Scientific Advisory Board

The following distinguished individuals serve on our Scientific Advisory Board.

Troels Jensen, MD is Immediate Past-President of the International Association for the Study of Pain, and Professor of Experimental and Clinical Pain Research, Aarhus University, Denmark. Dr. Jensen received his MD from the University of Aarhus, completed his residency in Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neurophysiology at University Hospitals in Aarhus and Copenhagen and his postgraduate clinical fellowship at the Hôpital de la Salpetriere in Paris. He has authored more than 300 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals on neurophysiology, neuropharmacology and mechanisms and treatment of neuropathic and muscle pain. Dr. Jensen is editor of several books on pain and he has served as Section Editor for the journal PAIN. He serves on the editorial board and reviewer for several international journals. Dr. Jensen leads the Danish Pain Research Center at Aarhus University, Denmark. He was the President of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain from 1989 to 1994.

Nathaniel Katz, MD, MS is President of Analgesic Research, an organization that guides pharmaceutical companies on the efficient development and commercialization of better treatments for pain. From 2000-2004, Dr. Katz served as Chair of the Advisory Committee, Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Addiction Products Division, at the FDA. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and his M.S. in Biostatistics at Columbia University. After his neurology residency at Tufts-New England Medical Center he entered a Pain Management fellowship in the Department of Anesthesia at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and then served as a Staff Neurologist in the Pain Management Center of Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Subsequently, he founded the Pain & Symptom Management Program at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the Pain Trials Center unit) at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Dr. Katz’s interests include clinical research methods, analgesic clinical trials, neuropathic pain, cancer pain and opioid therapy for chronic pain. He is an internationally recognized expert in pain management and analgesic clinical trials, and he has conducted and published numerous clinical investigations of treatments for pain, with a particular focus on opioids and risk management.

Arthur G. Lipman, PharmD, is a Professor of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy and Director of Clinical Pharmacology at the Pain Management Center, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics. Before moving to Utah, Dr. Lipman was Drug Information Director at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center and he held concurrent faculty appointments at the Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University Graduate School of Nursing and University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. He served on both the Acute and Cancer Pain Management Guideline Panels of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, co-chaired the Arthritis Pain Management Clinical Guidelines Panel of the American Pain Society, and is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain Acute Pain Taskforce. Dr. Lipman has published over 300 articles, chapters and reviews, and is editor of the Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy.

Cynthia McCormick, MD, is President of McCormick Consultation LLC and the former Director of the FDA’s Division of Anesthetic, Critical Care and Addiction Drug Products (since renamed the Division of Analgesics, Anti-inflammatory and Rheumatology Products). As Head of this Division, Dr. McCormick was responsible for providing scientific and regulatory oversight for a large number of investigational and marketed analgesic products, including opioids and drugs for the treatment of neuropathic pain. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and then undertook a Residency and Fellowship in Pediatric Neurology at the University of Michigan and a Residency in Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. McCormick has worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the FDA and NIH for over 15 years. After serving as Director of the FDA’s Division of Anesthetic, Critical Care and Addiction Drug Products for five years, she served as Deputy Director, Division of Extramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the NIH. Dr. McCormick has extensive experience in regulatory and clinical aspects of analgesic drug development and consults to a number of pharmaceutical companies.

Richard Payne, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Duke University and Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life. Dr. Payne is an internationally known expert in the areas of pain relief, care for those near death, oncology, and neurology. Prior to his appointment at Duke, he was Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology at Cornell University Medical College and Chief, Pain & Palliative Care Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr Payne has held various academic appointments, including Chief of Neurology at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, and Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurology at the University of Cincinnati Medical School and Chief of the Pain and Symptom Management Section and Professor of Neurology at the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Payne has served on the Editorial Board of numerous journals including Pain, American Pain Society Journal, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Pain Forum and Journal of Pain. He has published over 200 scientific communications, including abstracts, manuscripts, book chapters and books. From 2003-2004, Dr. Payne was president of the American Pain Society. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, The American Academy of Neurology, and the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Dr. Payne has received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Pain Society; the Humanitarian Award from the Urban Resources Institute; and the Janssen Excellence in Pain Award.

Frank Porreca, PhD, is Professor of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology, College of Medicine at the University of Arizona and an internationally recognized pharmacologist. He is an Executive Editor-in-Chief of Life Sciences and the Pharmacology Section Editor of the journal PAIN. Dr. Porreca has received numerous awards and recognition for his research, including Distinguished Professor, Mayo Clinic in 2004, Founder’s Day Speaker, University of Arizona in 2001, F.W. Kerr Award, American Pain Society in 2000, 9th Covino Lecturer, Harvard University in 2000, Sterling Professor Pharmacology, Albany Medical School in 2000 and the NIH MERIT Award in 2000. He is inducted as a Research Fellow by the American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences. Dr. Porreca has published over 250 manuscripts, 28 book chapters and hundreds of scientific abstracts. Dr. Porreca is a sought after speaker at both national and international basic and clinical research meetings.

Raymond Sinatra, MD, PhD, is Professor of Anesthesiology at Yale University Medical School. Dr. Sinatra received his MD and PhD in neuroscience at SUNY Downstate School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology and Fellowship in Pain Management at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sinatra is Senior Editor of two textbook on pain, Acute Pain: Mechanisms and Management and Acute Pain Management. He has authored over 200 scientific papers, review articles, abstracts and textbook chapters on pain management and obstetrical anesthesiology. Dr. Sinatra serves as a reviewer for several journals and he has been a principal investigator for dozens of clinical trials evaluating novel analgesics and analgesic delivery systems. He is a frequent presenter at national and international meetings on pain management.

Arthur Weaver, MD, is Clinical Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), Division of Rheumatology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, Dr. Weaver has been an active Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) for many years, serving on the Board of Directors and as President of the ACR. Dr. Weaver received his medical degree from Northwestern University and his residency and fellowship in internal medicine and rheumatology from the Mayo Clinic. He has served as a principal investigator in over 115 clinical trials, published over 150 manuscripts and abstracts in rheumatology and made over 1500 scientific presentations in the field of clinical rheumatology. Dr. Weaver is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Arthritis Foundation Founders Award, the Mayo Clinic Philip Hench award for excellence in rheumatology and the American College of Rheumatology Pauldine Phelps Award. Dr. Weaver is a sought after speaker at both national and international meetings.