SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Chris Wells
Portugal
Pain Matters
Dr Chris Wells worked as a specialist in Pain Management in Liverpool and the North West of UK. He ran the Walton Pain Centre from 1983-95. He initiated the first continuous Pain Management Programmes in the UK in 1983.
He became President of EFIC from May 2014 to September 2017 and initiated a multidisciplinary core curriculum in Europe, leading to a Diploma in Pain Medicine (EDPM) for all medical doctors.
He was made a Citizen of Honour of Liverpool in 2016.
Dr Wells has been Secretary of the British Pain Society and was made an Honorary Member of the Society in 2007. He co-founded NeuPSIG, and is an Honorary Member. He was made an honorary member of IASP in 2016 and EFIC in 2018.
He has been a Board member of the World Institute of Pain and is one of 3 Founder Examiners for the FIPP He was a member of the 2016 NICE Guideline Development Group on low back pain and sciatica.
He is now retired and lives in the western Algarve, Portugal, running a Blueberry farm.
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