Scott M. Fishman, M.D.
Professor and Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine,
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Paul G. Kreis, M.D.
Medical Director of the UC Davis Pain Management Clinic,
Associate Professor, Division of Pain Medicine,
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Gagan Mahajan, M.D.
Director of Fellowship in Pain Medicine,
Assistant Professor, Division of Pain Medicine,
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Kenneth T. Furukawa, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Ingela C. Symreng, Psy.D.
Director, Pain Psychology
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Ben A. Rich, JD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioethics
The Bioethics Program of the University of California, Davis

John F. MacMillan Jr., M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Care Medicine,
Section of Hospital Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine,
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Jeffrey A. Applebaum, MD, FAAFP
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Practice
UC Davis Medical Center
Primary Care Medicine and Primary Care Psychiatry
Master Clinician’s Certification in Psychopharmacology
from Neuroscience Education Institute, University of California, San Diego

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They will support their lecture and clinical recommendations with the “best available evidence” from the medical literature.

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•  Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Physician's Guide
by Scott M. Fishman, M.D.
published 2009 The University of Wisconsin Board of Regints
• Essential Psychopharmacology,  3rd Edition
by Stephen Stahl, M.D., Ph.D.
published 2008 Cambridge University Press
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2010). Results from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings (Office of Applied Studies, NSDUH Series H-36, HHS Publication No. SMA 09-4434). Rockville, MD.
• National Drug Control Strategy Data Supplement 2010
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/ndcs10/ndcs10_data_supl/10datasupplement.pdf
• National Drug Control Strategy 2010 Annual Report
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/ndcs10/index.html
• California Assembly Bill AB487
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=02001-03000&file=2190-2196.5
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• Kirkaldy-Willis WH and Bernard TH: Eds. Managing Low Back Pain. 1999.
• Reider B. The Orthopaedic Physical Examination. 1999.
• Rucker KS, Cole AJ and Weinstein SM: Eds. Low Back Pain: A Symptom-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment. 2001.
• Beaton LE, Anson BJ. The sciatic nerve and the piriformis muscle. J Bone Joint Surg.1938;20:686-88
• Sweezy, RL: Ed. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 1998
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• Jensen MC et al. MRI of the lumbar spine in people without back pain. NEJM 1994;331(2):69-73.
• Srejic U, Calvillo O, Kabakibou K. Viscosupplementation: a new concept in the treatment of sacroiliac joint syndrome: a preliminary report of four cases.Reg Anesth Pain Med. 1999 Jan-Feb;24(1):84-88