Welcome Letter

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

The World Institute of Pain (WIP) has chosen New York, the heart of the United States, as the venue for its 5th World Congress of the World Institute of Pain. Since its founding in 1993, WIP has held four successful World Congresses in Eilat (Israel), Istanbul (Turkey), Barcelona (Spain), and recently in Budapest (Hungary) with more than 2000 delegates.

WIP’s combined focus on participant-friendly yet intense educational activities together with “hands-on” courses, has led to the development of novel interventional techniques for the management of pain. At the same time we have fostered consensus building amongst pain experts on the effectiveness of existing techniques and on avenues for further improvements in therapeutic performances. This will be a chance to hear and meet the leading lecturers and share their experiences from all over the world.

Pain Congress Chairman, Richard Rauck, together with the Scientific Program Committee, chaired by Tony Yaksh and co-chaired by James Rathmell and Giustino Varrassi, is preparing a program representing the very latest evidence-based and best-practice-based Pain Medicine in all areas and disciplines interested in the field.

In addition to science, you will find the opportunity at the WIP pain conference to take a bite out of the “Big Apple”.  Like no other place on earth, New York’s diversity, unique culture and style infused with iconic architecture makes for a memorable experience.

We look forward to welcoming you to New York in 2009 for a very special pain conference - the 5th WIP World Congress.