Professor Giustino Varrassi, MD, PhD, received his professional degrees from the "Sapienza" University of Roma, Italy in 1973. His first academic position of Researcher was in the same University (1974-1976). In 1976 he moved to the University of L'Aquila with the same position. In that institution he became Associate Professor and Chairman of the department of Anesthesia (1985-1990), and Full Professor and Chairman (1990-2011). His research topics mainly include: Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia, and Pain Medicine. He has actively participated to the evolution of Pain Medicine as a Member and President of a few scientific societies, like Italian Association for the Study of Pain (AISD), Italian Society of Anesthesiology (SIAARTI), European Society of Regional Anesthesia (ESRA), World Institute of Pain (WIP). In August 1993 he has been one of the "founding fathers" of the European Pain Federation EFIC, where he was in the Executive Board for 21 years in all the positions, including the presidency. At the moment he is the President of the Fondazione Paolo Procacci, a non.profit organization founded by an international group of researchers in Pain Medicine, and based in Roma. During his professional life, he has organised several congresses, including the first congress of European Pain Federation EFIC (1995), and published over 400 peer reviewed papers.  At the moment, he is organising the Roma Pain Days, an annual and successful congress on Pain Medicine.