Are Chronic Pain Fellowships Disguised as Acute Pain Fellowships Which Manage Chronic Pain? How to Recognize and Repair

Sayed E Wahezi,1 Ugur Yener,1 Miles Day,2 Peter S Staats,3 Christopher Gilligan,4 Michael E Schatman,5,6 Scott G Pritzlaff7 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA; 3National Spine and Pain Centers, Atlantic Beach, FL, USA; 4Chief Medical and Quality Officer, Senior Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA; 5Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 6Department of Population Health – Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 7Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USACorrespondence: Sayed E Wahezi, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center, 1250 Waters Place, Tower #2, 8th Floor, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA, Tel +1 718 920 7246, Fax +1 929 263 3950, Email [email protected]