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Another good source is the public directory of those pain management specicialists who have been certified by the American Board of Pain Medicine, the organization that supervises and accredits al post-residency fellowships in the U.S. and includes those practicing in Canada. In order to qualify, except for a few leading specialists who were grandfathered in at the geginning, a physician must complete a year-long clinical fellowship and then sit for and pass an 8-hour written exam. In other wards, these are serious people. And of course no warranty should be taken for bedside manner, express or implied.

Basicially, you open the search engine at http://www.association-office.com/ab...dir/Search.cfm and then enter as broad or narrow of geographic area as you're interested in. Then, under "Demographics," click on "Specialty of Origin." Opposite that, under "Description" there is a listing of specialties. You can do one specialty at at time, which will then generate a lists of names by cities; right click on any name to open it in a new tab.

Running the search engine for the State of Oregon, I got 2 lists of board certified pain specialists, 18 anesthesiologists and one neurologist (who's was in Eugene). I'm sure you will already be familiar with some of the names that come up; hopefully, there will be some new ones.

Finally, to repeat what I've posted elsewhere, I would avoid physiatrists, who may be great for lower back pain, but in my limited experience, were disasters in treating CRPS.

Hope this is useful.

Mike

PS Got your PM and will be happy to honor your "special request," but only because it comes from a friend.