Founded in 1983 as the American Academy of Algology, the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has evolved as the primary organization for clinicians practicing the specialty of pain medicine. https://painmed.org/shared-interest-groups/ AAPM has more than 2,000 members and is committed to its mission of optimizing the health of patients in pain and eliminating the major public health problem of pain by advancing the practice and specialty of pain medicine.