Dr. Steven P. Cohen obtained his medical degree at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, completed an anesthesiology residency at Columbia University, and a pain management fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Currently, he is Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. He is also the Director of Medical Education and Quality Improvement for the Pain Management Division at Johns Hopkins, Director of Pain Research at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and the Reserve Liaison to the U.S. Army Pain Management Consultant to the Surgeon General. Dr. Cohen plays an active role in many organizations. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of ‘Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine’, ‘Pain Medicine’, ‘Pain Physician’ and half a dozen other journals. He has been on the organizing committees for the American Academy of Pain Medicine and American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (ASRA) for the past several years, and is the ‘Chair-elect’ for the 2013 Annual ASRA Pain Meeting. In addition to his academic work in pain management, Dr. Cohen is a Colonel in the Army Reserve, and the Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Services at the 48h Combat Support Hospital in Maryland. He also serves as the Reserve Liaison to the Pain Management Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General. Over the past few years, Dr. Cohen has briefed or presented data on pain management issues in service members several times to the U.S. Congress and high-ranking general officers. His research was instrumental in the passage of the 2008 Military Pain Care Act, and he served as an inaugural member of the first U.S. Army Medical Advisory Board.