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<strong>2009</strong> Committee Comités <strong>2009</strong> SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair: Michael H. McGillion, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Co-Chair: Jason J. McDougall, BSc, PhD, Associate Professor, AHFMR Senior Scholar, Arthritis Society Investigator, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Members: Kimberley Allen, RN, PhD Student, University of Toronto, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing , Toronto, Ontario Katherine Harman, PT, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Physiotherapy Acting Director, School of Health Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Peter MacDougall, PhD, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University, Department of Anesthesia <strong>and</strong> Family Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy, RN, BScN, MN, CNCC (C), PhD Student, University of Toronto, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Strategic Training Fellow, FUTURE Program <strong>for</strong> Cardiovascular Nurse Scientists, Toronto, Ontario Saifee Rashiq, MB, MSc, FRCPC, Multidisciplinary <strong>Pain</strong> Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Michael W. Salter, MD, PhD, FRSC, Canada Research Chair in Neuroplasticity <strong>and</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> (Tier I), Senior Scientist <strong>and</strong> Head, Program in Neurosciences & Mental Health, Hospital <strong>for</strong> Sick Children; Professor of Physiology, University of Toronto; Director, University of Toronto Centre <strong>for</strong> the Study of <strong>Pain</strong>, Toronto, Ontario Barry Sessle, Ex Officio, MDS, PhD, Professor & Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Dentistry <strong>and</strong> Centre <strong>for</strong> the Study of <strong>Pain</strong>, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Society President Yoram Shir, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD, CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellow, Clinician Scientist, Centre <strong>for</strong> Nursing, Hospital <strong>for</strong> Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE Chair: André Bélanger, MD, CFPC, Levis <strong>Pain</strong> Clinic, Enfont-Jeans Neuromodulation Clinic, professeur/animateur, Université de Laval, Québec, Québec Members: Aline Boulanger, MD, FRCPC, MPH, Anesthesiology Department, Université de Montréal; Director, <strong>Pain</strong> cliniques, CHUM <strong>and</strong> Sacré-Cœur Hospital Christian Cloutier, BSC, MD, FRCS(C), neurochirurgien, Professeur agrégé département de chirurgie, Responsable de la clinique multidisciplinaire de douleur CHUS, Sherbrooke, Québec Pierre Dolbec, MD, FRCP, Professor, Department of Anesthesia <strong>and</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Management, Université de Laval; Anesthesiologist Centre Hospitalier de Matane, Québec, Québec Michael McGillion, Ex Officio, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Barry Sessle, Ex Officio, MDS, PhD, Professor & Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Dentistry <strong>and</strong> Centre <strong>for</strong> the Study of <strong>Pain</strong>, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Society President <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Society Executive, <strong>2009</strong> Conseil d’administration de la Société canadienne de la douleur—<strong>2009</strong> Barry Sessle, BDS, MDS, BSc, PhD, FRSC, President Mary Lynch, MD, FRCPC, President Elect Roman Jovey, MD, Immediate Past President Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD, CIHR, Secretary Paul Taenzer, PhD, RPsych, Treasurer Lynn Cooper, BES, President, <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Coalition Kenneth Craig, PhD, Editor, <strong>Pain</strong> Research & Management Journal James Henry, PhD, President, <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Pain</strong> Foundation Melanie Noel, MSc, Trainee Representative Patricia Morley-Forster, MD, FRCPC, Academic <strong>Pain</strong> Clinic Directors Representative Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof, RN, DrPH, Newsletter Editor Office Ellen Maracle-Benton, Office Manager Georgina Smith, Membership Services Manager Laura Williams, Administrative Assistant CANADIAN PAIN SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE—Page 3