
Dr. John Pereira
PRESIDENT-ELECT
CANADIAN PAIN SOCIETY
SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA DOULEUR
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.
LEADERSHIP
2020-2022
President-Elect
CANADIAN PAIN SOCIETY
2017-2019
President
PAIN SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
2017-2019
Founding Co-Chair
ALBERTA PAIN STRATEGY
2014-2016
Physician Lead
FIBROFOCUS
Winner of a Health Quality Council of Alberta Patient Experience Award.
Biography & Disclosures
Introducing me for a speech?
"Dr. John Xavier Pereira is the President-Elect of the Canadian Pain Society, Immediate Past-President of the Pain Society of Alberta and was a founding Co-Chair of the Alberta Pain Strategy. 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 Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. He represented Western Canada on the committee of physicians who wrote our country’s National Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia. 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."
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).
International
Has been quoted by AAP, SBS, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, World News Australia, Yahoo NZ, WA Today, Medscape Medical News and others.
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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