SUCCESS STORIES OF THE MAYDAY PAIN & SOCIETY FELLOWSHIP

Dr. Elliot Krane - Reaching New Audiences: Going "Viral"

Dr. Beth Murinson - Advocating for Change from Within

Dr. Bill Zempsky - Narrowing the Gap: Putting a Face on Sickle Cell Pain

Dr. Anne Louise Oaklander - Finding her Voice

Lisa Robin - Making Pain Policy a Top Priority for Medical Boards

Shirley Otis-Green & Terry Altilio - Inspiring a Discipline to Take on Pain

Dr. Carmen Green - Advancing an Issue

Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer - Becoming a Spokesperson

Dr. Allen Finley - Finding his Voice

Patrick Coyne - Moving Legislation

Dr. Larry Driver - Building a Coalition

Established in 1992, the Mayday Fund is dedicated to further Shirley Steinman Katzenbachís commitment to social and medical causes. Her special interest in the treatment of pain forms the core of the Fundís mission. Over the last fourteen years, Mayday has supported many different projects, among them, surveys of public attitudes to pain and its treatment, role model and documentation programs, assistance to public and professional advocacy groups, and clinical and academic research.

On the Advisory Committee for the Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship are Chair Russell K. Portenoy, M.D. Chairman of the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City; James N. Campbell, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chairman of the Department at Johns Hopkins Hospital; Scott M. Fishman, M.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Chief, Division of Pain Medicine at the University of California, Davis; Kathleen M. Foley, M.D., Medical Director of the International Palliative Care Initiative of the Public Health Program, Open Society Institute and Attending Neurologist in the Department of Neurology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Carmen R. Green, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Health Management & Policy at the University of Michigan; Sandra H. Johnson, J.D., Professor of Law and Health Care Ethics Emeritus, Saint Louis University; Patrick John McGrath, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Medical School; and Lonnie Zeltzer, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Director of the Pediatric Pain Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles.