Welcome to Pain Management Rounds from the MGH Pain Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

The educational objective of this site and the corresponding published version of Pain Management Rounds is to provide interested physicians throughout the United States and around the world with a unique window on some of the most current information and discussion on important scientific and clinical developments in the field of pain management medicine.

Pain Management Rounds is derived from recent Grand Rounds and other clinical conferences of the MGH Pain Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and has been designed as an efficient resource for the busy physician. The selection of topics and all editorial content are determined solely by the physician-members of the MGH Pain Center.

We also wish to acknowledge the major commitment to unbiased continuing education within the medical community demonstrated by Pfizer, Inc., whose financial support in the form of an unrestricted educational grant makes Pain Management Rounds possible.

Our aim is to assist physicians in keeping abreast of the rapidly evolving changes in Pain Management medicine. We hope that you find this site to be useful to your practice. Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments with us.

Sincerely yours,

James P. Rathmell, MD
Director, MGH Pain Center
Editor, Pain Management Rounds