Pain Management

Dr. Sherif S Sultan is a professor at Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. His academic activity extended more than 25 years till now. His researches involved many views of anesthesia (general, cardiac and regional) and sedation. Publications in these fields were frequently cited. He has a wide experience in lifesaving and resuscitation field as an ACLS, PALS and ATLS instructor. Dr. Sultan is known for his dedication and enthusiasm during his academic, teaching and clinical work.

anesthesia (general, cardiac and regional) and sedation

Prof of anesthesiology, interventional pain physician Chairman, Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) Editor in Chief & Founder, Journal of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Anesth Pain Med) Founder & Past President, Iran Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ISRAPM) Founding member/ Functional Medicine SIG/ American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) Editorial board at several scientific and PubMed indexed journals Professional Experiences: Interventional and percutaneous spinal pain procedures Speaker: Invited speaker and chairperson in several international congresses and workshops Publications: More than 80 published original and research papers and books Membership

Pain Research

Jeff L Xu is a Chief of Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Management, Program Director of Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship. As the founder of the Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Services at Westchester Medical Center, he initiated and developed the regional anesthesia program for the anesthesia residents. He also is the founder of the fellowship program for Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine at Westchester Medical Center, New York medical College, USA, and served as Fellowship Program Director. He also served as Principal Investigator on multiple clinical studies, speaker for regional anesthesia workshops, and reviewer for peer review journals

Anesthesia,Pain Management

After completing her Senior Registrar post in Hammersmith Hospital in 1997, Fang took a consultant post in Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. She was specialised in Critical Care and paediatric anaesthesia for ENT surgery. She created Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Resuscitation 2005 with focus on clinical research in these areas. She currently also leads the Perioperative, Critical Care and Trauma Trials Group (PACCT group), University of Birmingham. Their team and PACCT group have strong track record in obtaining major grants from MRC, Wellcome Trust, NIHR, HTA and charity funding bodies, England. Fang was awarded a most prestigious research award in England, NIHR Senior Investigator in 2015.

Chronic Pain

Dr. Feng Tao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry. Dr. Tao received his RO1 award and Independent Scientist Award from NIH in 2012 and 2014, respectively. He has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed professional journals and he is serving as an editorial board member for some professional journals. Dr. Tao also served as an invited reviewer for Johns Hopkins ACCM Seed Grant, NSF-sponsored Pilot Funding at Louisiana State University, Arizona Biomedical Research Commission, Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership Regenerative Medicine Initiative, Wings for Life−Spinal Cord Research Foundation in Austria, Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Spinal Cord Injury and Neuropathic Pain Panel, and NIH NRCS Study Section.

Research interests focus on the central mechanisms of analgesia and anesthesia

Dr. EL Beheiry obtained his Anesthesia FRCPC specialty certificate in Anesthesia in 1994. He had a PhD from the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He also spent a year as a Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of British Columbia. He is trained as a neuroanethesiologist and had Clinical Fellowship training in Neuroanesthesia at the University of Toronto,Ontario,Canada.He practiced at the University Health Network, The Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1995 to 2007. His interests are currently focused on acute pain management and clinical neuroanesthesia.He authored many publications in regional anesthesia and complications of regional nerve blocks.

Acute pain management, Regional anesthesia, Clinical Neuroanesthesia.

Dr. Jason Mazzarella graduated at the top of his class at New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) in Seneca Falls, NY in 2006, finishing his graduation requirements 9 months early. While at NYCC, Dr. Mazzarella was selected to participate in a highly coveted United States Olympic Training Facility Elite Rehabilitation Rotation. This rotation involved staying at the United States Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, NY, and learning advanced sports rehabilitation protocols and treatment options used to treat present and future Olympians. After completing this rotation, Dr. Mazzarella was then the first in his class, and 5th inter ever to be selected into a prestigious Chiropractic and Orthopeadic Veteran's Hospital Internship, allowing for over 240 hours of direct chronic pain patient care. Dr. Mazzarella also holds two Bachelor of Science Degree from the Pennsylvania State University (Kinesiology Human Movement and Health Policy and Administration). Upon graduation, Dr. Mazzarella continued his training, education and experience obtaining over 1000 hours of advanced post graduate training Whiplash Traumatology, Accident Reconstruction, Chronic Pain, Special Imaging, Traumatic Stress, Acupuncture, and Advanced Rehabilitation Techniques. Over the course of the last decade, Dr. Mazzarella has been able to incorporate this advanced education, with over 12,000 individual patient assessments, and over 100.000 patient treatments to provide a patient experience based on cutting edge medical research, extensive treatment experience, and supported through advanced clinical testing, digital vestibular analysis, and computerized model education and analysis.

Chronic Pain Management, Chronic Pain

Dalamagka Maria, , consultant anesthesiologist at Edessa General Hospital , Greece. Certificate of Continuing Medical Education Parcipitation: Preventing Adverse Consequences of sleep loss and excessive sleepiness: Practical assessment and management strategies-module 1,Certificate of Continuing Medical Education Emergency Ultrasound Course: online Vascular Access Ultrasound Course (sponsorship of ACEP and the South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians. Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for 6 hours of ACEP Category 1 credit). 08/2009 Certificate of Continuing Medical Educaton. Emergency Ultrasound Course - South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians online Trauma Ultrasound Course (8 hours in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recogniton Award).

Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Postoperative analgesia

Dr.Russell graduated from San Diego State University in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in biology. He graduated from Southern California University of Health Sciences, Los Angeles College of Chiropractics in 1982. Until 2011 he practiced in a multi-specialty clinic in Long Beach through before joining the faculty of Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) in 2012. He has held several leadership positions in the chiropractic profession, including Chairman of the Chiropractic Section of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach. He has held several posts with the California Chiropractic Association, serving on the board of directors and also as Vice President of Internal Affairs. For ten years he served as the Exam Commissioner and Expert Consultant for the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners and served 15 years as an Examiner for the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Dr. Russell has published several articles in chiropractic magazines and journals, and made presentations before chiropractic and medical conferences. He has also presented numerous talks before workers in various job settings on the topic of injury prevention. Dr. Russell has served on the Board of Directors of the Long Beach Symphony Association and is an active member of the Long Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. He is currently the Director of SCU Health System, Spine Care, which uses proven evidence-based methods in the treatment of back conditions.

Pain Management