Interview: Management of Chronic Pain Requires a Multidisciplinary Approach

Abstract

Sridhar V Vasudevan^* speaks to Roshaine Gunawardana, Commissioning Editor: Sridhar V Vasudevan, MD is clinical professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI, USA. He is Board certified in PM&R and Pain Medicine (American Board of PM&R/American Board of Anesthesiology exam). He also has Board certification in Electro-diagnostic Medicine and Independent Medical Examination. He has been involved in the evaluation and rehabilitation of individuals with sub-acute and chronic pain using a whole-person multidisciplinary approach since 1977. He is Past President of the Midwest Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Wisconsin Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Waukesha County Medical Society, as well as Founding President of the American College of Pain Medicine (now the American Board of Pain Medicine). He has presented on the topics of Pain Rehabilitation at several national meetings and international meetings in Scotland, Denmark, Peoples Republic of China, USSR, Germany, France, Turkey, South Africa, Canada, Aruba, Mexico and India. He has authored several chapters in text books on topics of a multidisciplinary approach to pain rehabilitation and evaluation of disability in individuals with pain. He is currently associated with the Center for Pain and Work Rehabilitation in Sheboygan, WI, USA, and is the Medical Director for the Center for Pain Rehabilitation at Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, WI, USA. He also works at the Medical College of Wisconsin clinic in Menomonee Falls, WI, USA. He currently serves as a member of the Medical Examining Board of the State of Wisconsin, WI, USA.

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