Welcome Letter

Dear Colleagues,

It has been more than 30 years when World Institute of Pain has been established in 1993. During these more than 3 decades, WIP has organized 12 World Congresses, established 27 sections from all over the world, with the Pain Practice Journal since 2001. Board of Examination established in 2001 and since 2001, a total of 1,709 physicians have been certified FIPP representing 69 countries, since 2010, a total of 497 physicians have been certified CIPS representing 53 countries.

WIP has 24 Centers of Excellence/EPP in 12 countries.

WIP organizes SWEs’(Symposium, Workshop,Examination) in;

• Budapest, Hungary since 1996,
• Miami, Orlando, Florida, USA since 2012,
• Istanbul, Turkey, since 2018 and
• San Paulo,Brazil,2026

The mission of WIP is to educate and train our colleagues by including local hands-on training, international seminars and exchange of clinicians all over the world.

Turkish Registered Section of World Institute of Pain established in June 2018 has organized 8 international and 6 national meetings since then.

Between 28-30 October 2023, on the 100th Anniversary of the Declaration of the Turkish Republic as well as the 30th anniversary of the establishment of WIP, 12th World Congress of WIP was organized in Antalya with more than 700 participants from 58 countries for the Congress, as well as the 6th Symposium and Cadaver Workshop with a total number of  80 FIPP/CIPS Participants and 91 examinees for FIPP-CIPS examination.

Between 17-20 October 2024, 7th Interventional Pain Istanbul Congress and Cadaver Workshop was organized in İstanbul, Turkey with 215 participants from 30 countries and the FIPP/CIPS examination was held with 95 examinees, with the highest number of all times in WIP history at that time.

Between 16-19 October 2025, 8^th Interventional Pain Istanbul Congress and Cadaver Workshop was organized in İstanbul, with 185 participants from 28 different countries. the FIPP/CIPS examination was held with 102  examinees, with the highest number of all times in WIP history at Istanbul has  now the seal in WIP history for today and future.

The facilities we have in CASE Laboratories of Acıbadem University are outstanding for the cadaver course and symposium as well as the examination.

It is again a great pleasure and honor for us to welcome you all to the 9th Interventional Pain Istanbul, Pain Congress and Cadaver Workshop endorsed by World Institute of Pain and organized by WIP Turkish Registered Section in Istanbul, Turkey to be held between 22-25 October 2026 in İstanbul.

We will have three days of  lectures and cadaver workshops, followed by the FIPP-CIPS examination which will be held by the Board of Examination of the World Institute of Pain on the 25^th  of October 2026.

The cadaver workshop will include all essential and important interventional procedures for chronic pain. Our main goal is to present the scopes of pain medicine, Algology on an interventional level.

The scientific program committee established on a multidisciplinary multinational level, formed of well-known colleagues who gave their whole lives to Pain Medicine will give you the real taste of pain medicine, Algology.

We are looking forward to welcome you in the 9th Interventional Pain Istanbul to be held between 22-25 October 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey

On behalf of the Organizing Committee