Michael E. Schatman,PhD."Foundation for Ethics in Pain Care"

Michael E. Schatman, Ph.D., CPE - Executive Director of "Foundation for Ethics in Pain Care". He has spent the past 25 years working exclusively in chronic pain management as a psychologist and interdisciplinary program developer and director.  He has also published extensively in the field, particularly regarding ethical issues. He has edited 2 books, "Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management" and "Chronic Pain Management: Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Program Development", as well as writing numerous textbook chapters and articles in scholarly journals.  He is on the boards of the Western Pain Society, the American Society of Pain Educators, and the Association for the Scientific Advancement of Psychological Injury and Law, and is the current chairperson of the Ethics Special Interest Group of the American Pain Society.

FEPC is faced with two interrelated missions. First, we advocate for the improvement of the integrity and quality of pain care in the United States through educational programming for health care professionals and increasing public awareness through the media. Second, we provide high-quality, cost-efficient research on issues in pain care that have strong ethical implications. As a foundation that is independent of university bureaucratic influences and expenses, we are able to dedicate a maximum of 10% of grant monies received for conducting research to overhead, as opposed to the 30% to 69% commonly “wasted” in university settings. Too much research in pain care is performed simply because it is funded; FEPC conducts only research that makes a difference in the quality of life of pain sufferers.

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