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Russell K. Portenoy, MD
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| Dr. Russell K. Portenoy is Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine and
Palliative Care, and Chief Medical Officer of Continuum Hospice Care/The
Jacob Perlow Hospice. He holds the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman Chair
in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center and
is Professor of Neurology and Anesthesiology at the Albert Einstein College
of Medicine. Dr. Portenoy received his medical degree from the University
of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed a residency in Neurology
at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Fellowship in pain management
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Dr. Portenoy is Past President of the American Pain Society and incoming
President-Elect of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
He is the recipient of the Wilbert Fordyce Award for Lifetime Excellence
in Clinical Investigation and the Distinguished Service Award from the
American Pain Society, the Founder’s Award from the American Academy
of Pain Medicine, and the Bonica Award from the Eastern Pain Association.
He has been a Councilor and Secretary of the International Association
for the Study of Pain and is currently Chairman of the American Board
of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and Chairman of the Medical Forum
of the National Hospice Work Group. He serves on the Board of Directors
of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the Palliative
Medicine Review Committee, and the Board of Directors of the American
Pain Foundation.
Dr. Portenoy’s research has focused on clinical trials of analgesic
drugs, opioid pharmacology, symptom measurement, and quality of life assessment.
He is Editor in Chief of the international, peer-reviewed Journal of Pain
and Symptom Management; Associate Editor for Clinical Sciences of Pain;
and Editor for the Palliative Care Section of The Oncologist. He serves
on numerous other Editorial Boards and has written, co-authored or edited
17 books and more than 450 papers and book chapters on topics in pain
and symptom management, opioid pharmacotherapy, and symptom assessment.
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Topics in Pain Management: A Slide Compendium
is supported through an unrestricted education grant
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Elan Pharmaceuticals.
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