2019 Scientific Program Committee

Luda Diatchenko, MD PhD, Chair
Professor
McGill University

Ru-Rong Ji, PhD, Chair-elect
Professor
Duke University Medical Center

Geoffrey Bove, PhD DC
Associate Professor
University of New England

Thomas Buchheit, MD
Anesthesiologist
Duke University Medical Center

Robert Coghill, PhD
Professor
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Steve Davidson, PhD
(Early Career Liaison)
University of Cincinnati

Robert Gereau, PhD
Professor and Director
Washington University School of Medicine

Cornelius Groenewald, MD
(Early Career Liaison)
Seattle Children’s Hospital

Jon Levine, MD PhD
Professor
NIH Pain Center UC San Francisco

Rosemary Polomano, PhD RN FAAN
Professor
University of Pennsylvania

Linda L. Porter, PhD
(NIH Liaison)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/National Institutes of Health

Jennifer Rabbitts, MD
Assistant Professor
Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Brian Schmidt, DDS
Professor
NYU College of Dentistry

Ex-Officio
William Maixner, DDS PhD
APS President
Duke University Medical Center