2025 Annual Meeting Planning Committee
The PainConnect 2025 Planning Committee brings together leading experts and passionate advocates in pain management, working tirelessly to craft a program that addresses the diverse needs of healthcare professionals.
With a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge approaches, our committee members are at the forefront of advancing patient-centered pain care.
OUR COMMITTEE

Amitabh Gulati, MD
PainConnect Chair

Meredith Barad, MD
PainConnect Co-Chair

David Copenhaver, MD, MPH
PainConnect Co-Chair

Jeremy Adler
Advance Practice
Provider Course

Tim Furnish, MD
Education & CME
Oversight Review

Jon Lee, MD
Emergency Medicine/
Acute Pain Course

Paul DeJulio, MD
Emergency Medicine/
Acute Pain Course

Traci Speed, MD, PhD
Fundamentals
of Pain Course

Trent Emerick, MD, MBA
Fundamentals
of Pain Course

Beth Hogans, MD
Scientific Poster
Abstracts & Flash Talks

Kara Segna, MD
Scientific Poster
Abstracts & Flash Talks

Salman Hirani, MD
Innovation & AAPM + MIT Hacking Medicine Innovation Challenge
