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Janet G. Travell, MD Seminar Series

Janet G. Travell, MD
Janet G. Travell, MD

David G. Simons, MD
David G. Simons, MD

The seminar series is named in honor of Janet G. Travell, MD (1901–1997), a pioneer and guiding light in the study and understanding of the contribution of muscle trigger points to acute and chronic pain syndromes. Dr. Travell has been our teacher and mentor, and we are pleased that she has permitted us to recognize her achievements by naming this series of workshops and seminar programs in her honor.

In the diagnosis and management of myofascial pain syndrome we owe much to its teachers and to other clinicians and researchers who have worked diligently in this field for years. We are especially indebted to Dr. Janet G. Travell and Dr. David Simons. Our methodology has also been influenced by the work of Drs. Peter Baldry, Christian Gröbli, Beat Dejung, Andrew Fischer, Chan Gunn, Vladimir Janda, Karol Lewit, and Siegfried Mense, among others.

Learn more about the series by browsing the links in the right column of this page.

In 1998, Dr. Travell’s daughters, Virginia Street and Janet Pinci, donated their mother’s medical and personal papers, books, and some photographs and artifacts to the George Washington University in Washington, DC, under the administration of G. David Anderson, C.A., University Archivist. The collection is open for study and research at the Melvin Gelman Library.