The Need for Urgent Action and Reform: Is the Veterans Administration’s Pain Care Under Fire?

Krishnan Chakravarthy,1– 3 Michael E Schatman4,5 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, VA San Diego Healthcare, San Diego, CA, USA; 2Innovative Pain Treatment Solutions and Surgery Center, Temecula, CA, USA; 3Solaris Research Institute, Temecula, CA, USA; 4Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 5Department of Population Health – Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USACorrespondence: Michael E Schatman, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care & Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA, Tel +1 425 647 4880, Email [email protected]