Dr. C. Paul Perry was one of the founders of the International Pelvic Pain Society. He was born in Mobile Alabama on August 13, 1945. He graduated from the University of Alabama with Honors, and from University of Alabama School of medicine in 1971. He served in the Air Force, and then began his medical practice in Birmingham, Alabama in 1978. For over 30 years, he dedicated his practice to the education, diagnosis and treatment of chronic pelvic pain. In 1996 he co-founded the International Pelvic Pain Society, where he served as President and Chairman of the Board. His contributions to this specialized medical field include numerous articles, publications, and textbook chapters, an international lecturer on pelvic pain and the design of an instrument used in the diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain. Dr. Perry died in 2008, but he left behind a legacy of pelvic pain education.
The Paul Perry Memorial Award is awarded once a year to recognize individuals who demonstrate lifetime achievement in pain research and education. It honors researchers and clinicians with significant contributions to pain research, education, that have the potential to significantly impact clinical care.
Lecture History
2022
Preventing and Managing Chronic Pain in Childhood: Implications Across the Life Course
Tonya Palermo, PhD
2022
2021
Building Resilience in Times of Uncertainty
Ronald Epstein, MD
2020
How Stress Impacts Visceral Pain and Bladder Pain Syndrome Across Species
Tony Buffington, PhD, DVM, MS, DACVN:
2020
2019
The Triumphs and Perils of conducting a Multicenter Clinical Trial: Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain
Andre Horne, PhD, MB ChB, FRCOG, FRCP
2018
Insights from Looking at the Brain
Emeran Mayer, MD, PhD
2018
2017
Understanding Visceral Pain
Gerald F. Gebhart, PhD
2016
Clinical Approach to Male CPPS
J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC
2016
2015
From clinical trials to clinical practice: there’s many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip'
Robert Dworkin, PhD
2014
Creating Research Networks to Improve Outcomes in Pelvic Pain
Khalid S. Khan, MMEd, MRCOG, MSc, FCPS, MBBS
2014
2013
Synergy: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Caring for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain
Donna Carrico, WHNP, MS
2012
Rethinking Pelvic Pain: Lessons From Two Decades of Explaining Pain
Lorimer Moseley PhD, B.App.Sc.(Phty)(hons)
2012
2011
Treatment of Endometriosis
Charles H. Koh, MD, FRCOG, FACOG
2010
Peripheral Nerve Decompression in the Management of Groin Pain
A. Lee Dellon, MD, PhD
2010
