Editor’s note: The fourth North American Pain School (NAPS) took place June 23-28, 2019, in Montebello, Canada. Six of the NAPS trainees were also selected to serve as PRF Correspondents, who provided firsthand reporting from the event, including interviews with six visiting faculty members and summaries of scientific sessions, along with coverage on social media.
At NAPS 2019, PRF Correspondent Sarasa Tohyama, a PhD student at the University of Toronto, Canada, conducted a podcast with Judith Paice, PhD, RN. Paice is the director of the Cancer Pain Program in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, and a research professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, US. She is also a member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. Paice is currently a member of the NIH HEAL Initiative Multi-Disciplinary Working Group and has served as president of the American Pain Society and secretary of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Currently the vice-chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines for Adult Cancer Pain, Paice has focused much of her clinical work on the relief of pain associated with cancer. She has traveled widely within six continents to educate healthcare professionals regarding cancer pain relief and palliative care.
In this podcast, Paice discusses her work with cancer patients who have pain, her thoughts on the opioid crisis, and the importance of multimodal treatment in pain care. (A PDF transcript is available below the podcast recording.)
PRF Correspondent Sarasa Tohyama is a PhD student at the University of Toronto, Canada.