Interventional Pain Medicine for Women's Health

Dr Anita Gupta is a world-renowned physician-anesthesiologist, pharmacist, and World Economic Forum (WEF) Member Expert, as well as a Founding Curator at the forefront of global health innovation. A Davos Agenda Delegate and recipient of the prestigious Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award, Dr. Gupta is a leading authority on the intersection of biotechnology, pandemic preparedness, and women's health equity. Her strategic influence spans many of the world's most prominent institutions, where she has served as a trusted advisor to the Milken Institute, the US Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, and top Fortune-listed corporations. As a key voice within the Gates Foundation's Innovation Equity Forum, she helps drive global initiatives to address critical health challenges—from the synthetic-opioid crisis to persistent disparities in women's health.Recognized by The New York Times, Forbes, and The Washington Post, Dr. Gupta has been named one of the Top 100 Most Inspiring Leaders and a Top 10 Fierce Healthcare Woman of Influence. Her work defines a new era of medical leadership, uniting high-stakes regulatory expertise with an unwavering commitment to advancing healthcare innovation worldwide.

• Part I: Introduction to Pain in Women 1. Advancing Pain Care for Women: A Comprehensive Overview, Birpartap S. Thind and Anita Gupta 2. Defining Pain and Its Unique Impact on Women's Health, Gerard Limerick, Eliot Sadik, Alejandra Cardenas Rojas, and Amna Haider 3. Foundations of Interventional Pain Treatment in Women: Multimodal and Comprehensive Approaches, Priyanka Singla, Jessie J. Liu, and Antje Barreveld 4. Epidemiology and Prevalence of Pain in Women, Catherine Lowe and Ioana Pasca 5. Biological Sex Differences in Pain Experience: Perception, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Rachel Sunico and Don Hoang 6. Diagnoses, Pathophysiology, and Interventional Pain Treatment in Women, Loren Shamalov, Yehuda Masturov, and Gary Schwartz Part II: Headache and Craniofacial Pain 7. Anatomical Considerations of the Female Head and Neck in Pain Syndromes, Niranjana Bienkowska and Anita Gupta 8. Migraine and Headache Disorders in Women, Niranjana Bienkowska and Anita Gupta 9. Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Migraine and Headache Disorders in Women, Anand Prem, Anesh Rugnath, and Suwarna Anand 10. Interventional Pain Treatments for Migraine Disorders in Women, Niranjana Bienkowska and Anita Gupta 11. Acute Complex Migraine Pain Managed With Multimodal Pharmacologic and Interventional Treatment, Joanna Sung, Dhiresh Bandaru, Jay Srinivas, Sumedha Shastry, and Anita Gupta Part III: Thoracic and Chest Wall Pain 12. Anatomical Considerations of the Female Thorax and Chest Wall, Thanh Thanh Tran and Ahmed Alassal 13. Common Thoracic Pain Conditions in Women, Joseph A. McGuire and Richard Vaglienti 14. Interventional Treatments for Thoracic and Chest Wall Pain, Loren Shamalov, Yehuda Masturov, and Gary Schwartz 15. Complex Post-Mastectomy Chest Wall Pain Treated With Targeted Regional Anesthesia, Huy Truong and Ioana Pasca Part IV: Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Syndromes 16. Anatomical Considerations of the Female Abdominal Region, Thanh Thanh Tran and Ahmed Alassal 17. Common Abdominal Pain Conditions in Women, Eliot Sadik, Ankur Jain, Michael Suarez, and Jason Mizrahi 18. Pelvic Adhesions and Pain: Integrating Surgical and Noninvasive Treatment Strategies, Rishika Voruganti, Alopi M. Patel, and Jessica Opoku-Anane 19. Interventional Treatments for Abdominal Pain in Women, Punthitra Arpornsuksant and Vahid Grami 20. Interventional Pain Strategies for Advanced Robotic-Assisted Surgical Procedures, Joanna Sung, Sumedha Shastry, Shaan Srinivas, and Anita Gupta Part V: Pelvic Pain-Diagnosis and Advanced Therapies 21. Anatomical