Class of 2017 Certified Interventional Pain Sonologists The Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS) credential was developed by the World Institute of Pain® (WIP) in affiliation with the World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography (WAPMU); in recognition of the escalating utilization of ultrasound by physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain syndromes. The certification process employs practice-based assessment criteria to encourage and formally recognize physicians who meet the knowledge and skill requirements of the WIP Board of Examination and to serve the public by encouraging quality patient care in the practice of pain medicine. As of December 2017, WIP has certified 71 physicians, representing 21 member countries. Sami Moustafa Abdelmaksoud MS.c, DPHE,MD, FIPP, CIPS Qatar Pranab Kumar MD, FFPMRCA, FIPP, CIPS United Kingdom Ezio Amorizzo MD, CIPS Italy King Hei Stanley Lam MBBS, FHKIMM, MScSEM (Bath), MScSM&EH (CUHK), PGDip MSM (Otago), RMSK, CIPS Hong Kong Shaw-Gang Shyu MD, CIPS Taiwan Rahul H. Bhansali MBBS, DA, FCAI, DPM (IRE), CIPS United Kingdom Chih-Peng Lin MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS Taiwan Yusak M. T. Siahaan MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS Indonesia Ke-Vin Chang MD, CIPS Taiwan André Mansano MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS Brazil Lucio Cesar Hott Silva MD, FIPP, CIPS Brazil (Wesley) Chih Chun Chen MD, CIPS Taiwan Chien-Hsing Chen MD, CIPS Taiwan Elaine Gomes Martins MD, CIPS Brazil Athmaja Thottungal MBBS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, EDRA, FIPP, CIPS United Kingdom R. D. H. de Boer MD, FIPP, CIPS Netherlands Fabrizio Micheli MD, CIPS Italy Choong Leong Tong MBBS, FRCS, Masters, CIPS Malaysia Jennifer Hah MD, CIPS United States Felice Ochigrossi MD, CIPS Italy Yi-Chian Wang MD, CIPS Taiwan María Begoña Díaz García MD, CIPS Netherlands Jesús De Santiago Moraga MD, CIPS Spain Andrea Trescot MD, FIPP, CIPS United States Mohamed Fathy Mohamed Hassanain MBBch, MSc, FCAI, DPMCAI, EDAIC, EDIC, EDRA, FIPP, CIPS Ireland Daniel Phang M.Med, CIPS Singapore Chueh-Hung Wu MD, CIPS Taiwan Ketut Ngurah Gunapriya MD, FIPM, FIPP, CIPS Indonesia Theresia Chandra Tania Novy MD, MS, FIPP, CIPS Indonesia Anita van Domselaar MD, CIPS Belgium Dr. Neeraj Jain MBBS, MD, FIPP, CIPS India Injong Kim MD, FIPP, CIPS South Korea Won-Joong Kim MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS South Korea Emanuele Piraccini MD, CIPS Italy Scott G. Pritzlaff MD, CIPS United States Raja Varadapura Reddy MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP, CIPS United Kingdom Wei-ting Wu MD, CIPS Taiwan Craig T. Hartrick MD, FIPP President, WIP Einar Ottestad MD, FIPP, CIPS President, WAPMU Peter S. Staats MD, MBA, FIPP WIP Chair, Board of Examination