Meet the Faculty
2022 AAPM Conference Planning Committee
Beth Darnall, PhD
Beth Darnall, PhD.
Marie N. Hanna, MD
Marie N. Hanna, MD.
Dr. Hanna has more than 20 years’ experience in building clinical and educational programs in regional anesthesia and acute pain management. Through Johns Hopkins International, Dr. Hanna initiated a knowledge transfer program in pain management with multiple countries.
she received multiple awards and was recently nominated as one of the Top Successful Egyptian Women. She has participated as a speaker at multiple national and international conferences.
June 2017; Dr. Hanna founded a novel program, The Personalized Perioperative Pain Program, reducing opioid use among chronic opioid users during the perioperative period. She is a Co-PI in an RO1/ CDC grant to promote the program and improve patient engagement in opioid weaning.
Dr. Hanna and her team have borne witness to glimmers of hope amidst the current opioid epidemic, specifically when they witness patients in their program effectively shedding their addiction to opioids, even after many years of dependency. It is Dr. Hanna’s hope that the work done in the clinic will light a candle in every household and with every patient participate in the pain program … she like to send a message of hope that the opioid crisis is not insurmountable and a reminder of the resolve embodied by those who have overcome opioid addictions after years of dependency.
Salman Hirani, MD
Salman Hirani, MD
Dr. Hirani is a physician entrepreneur and health disparities researcher, specializing in cancer pain medicine and interventional spine procedures. He specializes in the minimally invasive treatment of the spine and various musculoskeletal disorders causing chronic pain. Dr. Hirani’s background includes health services research, medical technologies and innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusion, healthcare leadership, public health, and academic advising. Dr. Hirani completed his preliminary training in Internal Medicine at Harvard Medical School-Mt Auburn Hospital, followed by residency in Rehabilitation Medicine at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Hirani then went on to complete his training in Pain Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and earned his MD with Distinction in Research from UT Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Hirani is the current Co-Chair of the 2022 Planning Committee.