American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives
1300 University Avenue, Room 4720
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 265-4013
www.aacpi.org
The AACPI is a voluntary group of healthcare professionals dedicated to promoting cancer pain relief nationwide, by supporting the efforts of state cancer pain initiatives.

American Academy of Pain Management
13947 Mono Way, #A
Sonora, CA 95370
Phone: (209) 553-9744
www.aapainmanage.org
The AAPM is the largest multi-disciplinary pain society, and the largest physician-based society in the U.S. Site includes lists of pain management professionals and programs by area; info and FAQs on pain and pain management for both patients and professionals, and access to the National Pain Data Bank.

American Academy of Pain Medicine
4700 W. Lake Ave.
Glenview, IL 60025
Phone: (847) 375-4731
www.painmed.org

The AAPM is an organization for physicians and other health care professionals specializing in pain management and seeking to promote quality care through research, education, and advocacy regarding pain medications and pain management.

American Chronic Pain Association
P.O. Box 850
Rocklin, CA 95677
Toll-free: 1-800-533-3231
www.theacpa.org

The ACPA is a non-profit group founded in 1980, with over 400 chapters in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, India, and Europe, offering support and education for those with chronic pain and their families, and raising awareness with legislators, health care providers, and the general public about the effects of living with chronic pain.

American Pain Foundation
201 N. Charles Street, Suite 710
Baltimore, MD 21201-4111
Toll-free: 1-888-615-PAIN (7246)
www.painfoundation.org

The APF seeks to improve the quality of life for those with pain, by providing accurate patient information on pain relief studies and therapies, raising public awareness, and advocating against barriers to effective treatment.

American Pain Society
4700 W. Lake Avenue
Glenview, IL 60025
www.ampainsoc.org
The APS is a multi-disciplinary group of scientists, physicians, nurses, and others whose mission is to advance pain-relief research, education, and treatment. Site includes free "APS Bulletins" and other publications for download, searchable database of Pain Treatment Centers by location, services, classification, and setting (ie, home, hospital-based, outpatient, etc.).

American Society for Pain Management Nursing
7794 Grow Drive
Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: (850) 473-0233
Toll-free: 1-888-34-ASPMN
www.aspmn.org

Association of nurses specializing in pain management.

Canadian Pain Society
c/o Events In Sync, Inc.
701 Rossland Road East, Suite 373
Whitby, ON L1N 9K3
Phone: (905) 668-9545
www.canadianpainsociety.ca

Bilingual website (English & French). Free journal articles and newsletter pertaining to pain and pain control, links to Canadian resources.

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
IASP Secretariat
900 N.E.. 43rd Street, Suite 306
Seattle, WA 98105-6020
Phone: (206) 547-6409
www.iasp-pain.org

The IASP is an international, non-profit, multi-disciplinary group of scientists, physicians, psychologists, dentists, nurses, and physical therapists dedicated to furthering research on, and improving the care of patients with, pain. Free medical newsletters/clinical updates, resource listings by country.

National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain
P.O. Box 70045
Houston, Texas 77270-0045
Phone: (713) 862-9332
www.paincare.org

The NFTP is a non-profit group dedicated to support and advocacy for patients with intractable pain and their families, and for medical professionals and attorneys concerned with legal issues surrounding legitimate pain treatment.

Oxford Pain Internet Site
Bandolier Office
Pain Research
The Churchill
Oxford, OX3 7LJ
United Kingdom
Phone: 018 652 26132
www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag/

Research on pain and pain management, for acute and chronic pain, from Oxford University.

Pain and the Law
c/o American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
765 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 1634
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 262-4990
www.painandthelaw.org

Pain and the Law is a joint project of the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University and the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics under a grant from The Mayday Fund. The site deals with the intersection of law and medicine as applied to pain and pain management.

Pain and Policy Studies Group
406 Science Drive, Suite 202
Madison, WI 53711-1008
Phone: (608) 263-7662
www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/

The PPSG is a World Health Organization Collaborating Center, and maintains both U.S. and international databases of pain policy resources, statutes, and regulations.

Pain Project
Compassion in Dying Federation
6312 SW Capitol Hwy #415
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: (503) 221-9556
www.compassionindying.org/pain.php

Compassion In Dying project aimed at both assisting those suffering intractable pain due to inadequate pain treatment by physicians, and activist components geared toward ensuring physicians are not deterred from same due to regulatory fears, as well as providing legal advocacy for patients and their families.

The Pain Research Institute
Clinical Sciences Centre
University Hospital Aintree
Lower Lane
Liverpool, L9 7AL
United Kingdom
Phone: 0151 523 1486
www.liv.ac.uk/pri/

The Pain Relief Foundation is a UK charity which funds research into the causes and treatment of human chronic pain and is concerned with education of doctors and nurses in pain management.

Pediatric Pain Research Lab
IWK Health Centre
5850/5980 University Avenue
P.O. Box 3070
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3G9 Canada
is.dal.ca/~pedpain/index.html
Pediatric pain newsletter, mailing list, Pediatric Pain Sourcebook, resources for professionals, self-help section for children in pain and their parents/families.

StopPain.org
Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Beth Israel Medical Center
First Avenue at 16th Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 844-8970
www.stoppain.org

Society for Applied Research in Aging

SARA is a professional community of clinicians that is committed to improving and extending the quality of human life by providing leading edge, ethical, evidence-based and cost-effective interventions in aging for their patients.
www.ageresearchsociety.com