Celebrating Excellence and Innovation in Neuromodulation

Kim James Burchiel was born in 1950 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. After grade school education in Massachusetts and Connecticut, the family moved to Redding, California. His undergraduate education was at the University of California, Davis, majoring in Biochemistry and Genetics. He then went to medical school at the University of California, San Diego graduating in 1976. He completed his surgical internship at the UCLA/Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California and entered neurosurgical residency at the University of Washington. There Dr. Burchiel’s interest in functional neurosurgery was established with a specific interest in pain, functional neurosurgery, and epilepsy surgery. Dr. Burchiel remained on the staff of the University of Washington and Chief of Neurosurgery at the Seattle VA Medical Center. In 1988, Dr. Burchiel accepted the position of Professor and Head of the Division of Neurosurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland and later in 1997 the Department of Neurological Surgery was established at OHSU. Dr. Burchiel served as the Raaf Professor and Chairman of the OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery from 1997-2015. He has now trained over 50 fellows in Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. His major clinical interests are in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders and other conditions, and the surgical treatment of pain, particularly trigeminal neuralgia. His research interests are concerned with the physiology of nociception and neuropathic pains, including trigeminal neuralgia, the neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders, epilepsy surgery, image-guided neurosurgery. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, and his six published textbooks include the Surgical Management of Pain (1st and 2nd editions), Spinal Cord Injury Pain: Assessment, Mechanisms, Management, Microelectrode Recording in Movement Disorder Surgery, Handbook of Pain Surgery, and Functional Neurosurgery and Neuromodulation. He and his wife, Debra, have three children, and live in Portland, Oregon.

Kim James Burchiel was born in 1950 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. After grade school education in Massachusetts and Connecticut, the family moved to Redding, California. His undergraduate education was at the University of California, Davis, majoring in Biochemistry and Genetics. He then went to medical school at the University of California, San Diego graduating in 1976. He completed his surgical internship at the UCLA/Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California and entered neurosurgical residency at the University of Washington. There Dr. Burchiel’s interest in functional neurosurgery was established with a specific interest in pain, functional neurosurgery, and epilepsy surgery. Dr. Burchiel remained on the staff of the University of Washington and Chief of Neurosurgery at the Seattle VA Medical Center. In 1988, Dr. Burchiel accepted the position of Professor and Head of the Division of Neurosurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland and later in 1997 the Department of Neurological Surgery was established at OHSU. Dr. Burchiel served as the Raaf Professor and Chairman of the OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery from 1997-2015. He has now trained over 50 fellows in Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. His major clinical interests are in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders and other conditions, and the surgical treatment of pain, particularly trigeminal neuralgia. His research interests are concerned with the physiology of nociception and neuropathic pains, including trigeminal neuralgia, the neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders, epilepsy surgery, image-guided neurosurgery. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, and his six published textbooks include the Surgical Management of Pain (1st and 2nd editions), Spinal Cord Injury Pain: Assessment, Mechanisms, Management, Microelectrode Recording in Movement Disorder Surgery, Handbook of Pain Surgery, and Functional Neurosurgery and Neuromodulation. He and his wife, Debra, have three children, and live in Portland, Oregon.

Dr. Arti Ori is a senior faculty member in the Pain Division Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School and has dedicated over fourteen years to advancing pain medicine through clinical excellence, education, and research. She completed her surgery internship, anesthesiology residency, and pain fellowship at the Brigham, where she now leads the Intrathecal Pump Program and is nationally recognized for targeted drug delivery and neuromodulation. Dr. Ori chairs the Education Committee for the Women Innovators in Pain Medicine Society, receiving its 2024 Mentorship and 2025 Education Awards, and directs national cadaver labs and surgical training workshops. She mentors fellows through NANS, WIPM, and the Medtronic Accelerate Program, fostering technical mastery and professional growth. A passionate educator, she emphasizes evidence-based learning and multidisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Ori serves as Principal Investigator on multiple clinical trials and her goal is to advance the management of cancer pain through cutting edge research and innovation. She is also active in advancing diversity and inclusion serving on the Fellowship Recruitment and Community Engagement Committees. Her vision centers on developing compassionate, innovative, and scholarly pain physicians prepared to lead the next generation of the field.