Weiner's Pain Management (ePub)

Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD is chief of pain medicine, director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship Program, and associate professor of anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Trained in interventional pain management, medical acupuncture and end-of-life care, Dr. Boswell has been actively involved in clinical pain management, pain-related research, and academic medicine for more than 15 years. Dr. Boswell is editor-in-chief for Pain Physician, the official publication for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). Dr. Boswell earned his PhD in experimental pathology and MD from Case Western Reserve University. He completed an anesthesia residency after a categorical surgical internship, a research fellowship in neuroscience, and additional training in interventional pain management. Dr. Boswell was named the Outstanding Clinical Teacher in Anesthesiology in 1992 from CWRU School of Medicine and received the Outstanding Educational Achievement Award from ASIPP in 2004. Dr. Boswell was vice-chair of the School of Medicine of CWRU, serves on numerous committees at University Hospitals of Cleveland, including pharmacy and therapeutics, Qual Choice Medical Policy and the Rehabilitative Services Advisory Committee. He is a frequent presenter at local, national and international meetings, an accomplished author, and committed member of his community, family, and church. Dr. Richard S. Weiner personally asked Dr. Boswell to serve as the principal editor for the Seventh Edition of the American Academy of Pain Management's textbook. Under Dr. Boswell's editorial leadership the Seventh Edition has been revised entirely to embrace the evidence basis for pain diagnosis and management. Dr. Boswell has introduced many new sections and made this edition the most diverse in the disciplines involved, the most comprehensive in scope of practice, and the most clinically relevant. Dr. B. Eliot Cole earned his undergraduate degree in