Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MDChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, ASIPP and SIPMSMedical DirectorPain Management Center of PaducahPaducah, KentuckyClinical ProfessorAnesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineUniversity of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky USAAlan D. Kaye, MD, PhDChairman, Program Director, and ProfessorDepartment of AnesthesiaLSU Health Science CenterNew Orleans, Louisiana USAFrank J.E. Falco, MDMedical DirectorMid Atlantic Spine and Pain PhysiciansNewark, DelawareAdjunct Associate ProfessorTemple University Medical SchoolPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania USAJoshua A. Hirsch, MDVice Chief of Interventional CareService Line Chief of Interventional RadiologyDirector of Interventional NeuroradiologyChief of NeuroInterventional Spine ServiceMassachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBoston, Massachusetts USA