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 Dr.
Russell K. Portenoy is Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine
and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, and Professor
of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He received
his medical degree from the University of Maryland School
of Medicine, and completed a residency in Neurology at the
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a fellowship in
pain management at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr.
Portenoy is a past president of the American Pain Society
and the recipient of that society's Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical
Investigator Award and the Distinguished Service Award.
He currently serves as Secretary of the International Association
for the Study of Pain and Vice-Chairman of the American
Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is on the Board
of Directors of the American Pain Foundation and the National
Hospice Foundation.
Dr.
Portenoy's research has focused on clinical trials of analgesic
drugs, opioid pharmacology, symptom measurement, and quality
of life assessment. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal
of Pain and Symptom Management, Associate Editor for
Clinical Sciences of Pain, and Editor for the Palliative
Care Sections of both Cancer Investigation and The
Oncologist. He has written, co-authored, or edited 14
books and more than 370 papers on topics related to pain
and analgesics, treatments for symptoms other than pain,
symptom assessment, and quality of life.
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