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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.

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LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP
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
BIO

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
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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Media Relations 

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Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta 
Canada  T2N 1N4

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