title: Introduction to the Symposium on Pain Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: hooten.william@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: W Michael
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Hooten
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rathmell
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010146:Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement