AC ADEMY NEWS | AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MANAGEMENT ACADEMY NEWS The Academy Welcomes New Credentialing Coordinator, Christine Wright CHRISTINE WRIGHT joined the American Academy of Pain Management in December 2005 as the Credentialing Coordinator. Christine is responsible for tracking/coordinating credentialed member and CHRISTINE WRIGHT, Credentialing credential eligible applicant processes. She Coordinator will also be involved in the coordination of exhibitor booths for the 17th Annual Clinical Meeting in Orlando. Christine recently moved to California from Boise, Idaho, where she worked the State of Idaho for the last 25 years. There she provided direct and indirect services for consumers and employees and met many interesting challenges including: developing and coordinating a volunteer program in an institutional setting, identifying appropriate and cost effective medical transportation resources for consumers, participating with multiple agencies in the restructuring of human resources, and developing a new employee orientation program. Newly Credentialed DIPLOMATE Kenneth J. Allan, MD Rafael F. Aviles, MD Alyn LaMar Benezette, DO Anjum Bux, MD Robert J. Byrnes, DO Jacqueline Chanlatte, MD Jeffrey M. Cox, MD Sydney H. Crackower, MD Jay Finke, MD Kenneth W. Gibson, DO Allison W. Hanley, MD James M. Hawk, MD, PA Jonathan M. Hirsch, MD, PC Michael S. Lazzopina, MD Edmund K.T. Liem, DDS Bettina T. Limjoco, MD Manoj Maggan, DDS Don C. McLarey II, MD Enrico A. Melson, MD Sunil Shanker Naik, MD Sardha M. Perera, MD Aida Suarez Phelan, MD Kathryn A. Powell-Francis, MD Chikka M. Raju, MD, MAGD Challa V. Reddy, MD Keric J. Shiepis, DC Louis Greene Stanfield, CRNA, PhD Robert M. Stein, DVM Lloyd Stolworthy, MD Mark R. Stover, DMD Susan M. Thibault, DPM Robert N. Ulseth, MD Shailesh P. Upadhyay, MD Bradley W. Wargo, DO Norman H. Wasserman, MD Igor Wilderma, MD FELLOW Jayne D.Andrews, CRNA Cindy Cornell, BSN, RN Dennis C. McCraney, PA-C CLINICAL ASSOCIATE Paul C. Pollachek, RN, BS Thank You The Academy Thanks the Following People for Their Generous Donations Davis Bregman, MD Victoria I. Brightman, DPM Jose A. Cumba, DMD Albert C. Cura, MD Andrew Davy, MD Leonard B. Goldstein, DDS, PhD Heusent A. James, MD IN MEMORY Valerie Gerard Dillon, MD Kathleen A. Presutto-Nelson, MD John E. Freeman Juan F. Legarreta-Lopez, MD Andres Vega, MD C Samuel Verghese, MD, PhD Oops! In the last issue of The Pain Practitioner, we forgot to acknowledge two of our photographers (pages 80-81): Dr. Hal Blatman and Nancy Holland. 82 |T H E PA I N P R A C T I T I O N E R | S P R I N G 2 0 0 6
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