Leveling the Playing Field for Mentors and Mentees in Academic Pain Medicine for the Benefit of Patients

Giuliano Lo Bianco,1 Michael E Schatman,2,3 Silvia Natoli,4,5 Christopher L Robinson6 1Anesthesiology and Pain Department, Foundation G. Giglio Cefalù, Palermo, Italy; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 3Department of Population Health-Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 4Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; 5IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 6Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence: Giuliano Lo Bianco, Anesthesiology and Pain Department, Fondazione Istituto G. Giglio Cefalù, Via Pietrapollastra, Cefalù, Palermo, 90015, Italy, Email [email protected]