Preconference Event

Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
Roles in Chronic Pain Management & Research

Overview & Schedule | CAM Faculty & Travel Fellow Presentations | Registration & Fees

Organizing Committee

Carolyn Fairbanks, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Neuroscience
University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy and Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Partap Khalsa, DC PhD DABCO
Program Director, Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health

Zaijie Jim Wang, PhD RPh
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Gonzalo Flores, LAc, MAOM
Medical Director
GroundSpring Healing Center
Portland, Oregon

Faculty

Miles Belgrade, MD
Medical Director
Fairview Pain Management Center
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Neurology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gert Bronfort, DC PhD
Research Professor, Vice President of Research
Northwestern Health Sciences University
Bloomington, Minnesota

M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD
Scientific Director Division of Intramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

James W. Carson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Peri-operative Medicine, and Psychiatry
Oregon Health & Sciences University
Portland, Oregon

Chun-Tao Che, PhD
Professor of Pharmacognosy
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Carolyn Fairbanks, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Neuroscience
University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy and Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gonzalo Flores, LAc, MAOM
Medical Director
GroundSpring Healing Center
Portland, Oregon

Richard Harris, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Partap Khalsa, DC PhD DABCO
Program Director, Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Sean Mackey, MD PhD
Redlich Professor of Pain Medicine
Chief, Pain Management Division
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California

Vitaly Napadow, PhD Lic Ac
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Massachussetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Charlestown, Maryland

Candace Pert, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer & Director
RAPID Laboratories Inc.
Rockville, Maryland

Joel G. Pickar, DC PhD
Professor Emeritus
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Davenport, Iowa

Seddon R. Savage, MD MS
Medical Director, Chronic Pain and Recovery Program,
Silver Hill Hospital
Director, Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education
Adjunct Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Hanover, New Hampshire

Zaijie Jim Wang, PhD RPh
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Lonnie Zeltzer, MD
Director, Pediatric Pain Program
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, California

Travel Fellowship Presentations

This symposium will provide an opportunity for early career investigators to participate and receive travel awards, and will encourage networking with senior investigators as well as an opportunity to present new research in the form of both oral and poster presentations.  Information and eligibility for the travel awards is as follows:

• Applicants must be graduate students, postdoctoral students or clinical fellows.
• Applicants must submit a 200-word abstract which will be scored by reviewers who have extensive experience reviewing abstracts, journal articles, and grant applications. 
• Award recipients will give 5-8 minute oral presentations during Session II of the schedule of events.
• Travel fellowship award support will be granted to selected applicants prior to the meeting.  Additionally, registration for travel fellowship awardees will be waived for the general APS meeting
• Minority individuals and women will be encouraged to apply.

To submit an application for a Travel Award for this symposium, send the following information to Partap Khalsa, DC, PhD, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .   Review of applications will begin on March 15 and awards will be made on a rolling basis until distribution of the awards is completed. Therefore, while the organizers will accept applications beyond March 15, early submission of materials will be advantageous.

1. Contact Information:
   1. Name
   2. Institution, including department/program, street address, city, state zip code and telephone
   3. Email address for the primary/presenting author/applicant
   4. Expected date of degree or conclusion of post-doc status
2. Abstract (maximum of 200 words)
3. Letter of Support or statement from Mentor(s) or Thesis Advisor as to training status (undergraduate, graduate student, post-doc)

Please send in PDF format via e-mail to:

Partap Khalsa, DC PhD DABCO
Program Director, Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Overview & Schedule | CAM Faculty & Travel Fellow Presentations | Registration & Fees