Dear ISSP Members,

I extend my warm greetings to all ISSP members.

It is a great honor and privilege to serve ISSP as your president. There comes a time during the tenure as President of ISSP, which lends itself to reflection and anticipation. This time of the tenure for me, is now. To reflect on the events and anticipate even better things for the future . As a progressive organization, we have carried forward successfully many programs initiated by our illustrious predecessors. My vision for our society is to promote excellence in pain medicine and be the global leader when it comes in pain education.

ISSP was formed in 1984 and it has been a long journey where we have witnessed many challenges and gone through new changes from time to time. It is collectivity and unity of purpose which remains the strength of our organization. Formation of new state chapters and increasing our membership is essential to amplify our advocacy efforts. The Gurugram Society for Study of Pain and Goa State Chapter were formed recently and I wish them all success in their respective endeavors.

This year IASP will be celebrating its 50th anniversary widely across the globe and will culminate at 20thWorld Congress on Pain at Amsterdam, with the mission “Working together for pain relief throughout the world”. ISSP will be completing 40 glorious years since its formation and we congratulate all our members for it.Our  heartiest congratulations to Dr Sushma Bhatnagar madam for being the first one amongst the  six luminaries recognized by IASP  and receiving “ Hon. Membership from IASP” for your outstanding contribution in Pain. It is indeed a proud moment for all of us.

Pain medicine is growing at a rapid pace all over the world . Apart from  online webinars, conferences, pain  fellowships and workshops , I urge all ISSP members to spread awareness  about our specialty through social media, electronic and print media, talks and  pain camps to create an impact in the society. Great effort has been taken by our dynamic Honorary Secretary of ISSP, Dr Pravesh Kanthed in spreading awareness by displaying creatives on various social media handles, this will definitely create a great impact on public as well as medical fraternity.

The growth of ISSP has been phenomenal due to sincere efforts of present Governing Council members, able guidance of seniors, past Governing Council members of ISSP and IAPM and all ISSP members. This will enable us to grow and achieve our mission of upgrading our footprints for welfare of our society. Our main objective now is to strive hard for recognition of Pain Medicine as super speciality at NMC level, to start DM and FNB course at various institutes, establishing a pain research forum and inclusion of minimally invasive pain and spine interventions (MIPSI) under health insurance policies.

I extend my heartiest congratulations to our immediate past president Dr Murlidhar Joshi for his phenomenal tenure. ISSPCON  2024 held at Pune was a well-organized conference with excellent scientific program and cultural evening, Our heartiest congratulations to the organizing team of ISSPCON 2024 for the excellent show.

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”- Mahatma Gandhi.

Let us work towards that “indomitable will” to make ISSP a strong organization.

Long live ISSP

With Best Wishes,

Dr Sunita Lawange
President
Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSP)