern Pain Society, Spring Symposium 


Chairman, Conference on Chronic Pain & Disability: Evaluation and Advocacy. Lecture- 

"Chronic Pain Syndromes-Preventing and Managing Disability Issues." (Charlotte, NC) 

June, 1995 

New England Pain Association Spring Conference. Tufts New England Medical Center: A Crisis in 

Access to Care- Are Patients Suffering with Needless Pain and Disability? Lecture "Industrial 

Accident Board Guidelines for Treating Pain." (Boston, MA) 

June, 1995 

Salisbury VA Medical Center 

Grand Rounds. Lecture "Management of the Difficult Chronic Pain Patient." (Salisbury, MA) 


Chairman, Conference on Chronic Pain & Disability: Evaluation and 

Advocacy. Lecture-"Chronic Pain Syndromes-Preventing and Managing Disability Issues." 

(Boston, MA) 


Charlotte Orthopedic Specialists Industrial Symposium. Lecture: 

"Psychosocial Modification of Pain & Disability." (Charlotte, NC) 


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Grand Rounds, Gaston Memorial Hospital. Lecture: "Chronic Pain & 

the Disability Epidemic." (Gastonia, NC) 


Roerig Lecture: "Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain"; 

"Antidepressants as Adjuvant analgesics." (Boston, MA) 

April, 1994 

6th International Congress -"Pain Clinic: Planning of Space and Personnel 

in a Pain Center." (Atlanta, GA) 


American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians Lecture: 

(Chairman) "Preventing Disability from Chronic Pain." Use of the 

AMA Guides. (Allentown, PA) 


Macomber Hospital Center, Grand Rounds: "Chronic Back Pain and 

the Disability Epidemic." 


Mass. General Hospital Institute, Lecture: "Evaluation and 

Management of Chronic Pain and Disability." 

July, 1993 

Thirteenth Annual National Workers' Compensation and Occupational 

Medicine Seminar, Lecture: "The Injured Worker With Chronic Pain- 

Preventing Disability." (Hyannis, MA) 

April, 1993 

American Occupational Health Conference. Lecture: "Chronic Pain 

and Disability Epidemic." (Atlanta, GA) 

April, 1993 

American Academy of Disability and Evaluating Physicians: 

"Use of the AMA Guides to Rate Impairment From Chronic Pain." 

(Orlando, Florida) 

April, 1993 

6th International Congress of Pain Clinicians: "Preventing Disability From Back Pain." 

(Atlanta, GA) 

July, 1992 

Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation: 

"The Failed Back-Past Problems and Future Directions." (San Francisco, CA) 


American Back Society: Fall Symposium: "Options in Management of Chronic Pain." 

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(San Francisco, CA) 

October, 1991 

Massachusetts General Hospital 

"Preventing Disability From Chronic Pain." (Boston, MA) 


American Academy of Pain Medicine 1991 Seminar: Pain Medicine in the 1990's: "Comprehensive 

Management of Chronic Pain, Current Practice and Future Perspectives” 

August, 1991 

Bar Harbor Medical Symposium. "Understanding Chronic Pain Syndrome" and 

"The Disability Epidemic." (Bar Harbor, ME) 

May, 1991 

AAPM Regional Symposium: "Pain Centers: Non-Invasive Treatment for 

Chronic Pain." (Mt. Laurel, NJ) 

Northeast Craniomandibular Society,: "Physical Behavioral Therapuetics for the 

Management of Chronic Pain." (Boston, MA) 

National Association of Retired Federal Employees 

"Multidisciplinary Approach to Chronic Pain." 

April, 1991 

New England Pain Association: David Kasdan Memorial Lecture. (Boston, MA) 

January, 1991 

American Academy of Pain Medicine, Annual Conference, Miami, FL 

"The Chronic Pain Epidemic." 

Massachusetts General Hospital, Anesthesia Grand Rounds, 

"Management of Chronic Pain." (Boston, MA) 

January, 1990 

Conservco: "Pain Related Disability and its Litigation in the United States." (Danvers, MA) 

May ,1990 

American Back Society, Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, IL 

"Spring Symposium in Back Pain"; "Pain Need Not Be A Disability." 


North Shore Dental Society. Keynote Address: "When All Else Fails, How to Manage Pain." 

(Lynn, MA) 

October, 1990 

American Pain Society: "Measuring Effectiveness of Pain Treatment; 

Measures and Validity of Psychological and Psychiatric Evaluation and 

Treatment Outcome." (St. Louis, MO) 

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Massachusetts Chapter of American Physical Therapy Association, "Integrated Treatment of Pain; 

Multidisciplinary Concepts in Chronic Pain Management." (Sturbridge, MA) 


American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, "Issues in Spinal Diseases; Psychologic and 

Pharmacologic Management." (Cambridge, MA) 

June, 1990 

Harvard Community Health Plan, “Preventing Disability from Chronic 

Pain." (Brookline, MA) 

May, 1989 

Hale Hospital, "Management of Chronic Pain Patients." (Haverhill, MA) 

April, 1989 

Beth Israel Hospital: "Management of the Difficult Chronic Pain Patient". (Boston, MA) 

April, 1989 

American Back Society: "Multidisciplinary "Treatment of Difficult Chronic Pain Syndrome." 

(Cambridge, MA) 

April, 1989 

Massachusetts General Hospital Grand Rounds. 

"Etiology and Treatment of Chronic Pain." (Boston, MA) 

March, 1989 

McGraw-Hill round table discussion on chronic pain management. 

January, 1989 

Winchester Hospital: "Advances in Pain Management." (Winchester, MA) 


Riverfront Medical Services, P.C.: "The Multidisciplinary Approach in Management of the 

Difficult Pain Patient." (Buffalo, NY) 


Lakeview Rehabilitation Hospital: "Multidisciplinary Treatment of Intractable Pain Syndromes." 

(Elizabethtown, KY) 

October, 1988 

Good Shepard Rehabilitation Hospital Industrial Medicine Seminar: "The Rehabilitation and 

Management of the Difficult Patient: The Boston Pain Center Approach." (Allentown, PA) 

Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Hospital Course "New Strategies for the Evaluation and 

Treatment of Low Back Pain and Sciatica". Lecture: "Behavioral Management of Patients with 

Chronic Pain Syndromes". 

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October, 1988 

American College of Surgeons: "Rehabilitation and Pain Clinic Therapy." (Chicago, IL) 

October, 1988 

Beverly Hospital: "Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain." (Beverly, MA) 


The University of Tennessee, Memphis Chattanooga Unit of the College of Medicine: 

"Management of Chronic Pain." (Chattanooga, TN) 


Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Musculoskeletal Craniocernical Disorders Interdisciplinary 

Study Club: "The Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain." (Boston, MA) 

January, 1988 

Goddard Hospital Grand Rounds: "Chronic Pain." (Brockton, MA) 

Malden Hospital Grand Rounds: "Update of Multidisciplinary Treatment of Chronic Pain and 

Inflammation." (Malden, MA) 

The University of Tennessee, Memphis Chattanooga Unit of the 

College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN. "Management of Chronic Pain.” 

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