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About The Rounds

The Rounds began at the Ether Dome of Massachusetts General Hospital as two separate seminars, one in pain medicine and one in orofacial pain. They merged in 2005 to form a single interdisciplinary nonprofit forum that has run continuously ever since.

Today the program convenes clinicians, researchers, trainees, policymakers, and patients each week, virtually and free of charge, reaching more than eighty countries. Our seminars encourage exploration across a wide range of topics and give rise to real collaboration, reflection, and discourse.

We provide evidence-based content and explore empirical support for novel avenues of patient care.

Mission & History

A weekly forum with two decades of history.

Origins

From the Ether Dome

The Rounds has grown alongside the field itself — expanding in scope, audience, and disciplinary reach while remaining grounded in rigorous, accessible education.

Board of Directors

Ronald Kulich, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine; Lecturer, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Elizabeth Hatfield, DDS

Director, Case Studies and Literature Reviews; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Hsinlin Thomas Cheng, MD, PhD

Director, Headache & Neuropathic Pain Unit, Department of Neurology, Mass General Brigham

David Keith, DMD, BDS

Visiting Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, MGH; Corresponding Member of the Faculty, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Christopher Robinson, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor; Division of Pain, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Matthew Fortino, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist, Lee Physician Group

Administrative

Ascher Kulich

Senior Program Manager, Outreach, Training, and Education Core (OTEC), 360° CHAT-TMD; Marketing and Communications Lead, Rounds

Advisory Board

Donna Sultan*

Julia Buckley

Helen White

Catherine Beal

Andrea Doherty, JD
Jafar Bakhshaie, MD, PhD

Carol Warfield, MD

Kelly Wawrzyniak, PsyD

Gary Brenner, MD, PhD*

Christine Sieberg, PhD

Deborah Rochman, MS, OTRL

Jennifer Cheng, CNP

Karan Arul, MD, MA

Zachary McCormick, MD, FAAPMR

Michael Schatman, PhD*

Brian McGeeney, MD, MPH, MBA*

Theresa Williamson, MD

Mohammed Issa, MD

Melissa Baumbick, FPA

Robert Jason Yong, MD, MBA

Anna Kim, RN

Linda Willyard, RN

Arthur Zayne Washington, MD

Moises Dominguez, MD

Moreza Bahar, BPT, DPT, MSc

Karen Stocker, LPN

Yi Zhang, MD, PhD
R. Bruce Donoff, DMD, MD (in memoriam)

Alexandre DaSilva, DDS, DMedSc

Patricia Guerrero, DDS

Nicole Holland, DDS, MS

Robert Nersasian, DMD

Steven Scrivani, DDS, DMedSc

Brijesh Chandwani, DMD, BDS

Harpreet Singh, BDS, DABOP

Kathryn Dolan, RDH

Yuanming Xu, DDS, MMSc

Arwa Farag, DMD

Gary Heir, DMD*

Donnelle Milley, RDH

Tamunodiyepriye Ngo, DMD

Roxanne Bavarian, DMD, DMSc*

Ifrana Zaman, DDS

Michael Scialabba, DDS*
Joseph Scherrer, PhD

Fernando Guastaldi, DDS, PhD

* Rounds Senior Advisor

Guest Faculty Speakers (in alphabetical order)

