Daniel Alford, MD, MPH,
FACP, is an associate professor of medicine at Boston
University School of Medicine and is on staff in the Clinical
Addiction Research and Education Unit in the Section of General
Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC). He is certified
in addiction medicine by the American Board of Addiction Medicine.
He is the medical director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration-funded Massachusetts Screening, Brief
Intervention, Referral and Treatment Program and the BMC
office-based Opioid Treatment Program. He co-chairs the American
Society of Addiction Medicine Opioid Agonist Treatment and
Buprenorphine Training Workgroups and directs the NIDA-funded Chief
Resident Immersion Training in Addiction Medicine and the Society
of General Internal Medicine Pain Medicine Interest Group. He is on
the executive board of the Association of Medical Education in
Research in Substance Abuse.
Luzma Cardona, MD, is a
headache fellow at the John R. Graham Headache Center at Brigham
and Women's Hospital in Boston. She is also an instructor at
Harvard Medical School. Trained in neurology at the University of
New Mexico in Albuquerque, Dr. Cardona received her medical degree
from Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. Her research area is
in the field of headaches, and she is involved in different
projects including ones regarding in-vitro fertilization and
triptan discontinuation. She is also involved in two systematic
reviews correlating air quality and headaches. Dr. Cardona is an
associate editor of Headache Journal and is active in speaking
engagements throughout New England.
Carol Curtiss, MSN, RN,
BC, is an advanced practice nurse and owner of Curtiss
Consulting in Greenfield, MA. She is an internationally
accomplished speaker in pain and symptom management, cancer
survivorship, and end-oflife care. Ms. Curtiss has presented more
than 800 lectures in 47 states and 11 countries and has authored
more than 40 professional publications. She is past national
president of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) and received
Distinguished Service Awards from the ONS and the Alliance of State
Pain Initiatives. She is board certified in pain management nursing
and holds a master's degree in nursing from Yale University. Her
work spans clinical settings including home care, long-term care,
ambulatory care, acute care, and hospice. Ms. Curtiss is currently
an adjunct clinical instructor at Tufts University School of
Medicine.
Jack Evjy, MD, currently
serves as senior medical advisor to the Massachusetts Medical
Society. He chaired the Massachusetts Medical Society Task Force on
Universal Access (2004-2006) and has served in multiple capacities
for the Society, including past president and member of the Board
of Trustees. He is an AMA delegate from Massachusetts. Dr. Evjy is
a medical oncologist working with Commonwealth Hematology Oncology,
a regional community-based private practice based in Lawrence,
Massachusetts. He is emeritus medical director for the Holy Family
Hospital, Cancer Management Center in Methuen, which he helped
establish in 1993. He has served on the Board of Directors of the
New England Division of the American Cancer Society, as a delegate
to the National Assembly, and is currently a member of the
Division's Board of Advisors.
Cheryl Pacella, DNP(c), HHCNS-BC,
COS-C, is a clinical nurse specialist in home care and is
the quality improvement manager for Hebrew Senior Life Home Care at
Orchard Cove in Canton, MA. She was previously a performance
improvement advisor for Masspro, helping home care agencies in
Massachusetts improve their patient outcomes. In that capacity, Ms.
Pacella helped to develop and oversee a care transitions
collaborative. She is a clinical nursing instructor for Mass Bay
Community College. Ms. Pacella has been affiliated with the
Massachusetts Pain Initiative for more than ten years and currently
serves as chair of its Professional Education Council. She has
spoken at state and national conferences on quality related topics,
including care transitions. She earned her bachelor's degree from
Boston College, her master's in nursing from Salem State College,
and is currently a doctoral student at Regis College.
Christine C. Peeters
-Asdourian , MD, is a clinician, educator, and consultant
in pain medicine. Dr. Asdourian is an assistant professor of
anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and directs the Arnold Pain
Management Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in
Boston. She earned a medical degree from Brussels Free University
in Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Asdourian is a board-certified
anesthesiologist and has earned a certificate of added
qualifications in pain medicine from the American Board of
Anesthesiology. Dr. Asdourian has held a number of leadership
positions in pain medicine. She has published articles and clinical
reviews in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters in medical
textbooks. Dr. Asdourian's articles have appeared in the Clinical
Journal of Pain and the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
