Interview: The need to tailor pain management approaches to individual requirements

Robert L Barkin talks to Roshaine Gunawardana, Commissioning Editor: Dr Barkin has authored over 150 publications including journals, book chapters and CD-Roms. He is a reviewer for over 30 journals, on the editorial board of nine journals and is an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Therapeutics. He received his BSc. Pharmacy degree from St Louis College of Pharmacy and Allied Science St Louis, MO, USA in 1963, an MBA in Healthcare Administration at DePaul University Chicago, IL, USA in 1976 and a doctorate in Clinical Pharmacy at Purdue University, IN, USA in 1985. Dr Barkin is engaged in a very active in-patient and out-patient practice with a collaborative arrangement with five anesthesiologist and consults with physical medicine and rehabilitation, rheumatology, oncology, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry and chemical dependency/addiction specialists. He has presented over 500 formal lectures in the USA, Poland, India, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Australia and Canada. Dr Barkin's interest lies in pain, psychiatry, geriatrics, clinical pharmacology, clinical testing for medication and pain pharmacology. He has been the first to be granted scientific status with the American Academy of Pain Medicine.