2025 Scientific Planning Committee
Amean Amra, DO, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Aneta Capraru, AGACNP-BC, BSN, RN, Swedish Hospital/Endeavor Health System, Chicago IL
Oscar Coppes, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Alyson Engle, MD, Assistant Professor of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Lindsay G. Flegge, MSW, PhD, HSPP, SPC Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Rebecca Fleming, BS in Business Administration, U.S. Pain Foundation, Patient Panelist, Chicago, IL
Ann Marie Flores, PT, MSPT, MA, PhD, Certified Lymphedema Therapist, Associate Professor, Director of Cancer Rehabilitation, Cancer Survivorship Institute, Robert H. Lurie, Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Kellie Gates, MD, Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Management Physician, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, Glenview, IL
Sara Gehrig, ThD, Assistant to the Director of Mental Health and Support, U.S. Pain Foundation, Patient Panelist, Wausau, WI
Zahra Khudeira, PharmD, MA, BCPS, CPPS, PMP, Pharmacist, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL
Matthew Moynihan, DO, SPC Co-Chair, Assistant Clinical Professor, of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Illinois, at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sarah Rasmussen, MSN, RN, Nurse Associate, Pain Management, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Bhuvana Sandeep, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical care medicine University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Veronica Zador, BSc., CIAYT, RYT500, SPC Co-Chair, Program Director, International Institute of Yoga Therapy, Detroit, MI