Alberto Herrero Babiloni

DDS, MS

Alec Eidelman

DMD, MPH, MEd

Alessandro Villa

DDS, MPH, PhD

Alyssa Lebel

Amy Pasternak

PharmD

Anette Vistoso Monreal

DDS, MS, DABOP

Anne Louise Oaklander

MD, PhD

Antje M. Barreveld

Anupam Jena

MD, PhD

Arun S. Varadhachary

MD, PhD

Carina O’Neill

Charles Green

DDS

Chetan Bettegowda

MD, PhD

Christine Ritchie

MD, MSPH

Christopher Gilligan

MD, MBA

Christopher Worsham

MD, MPH

Daniel Barron

MD, PhD

Daniel J. Clauw

David Hao

David Perez

MD, MCS

Deborah S. Jacobs

MD, MSc

Devin McCaslin

PhD

Donald Nixdorf

DDS, MS

Eellan Sivanesan

MD, FASA

Elise Rimer

Elizabeth Loder

MD, MPH

Elizabeth Stites

PhD

Emanuelle Schindler

MD, PhD

Erkan Kurt

Fawzia Butt

BDS, FICD, FDSRCS, MDS-OMFS

Gilles Lavigne

DMD, MSc, PhD, FRCD

Glenn Clark

DDS, MS

Jaleesa Jackson

Jamal Hasoon

Jane Ballantyne

MD, FRCA

Jasmin Harpe

MD, MPH

Jeff Shaefer

DDS, MS, MPH

Jeffrey P. Okeson

DMD

Jeffrey S. Schweitzer

MD, PhD

Jennifer Gibbs

DDS, PhD

Jennifer Murphy

PhD

Jennifer Packard

PP-MSOT

Jenny Koehl

PharmD, BCPS

John Neubert

DDS

Jonathan Greenberg

PhD

Jonathan Jarry

MSc

Jonathan Shepherd

CBE, FMedSci, DDSc, PhD

Jonathan Stea

PhD, R. Psych

Joseph McCain

DMD

Karina Gritsenko

Kate Jochimsen

PhD, ATC

Khawaja Shehryar Nasir

BDS, MSc

Lena Myran

Leonard Kaban

DMD, MD

Leslie Halpern

DDS, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS

Linda Sangalli

DDS, PhD

Mario Peres

MD, PhD

Mark E. Mehle

MD, FACS

Mark Kritzman

MBA

Messoud Ashina

MD, PhD, DMSc, FEAN

Michael Ferraro

PhD

Milan Stojanovic

Miles Day

MD, DABA, FIPP, DABIPP

Mitchell Levine

DMD, MS

Nancy Marks

Neil O’Connell

PhD

Omar Hernandez

Patrick Finan

PhD

Paul Reavley

Peter Goadsby

MD, PhD

Pradeep Dinakar

MD, MS, MBA, FAAP

Reda Tolba

Reza Seyedsadjadi

Richard Bruce Lipton

Richard Orbach

PhD

Roger Fillingim

PhD

Ronald D. Perry

DMD, MS

Sait Ashina

MD, FAHS

Samantha Meints

PhD

Samata R. Sharma

MD, MPH

Sanjay Sharma

Shaiba Sandhu

DDS, MS

Shruti Handa

DMD

Stefani Schwartz

Stephanie Goldberg

MD, PhD

Steven Bender

DDS

Sudhir Diwan

Susannah B. Mintz

PhD

Symon Guthua

BDS, MMEDSc, DOMS, FIAOMS, FCS, FICD

Timothy Deer

Timothy P. Smith

Tore Bjornland

DDS

Trent Emerick

MD, MBA

Vwaire Orhurhu

Walter Koroshetz

Ziva D. Cooper

PhD

Zwade Marshall

Programs

Three signature programs, one shared mission.

Since 2005, The Rounds has brought together weekly seminars, case-based forums, and special programs under a single interdisciplinary model of pain and headache education.

Weekly Pain & Headache Rounds — Wednesdays, 8–9 AM EST
Case Studies & Literature Reviews — quarterly half-day forum
Special Programs — symposia in neuroscience, policy & public health

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Weekly Pain & Headache Rounds

The flagship seminar of The Rounds: a live weekly session in clinical care, research, and the evolving science of pain and headache.

8:00 - 9:00 AM ET | CE/CME: MD · DDS · RN · PsyD (MGB-designated)

View our schedule

Case Studies & Literature Reviews

A quarterly half-day forum in orofacial pain and headache, combining case presentations with literature-based discussion.

Quarterly · Saturdays 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET | Free CE/CME: DDS only (PACE-accredited)

View our schedule

Special Programs — Symposia in Neuroscience, Policy & Public Health

Themed series and symposia developed in collaboration with academic partners.

Free CE/CME: MD · DDS · RN · PsyD (MGB-designated)

View our schedule

Propose a program, topic, or speaker.

We welcome ideas for future Rounds programming from academic institutions, professional societies, patient advocacy organizations, and individual collaborators.

Partners

Join a growing interdisciplinary network

Co-presented by Mass General Brigham and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, with additional collaboration across academic institutions, clinical programs, professional societies, consortium initiatives, and patient advocacy organizations that help advance and distribute our educational programming.

Collaborators & Distribution Network

360° CHAT-TMD

42 North Dental

American Academy of Oral Medicine

American Society of Pain and Neuroscience

Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine

Facial Pain Association

Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology

Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

International Pain and Spine Intervention Society

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Mass General Brigham

Maxwell & Eleanor Blum Patient and Family Learning Center

Miles for Migraine

Regis College

Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers

TMJ Association

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine/School of Medicine

University of Michigan Medical School

University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Interested in collaborating with us?

We welcome inquiries from academic institutions, professional societies, and patient advocacy organizations interested in collaborating on programming, research, or educational initiatives.

Impact

Two decades of educational programming since 2005.

Open, evidence-based pain and headache education measured in lectures delivered, institutions reached, and learners served across the world.

Countries represented

80+

Recorded lectures

250+

CE/CME credits awarded

3,460+

Speakers from outside MGB

70%

International attendees

37%

Contributing faculty

400+

Medically underserved communities

43% of our global audience comes from medically underserved communities

Patient-centered participation

15%+ of attendees bring lived experience of pain to the conversation

Small footprint

7,725 metric tons of CO₂e avoided each year by meeting virtually

Educational Reach

Live weekly lectures connect clinicians, trainees, researchers, and patients in more than eighty countries.

Institutional Collaboration

Programming is built through collaboration across Mass General Brigham, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and a growing network of academic and professional partners.

Global Participation

Recurring attendees from teaching hospitals, dental medicine programs, primary-care clinics, and patient advocacy organizations.

Open CE/CME

Free CE/CME helps extend access to high-quality pain and headache education across professions, including physicians, dentists, nurses, and psychologists.

Origins

From the Ether Dome.

The Rounds has grown alongside the field itself — expanding in scope, audience, and disciplinary reach while remaining grounded in rigorous, accessible education.

Gallery

Selected historical and archival images courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Countway Library / Harvard Medical School, Digital Commonwealth, the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, Wikimedia Commons, and other public-domain or licensed sources.

Additional Image Credits:

Patrick J. Lynch, Head deep facial trigeminal, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5.

Adam Lenhardt, MGH Ether Dome Theater 29Jan2008, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Daderot, Inside the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.