Hassenbusch Lectureship Award

18th Annual Samuel J. Hassenbusch Lectureship Award 2025: Larry Driver, MD

Dr. Driver is Professor, Department of Pain Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX and Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

His undergraduate education was at Austin College followed by medical education at The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio.  Anesthesiology Residency was completed at The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and he completed a Clinical Fellowship in Pain and Symptom Management at M. D. Anderson.  He is Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.  He was a Visiting Research Scholar in the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and is a Mayday Pain and Society Fellow.  He was the founding Chair and Medical Director of the Texas Pain Advocacy and Information Network (TxPAIN), was the President of the Texas Pain Society, and was the Chair of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. He has served on numerous state and national organizations’ boards and committees.