Ep48: Pain Medicine, Pain Advocacy, Pain Innovation, Pain Research: Canadian Pain Society Conference Special

In this episode, I bring you to Quebec City at the Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting to meet 4 incredible individuals: (00:01:34) Dr. Andrea Furlan: The role of a physiatrist in interdisciplinary pain rehab and some of the challenges and hopes she has (00:20:14) Lynn Cooper: The significance of people with lived experiences at the tables of pain research, pain advocacy, and improving pain management in Canada (00:40:39) Tahir Janmohamad: How innovation can fill in the gaps of pain care, particularly how an app with pain tracking and pain psychology can help people living with pain (00:55:26) Dr. Kelly Shinkaruk: Research on why people fail interdisciplinary pain programs   Speaker Bio and Links Dr. Andrea Furlan is a physiatrist who sees people living with chronic pain at the Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute. She is also a Senior Scientist at the KITE Research Institute, the research arm of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and is a professor at the University of Toronto. She also has a YouTube channel on chronic pain management. ECHO UHN on Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship: https://uhn.echoontario.ca/Our-Programs/Chronic-Pain Website: https://www.doctorandreafurlan.com/ Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrAndreaFurlan   Lynn Cooper was formerly president of the Canadian Pain Coalition. She has spent more than 20 years volunteering with organizations that seek to better understand issues surrounding chronic pain, and furthering research into and management of chronic pain. She was awarded the Person with Lived Experience Leadership Award at the Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2026.   Tahir Janohamad is the founder and CEO of ManagingLife, under which Managing My Pain has been the leading pain app globally. Solace is a first-of-its-kind AI companion bringing pain psychology to people's fingertips. ManagingLife: https://managinglife.com/   Dr. Kelly Shinkaruk is an anesthesiologist working with people living with chronic pain in the Calgary Chronic Pain Centre. She also has a Master's degree in Medical Education with a focus on Interprofessional experiences and collaborative competency development in medical students.  Calgary Chronic Pain Centre: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/centres/anesthesiology/chronic-pain-centre/chronic-pain-centre <p lang="en-us" s