Anaesthesiology | Acute Pain | Chronic Pain | Cancer Pain | Palliative medicine

• Acute pain and the organization of an acute pain service
• Cancer pain management interventional
• Pain chronification, particularly after surgery
• Chronic pain, particularly neuropathic pain
• Multidimensional interdisciplinary pain diagnostics
• Pain and treatment outcome prediction for individualized pain management
• Chronic pain and lifestyle

Monique Steegers is registered pain and palliative care specialist, and full professor at the department of Pain and Palliative medicine at the Amsterdam UMC. Additionally she is member of the executive board, and Consultant in Pain and palliative Medicine at the Department of Anaesthesiology at Amsterdam University Medical Centers. She is registrar and responsible for the Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice examinations and the Ultrasound Interventional Pain Exam of the World Institute of Pain since 2012.

In Steegers’ patient care, research and education, the daily clinical practice of patients influencing the quality of life of patients with acute, chronic and cancerpain and in the palliative care setting is still the starting point. Steegers focuses mainly on the development of acute and chronic pain medicine. She focuses on the question of multidimensionality and interdisciplinary action in the chain care of the pain. She works extensively with national and international education groups and will always look for national and international connection in her research. As full professor Steegers wants to further develop solid networks with professionals working in the field of pain medicine and palliative care influencing the quality of life.

Activities

• Coordinator of the department of Pain and Palliative medicine at the Amsterdam UMC
• Organising and improving pain and palliative medicine
• Chair of the interdisciplinary chapter of the Dutch chapter of the IASP
• Registrar FIPP and CIPN by World institute of pain