Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

The Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) aims to advance the quality of anesthesia care and the alleviation of pain-related conditions in children.

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Introducing SPPM’s New Psychology Liaison!

We are honored to have Dr. Alvina Rosales join the SPPM Board as our psychology liaison! You may remember Dr. Rosales from her excellent talk at our most recent meeting in Austin. ​​Alvina Rosales, PhD is a pediatric psychologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.  She oversees inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services in the Division of Pain Medicine and is Co-Director of the Inpatient Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program, an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment program. Dr. Rosales’ research focuses on pediatric pain disparities and pain-related social media. Welcome Dr. Rosales!

Efficacy of Non-pharmacological Interventions to Reduce Pain in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review

 

 

 

 

 

Sickle cell disease is one of the most painful syndromes presenting in children and youth. Even with liberal use of analgesics, including opioids, pain can often be difficult to manage. A systematic review looks at non-pharmacological interventions that can supplement pain management strategies.

Read the paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pbc.30315

SPPM 2023 Meeting Highlights

Thank you to all our attendees of our 10th anniversary Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. We had record attendance this year with attendees joining in-person and virtually. Check out the meeting highlights in our slide show, and we will see you next year in Anaheim, California!

 

Congratulations to the new SPPM Board Members!

Dear SPPM Members:

We are delighted as a Society to have so many eager, qualified, and enthusiastic members who want to be involved with and contribute to the Society. All of our candidates for office were imminently qualified and deserving of the positions they were running for. It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine’s Election:

Secretary-Treasurer: Vidya Chidambaran, MD, MS, FASA

Board of Directors: Elisha Peterson, MD, FAAP; Genevieve D’Souza, MD;  Jamie Kitzman, MD, FASA, DABMA

Please also welcome and congratulate our incoming President:  Yuan-Chi Lin, MD, MPH

Congratulations to all!

Sincerely,

Rita Agarwal MD, FAAP, FASA (she, her, hers)
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Past President Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine

Canada’s 1st National Pediatric Pain Standard Has Been Released

Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) and the Health Standards Organization (HSO) have recently released Canada’s first national Pediatric Pain Management standard, establishing a set of guidelines for the delivery of pain management for children from birth to 19 years. The standard provides guidance to health care organizations on how to deliver equitable and quality pain management across hospital settings!

Download the document here: https://store.healthstandards.org/products/pediatric-pain-management-can-hso-13200-2023-e

 

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SPPM 12th Annual Meeting
March 27, 2025

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Call for Abstracts - deadline is November 25

 

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