Description
Neuropathic Pain - James C Watson MD and Charles E. Argoff MD
Contributors
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James C. Watson, MD
Dr. Watson is an Associate Professor and serves as a Vice Chair in the Department of Neurology for Analytics at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and is the Neurology Practice Chair for the Mayo Clinic Enterprise. He holds a dual appointment in the Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine. He is board certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Disease and Pain Medicine. His clinical practice includes interventional pain medicine, electrophysiology - EMG, and a consultative pain practice with special focus on neuropathic pain, spine related disorders, and headache. For the American Academy of Pain Medicine, Dr. Watson chairs the Ethics Committee and serves on the AAPM Annual Meeting Program Steering Committee, Scientific Review and Guidelines Committee, and Finance Committee. He also serves on a national Anesthesia Neurologic Complications Practice Advisory Committee and cofounded an interventional headache special interest group.
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Charles Argoff, MD
Dr. Argoff specializes in pain management with an emphasis on assessing and treating chronic headaches and neuropathic pain at Albany Medical Center. He is a Professor of Neurology at Albany Medical College and is board certified in neurology and pain medicine. After completing medical school at Northwestern University, Dr. Argoff completed an internship in internal medicine at Stony Brook, a residency in neurology at Stony Brook and a fellowship in neurology at the National Institutes of Health. Internationally recognized for his work, he is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, American Academy of Pain Medicine, and American Academy of Neurology, is the Neuropathic Pain Section Co-Editor for Pain Medicine and serves on the editorial board of the Clinical Journal of Pain.