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Announcing the 2023 Award Recipients

Wednesday, August 9, 2023  

We are pleased to announce the 2023 IPSIS award recipients! These awards will be presented in September during the IPSIS Annual Meeting in Chicago. Congratulations to the individuals recognized this year for their contributions to interventional pain medicine and IPSIS:


Charles N. Aprill Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Ray Baker, MD


Richard Derby Distinguished Service Award

  • Stephen Endres, MD
  • Rodney Jones, MD
  • Jeffrey Summers, MD


Outstanding Volunteer Award

  • Fred DeFrancesch, MD
  • Serdar Kesikburun, MD
  • Ameet Nagpal, MD, MS, MEd, MBA
  • Kate Sayeed, MD

Instructor of the Year

  • Christine El Yahchouchi, MD