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WIP

Sect

ions

W

IP en

cour

ages

the e

stabli

shm

ent o

f reg

ional

Secti

ons t

o fur

ther

the o

bjecti

ves o

f the

orga

nizat

ion,

and p

rom

ote n

ation

al an

d int

erna

tiona

l goo

d will.

A c

ount

ry or

regio

n with

at le

ast fi

ve FI

PP m

embe

rs qu

alifie

s for

Secti

on de

signa

tion.

Som

e cou

ntrie

s may

an

d do a

gree

to co

llabo

rate

as on

e Sec

tion.

The C

hair

of ea

ch Se

ction

serve

s with

the W

IP Ex

ecut

ive Bo

ard

on th

e WIP

Coun

cil.

WIP

Coun

cil 20

13-2

015

Exec

utiv

e Boa

rd

Rich

ard L

. Rau

ck, M

D, FI

PP, P

resid

ent

Kris

C.P. V

isser

s, M

D, Ph

D, FI

PP, P

resid

ent-e

lect

Char

les A.

Gauc

i, MD,

FRCA

, FIP

P, FF

PMRC

A,

Hon

orar

y Sec

reta

ry Ira

B. Fo

x, M

D, D

ABPM

, FIP

P, Ho

nora

ry Tr

easu

rer

Rica

rdo R

uiz-L

ópez

, MD,

FIPP

, Imm

ed. P

resid

ent*

Se

rdar

Erdin

e, M

D, FI

PP, P

ast P

resid

ent*

Ga

bor B

. Rac

z, M

D, D

ABIPP

, FIP

P, Pa

st Pr

eside

nt*

P. Pr

ithvi

Raj, M

D, D

ABIPP

, FIP

P, Pa

st Pr

eside

nt*

Craig

T. H

artri

ck, M

D, D

ABPM

, FIP

P, Ed

itor-i

n-Ch

ief, P

ain Pr

actic

e M

agdi

Ram

zi Isk

ande

r, MD,

FFAR

CS, F

IPP,

Chair

, Sec

tion B

oard

An

drea

M. T

resco

t, M

D, FI

PP, D

ABIP

P, Ch

air, A

dviso

ry Bo

ard

Maa

rten v

an Kl

eef, M

D, Ph

D, FI

PP, C

hair,

FIPP

Boar

d of E

xam

inatio

n Di

anne

L. W

illard

, Exe

cutiv

e Offi

cer

Sect

ion

Chai

rs

Afric

a: Pa

uline

Du P

lessis

, MBC

hB, D

A(SA

), FC

A(SA

), FIP

P Au

strali

a: Pe

ter G

. Cou

rtney

, MBB

S, FF

ARCS

, FFP

MAN

ZCA,

FIPP

Be

nelux

: Jan

Van Z

unde

rt, M

D, Ph

D, FI

PP

Braz

il: Fa

brici

o Dias

Assis

, MD,

FIPP

Ca

nada

: Edv

in B.

Kosh

i, MD,

FRCP

C, FIP

P, CE

DIR,

CIM

E Ce

ntra

l-Eas

tern

Euro

pe: M

artin

Mar

ianow

icz, M

D, FI

PP

Colom

bia: F

rant

z J. C

olim

ón, M

D, FI

PP

Hung

ary:

Edit

Racz

, MD,

FIPP

Ib

erian

: Car

men

Pich

ot, M

D, FI

PP

India

: Sub

rata

Ray,

DA, F

IPP

Iran:

Arm

an Ta

heri,

MD,

FIPP

Isr

ael: M

eir Be

nnun

, MD,

FIPP

Ita

ly: D

iego B

eltru

tti, M

D, FI

PP

Latin

Amer

ica: J

uan C

arlos

Flor

es, M

D, FI

PP

Mala

ysia:

