Councilor

Maged El-Ansary, MD (Egypt) (2014)

Current Positions:
• Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Al-Azhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
• Examiner, MSc degree in Pain Management at Al-Azhar University, Egypt
• Examiner, Libyan board degree in Anesthesiologyand Pain
• Examiner, MSc and MD degrees in Pain Management, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt

Interests in the Pain Field:
• Opioids availability
• Pain treatment in developing countries

Activities, Awards, and Honors:
• 1982: Founder, Egyptian Society for the Management of Pain
• 1987–1997: Major advocate for passage of legislation for opioids availability in Egypt
• 1993–1999: Member, IASP Committee on History
• 2002, 2005: Speaker at two World Congresses on Pain
• 2002–present: Secretary General, Egyptian Society for the Management of Pain (ESMP)
• 2003–present: Member, IASP Developing Countries Task Force
• 2006: Founder, MSc degree in Pain Management at Al-Azhar University, Egypt
• 2006: Founder, African Association for the Study of Pain (AASP)
• 2006–2007: Presenter/facilitator of education and training in pain for 120 GPs, pharmacists, and nurses using IASP’s Pain Education in Developing Countries Grant
• 2006–present: President, African Association for the Study of Pain (AASP)
• 2007: Co-designer, IASP Pain Survey in Developing Countries
• 2008: Appointed by the French Pain Club to participate in a training program for African doctors