Pain Management Research Conference

Translating Pain Research Into Clinical Practice

The San Diego Pain Summit (SDPS) is an annual, international interdisciplinary educational conference that brings together healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators to discuss and share the latest information on pain management and research.

SDPS is designed to challenge traditional pain management methods and attendees will learn innovative treatment frameworks to improve the quality of life for their patients.

Improving Patient Care & Pain Management

Human beings are occupational centered beings - meaning routine daily activities give people a sense of purpose. When experiencing injury and/or pain, this sense of purpose is disrupted, leading to anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and general loss of quality of life.

The San Diego Pain Summit has nurtured a strong sense of community where clinicians can learn how to work from a person-centered perspective that is often lacking in many healthcare programs. 

Together we are working to integrate pain science and find our way towards developing effective pain management programs for our patients.

Why Attend The San Diego Pain Summit?

  • Keep up with the latest information, discoveries and applications in pain management.

  • Provide better outcomes for your patients

  • Integrate new and credible frameworks into your practice.

  • Connect with like-minded practitioners and educators for support and continued learning

What people are saying about San Diego Pain Summit…..

  • “I have attended both in-person and online over the years & both have been fantastic! I was able to convince a few of my co-workers to attend virtually this year (2023) & our team has been buzzing with ideas and things that we can do differently to better serve our patients and community. Hands down my favorite annual educational opportunity. Very much looking forward to next year's conference!”

    -Nate Hadley, physical therapist

  • “I was floored by the level of discourse that dominated the San Diego Pain Summit. What the pain research field has yet to learn is that cross-fertilization between leaders in different disciplines is essential in progressing our understanding of how pain impacts the whole person. It’s about immersing yourself in where the field is heading and re-experiencing that inspiration that led you to fall in love with your profession”

    -Melissa Farmer, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

  • “San Diego Pain Summit is the most incredible conference I have attended so far! In a world where it can sometimes feel like you are bombarded with information overloads, it’s important to have people who can guide us towards clinically useful, scientifically informed learning opportunities, and Rajam brought great speakers who were insightful and informative, and some were very entertaining as well.”

    -Firmansyah Purwanto, physical therapist

  • “Thanks for the opportunity to be part of the San Diego Pain Summit. It was a privilege to be part of a group of people who are open to explore pain, its meaning and alternative paths to management. I gained much from the experience and continue to from the connections made and the links through social media. The understanding of pain and its management around the world needs a revolutionary shift – and it needs conferences like this to help promote this culture change.”

    -Peter O’Sullivan, Professor of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at Curtin University