Our Advisory Board

Below are the members of the EM Painline Editorial Advisory Board.

Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH

Editor

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Pain and Emergency Medicine Institute
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York
Areas of research interest: Health disparities, quality improvement, palliative care.

James Ducharme MD, CM, FRCP

Co-Editor

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
VP Medical Services
Med-Emerg International
Mississauga, Ontario
Areas of research interest: Acute pain, multi-visit patients

Bernard L. Lopez, MD, MS

Advisory Board Member

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Jefferson Medical College
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs
Department of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs and Career Counseling
Jefferson Medical College
Areas of research interest: Sickle cell disease

Paula Tanabe, PhD, RN

Advisory board Member

Research Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine and Institute for Healthcare Studies
Chicago, Illinois
Areas of research interest: Sickle cell, procedural pain, triage, nursing, quality improvement

James R. Miner, MD, FACEP

Advisory Board Member

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School
Faculty Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Hennepin County Medical Center
Areas of research interest: Procedural sedation and pain treatment

Kathleen Puntillo, RN, DNSc, FAAN

Advisory Board Member

Professor of Nursing and Faculty, Critical Care/Trauma Program
University of California
San Francisco, California
Areas of research interest: Pain in ICU and ED patients, procedural pain, pain and symptoms at end of life in ICUs, palliative care

Basmah Safdar, MD

Advisory Board Member

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Director, Chest Pain Center
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Areas of research interest: Gender and pain management, women and cardiovascular health

Alan Heins, MD

Advisory Board Member

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Areas of research interest: Variation in pain management practice, improvement in emergency department pain management

Paul L. DeSandre, DO

Advisory Board Member

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellow, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, New York
Areas of research interest: Palliative care and disparities in pain care

Kimberly Henderson, MD, JD

Advisory Board Member

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, New York
Areas of research interest: Health care policy, chart documentation, medicine and the law.