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About Pain.com
Pain. It doesn’t target a specific individual or demographic, nor does it care about gender, race or socioeconomic status. Pain is universal – all of us have experienced some sort of physical pain throughout our lives. For some, it may include the occasional headache. For many, pain is a way of life.
Pain.com is a unique online resource offering the most up-to-date pain and pain management information on a variety of different topics written by medical professionals for both the consumer and healthcare specialist. It allows a doctor to pull and review a case study relevant to her patient. It provides a nurse practitioner a place to go when he needs to find out more about a certain prescription drug. It gives peace of mind to the son worried about his aging mother’s chronic leg pain. It can help a mother find a pain clinic specializing in pediatric headaches for her seven-year-old daughter.
Pain.com is many things – the power is in your hands – how do YOU want to use it?
Welcome to Pain.com – your pain management resource center.
Pain.com Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Linda Alvers
Linda Alvers is a mastered prepared registered nurse with a passion for delivering relevant pain and pain management information to the masses. As editor-in-chief for Pain.com, Alvers combines her practical RN experience with her love of preventative healthcare, working with a diverse community of pain management professionals to educate and comfort the patient and their loved ones. Alvers has infinite respect for healthcare practitioners on the front line of daily patient care who bring their experience and expertise to Pain.com.
President
Scott Bonnallie
Pain.com President Scott Bonnallie oversees strategic development, and operations and management, and is charged with positioning Pain.com as a key player in the healthcare arena and medical education community. He works with potential educational partners and commercial supporters to create relevant educational content while providing supporters and advertisers a unique platform to showcase their products and services.
Medical Director
Bernard M. Abrams, MD
Dr. Bernard Abrams is a clinical professor of neurology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine. As the author of seven textbook chapters in current major pain management texts and more than 50 pain and pain diagnoses publications, Abrams brings many years of experience to Pain.com. Abrams graduated from New York University Medical School, served his residency in neurology at the NYU division of Bellevue Hospital in New York and was a fellow at the NIH. He is board certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and electrodiagnostic medicine. Abrams also serves as course director for Dannemiller's pain review course.
Director of Pharmacy Programs
John Kriak, PharmD
Dr. John Kriak has been a part of the Pain.com staff since February 2009. He plays many integral roles, including serving as a member of Pain.com's educational advisory board and working closely with Pain.com's Continuing Medical Education Department in developing education initiatives. Kriak is also the president and chief consultant for CAMMCO, LLC, a medical and strategic business consulting company working with organizations to develop support tools for physicians, and director of medical education for Conference Archives Inc. He is a published author for Kaplan Educational Centers, and serves as an educator, developing and teaching an Internet-based clinical pharmacy course to physician assistant programs located across the U.S. He also speaks at a variety of national conferences for selected biomedical societies and associations. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Duquense University in Pittsburgh, PA.
Director of Educational Strategy and Business Development
Erin Fletcher
Erin, a former public sector educator, has a life-time commitment to learning. She is responsible for establishing partnerships and alliances with joint sponsors, pharmaceutical companies, and other agencies that provide educational activities to healthcare professionals. Additionally, she provides educational consulting services to educational partners, joint sponsors, faculty and staff, including instructional design, adult learning tenets, physician learning theory, needs assessment writing, ACCME criteria and compliance.
Educational Content Manager
Michael Ramsey
Mike, a senior level Instructional Designer, brings a bevy of experience to the Pain.com team. He analyzes knowledge/performance gaps and adult learner target audiences to produce live and enduring educational materials to address the needs of the medical community and consumer medical population. He works directly with Pain.com staff, freelance writers, advisory board, educational partners, and commercial supporters to plan, develop, and present certified, engaging educational activities. He is keenly aware that learning is a never-ending process and holds a vested interest in ensuring clinicians receive the continuing education employing the latest educational strategies.
Accreditation Manager
Armando Cardenas
Armando received his BA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Bilingual Education from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is responsible for maintaining compliance and accreditation with several medical associations to include the ACCME, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education among others. He brings new energy to the Pain.com team and his wealth of knowledge from working in a hospital environment is invaluable to guiding this team to better focusing on our continuing educational goals.
Editor- Pain.com
Cindy Arlantico
Cindy brings a wealth of marketing knowledge to the Pain.com team as well as a true passion for our mission. She has been very involved with the transition to the our new layout and design and is looking forward to spreading the word about Pain.com.
IT Manager
Gabriel De La O
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Questions/Comments
Community Forum
To ask general questions and comments, access our Community Forum.
Pain.com
For Pain.com queries, send an email to editor@pain.com. The Pain.com team will contact you shortly. Make sure to include your email address or a way to contact you back.
Ask the Doctor/Medical Expert
To Ask a Medical Expert generalized advice about a medical condition, access the Community Forums and post your questions under the Ask the Expert General Discussion header. Questions will be submitted to our Medical Director and Advisory Board for review. Their replies will be posted to the forum by the Editor. Frequently Asked Questions will be posted to a Ask the Expert FAQ repository.
Ask the Pharmacist
To Ask a Pharmacist a generalized pharmaceutical related question, send an email to pharmacist@pain.com. The pharmacist will review the question and provide generalized drug to condition and associate drug information. These replies will be handled privately. Frequently Asked Questions will be posted to our Drug Store - Ask the Pharmacist FAQ section. All personal information will be removed prior to adding the query to the FAQs.
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