QPRN presents:

The North American Pain School,
the official pain school of the Canadian Pain Society and the United States Association for the Study of Pain

An international educational initiative since 2016

Fairmont Le Château Montebello
Montebello, QC, Canada

2018 Visiting Faculty

Allan I. Basbaum, Ph.D.

Allan I. Basbaum, Ph.D.

  • Professor & Chair, Dept. Anatomy, School of Medicine / University of California San Francisco
  • National Academy of Medicine / USA
  • Fellow Royal Society /United Kingdom

Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, M.D., FAAP

Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, M.D., FAAP

  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics / University of Minnesota
  • Medical Director, Department of Pain Medicine, Palliative Care & Integrative Medicine / Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Ian Gilron, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC

Ian Gilron, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC

  • Professor, Dept. Of Anesthesiology & Biomedical Sciences / Queen’s University
  • Director of clinical pain research / Kingston Health Sciences Centre
  • Chair, Clinical research network / Chronic Pain Network CIHR SPOR

Judy Watt-Watson, R.N., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Judy Watt-Watson, R.N., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  • Professor Emeritus, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing / University of Toronto
  • Senior Fellow, Massey College / University of Toronto

Michael Salter, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael Salter, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dept. of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry / University of Toronto
  • Chief of Research / The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
  • Northbridge Chair in Paediatric Research

Irene Tracey, M.A., D.Phil.

Irene Tracey, M.A., D.Phil.

  • Professor and Chair, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences / University of Oxford
  • Fellow Academy Medical Sciences / United Kingdom

Patient Representatives

Jacques Laliberté

Jacques Laliberté

  • Founding Directior / Association québécoise de douleur chronique (AQDC)
  • Executive Committee Patient co-chair / Chronic Pain Network CIHR SPOR

Leslie M. Levine, Ph.D., V.M.D., J.D.

Leslie M. Levine, Ph.D., V.M.D., J.D.

  • Member of Board of Directors / Neuropathy Support Network and Neuropathy Action Foundation
  • Patient Panel Member / American Academy of Neurology
  • Steering Committee Member / National Academy for State Health policy