the first meeting of a coalition of pain organizations and all three manufacturers of spinal cord stimulator systems to collaborate on issues of patient access and reimbursement for neuromodulatory procedures. The same year, Prager joined the Medical Evidence Evaluation Advisory Committee (MEEAC), a group appointed by the Governor of California to develop treatment guidelines for medical care of the injured worker. He continued in the role for six years. He is a Medical Expert for the Medical Board of California, the California Attorney General and the District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles.and the City Attorney of the City of Santa Monica He helped establish or reorganize several inner-city health centers, provided volunteer internal medicine care at Haight Ashbury Free Clinics. He also provided volunteer anesthesia for children in the developing world who need corrective surgeries for congenital anomalies. He serves as the volunteer director of pain management and as a volunteer physician for Veterans in Pain (VIP) Personal life Prager plays blues harmonica under the pseudonym Dr. Lester "Les" Payne. He has played with the late James Govan in Memphis, as well as with Jimmy Burns in Chicago. He lives in Los Angeles and has three children. Awards and distinctions Bounty of Hope Award, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Society of America (RSDSA) for Patient Care and contributions to the RSD community. (2007) Decade of Pain Lecture, American Academy of Pain Medicine. (2007) Texas Pain Society, Samuel Hassenbusch Lecture. (October 2009) Lifetime Achievement Award, Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the North American Neuromodulation Society (December 2012) Distinguished Service Award, Presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the North American Neuromodulation Society (October 2018) Select articles References Further reading External links Official website Living people David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA faculty Stanford University School of Medicine alumni Stony Brook University alumni Harvard University alumni People from Queens, New York 1949 births