Class of 2015 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 Inaugural Class of 2015 represents physicians from 13 countries: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Hungary, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and the USA. Of the 26 physicians who earned CIPS certification, certificates were associated with exams conducted in Miami, Florida, USA (No. 1-7); Maastricht, The Netherlands (No. 8-11); and again in Miami (No. 12-26). Anwar Samhari Mat Arshad MD, FIPP, CIPS Malaysia Mohamed Ibrahim Badr MD, FIPP, CIPS United Arab Emirates Anuj Bhatia MD, FIPP, CIPS Canada Sadiq Salim Bhayani MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, FFPMRCA, CIPS Canada Carlos Buxó MD, CIPS Puerto Rico Pierre d’Hemecourt MD, CIPS USA Christ Declerck MD, FIPP, CIPS Belgium Thiago Nouer Frederico MD, CIPS Brazil Mark Friedrich Hurdle MD, CIPS USA Michael Gofeld MD, FIPP, CIPS Canada Amitabh Gulati MD, FIPP, CIPS USA Jinyoung Jeong MD, FIPP, CIPS South Korea Ravi Krishna Kalathur MD, CIPS India Jee Youn Moon MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS South Korea Aliaksandr Mudrakouski MD, FIPP, CIPS Ireland Charles Amaral de Oliveira MD, FIPP, CIPS Brazil Einar Ottestad MD, FIPP, CIPS USA Manuel Cifrian Perez MD, FIPP, CIPS Spain Etienne Prinsloo MD, FIPP, CIPS Canada James Robles MD, FIPP, CIPS USA Hariharan Shankar MBBS, CIPS, FIPP USA Hwa Yong Shin MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS South Korea Michael Sommer MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS Netherlands David Spinner DO, CIPS USA Agnes R. Stogicza MD, FIPP, CIPS Hungary/USA Joon Kyung Sung MD, FIPP, CIPS South Korea Kris C. P. Vissers MD, PhD, FIPP President, WIP Michael Gofeld MD, FIPP, CIPS President, WAPMU Peter S. Staats MD, MBA, FIPP WIP Chair, Board of Examination