Pittsburgh Pain Society

Assistant Professor Michael Mangione, MD has become one of the founding members of the new Pittsburgh Pain Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the alleviation of suffering due to chronic pain through the promotion of education and research in the field. Dr. Mangione is a Trustee and is also a member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Jack Kabazie, medical director of the Institute for Pain Medicine at West Penn Hospital, was recently elected president. Also on the Board are Drs. John Moossy and Peter Jannetta of the Department of Neurosurgery, and non-Pitt-faculty Drs. Robert G. Lis, Stanley Marks, and Donald Whiting. The recently chartered association is planning its first educational event for this coming autumn. The group plans to present quarterly lectures, and possibly one larger, annual event. Everyone who is interested in the management of chronic pain is invited to consider membership in the Pittsburgh Pain Society. For more information, contact Dr. Mangione.

Yan Xu, MD

Congratulations to Dr. Yan Xu, on his appointment to the National Institutes of Health, Biophysical Chemistry Study Section, Center for Scientific Review.

“We are, of course, pleased and proud that your expertise has been recognized in this manner, and we support you in fulfilling your obligations to the Study Section.” – Arthur S. Levine, MD

Faculty New Hires January through July 2002

January
Matthew Caldwell, MD, visiting assistant professor
Ramona Nicolau-Raducu, MD, visiting instructor

February
Alaeldin, Darwich, MD, visiting instructor

March
Kimberly Cantees, MD, clinical assistant professor (casual)

May
Alfonso Casta, MD, associate professor

July
Jacques Chelly, MD,visiting professor
Andres Jakymec, MD, visiting assistant professor
Lawrence Marr, MD, visiting assistant professor
Michael Mohr, MD, visiting instructor
Shashank Saxena, MD, visiting assistant professor
Howard Smith, MD, visiting assistant professor
Sudhakar Yennam, MD, visiting instructor