World Institute of Pain Foundation

WIP Foundation Dossier Now Available for Download!

Since 1993, the World Institute of Pain (WIP) has helped to educate,  train, and provide a global forum for the efforts of thousands of pain  physicians throughout the world who dedicate themselves to the worldwide  phenomenon of acute and chronic pain syndromes. In addition to  sponsoring World Congresses, regional and international symposia, and  practical workshops in pain medicine, in 2001 WIP introduced the Fellow  of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) physician certification program  and began publishing a professional journal, Pain Practice (PAPR).   Since its inception, the FIPP program has certified over 630 physicians  representing 38 countries in six continents. PAPR’s total readership  exceeds 10,000 annually, with online downloads in excess of 260,000.  Greater than 75% of the manuscripts submitted for publication are  original research; 55% of which are from physician authors outside the USA.  Yet,  for every need fulfilled by WIP for the global advancement and  standardization of clinical and didactic performance in pain medicine,  there is an ever-present and increasing awareness that to reach more  populations we must expand the scope and reach of our efforts by  engaging broader participation and support for our mission.

Through the World Institute of Pain Foundation, we intend  to: create greater opportunities for all physicians, especially those in  under-developed, developing and emerging countries, to fulfill their  professional goals for pain medicine education and training; establish  new mechanisms of support and education for pain patients; support  significant clinical and basic science research in pain medicine; and,  strategize with other pain societies to form a consortium for  recognition of pain medicine as a specialty.

Together we can create global opportunities for greater  collaboration among pain physicians that will prevail in spite of  economic oppression and other barriers that restrict access by some  physicians to state-of-the-art clinical and scholarly advancements in  pain medicine.