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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Pfizer Visiting Professor in Pain Medicine Scott Fishman to discuss 'Responsible Opioid Prescribing' Sept. 15th

Dr. Scott M. Fishman is chief of the Division of Pain Medicine and professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of California, Davis. He was formerly Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center at Harvard Medical School. 

His medical degree is from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has received formal clinical training in internal medicine (Greenwich/Yale University School of Medicine) and psychiatry (Massachusetts General/Harvard Medical School). He completed pain medicine fellowship training through the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Fishman lectures on all aspects of pain and its treatment throughout the US. He has written numerous books on pain management and has many peer-reviewed articles in medical journals, book chapters, and other scholarly reviews. He is senior editor of the journal Pain Medicine and serves on the editorial boards of numerous other medical journals.

He advocates for the field of pain medicine with consumers and lawmakers, having testified in both state and national legislatures. Dr. Fishman has spoken about pain widely in the major TV media such as the Today Show, Good Morning America and the ABC Nightly News and has been quoted in the major written press such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine and Newsweek. He has been honored and awarded numerous times for his contribution to the pain management field and has most recently received the University of California, Davis Dean’s award for Excellence in Mentoring.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.