Practice Parameters for the Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Contributors

Principal author:
Richard North MD, Berman Brain & Spine Institute, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD; The John Hopkins University School of Medicine (retired), Baltimore, MD; Past President, The North American Neuromodulation Society
Contributing author/editor:
Jane Shipley, Executive Director, The Neuromodulation Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Contributing members of The Neuromodulation Therapy Access Coalition with their 2006-07 affiliations:
Joshua Prager, MD, Chair of The Neuromodulation Therapy Access Coalition; California Pain Medicine Center and Center for Rehabilitation of Pain Syndromes at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Director and Past President, The North American Neuromodulation Society
Giancarlo Barolat, MD, Barolat Institute, Long Tree, CO; Director, The North American Neuromodulation Society
Mark Barulich, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc., Plano, TX
Marshall Bedder, MD, Coastal Pain Management and Rehabilitation, Bradenton, FL; Vice President, The North American Neuromodulation Society
Aaron Calodney, MD, NeuroCare Network, Tyler, TX; International Spine Intervention Society
David Caraway, MD, St. Mary's Pain Relief Center, Huntington, WV; American Society of Anesthesiologists
AnnaMarie Daniels, Advanced Bionics Corporation (A Boston Scientific Company), Sylmar, CA
Timothy Deer, MD, The Center for Pain Relief, Charleston, WV; Director, The North American Neuromodulation Society
Oscar DeLeon, MD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
Scott Drees, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc., Plano, TX
Mary Fautsch, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
William Fehrenbach, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
John Hernandez, PhD, Advanced Bionics Corp. (A Boston Scientific Company), Sylmar, CA
David Kloth, MD, Connecticut Pain Care, Danbury, CT; President, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Elliot S. Krames, MD, Pacific Pain Treatment Centers, San Francisco, CA; President, International Neuromodulation Society; Editor-in-chief, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface; Director, The North American Neuromodulation Society
Richard Osenbach, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Chairman, Joint Section on Pain, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons/CNS Section on Pain
Sunil J. Panchal, MD, National Institute of Pain and COPE Foundation, Tampa, FL; American Academy of Pain Medicine
Todd Sitzman, MD, Center for Pain Management, Hattiesburg, MS; American Academy of Pain Medicine
Peter Staats, MD, Premier Pain Centers, Shrewsbury, NJ; American Pain Society
Jon Tremmel, Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, MN
Todd Wetzel, MD, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; North American Spine Society