Senate Health and Human Services Committee s1

Informational Hearing of the

Senate Health and Human Services Committee

Senator Deborah V. Ortiz, Chair

Women in Pain: Trends and Implications of Underdiagnosis of Chronic Pain in Female Patients

Wednesday, February 4, 2004

1:30p.m. to 4:00p.m.

State Capitol, Room 3191

AGENDA

WELCOME STATEMENT AND INTRODUCTION OF MEMBERS

Senator Liz Figueroa, Chair, Legislative Women’s Caucus

Senator Nell Soto, Member, Legislative Women’s Caucus

Panel 1 Framing the Issue: Personal Stories and Academic Research

Ms. Cynthia Toussaint, Founder, For Grace

Professor Diane Hoffmann, Associate Dean, University of Maryland School of Law

Panel 2 Patient and Advocacy Perspective

Ms. Susan Shinagawa, Intercultural Cancer Council

Ms. Maggie Buckley, Former President, Elhers-Danlos National Foundation

Dr. Kathryn Padgett, Founder, American Academy of Pain Management

Panel 3 Response From the Medical Community

Dr. Steven Richeimer, Director, USC Pain Management, USC Medical Center
Ms. Sally A. Adelus RN, Executive Director, Hospice of the Valley

Dr. Scott Fishman, Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine, U.C. Davis Medical Center

Dr. Diana Adams, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical School

CLOSING REMARKS