WIP membership

The World Institute of Pain (WIP) is uniquely positioned to fulfil its charitable and educational mission and aims through its international Sections. The organisation encourages all Section members to promote membership in WIP among colleagues in their respective countries and throughout their Section. Collectively, the pain physicians who choose to be members of WIP are able to advance the interests of pain medicine through the organisation’s global network.

The voices and efforts of pain physicians around the world are best strengthened, opportunities for educational and scientific programmes specific to pain practice are enhanced, and recognition of pain medicine as a specialty is promoted worldwide through membership of WIP.

As a non-profit, public benefit corporation, WIP is pleased to offer the following value-added benefits to its network of members. WIP membership is $195 per annum for individuals and $100 per annum for members from lower-middle-income countries as listed by the World Bank.

WIP Regular FIPP® Member Eligibility

• Capacity to serve on WIP Boards and Committees
• Capacity to vote for WIP Section Officers and to serve as a WIP Section Officer
• Access to a digital subscription of PAIN Practice, the Official Journal of the World Institute of Pain, including a mobile app (Apple and Android versions available)
• Reduced registration fees to official conferences and workshops of WIP (including, but not limited to, Annual Interventional Pain Conferences and Workshops in Miami, USA and Budapest, Hungary) (Average value: $250 per event.)
• Discounted registration to the biennial WIP World Congress. (Avg. value: $200)
• Discounted purchase of interventional pain techniques DVDs (up to 50% off set of 5).
• Professional networking opportunities with pain specialists around the world, with the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of pain medicine as a global specialty.

WIP Associate Member

Approved applicants for FIPP® or CIPS certification are granted complimentary access to the WIP interventional pain techniques web-streamed videos (a benefit valued at over $800).

• Discounts of up to 50% are available for the purchase of a set of five interventional pain techniques DVDs for those who prefer to own the discs.
• In addition, digital subscriptions to PAIN Practice, the official journal of the World Institute of Pain, including mobile app versions for both Apple and Android devices, are available at a discounted rate.Furthermore, members receive significant discounts on registration fees for official WIP conferences and workshops, including but not limited to the Annual Interventional Pain Conferences and Workshops in Miami, USA and Budapest, Hungary. In addition to these benefits, members also receive discounted registration fees for the biennial WIP World Congress.
• The programme also facilitates professional networking opportunities with pain specialists worldwide, allowing for contributions to the advancement of pain medicine as a global specialty.