American College of Emergency Physicians
About the Pain Management and Addiction Medicine Section
The purpose of this section is to provide a forum for discussion, education and advancement of pain management and addiction medicine practice within the emergency department.
Section Objectives
- Promote the subspecialty of pain management within emergency medicine
- Evaluate and develop strategies to better manage acute and chronic pain in the emergency department
- Educate emergency medicine physicians regarding the management of acute and chronic pain without the use of opiates
- Discuss novel protocols and evidence based approaches to pain management in the emergency department
- Provide guidance and support to assist emergency physicians in helping patients with opiate addiction and referral to detox and rehabilitation
- Research the use of Suboxone in the emergency department for opiate addiction
- Develop an ACGME accredited Emergency Medicine Pain Management Fellowship program
- Provide advice to the College regarding pain management issues
Section Officers & Staff
Don Stader, MD, FACEP
Chair / Councilor
Reuben Strayer, MD, FACEP
Chair-Elect
Igor Middlebrook, MD
Newsletter Editor
Eric Ketcham, MD, FACEP
Immediate Past Chair/ Alternate Councillor
Ryan Stanton, MD, FACEP
Board Liaison
Sam Shahid, MBBS, MPH
Staff Liaison