Hassenbusch Scholarship

The Samuel J. Hassenbusch, MD, PhD Scholarship Award is an annual award created by the Texas Pain Society to honor the memory of TPS Board Member, Dr. Sam Hassenbusch.

Dr. Hassenbusch was an advocate for teaching and spent a majority of his life teaching others what he had learned.

2008 Winner Announced!

The 2008 Samuel J. Hassenbusch, MD, PhD Scholarship Award winner is:

Rafael Justiz, MD & Camden Kneeland, MD

Use of Intraoral Cryoneuroablation for the Treatment of Intractable Posterior Tongue Pain in a Patient with Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

  We would like to thank Pfizer for sponsoring this event!

2008 Contestants

Below is a list of contestants and their submissions for the Spring 2008 Contest:

An alternative technique to the piriformis muscle injection in a patient allergic to radiocontrast agent
Rafael Justiz, MD, D. Jonathan Bernardini, MD & Tu Ho, MD

Future Treatment for Lumbar Radicular Pain
Chris Burnett, MD

Subocciptal Decompression: A Retrospective Analysis of a Novel Technique for the Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia IRB # L08-028
Rafael Justiz, MD & Hiep Tran, MD