WIP Honors
Hassenbusch Prize
The WIP President will invite three (3) members of the Executive Board to serve as Chairman of the Samuel Hassenbusch Prize Committee to consider the top three candidates submitted by the Chairman of the FIPP Board of Examination, and select the best candidate among them. This candidate will be awarded the Samuel Hassenbusch Prize at an official function of WIP.
2008
Javier de Andres Ares, MD, FIPP (Spain) & Louis J. K. Pau, MD, FIPP (USA)
2009
Liong An Liem, MD, FIPP (Netherlands)
2010
Kwok Bun Bob Chan, MBChB, FIPP (Hong Kong) & Robert B. Sie, MD, FIPP (Netherlands)
2011
Jan Willem Kallewaard, MD, FIPP (Netherlands)
2012
Amaury M.M. Verhamme, MD FIPP (Belgium)
2013
Chi Wing Chan, MBBS FANZCA FHKCA FIPP (Hong Kong)
2014
Cherilyn Fenech, MD, MRCP, DESA, FIPP (Malta/UK)
2015
Bahman Ben Shamloo, MD, FIPP (Iran/USA)
2016
Paul E. Ferris, MBBSf, FFPMANZCA, FIPP (Australia)
2017
Thibaut Paul Pierre Vanneste, MD, FIPP (Belgium)
2018
Yehia Kamel, MBBCh, M.Sc, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP, CIPS (UK/Canada)
2019
Alicia Alonso Cardaño, MD, FIPP (Spain)
2020
Thais Bezerra Martins, MD, FIPP (Brazil)
2022
Steven Tuijp, MD, FIPP (Netherlands)
FIPP "Scotty Dog" Tie
This attractive maroon tie bearing the “Scotty Dog” emblem originated from a belief that all candidates for the FIPP would identify with the eye of the Scotty Dog, which is symbolic of a target for radiofrequency denervation procedures for facet joint pain.
Excellence in Pain Practice Award
The World Institute of Pain (WIP) launched the Excellence in Pain Practice (EPP) Award in 2010 to promote the highest standards of pain practice around the world through a recognition program for Pain Centers.
This program supports WIP’s mission of fostering the exchange of medical science in the field of interventional pain management, encouraging medical research, and creating opportunities for continued learning in the most up-to-date technical procedures.
Trailblazers Award
The Trailblazer Award is given in honor and recognition of recipients’ enumerable contributions to the field of pain medicine. As pioneers, their research and scholarship has advanced our field and raised the standard of care for pain treatment. Their dedication to alleviating pain and suffering benefits countless patients.
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2015
P. Prithvi Raj, MD, FIPP & Menno Sluijter, MD, FIPP
2016
John D. Loeser, MD, FIPP & James E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, FIPP(Hon)
2017
David Niv, MD, FIPP; Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP; Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD, FIPP & Edit Racz, MD, FIPP
2018
Péter Sótonyi, MD, PhD, DSc & Richard Rauck, MD, FIPP
2019
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, FIPP & Gerald Rosen, PhD
2022
Miles Day, MD, FIPP & Agi Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS
2023
Sudhir Diwan, MD, FIPP; Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP, CIPS & Peter Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP
2024
Adnan Al-Kaisy, MD, FIPP
2025
Loránd Erőss, MD, PhD, FIPP
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