John Loeser

Jane Ballantyne, MD was a highly accomplished professor of medicine and anesthesia in the UK before moving to Boston US in 1990. She became Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine in the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1999.  Dr. Ballantyne moved to the University of Washington in Seattle in 2011 as Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, a position she still holds. She has editorial roles in several leading pain medicine journals and textbooks and is a widely published author.  Dr. Ballantyne was an early advocate for restraint in opioid prescribing for chronic pain and has continued to focus her teaching and research on the clinical implications of evolving opioid science. Selected to be a member of many FDA anesthesia drug approval boards over the years, Dr. Ballantyne has been a member of the International Association of the Study of Pain since 1996 and has held multiple positions within the organization.

• Chapter 1: They came from all over the world.- Chapter 2: Child.- Chapter 3: Decorated war hero.- Chapter 4: Neurosurgeon.- Chapter 5: It all began in Issaquah.- Chapter 6: The two Johns.- Chapter 7: The man who refused to meet the Pope.- Chapter 8: Becoming a Renaissance man.- Chapter 9: Threats to the mission.- Chapter 10: Wives and children.- Chapter 11: Teacher.- Chapter 12: A portrait of passion and tenacity.