EFIC Celebrate World Cancer Day

Feb 4, 2020

Pain is an important aspect of the cancer experience for many patients. Pain is a burden for many cancer survivors, while living with cancerous tumours and the strain of chemotherapy are both themselves usually painful endeavours. For these reason, the European Pain...

HELLENIC SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY: Leadership updates

Dec 2, 2019

Following the election of the 17th November 2019,  the Hellenic Society of Algology elected a new Executive Board. President: Kyriaki Vagdatli Vice President: Kyriakos Kokkinis Secretary General: Athina Kolotoura Treasurer: Helen Chrona Members: Helena Arnaoutoglou,...

10 Years Societal Impact of Pain – Happy Birthday!

Apr 1, 2019

In 2009, SIP was founded as a mutual initiative of European Pain Federation EFICand Grünenthal. In 2011, Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) joined the SIP platform to represent the patients in this initiative. This has been a huge step to address the real needs of patients....

An overview of recent and upcoming events in pain medicine from Arun Bhaskar

Mar 29, 2019

Dear Friends Spring is in the air in most parts of Europe and I am looking forward to an exciting year ahead.  Brexit is looming large on the horizon with a lot of uncertainties as the UK Parliament is going through endless debates, but I see no such divisions in our...

The Russian Pain Society brings Pain Education Program in 30 Russian cities in 2019

Mar 13, 2019

The Russian Association for the Study of Pain (RASP) is running an Education Program in Pain for doctors from different regions of the country. RASP leaders M. Kukushkin, O. Davidov and M. Churukanov will be covering the latest research on pain prevalence, successful...

EFIC is on a mission to promote women in pain science

Dec 22, 2018

In response to some valid remarks on gender balance in the program of our 2019 Congress, EFIC would like to share a few words on this important issue. EFIC promotes women in pain science. For the first time, our next President will be a woman. Women are leading key...