Anwa

r Arsh

ad, M

D, FI

PP

Med

iterra

nean

: Ath

ina Va

dalou

ca, M

D, Ph

D, FI

PP

Midd

le Ea

st: M

agdi

Ram

zi Isk

ande

r, M

D, FF

ARCS

, FIP

P No

rthea

st As

ia: Sa

ng Ch

ul Le

e, M

D, Ph

D, FI

PP

Puer

to Ri

co-C

aribb

ean:

José

Rodr

íguez

Her

nánd

ez, M

D, FI

PP

Sout

heas

t Asia

: Alex

Sow

Nam

Yeo,

MD,

PhD,

FIPP

Sw

itzer

land:

Philip

pe M

avro

cord

atos

, MD,

FIPP

Tu

rkey

: Nur

i Süle

yman

Özy

alcin,

MD,

FIPP

UK

-Eire

: Pat

rick R

. McG

owan

, MBC

hB, F

RCA,

FIPP

, FFP

MRC

A US

A: Ji

angu

o Che

ng, M

D, Ph

D, FI

PP

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

——

- * W

IP Fo

unde

r

Richard L. Rauck 

MD, FIPP 

WIP Presid

ent

WIP

(Wor

ld In

stitu

te of

Pain)

prov

ides a

glob

al fo

rum

fo

r edu

catio

n, tr

aining

, and

netw

orkin

g for

thou

sand

s of

phys

ician

s who

dedic

ate t

hem

selve

s to t

he w

orldw

ide

phen

omen

a of a

cute

and c

hron

ic pa

in sy

ndro

mes

.

Foun

ded i

n 199

3, W

IP is

an in

tern

ation

al m

embe

rship

orga

nizat

ion fo

r phy

sician

s tha

t fac

ilitat

es th

e exc

hang

e of

pain

med

ical k

nowl

edge

and p

racti

cal e

xper

tise

thro

ugh p

artic

ipatio

n in W

orld

Cong

resse

s, int

erna

tiona

l and

re

giona

l sym

posia

, and

prac

ti-ca

l wor

ksho

ps. T

hrou

gh W

IP,

phys

ician

s asse

ss an

d con

trib-

ute t

o the

scho

larly

body

of

artic

les, c

ase s

tudie

s, pr

actic

e gu

idelin

es, a

nd ev

idenc

e-ba

sed c

ompo

sition

s in t

he W

IP

journ

al, Pa

in Pr

actic

e; de

mon

strat

e com

pete

ncy i

n int

er-

vent

ional

tech

nique

s via

adva

nced

certi

ficat

ion as

a Fe

llow

of In

terve

ntion

al Pa

in Pr

actic

e and

men

tor o

ther

s to

achie

ve th

e sam

e sym

bol o

f pro

fessio

nal e

xcell

ence

; an

d, fo

ster t

he hi

ghes

t sta

ndar

ds of

educ

ation

, tra

ining

, an

d res

earch

thro

ugh t

heir p

ain ce

nter

’s dis

tincti

on as

a W

IP Ex

celle

nce i

n Pain

Prac

tice A

ward

recip

ient.

Wor

ld Co

ngre

ss

The p

reem

inent

sum

mit

on pa

in m

anag

emen

t, th

e bie

nnial

WIP

Wor

ld Co

ngre

ss is

the m

ainsta

y of W

IP’s

educ

ation

al m

ission

. WIP

Wor

ld Co

ngre

sses c

ontri

bute

to

the g

lobal

adva

ncem

ent o

f pain

educ

ation

and

clinic

al pr

actic

e sta

ndar

ds of

exce

llenc

e.

Eil

at, Is

rael

(199

8)

Ist

anbu

l, Tur

key (

2001

)

Barce

lona,

Spain

(200

4)

Bu

dape

st, H

unga

ry (2

007)

New

York

, USA

(200

9)

M

iami B

each

, Flor

ida, U

SA (2

012)

Maa

strich

t, Th

e Net

herla

nds (

2014

)

New

York

, NY,

USA

(201

6)

WOR

LD IN

STIT

UTE O

F PAI

N

Sym

posia

and W

orks

hops

W

IP en

dorse

s reg

ional

and i

nter

natio

nal p

ain sy

mpo

sia

and p

racti

cal w

orks

hops

that

are o

rgan

ized b

y an F

IPP

mem

ber o

f WIP

and e

nrich

the e

duca

tiona

l miss

ion of

WIP

.

