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Biosketch
Dr. Fudin graduated from Albany College of Pharmacy (ACP) with his Bachelors Degree in 1981 and completed his PharmD in 1998. He was awarded and completed an American Cancer Society Sponsored Fellowship in Oncology / Hematology at SUNY/Upstate Medical Center shortly after his undergraduate work.
He is a board certified Diplomate to the American Academy of Pain Management, and a member of several other professional organizations, some of which include the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Society of Health-system Pharmacists, American Pain Society, and Phi Delta Chi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. He was a peer reviewer for recently established American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Arthritis, for Fibromyalgia, and for Cancer Pain and Palliative Care. He is a panel member for "Use of Chronic Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain", a collaborative effort between the American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine, which appeared in Journal of Pain, February 2009. He is a reviewer for publications and poster submissions and platform submissions for both ACCP and ASHP. Dr. Fudin has participated as a peer reviewer for several professional journals, some of which include AJHP, Drug Topics, Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (Society of Hosp. Pharm. of Australia), Pain Medicine, and Pain-topics.
He is a two-time past Chair and founder of the ACCP Pain Pharmacy Practice Network group. Dr. Fudin is a Medical Advisory Board Consultant member for the Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation (an on-line public service for pain practitioners and patients).
Dr. Fudin practices as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the Stratton Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albany NY. He has been employed there since 1982. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, and has been an Instructor of Pharmacology and Psychopharmacology at SAGE Graduate School of Nursing for several years. He is CEO and founder of NovaPain Associates, a private Internet-based pain resource. He is a Clinical Pharmacy Consultant to Homedical Associates, an innovative home-based academic patient care service dedicated to medically complex patients in their homes.
Dr. Fudin has been an invited speaker on pain management nationally and internationally at VA Hospitals and within the private sector and at major academic medical centers throughout the United States. In the last year alone, Dr. Fudin has lectured on various pain-related topics to thousands of physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers and administrators in over 30 states nationwide. He has presented symposia at national meetings for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Pharmaceutical Association, and several other national meetings for physician, nurse, and osteopathic medicine groups. He is an active lecturer, writer, and researcher on pain management issues. He has advocated for the adequate and balanced approach of pain management in patients with the disease of addiction, and recently published an article on that topic with nationally recognized experts in drug enforcement and psychotherapy.
Affiliation
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain Management
Stratton VA Medical Center
Albany, New York
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