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It was realized that the new IASP in its early years would have to rely heavily on financial and membership support from the US Consequently, there was some urgency for the creation of a US national pain organization to work with and become an integral part of the IASP, as well as represent the interests of the various local and/or regional pain groups within the US Preliminary discussions between representatives of the eastern and western chapter leaders resulted in the decision to hold a joint face-to-face conference. Drs. John J. Bonica and B. Berthold Wolff were asked to invite interested pain professionals from across the US, covering a wide disciplinary range, to the Chicago meeting.

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