Considerations of the Female Pelvis, Sophie E. Smith and Alopi M. Patel 22. Interventional Treatments for Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women, Trevor Van De Water and Stephanie Crimmel 23. Uterine Fibroids and Menstrual Pain: Medical, Interventional, and Surgical Treatments, Shawana S. Moore 24. Endometriosis: Pathophysiology and Treatment Strategies, Insiyyah Patanwala, Farah Alvi, Laura Douglass, and O. Sandra Madueke-Laveaux 25. Advanced Interventional Treatment of Endometriosis-Related Pain, Anuj Bapodra and Gary Schwartz 26. Non-Surgical Comprehensive Treatments for Pelvic Pain in Women, Hirsch K. Srivastava, Benjamin Allen Fujita-Howie, Melissa Chao, and Tanvee Singh 27. Integrative and Complementary Therapies for Pelvic Pain in Women, Anand Prem and James Sturvidant 28. Advanced Evidence-Based Interventional Techniques for Pelvic Pain, Katherine Gohres, Peter Sloane, Raj Patel, Karishma Kondapalli, and Magdalena Anitescu 29. Pudendal Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Refractory Urethral Discomfort, Katherine Gohres and Magdalena Anitescu Part VI: Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders 30. Anatomical Considerations of the Musculoskeletal System in Women, Chitra Ramasubbu, Archana Venkatesan, and Kavya Rajan 31. Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions in Women, Kimberly Templeton and Patrick George 32. Back and Neck Pain in Women: Interventional and Comprehensive Approaches, Nyla K. Azam and Farrukh A. Ansari 33. Pelvic Pain and Musculoskeletal Interplay in Women, Patricia Wang, Sharon Marie Mathew, and Leena Mathew 34. Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Women: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management, Hirsch K. Srivastava, Sharon Marie Mathew, and Leena Mathew 35. Exercise-Based Interventions for Musculoskeletal Pain, Mohammad Husain Bawany, Sharon Marie Mathew, and Leena Mathew 36. Interventional Treatments for Musculoskeletal, Fibromyalgia, and Myofascial Pain in Women, Nathaniel Co and Anita Gupta 37. Outcomes of Epidural Steroid Injection in Chronic Musculoskeletal Back Pain, Kenzo Lacuarta and Anita Gupta Part VII: Pregnancy and Pain 38. Comprehensive Pain Treatment Considerations During Pregnancy, Sarafina Kankam, Kelsey Gustafson, and Katherine Adams 39. Maternal Pain and Postpartum Recovery: Clinical Implications and Outcomes, Sejal Tamakuwala and Sudheer Potru 40. Managing Pregnancy-Related Pain: Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Approaches, Jarna R. Shah 41. Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery: Epidural Anesthesia and Alternative Methods, Chadwick Barker, Borys Shturman, and Gary Schwartz Part VIII: Postpartum Pain Syndromes 42. Patient-Centered Approaches for Postpartum Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 43. Pudendal Neuralgia, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 44. Pelvic Girdle Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 45. Perineal Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 46. Scar Tissue Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 47. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 48. DeQuervain Tenosynovitis, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 49. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 50. Breast Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar 51. Postpartum Migraine, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar Part IX: Aging and Pain 52. Chronic Pain in Aging Women: Challenges and Opportunities, Grace Park 53. Pain in Women Across the Lifespan: Considerations in Assessment and Treatment, Vahid Grami and Amna Haider 54. Clinical Considerations in Shoulder Osteoarthritis Among Older Women, Carla Demerdjian and Anita Gupta Part X: Innovations and Future Directions 55. Precision Medicine and Personalized Pain Treatment in Women, Rosalynn R. Z. Conic and Lynn Kohan