Class of 2015Certi� ed Interventional Pain Sonologists

The Certi� ed Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS) credential was developed by the World Institute of Pain® (WIP) in a� liation with the World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography (WAPMU); in recognition of the escalating utilization of ultrasound by physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain syndromes.

The Inaugural Class of 2015 represents physicians from 13 countries: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Hungary, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and the USA.

Of the 26 physicians who earned CIPS certi� cation, certi� cates were associated with exams conducted in Miami, Florida, USA (No. 1-7); Maastricht, The Netherlands (No. 8-11); and again in Miami (No. 12-26).

Anwar Samhari Mat ArshadMD, FIPP, CIPS

Malaysia

Mohamed Ibrahim BadrMD, FIPP, CIPS

United Arab Emirates

Anuj BhatiaMD, FIPP, CIPS

Canada

Sadiq Salim BhayaniMBBS, FRCA, EDRA,

FFPMRCA, CIPSCanada

Carlos BuxóMD, CIPS

Puerto Rico

Pierre d’HemecourtMD, CIPS

USA

Christ DeclerckMD, FIPP, CIPS

Belgium

Thiago Nouer FredericoMD, CIPS

Brazil

Mark Friedrich HurdleMD, CIPS

USA

Michael GofeldMD, FIPP, CIPS

Canada

Amitabh GulatiMD, FIPP, CIPS

USA

Jinyoung JeongMD, FIPP, CIPSSouth Korea

Ravi Krishna KalathurMD, CIPS

India

Jee Youn MoonMD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS

South Korea

Aliaksandr MudrakouskiMD, FIPP, CIPS

Ireland

Charles Amaral de OliveiraMD, FIPP, CIPS

Brazil

Einar OttestadMD, FIPP, CIPS

USA

Manuel Cifrian PerezMD, FIPP, CIPS

Spain

Etienne PrinslooMD, FIPP, CIPS

Canada

James RoblesMD, FIPP, CIPS

USA

Hariharan ShankarMBBS, CIPS, FIPP

USA

Hwa Yong ShinMD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS

South Korea

Michael SommerMD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS

Netherlands

David SpinnerDO, CIPS

USA

Agnes R. StogiczaMD, FIPP, CIPSHungary/USA

Joon Kyung SungMD, FIPP, CIPSSouth Korea

Kris C. P. VissersMD, PhD, FIPPPresident, WIP

Michael GofeldMD, FIPP, CIPS

President, WAPMU

Peter S. StaatsMD, MBA, FIPP

WIP Chair, Board of Examination