Since 2002, Dr. Kirkpatrick has been Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the International Research Foundation for RSD/CRPS.

https://rsdfoundation.org/science-board.html

The foundation's website has been recognized for its authoritative information by US government agencies and colleagues specializing in pain management:

https://rsdfoundation.org/

• Our committee was called upon by the United States Government to assist in writing the first rules governing the adjudication of claims involving RSD / CRPS by the Social Security Administration. The Agency published SSR 03-2p in the Federal Register on October 20, 2003 (68 FR 59971), and it became effective as of that date. This ruling explains Social Security policies for developing and evaluating Title II and Title XVI claims for disability on the basis RSD /CRPS.

• Our Foundation's website is listed by the National Institutes of Health as an authoritative source for information on CRPS.

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Complex-Regional-Pain-Syndrome-Fact-Sheet

• Our website was evaluated by P.Sebastian Thomas, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Pain Treatment Services, State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse College of Medicine, Syracuse, N.Y., and Robert B. Steinberg, Ph.D., MD, Chief of Pain Management Services, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass.:

Dr. Steinberg says. “Its most compelling strength is that there’s not anything else close to this Web site in terms of quality and comprehensiveness.”

https://rsdfoundation.org/en_foundnews1.htm