Board of Directors

James N. Campbell, M.D., director of the Blaustein Pain Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

James Campbell, M.D. is professor of Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the Blaustein Pain Treatment Center. He also serves as Executive-in-Residence at InterWest Partners. Dr. Campbell is founder and former Chairman of the Board of the American Pain Foundation. In 1988, he received the Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health and the Frederick W.L. Kerr Award from the American Pain Society. In 1992 he received an unrestricted award for outstanding research in pain from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Corporation. He also received the Grass Award from the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Campbell is a past president of the American Pain Society, has authored over 100 peer-reviewed studies and has contributed to several textbooks, in addition to being lead editor of three books. Dr. Campbell earned his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan and his M.D. from Yale University, School of Medicine. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.