Pain

Pra

ctice

Pa

in Pr

actic

e, th

e offi

cial jo

urna

l of W

IP, w

as in

trodu

ced i

n 20

01. P

ublis

hed b

y Wile

y-Bl

ackw

ell an

d ind

exed

in M

ed-

line,

the j

ourn

al pr

ovide

s a fo

rum

for p

hysic

ians t

o acq

uire

and c

ontri

bute

to th

e kno

wled

ge

need

ed to

prom

ote t

he ad

vanc

e-m

ent o

f inte

rvent

ional

pain

prac

tice

arou

nd th

e wor

ld.

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ct Fa

ctor:

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nal C

itatio

n Rep

orts

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nk-

ing: 2

012 1

0/30

(Ane

sthes

iolog

y);

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linica

l Neu

rolog

y). O

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: 153

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FIPP

W

IP an

d its

FIPP B

oard

of Ex

amina

tion i

ntro

duce

d the

Fe

llow

of In

terve

ntion

al Pa

in Pr

actic

e (FIP

P) ph

ysici

an

certi

ficat

ion pr

ogra

m in

2001

. Ove

r 800

phys

ician

s fro

m

50 co

untri

es ha

ve be

en

certi

fied.

The t

hree

-par

t ex

amina

tion (

theo

retic

al,

prac

tical,

and o

ral)

is ba

sed

on cu

rrent

ly-ac

cept

ed

levels

of kn

owled

ge an

d ex

perti

se in

inte

rvent

ional

tech

nique

s. Th

e FIP

P cer

ti-fic

ation

prog

ram

cont

rib-

utes

to th

e glob

al ad

vanc

emen

t and

stan

d-ar

dizat

ion of

inte

rvent

ional

pain

prac

tice.

In 20

09, W

IP in

trodu

ced T

he Sa

mue

l J.

Hass

enbu

sch

Prize

to re

cogn

ize an

nuall

y th

e phy

sician

who

earn

s the

high

est s

core

on

the F

IPP e

xam

inatio

n. G

iven u

nder

the

ausp

ices o

f the

WIP

Fo

unda

tion,

this

prize

is

nam

ed in

mem

ory o

f Sa

mue

l J. H

asse

nbus

ch,

III, M

D, Ph

D, FI

PP, a

wo

rld re

nown

ed ne

u-ro

surg

eon a

nd sc

holar

wh

o dev

oted

his l

ife’s

work

to he

aling

peop

le.

Hasse

nbus

ch w

as an

arde

nt su

ppor

ter o

f WIP

; tea

cher

an

d men

tor t

o man

y phy

sician

s who

achie

ved t

heir

goals

of FI

PP ce

rtific

ation

.

EPP

Awar

d In

trodu

ced i

n 201

0, th

e Exc

ellen

ce in

Pain

Prac

tice

Awar

d pro

gram

reco

gnize

s pain

cent

ers t

hat d

emon

-str

ate e

xcell

ence

in cl

inica

l pra

ctice

, edu

catio

n, tr

aining

, an

d cut

ting-

edge

rese

arch

. Thr

ough

its n

etwo

rk of

EPP

pain

cent

ers,

WIP

aim

s to b

road

en th

e sco

pe an

d rea

ch

of ph

ysici

an co

llabo

ratio

n glob

ally.

To da

te, W

IP ha

s rec

ogniz

ed ov

er 20

pain

cent

ers i

n co

untri

es th

roug

hout

Euro

pe, S

E and

NE A

sia, A

frica

, Au

strali

a and

the U

nited

Stat

es.

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