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West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
WELCOME TO WVSIPP
The West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (WVSIPP) is dedicated to providing cutting edge education, information, and support to physicians and clinicians treating patients in pain. We are a West Virginia society with national and international reach and we are a certified and sanctioned branch of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). We gladly support the mission and goals of ASIPP and their members.
Our board members include international thought leaders in interventional pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation including physicians: Timothy Deer, MD, Christopher Kim, MD, Rudy M. Malayil, MD, Richard Vaglienti, MD, MBA, DABA, DABPM.
Mission Statement of the WVSIPP
To promote the development and practice of safe, high quality, cost effective interventional pain management techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of pain and related disorders and to insure patient access to these interventions.
Latest News
Dr. Rudy Malayil named president of the WVSIPP board
For more information about Dr. Malayil, please see his bio below, email MalayilMD@outlook.com, or click below to visit MalayilMD.com
CME Mission Statement of the WVSIPP
To provide and encourage educational and professional growth opportunities for physicians and allied health professionals, all clinical health care professionals, as well as other local health care facilities. Pain management is the focus topic including: international healthcare and advocacy, care of the elderly and disabled, neurology and neurobiology, compliance and legal issues, treatment of the entire patient and coordination of care efforts. Topics are selected based on findings from accrediting bodies, intensive data-driven analysis, core measures, patient satisfaction results, quality indicators, risk management findings, medical staff communications, and physician needs assessment results.
Educational programs are fair and balanced, unbiased ,and available to practitioners at all levels. Educational formats include live lectures, written materials, enduring medical education, and hands-on labs. This is provided via outreach to practitioners at all levels.
WVSMA accreditation seeks to assure the medical community and the public that the WVSIPP provides physicians with relevant, effective, practice-based continuing medical education that supports US health care quality improvement.
WVSMA accreditation seeks to assure the medical community and the public that the WVSIPP provides physicians with relevant, effective, practice-based continuing medical education that supports US health care quality improvement.
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Board Members
Rudy M. Malayil, MD
President, Executive Director
Rudy Mathew Malayil, M.D., received his medical degree from Kasturba Medical College, one of the top medical schools in India. He then completed his internship in General Surgery at New York Presbyterian/Cornell Hospital in New York City, followed by residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York University Medical School. Dr. Malayil further completed a Pain Medicine Fellowship at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine at the Beth Israel Medical Center Campus in New York City.
Dr. Malayil is a member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS). Dr. Malayil is also the President for the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (WVSIPP) and on the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board. He serves on the Executive Board of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN).
Timothy Deer, MD, DABPM
President Emeritus
Dr. Deer is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Center for Pain Relief in Charleston, West Virginia and President Emeritus of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (WVSIPP). He is also President Elect INS. He is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He has lectured at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is the immediate past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthsiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation – Technology at the Neural Interface and serves on several other boards and committees. Dr. Deer has authored numerous journal articles, chapters and review articles. Dr. Deer would like to make the following disclosures: He is on the Scientific Advisory Boards for Bioness, Vertos Medical, Spinal Modulation, and Stryker. He is on the Speaker’s Bureau and does scientific research for Vertos Medical and St. Jude Medical. He also does scientific research for Spinal Modulation.
Christopher Kim, MD
Director at Large
