Welcome

Welcome to CMEIA, Continuing Medical Education Interface Associates, an international medical information company specializing in bringing superior medical education services to practitioners of all levels.

CMEIA specializes in presenting educational and inspiring medical education through: Medical Meetings, Enduring Medical Education Materials and Lectures.

CMEIA was created by President and CEO, Dr. Elliot Krames, in an effort to "raise the bar" in medical education. He is one of the founders of The National Pain Foundation (NPF) and is a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain physician who has been practicing pain medicine for more than 20 years. He is the Medical Director of the Pacific Pain Treatment Centers, an organization of pain clinics dedicated to interdisciplinary pain medicine headquartered in San Francisco. He serves as Co-Chairman of operations for the NPF; acts as Editor-in-Chief of Neuromodulation, the journal of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) and the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society; participates on the boards of the American Neuromodulation Society (ANS), and the INS, serves as representative of pain medicine on the Medicare carrier advisory committee (CAC) for California; lectures and writes about implantable technologies extensively; and develops curricula for national and international conferences. Dr. Krames has previously served on the boards of the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the World Institute of Pain.

Michelle Byers, CMEIA President of Medical Education and Annika Hayes, CMEIA President of Medical Meetings round out this dynamic team of experienced and professional educators and meeting planners.