Patricia Lavand’homme MD, PhD is working as an  anesthesiologist and pain specialist  at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, where she is director of the Acute Postoperative Pain service and the Transitional Pain Service. Prof. Lavand’homme  has published several papers including book chapters on acute postoperative pain mechanisms and management as well as on the prevention of persistent pain after surgery.  She has worked several years in Pain Clinic after a fellowship in United States.  She is member of various scientific societies, past-Chairperson of the Acute and Chronic Pain Scientific Committee of the European Society of Anesthesiology.  She has been involved in the IASP Task Force mandated by the WHO to develop a new pragmatic classification of chronic pain  (including chronic post-surgical and post-traumatic pain) to be included in the revised version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD11).  Pr Lavand’homme currently collaborates to several international studies supported by European grants.