Advisory Board
Dr. Peter G. Lacouture
Ph.D., Vice President of Scientific and Medical Affairs, Magidom Discovery, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medine, Brown University School of Medicine
Peter G. Lacouture is co-founder and Vice President, Scientific & Medical Affairs for Magidom Discovery (MD), an international boutique strategic and tactical operations firm focused on regulatory and clinical aspects of pain management/analgesic discovery and development. Dr. Lacouture has deep industry, academic, and regulatory expertise in pain medicine with experience ranging from development and manufacturing to marketing. He previously served as Medical Director of Pain Management at Hospira, Inc. and Clinical/Medical lead at Purdue Pharma and Wyeth-Ayerst Research (now Pfizer).
Dr. Lacouture’s experience includes all phases of development, multiple routes of administration, and acute and chronic pain in nociceptive, neuropathic and inflammatory pathologies. He has held faculty positions at Harvard University (Pediatrics) and the University of Pennsylvania (Anesthesia), and is currently Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University (Emergency Medicine). He was one of the founders of the Pediatric Pain Service at Children’s Hospital in Boston. He has authored almost two hundred publications.
Lacouture received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology/Physiology from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and completed his post-doctoral training in Pathology at Harvard University Medical School.
Allen G. Downs
MS, MBA,
Principal at Reach Consulting, LLC
Allen Downs is a principal at Reach Consulting, LLC specializing in life sciences business development. His career has spanned three decades with pharmaceutical licensing, business development, alliance management, and product development roles at Mundipharma in the UK, Purdue Pharma in the US, and Bristol-Myers Squibb in the US and Japan.
Mr. Downs is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (MS, Chemical Engineering) with a thesis in bioengineering, and the Harvard Business School (MBA).
Dr. Charles E. Argoff
Professor of Neurology,
Albany Medical College
Director, Comprehensive Pain Center
Director, Pain Management Fellowship
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York
Charles E. Argoff, MD, is Professor of Neurology at Albany Medical College, Director of the Comprehensive Pain Center at Albany Medical Center and Director of the Pain Management Fellowship in Albany, NY. Dr. Argoff is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the International Association for the Study of Pain, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Eastern Pain Society and the New York State Pain Society He is the President of the American Academy of Pain Medicine Foundation and President of the New York State Pain Society.
He is one of the editors of the recently published textbook Raj’s Practical Management of Pain, Sixth Edition, and co-author of Defeat Chronic Pain Now, a book written for people with chronic pain. He has recently published the fourth edition of Pain Management Secrets. He is Neuropathic Pain Section Co-Editor for Pain Medicine and is on the editorial board for the Clinical Journal of Pain.
Dr. Jeff Gudin
Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management.
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Attending Emeritus, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center,NJ
Jeff Gudin, MD completed his residency in Anesthesiology at the Yale University School of Medicine and his fellowship at the Yale Center for Pain Management. While in New Haven, Dr. Gudin also trained in Addiction Medicine and directed a substance abuse treatment center. As faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, he remains active in teaching and research.
Dr. Gudin has assisted with clinical trial design and in the development of numerous analgesics. He has lectured internationally on pain management, palliative care and addiction medicine, and serves as expert on a variety of pharmaceutical, patent, and injury cases.He is Neuropathic Pain Section Co-Editor for Pain Medicine and is on the editorial board for the Clinical Journal of Pain.Dr. Gudin is Board Certified in Pain Management, Anesthesiology, Palliative Care and Addiction Medicine.