The hearing comes after the Institute of Medicine report last year that recommended improving diagnosis, treatment and research into chronic pain.
Panelists were:
• Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD, principal deputy director, National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C.
• Philip A. Pizzo, MD, dean of the School of Medicine, Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine
• John E. Sarno, MD, professor of clinical rehabilitation medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City
• William Maixner, DDS, PhD, director, Center for Neurosensory Disorders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Christin Veasley, executive director, National Vulvodynia Association, North Kingstown, R.I.
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