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Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Russell K. Portenoy, MD

    Dr. Russell Portenoy is chairman of the department of pain medicine and palliative care, and the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman Chair in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. He is chief medical officer of Beth Israel's Continuum Hospice Care/The Jacob Perlow Hospice, and professor of neurology and anesthesiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

    Dr. Portenoy is immediate past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and a past president of the American Pain Society. He is the recipient of the National Leadership Award of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the Wilbert Fordyce Award for Lifetime Excellence in Clinical Investigation and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Pain Society, and the Founder's Award from the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He serves on the board of directors of the American Pain Foundation and chairs both the medical forum of the National Hospice Work Group and the Committee on Hospice and Palliative Medicine of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

    Dr. Portenoy's research has focused on clinical trials of analgesic drugs, opioid pharmacology, symptom measurement, and quality of life assessment. He is editor in chief of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management and editor for the palliative care section of The Oncologist. He serves on numerous other editorial boards and has written, co-authored, or edited 21 books and more than 450 papers and book chapters on topics in pain and symptom management, opioid pharmacotherapy, and symptom assessment.

    Schedule28 Mar 2024