Kirsch has been on the faculty of several medical specialty boards annual relicensing conferences including the American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine,
American Academy of Pain Management, Inter-Pain (Germany), Clinical Electromedical Research Academy, American Institute of Stress, and American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
He has lectured on and demonstrated prolotherapy and mesotherapy at the 2004 and 2005 meetings of the
American Academy of Pain Management and has authored a chapter on these subjects, which is included in the seventh edition of their textbook, Pain Management, a Guide for Clinicians.
director of education at the
American Academy of Pain Management, Sonora, Calif.
The
American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) sued the Medical Board of California in 1996, saying that the requirements, which are enforced by the board, violate a physician's freedom of speech.
These powerful and influential groups include the
American Academy of Pain Management, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the National Hospice Organization, and the American Medical Association (AMA), among others.
Howard Rosen, MD, an anesthesiologist/pain specialist in Monterey, California, gave a lecture on fibromyalgia at the 2003 annual meeting of the
American Academy of Pain Management.
Neil Irick of Indiana University, Indianapolis, said at the annual clinical meeting of the
American Academy of Pain Management.
It has also been endorsed by, among others, the
American Academy of Pain Management, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and the Hospice Association of America.
Romano is president of the board of directors of the
American Academy of Pain Management and practices in Wheeling, W.
She argued that despite the bill's endorsement by groups such as the
American Academy of Pain Management, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Medical Association and the National Hospice Organization, the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 "will have a negative impact on pain and symptom management.
