CJP Special Edition—Proceedings of the Michael G. Degroote Institute for Pain Research and Care Annual Symposium—Director’s introduction

摘要

We had the pleasure of welcoming many pain research leaders and specialists to our 2019 Annual Symposium, sponsored and held by the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care with the generous funding from Mr. DeGroote, whose support has permitted a broad range of activities that have already had great impact on pain care in Canada. We are very appreciative of the support from Joel Katz, Rebecca Lewinson, the editorial team, and peer reviewers in allowing us once again to present this special edition highlighting the discussions at the 2019 Annual Symposium of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care. I would also like to thank our own Dr. Victoria Borg Debono for her work overseeing the submission of the articles you see here. The papers in this edition are from presentations at the symposium held in November 2019, an excellent in-person gathering and discussion around a wide range of topics relevant to persistent postsurgical pain, the construct we have used to guide our research.