CHANGE PAIN® Advisory Panel
The Initiative is supported by the European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain (EFIC) and involves pain experts from across Europe and the United States. The group is chaired by Professor Dr Hans Georg Kress M.D., Ph.D., President of the EFIC and Dr Gerhard H.H. Müller-Schwefe, President of the German Pain Association (DGS).
The Advisory Panel meets regularly to discuss relevant topics how to improve today's practice in managing severe chronic pain more efficiently.
The commitments are:
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RESEARCH Generate insights confirming patients' needs |
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PUBLISH Communicate findings in scientific publications |
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EDUCATE Improve knowledge on pain physiology and treatment among healthcare professionals |
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| Dr Karsten Ahlbeck Capio St. Göran's Hospital Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Dr Dominic Aldington Churchill Hospital Oxford, UK |
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| Prof Eli Alon Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Prof Stefano Coaccioli Perugia University Medical School, Terni, Italy |
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| Dr Beverly Collett University Hospitals of Leicester, UK |
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| Dr Flaminia Coluzzi SAPIENZA University of Rome, Italy |
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| Prof Frank Huygen University Hospital Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| Dr Wolfgang Jaksch Wilhelminenspital Vienna, Austria |
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| Prof Eija Kalso Helsinki Univ Central Hospital, Finland |
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| Dr Magdalena Kocot-Kępska Poradia Leczenia Bólu, Kraków, Poland |
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| Prof Dr Hans Georg Kress (CHAIR) Medical University / AKH Vienna, Austria |
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| Dra Ana Cristina Mangas Ourem, Portugal |
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| Dr Cesar Margarit Ferri Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain |
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| Dr Philippe Mavrocordatos Clinique Cecil Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| Dr Bart Morlion University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium |
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| Dr Gerhard H.H. Müller-Schwefe (CHAIR) Centre for Interdisciplinary Pain Therapy & Palliative Care, Goeppingen, Germany |
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| Dr Andrew Nicolaou London, UK |
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| Dra Concepción Pérez Hernández Hospital Universitario de la Princesa Madrid, Spain |
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| Prof Joseph Pergolizzi Naples Anesthesia and Pain Associates, Naples/Florida, USA |
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| Prof Michael Schäfer Charité Berlin, Germany |
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| Dr Patrick Sichere Paris, France |
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