

Dr. John Pereira
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Alberta Medical Association Section of Chronic Pain
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Thank you to so many who have placed their trust in me. I will work in your service, responsible and responsive to you.
Nous sommes unis par une noble cause: le soulagement de la douleur et de la souffrance humaine.
2025-2027
President-Elect
ALBERTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SECTION OF CHRONIC PAIN
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2024
Chair
CANADIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ON PAIN
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2024
Winner
FORTTUNA GLOBAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Pain Management Specialist of the Year
2022-2024
President
CANADIAN PAIN SOCIETY
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2017-2019
President
PAIN SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
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2017-2019
Founding Co-Chair
ALBERTA PAIN STRATEGY
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2014-2016
Physician Lead
FIBROFOCUS
The first pain program to win a Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) Patient Experience Award.
Biography & Disclosures
Introducing me for a speech?
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"Dr. John Xavier Pereira served as the 20th President Canadian Pain Society and was the Chair of the first National Congress on Pain held in Ottawa in 2024. He was the founding Co-Chair of National Pain Rounds, a member of the National Advisory Committee of Pain Canada, and previously was the President of the Pain Society of Alberta, a founding Co-Chair of the Alberta Pain Strategy, and a member of the External Advisory Panel of the Canadian Pain Task Force. He is a past Ronald Melzack Fellow of the McGill Pain Center. He has spoken on the topic of chronic pain both nationally and internationally, including at the Mayo Clinic and the Centers for Disease Control, and has personally visited over 80 pain centers in the world . He represented Western Canada on the committee of physicians who wrote our country’s National Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia and now works clinically as the Medical Director of the FibroFOCUS™ program. Dr. Pereira was the physician lead of the team that won the very first Health Quality Council of Alberta Patient Experience Award in the field of pain management. In 2025, he became the President-Elect of the Alberta Medical Association Section of Chronic Pain."
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​Disclosures in the past five (5) years: NONE
Accepted speaking fees directly from a pharmaceutical company: NO.
Accepted payments to serve on a pharmaceutical advisory board: NO.
Accepted payments as a consultant to a pharmaceutical company: NO.
MEDIA RELATIONS

Canada
Has spoken on TV (CBC, CityTV, CTV and Global), radio (CBC) and conducted interviews in print (Calgary Herald and City News).
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International
Has been quoted by AAP, SBS, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, World News Australia, Yahoo NZ, WA Today, Medscape Medical News and others.
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Topics
Speaks on the following topics: Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Opioids and Pain, Medical Cannabis and Pain, Nutrition and Pain, Pain in Alberta, and Pain in Canada
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