Midwest Pain Society: Scientific Planning Committee
Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD, FASA,
Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Section Chief, Division of Pain Management, Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Peter Carney, M.D., F.A.A.NS,
Pain physician in solo practice, Elkhart, IN.
LuAnn Cathers, BSN
Clinical Nurse Manager, the Royal Oak Outpatient Center for Pain Medicine, the Beaumont Addiction Medicine Team and the Inpatient Acute Pain Management Team, Administrative Lead, Pain Management Clinical Service Line, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, MI
Oscar Coppes, MD,
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Pain Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dalia ElMofty, MD,
SPC Co-Chair, Associate Professor, Associate Program Director Pain Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Pain Medicine, University of Chicago, 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
Satoru Ito, PharmD BCPS,
Clinical Pharmacist, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Zahra Khudeira, PharmD, MA, BCPS, CPPS, PMP,
SPC Co-Chair, Research Pharmacist, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL
Randall Knoebel, PharmD,
BCOP, Senior Manager Health Analytics & Drug Policy, Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Tariq Malik, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Pain Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lisa L. McClure PsyD,
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, OSF St. Francis Central IL Pain Center, Peoria, IL
Geeta Nagpal, MD,
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Medical Education
Program Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship, Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Maunak Rana, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Pain Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Stacy Waldron, PhD,
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Psychology and Therapy Staff Supervisor, Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln NE
Veronica Zador, B.Sc., C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, PRYT, YACEP,
Program Director International Institute of Yoga Therapy, Clinical Lecturer, Oakland University School of Health Sciences, Rochester, MI