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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2021 Poster Winners


In order to amplify and learn from award winning research by our membership, we will be sharing posters from the 2021 SPPM meeting. This month, we have chosen a poster by Packiasabathy et al. on multi-dose methadone use in children undergoing spine fusions.

A novel perioperative multi-dose methadone-based multi-modal analgesic strategy achieves safe blood methadone levels, enabling opioid sparing sustained analgesia with no respiratory depression in children undergoing spine fusions

Packiasabapathy S, Aruldhas B, Fitzgerald R, Quinney S, Sadhasivam S
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United states

CLICK HERE to view the Poster. 

 

SPPM Advocacy Committee

This committee was founded several years ago to advance the mission of pediatric patients in pain everywhere. We work with parent/patient organizations like US Pain Foundation and their Pediatric Pain Warriors Program https://pediatricpainwarrior.org and collaborate with other organizations/SIGs such as the US Association for the Study of Pain (USASP), the IASP SIG for Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Advocacy Committee is currently working on increasing awareness for #PainAwarenessMonth by creating short audio interviews with authors of important new articles, parents and others.

While some members of the SPPM Advocacy Committee are on the Board of Directors of the US Association for the Study of Pain (USASP), the AMA Pain and Opioid Taskforce, the AAP Section of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and advisory committees of several parent/patient organizations the Committee needs all voices and points of view to help with these efforts. The SPPM Advocacy Committee is open to SPPM Members

If you are interested in joining, please contact Rita Agarwal at [email protected].

Pain Awareness Month – Virtual Reality In Pain Management

As part of Pain Awareness Month, we would like to highlight our current newsletter featuring a section on Virtual Reality in Pain Management. Advances in technology are showing promise in helping decrease pain in children and youth, check out four fantastic articles reviewing several strategies for implementing technology as a tool in managing pain.

CLICK HERE to read the articles.

Upcoming Meeting Information

SPPM 13th Annual Meeting
March 12, 2026
Sheraton Denver Downtown
Denver, CO

 

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