Watch our all-star faculty share how to raise your profile and get started in interventional pain medicine research.

Your panel included:

• Robert Burnham, MD, of Vivo Cura Health in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
• Alison Stout, DO, an attending physician at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, who serves as President of IPSIS and as a member of the Education Development Committee; and
• Patricia Zheng, MD, Chief of the PM&R Division at University of California San Francisco, who serves as Research Division Chair, Research Mentorship Committee Chair, and as a Patient Safety Committee member.

The panel was moderated by Taylor R. Burnham, DO, of Vivo Cura Health in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, who serves as a member of the Research Division and the EBM Training Committee.

First, watch this video designed to help you find your optimal interventional pain medicine fellowship.
Then, after you have your program targeted, get ready for your ACGME or NASS Pain Medicine Fellowship interview with this video.

IPSIS Members, watch “Leveling Up: Succeeding as an Attending Physician,” the Early Career Council’s free Post-Fellowship Guide webinar on securing the “right” contract and nailing that first critical year as an attending interventional pain medicine physician.

Early Career Council members attending the IPSIS 2026 Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. have an opportunity to sign up for these sessions which offer one-on-one, in-person time with an IPSIS Board member.

Registration for Washington, D.C. micro mentoring sessions will open in the Summer of 2026.

Designed to support professional growth by providing hands-on training in lumbar procedures, up to three complinentary seats will be available for early career members to ain invaluable experience from expert instructors at the Lumbar Bio-Skills Lab to be held in Washington D.C., immediately following the IPSIS 2026 Annual Meeting. 

The 2026 application period will open in the Spring of 2026. Follow IPSIS on LinkedIn to find out when this valuable opportunity is available.

Each year a limited number of Council leadership positions are available.

• Ambassador: Council Ambassadors perform serve on an IPSIS Committee or Division in a non-voting capacity to provide their views and to report to the rest of the Council
• Executive Committee: The Council’s Executive Committee performs governance, steering, and administrative functions, and maintain communication with the executive leadership of IPSIS.

The leadership application period will open in the Summer of 2026. Watch for details.