EDUCATION TRAINING CERTIFICATION

World Institute of Pain®

Mission of WIP To alleviate the disparity that exists in pain medical education curricula, by:

Bringing together the most recognized experts in pain medicine to facilitate consensus building through education, training, and certification of physicians;

Facilitating the development of clinical practice standards for the assessment and treatment of pain medicine syndromes; and thereby

Championing judicious, safe and efficacious performance of interventional pain techniques.

WIP Leadership Past & Present

WIP FOUNDERS & Past-Presidents

Prithvi Raj (1993-2002) David Niv (2002-05) Gabor Racz (2005-08) Serdar Erdine (2008-11) Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez (2011-13)

President-elect Giustino Varrassi (2019-21) President Craig Hartrick (2017-19) Past President Kris Vissers (2015-17) Past-President Richard Rauck (2013-15)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

WIP WORLD CONGRESS – the preeminent forum for the exchange of

comprehensive, multidisciplinary clinical and scientific expertise

Advanced pain conferences and hands-on cadaver workshops,

with emphasis on interventional techniques

Physician certification examinations

Publication of scholarly journal, PAIN Practice

Networking through membership and recognition programs

WIP World Congresses

1998 – Eilat, Israel

2001 – Istanbul, Turkey

2004 – Barcelona, Spain

2007 – Budapest, Hungary

2009 – New York, USA

2012 – Miami Beach, Florida, USA

2014 – Maastricht, The Netherlands

2016 – New York, USA

2018 – Dublin, Ireland

2020 – Rome, Italy

WIP World Congress - Demographics

WIP 10th World Congress

20-23 May 2020

https://www.wip-rome2020.org

Congress Chairman

Giustino Varrassi, MD PhD FIPP

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WIP Conferences & Workshopswith Examinations for Certification as FIPP® and CIPS

1st East-Asian Conference & Workshop with Examinations developed by Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, a three-year

initiative that culminated in this milestone event for WIP in Taipei, Taiwan in January of this year 2019.

2nd Istanbul Symposium & Workshop to be held in the fall of this year 2019, with first examinations offered in Turkey; another milestone event for WIP under the leadership of Serdar Erdine.

Annual Miami Pain Conference & Workshop with Examinations translated for first time from English to a

second language, Spanish; developed in 2012 under the leadership of Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez.

WIP Conferences & Workshopswith Examinations for Certification as FIPP® and CIPS

The 24th Annual Gabor Racz Interventional Pain Conference & Workshop with

examinations, developed by Gabor Racz.

Budapest is the site of the Annual WIP Awards Ceremony

Budapest is the site of the WIP Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors (“Executive Board”

WIP Conferences & Workshopswith Examinations for Certification as FIPP® and CIPS

2019 – 25-27 Jan | Taipei, Taiwan * 1st East-Asian Interventional Pain Conference & Workshop

2019 – 15-17 Feb | Miami, Florida, USA * 6th Interventional Pain Conference & Workshop

2019 – 26-28 Aug | Budapest, Hungary * 24th Gabor Racz Interventional Pain Conference & Workshop

2019 – 25-26 Oct | Istanbul, Turkey * 2nd International Pain Symposium & Workshop

* All with Certification exams the day after the workshop

WIP Board of Examination

Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice® (FIPP ®) certification examination established in 2001

Since 2001, a total of 1,139 physicians have been certified FIPP ® representing 61 countries

Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS) certification examination established in 2010

Since 2010, a total of 125 physicians have been certified CIPS representing 22 countries

Peter Staats Kris Vissers Maarten van Kleef

BOE Chair Chair-Elect Past-Chair

WIP Board of ExaminationFIPP certifications by continent & country

Africa (5) Asia (24) Australasia (2) Europe (18) North America (3) South America (9)

Egypt Bahrain Australia Austria Canada Argentina

Mauritius Bangladesh New Zealand Germany Puerto Rico Brazil

Namibia Belgium Greece USA Chile

Nigeria Hong Kong Hungary Colombia

S Africa India Ireland Costa Rica

Indonesia Italy Mexico

Iraq Lithuania Panama

Iran Malta Peru

Israel Netherlands Venezuela

Japan No. Ireland

Jordan Poland

Kuwait Portugal

Malaysia Romania

Pakistan Slovak Republic

Philippines Spain

Qatar Switzerland

Saudi Arabia Ukraine

Singapore United Kingdom

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

UAE

1,073 FIPP representing

61 countries

WIP Board of ExaminationCIPS certifications by continent & country

Africa (0) Asia (12) Austalasia (0) Europe (6) North America (3)South America (1)

Azerbaidjan Belgium Canada Brazil

Hong Kong Ireland Puerto Rico

India Italy USA

Indonesia Netherlands

Kuwait Spain

Malaysia United Kingdom

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Korea

Taiwan

UAE

125 CIPS representing

22 countries

PAIN Practice Journal

Published since 2001

Multidisciplinary articles on pain and analgesia that provide up-to-date research, evaluation methods, and techniques for pain management.

Editors: P. Prithvi Raj (2001-2005), Craig T. Hartrick (2005-2017), EA (Bert) Joosten, PhD (2018-Present)

Networking: Membership

Membership – Consists predominately of

FIPP® Members who are the governing members of

the society, and

→ Photo: WIP Council taken in Dublin, Ireland 2018 →

Associate Members

Networking: WIP Sections

Sections comprised of regions or countries with strongest concentration of FIPP Members.

27 Sections

Newest Section =

Taiwan

First legally-registered

Section = Turkey

Each Section has an

elected Chair who

serves on the WIP Council

Networking: Recognition

EPP “Excellence in Pain Practice” Award & Recognition Program for Pain Centers

Established in 2010 – for pain center award details, please visit wip-epp.org .

→ Africa (1), Asia (5), Australia (1), Europe (8), North America (9), South America (6)

Voluntary application process consisting of site inspection and assessment of pain center attributes in areas of

clinical practice, teaching, and cutting-edge research

Grazie, ci vediamo a Roma!

(See you in Rome!)