Prof. Rollin Gallagher Philadelphia VA Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania, USA

Rollin M. Gallagher is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, as well as Director for Pain Policy Research and Primary Care, at the Penn Pain Medicine Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is also Director of Pain Management at the Philadelphia... read moreVeterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Gallagher is a pioneer in the field of pain medicine and he has dedicated his career to improving the teaching of pain medicine to all doctors. Dr. Gallagher received his BA from Harvard University, his MD from Boston University, and his MPH from Columbia University, where he completed a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral epidemiology fellowship. Dr. Gallagher has served as editor-in-chief for the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) since 1998 and was founding editor (2000–2007) of the National Pain Foundation's public education website, where he served as a founding board member until 2007. He has been president of the American Board of Pain Medicine and is president-elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.