1979 Dr. Patrick D. Wall*

On the Relation of Injury to Pain

 

1980 Dr. William H. Sweet*

Animal Models of Chronic Pain: Their Possible Validation from Human Experience

 

1981 Dr. Raymond W. Houde*

Pain and The Search for the Holy Grail:  New Drugs Revisited

 

1982 Dr. Ronald Melzack*

The Reality of Labour Pain ​

 

1983 Dr. John C. Liebeskind*

Pain Modulation:  Central Mechanisms and Environmental Triggers

 

1984 Dr. Avram Goldstein*

Pain and the Endogenous Opioids

 

1985 Dr. Wilbert E. Fordyce*

Pain, Freedom of Choice and Accountability

 

1986 Dr. Kathleen M. Foley

Cancer Pain:  Controversy and Challenges

 

1987 Dr. Howard L. Fields

Endogenous Mechanisms of Pain Control

 

1988 Dr. Vittorio Ventafridda*

Continuing Care:  An Important Issue in Cancer Pain

 

1989 Dr. William D. Willis, Jr.*

The Role of Spinothalamic Neurons in Hyperalgesia

 

1990 Ada G. Rogers, R.N. *

The ABCs of Pediatric Pain

 

1991 Dr. B. Berthold Wolff *

The Measurement of Pain: An Odyssey

 

1992 Dr. Ulf Lindblom*

Pain and Sensory Dysfunction, Integration and Separation

 

1993 Dr. Tony L. Yaksh

The Practical Significance of Processing Bias in Spinal Pain Transmission OR How Tightly Wound is your Patient’s Watch?

 

1994 Dr. Charles E. Inturrisi

Molecular Markers of Pain and Analgesic Tolerance

 

1995 Dr. Michael J. Cousins

Drug Treatment of Pain by local Anesthetics and other Regionally Applied Drugs:  Current and Future Applications.

 

1996 Dr. Jes Olesen Migraine:  Diagnosis and Pathophysiology.

 

1997 Dr. Abraham Sunshine* Clinical Analgesic Studies:  The Future of the Past.

 

1998 Dr. Gerald F. Gebhart

Visceral Pain and its Modulation

 

1999 Dr. William T. Beaver

It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again: Reflections of an Analgesiologist

 

2000 Dr. Donald D. Price*

Mechanisms and New Treatments of Persistent Pain

 

2001 Dr. Gavril Pasternak *

Molecular Mechanisms of Morphine Action:  From the Clinic to the Bench

 

2002 Dr. Clifford Woolf

Chipping Away at Pain Mechanisms

 

2003 Dr. Russell Portenoy

Long-Term Opioid Treatment for Chronic Pain:  A Modern Twist on an Ancient Therapy

 

2004 Dr. Daniel B. Carr

Translating Clinical Research to Clinical Practice: A Never Ending Challenge

 

2005 Dr. Patrick Mantyh

Mechanisms that Drive Cancer Pain

 

2006 Dr. Richard Payne *

What is Compassionate Pain Care in the 21st Century? Is the Good Samaritan an Oxymoron in 21st Century Health Care?

 

2007 Dr. James Eisenach

Obstetrics: Pain Fibers (but not pain) Speed Labor And Protect Against Chronic Pain

 

2008 Charles S. Cleeland, PhD

The Symptom Complex: What Goes Along with Having Chronic Pain?

 

2009 David Joranson, MSSW

Pain and Public Policy – Reflections on the Journey

 

2010 Steven D. Passik, PhD

To Pee or not to Pee: The Evolution of Urine Screening and other aspects of Risk Management in Opioid Therapy

 

2011 Robert Dworkin, PhD

From Mechanisms to Medicines: the Crisis in Analgesic Drug Development and What Can Be Done About It

 

2012 Dennis C. Turk, PhD

Genotyping, Phenotyping, Psychotyping Patients with Chronic Pain: Virtues of Splitting vs. Lumping

 

2013 Gary J. Bennett, PhD

Mitochondria – Novel Therapeutic Targets for the Control of Neuropathic Pain

 

2014 William K. Schmidt, PhD

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Innovations in Analgesic Drug Development

 

2015 Michael Stanton-Hicks, DMED, MBBS

History of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

 

2016 Charles Argoff, MD

The Future of Pain Medicine

 

2017 Frank Porreca, PhD

Going in Circles with Opioids for Treatment of Pain

 

2018 Richard B Lipton MD

Migraine, a Sometimes Progressive Pain Disorder ​

 

2019 Michael J. Caterina, MD PhD

Mechanisms of Cutaneous Pain Sensation ​

 

2020 Steven P Cohen, MD

Challenges in the Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials in Interventional Pain Medicine ​

 

2021 Mark Steven Wallace, MD

The Evolution of Medical Cannabis for Pain:  25-Year Experience ​

 

2022 Rami Burstein, MD

The Neurobiology of Migraine - From Pathophysiology to Choice of Treatment ​

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2023 Jennifer Haythornthwaite,  PhD ​

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2024 Richard North, MD ​

 

* Deceased