The 2022 Napa Pain Conference Faculty

The Napa Pain Conference attracts the best in interventional pain management, neurosurgery, orthopedics, psychology, and public policy.

The 2022 Faculty continues to expand weekly. Check back for the latest faculty announcements!

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD

Professor Emerita, Biochemistry and Biophysics , 9th Annual Lindahl Lecture

Aaron K. Calodney, MD

Director of Clinical Research, Precision Spine Care

Amy A. Case, MD, FAAHPM

Lee Foundation Endowed Chair of the Department of Palliative and Supportive Care; Palliative Care Program Chief, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Azem A. Chami, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport

Steven P. Cohen, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Neurology and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

David J. Copenhaver, MD

Division Chief, Pain Medicine, UC Davis Health

Penney Cowan

Founder & CEO, the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA)

Annemarie Dedek, PhD

Carleton University, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Department of Neuroscience, Mitacs Industrial Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Maxim S. Eckmann, MD

Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Yashar Eshraghi, MD

Medical Director, Pain Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Howard L. Fields, MD, PhD

Founder, UCSF Pain Management Center, Professor Emeritus of Neurology and Physiology, UCSF Center for Integrative Neuroscience

Roger B. Fillingim, PhD

Distinguished Professor and Director, University of Florida

Eric J. Grigsby, MD, MBA

Founder & CEO: Neurovations, a Patient Care and Innovation Company

David Hui, MD

Tenured Associate Professor of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Konstantin Inozemtsev, MD

Interventional Pain Physician, Napa Pain Institute

Dr. Hemant Kalia, MD

Program Director, Interventional Spine & Pain Fellowship Program, Rochester Regional Health

Katalin Karikó, PhD

Co-inventor of the modified mRNA technology used in vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection

Lynn R. Kohan, MD

Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship; Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Management, University of Virginia Pain Management Center

Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD, FRCA

Chair Emeritus of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine

Jeffrey C. Lotz, PhD

David S. Bradford M.D. Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery and Vice Chair of Research

Zachary McCormick, MD

Chief of Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine; Vice Chair PM&R

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD

Professor & Executive Director, Post-Graduate Advanced Education in Palliative Care, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland

Vitaly Napadow, PhD LicAc

Professor, and Director, Center for Integrative Pain NeuroImaging (CIPNI), Harvard Medical School

Sanjeet Narang, MD

Director, Oncology Pain Management, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Avindra Nath, MD

Chief, Section for Infections of the Nervous System; Clinical Director, Translational Neuroscience Center, NIH

Monika Patel, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Division of Pain Management, University of Florida Health

Linda L. Porter, PhD

Director, Office of Pain Policy, Program Director, Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS)