Robert Alan Bonakdar, M.D., FAAFP, President

Robert Alan Bonakdar, MD, is Director of Pain Management at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California and a member of the Scripps Green Hospital Pain Management Committee. He also serves as Assistant Clinical Professor (Voluntary) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Bonakdar completed a fellowship in integrative medicine at Scripps Clinic, focusing on integrative pain management. He also completed the UCLA Acupuncture Course for Physicians and a Richter Fellowship in Southeast Asia, where he studied acupuncture, tai chi, and mind-body practices. His current clinical and research interests include novel approaches to pain management including dietary supplementation and biostimulation using microcurrent, laser, auricular, and acupuncture therapies.

Alfred Anderson, MD, DC, Vice President

Alfred V. Anderson, MD, DC, is the Medical Director of Medical Pain Management in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Anderson is also a member of the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and a fellow of the Federation of State Medical Boards. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Pain Management and is an author and section editor of the seventh edition of Weiners Pain Management.

Gerald Q Greenfield Jr., MD, Past President

Gerald Q. Greenfield, Jr., MD, FACS, is Board certified in orthopaedic surgery and has subspecialty training in spinal surgery and non-surgical spinal care.

Thomas N Watson, DPT, MEd, Secretary

Thomas Watson, PT, DPT, MEd, has practiced physical therapy for 38 years, is the chronic pain specialist at Rebound Physical Therapy in Bend, Oregon. Dr. Watson is Secretary of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Education Advisory Committee and Co-Chair Strategic Planning Committee, and Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management. He is a Commissioner of the Oregon Pain Management Commission, and a member of the Oregon and American Physical Therapy Associations. He is a past president and co-founder of the Pain Management SIG American Physical Therapy Association. He was a contributing author for Weiner’s Textbook of Pain Management.

Jackie Rowles, CRNA, MBA, FAAPM, Treasurer

Jackie Rowles, CRNA, MBA, MA, practices at Meridian Health Group, an integrative pain specialty group in Carmel, Indiana. A nationally recognized nurse anesthesia speaker, Ms. Rowles developed and directed an interventional pain management cadaver course for the Institute of Post Graduate Education and has been instrumental in the development of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Advanced Pain Management Training. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Pain Management and is the past President of the AANA.

Christian D. Gonz�lez, MD, Director At Large

Christian D. Gonz�lez, MD, is the Clinical Director of Pain Medicine at the Miami Neurological Institute in Aventura, Florida. Previously, he was Director of Pain Medicine at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine in Worcester. He completed an anesthesiology residency at Baylor College of Medicine and then a pain medicine fellowship at Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts General Hospital. His research focuses on interventional spine techniques. Dr. Gonz�lez also chairs the Academic Taskforce for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He has led multiple interventional workshops in the United States and Latin America.

Kathryn L Hahn, PharmD, Director At Large

Kathryn Hahn, PharmD, DAAPM, CPE practices community pharmacy with an emphasis on pain management in Springfield, Oregon. She is Affiliate Faculty at Oregon State University College of Pharmacy, where she teaches a six week clerkship in pain management to 4th year PharmD students. Dr. Hahn is Chair of the Oregon Pain Management Commission, serves on the board of the Western Pain Society and is Past President of the Pain Society of Oregon. She has published numerous articles, serves on the Website Advisory Board of Medscape and is a State Pain Action Leader for the American Pain Foundation. She speaks both locally and nationally about pain management, its politics, and policy. Dr. Hahn was a 2004 recipient of the American Pharmacists Association One to One Counseling Award, and the 2007 Pain Society of Oregon Pioneer in Pain Award. She received her pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California, is credentialed as a pain practitioner with the American Academy of Pain Management, and is a Certified Pain Educator.

Arthur S. Roberts, DDS, MD, Director At Large

Arthur S. Roberts DDS, MD, has been in private practice for nearly 4 decades. He lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of subjects including oral medicine, craniofacial pain, hospital dentistry, dental sleep medicine, and evidence-based health care. He has held positions as the attending and consulting staff at various hospitals for more than 35 years. Dr, Roberts is active in the American Academies of Oral Medicine, Craniofacial Pain, Orofacial Pain, Pain Management and Dental Sleep Medicine. He serves as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Oral Surgery/Hospital Dentistry, IUSD, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology/Medicine/Radiology, IUSD.

Lenore Duensing, MEd, Staff Advisor to the Board

Lenore Duensing, is the Executive Director, American Academy of Pain Management

Heather Tick, MD, IIPM Advisor to the Board

Dr. Heather Tick MDFor two decades, Dr. Heather Tick has been a practitioner of integrative medicine, as well as a leading physician, author, lecturer and researcher specializing in Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI), such as carpal tunnel syndrome, and Musculoskeletal Disorders. Dr. Tick is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Integrative Pain Clinic in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) at the University of Arizona (Tucson). She is also the co-founder and present Director of The RSI Clinic (Toronto) (an integrative pain treatment centre). Dr. Tick takes a unique, holistic approach to the practice of medicine, skillfully integrating traditional methods with alternative treatments, such as Intramuscular Stimulation (Deep Acupuncture), Laser Therapy, Nutraceuticals, Detoxification Therapy, Bio-identical Hormones, Far Infrared Sauna, and Alpha-Stim. She is considered an authority on the topic of RSI and Workplace Safety, Myofascial Pain Disorders, and Healthy Aging Medicine. An experienced researcher and practicing medical doctor, Dr. Tick is involved in ongoing research projects with the University of Waterloo and the University of Arizona.