http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6138-8510Dr. Furlan is a physician-scientist and Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Her research focus is on the management of chronic pain. This includes diagnosis, treatment and education. She was the team leader who developed the Canadian Opioid Guideline in 2010, and she developed a tool and app to help physicians apply the guideline’s recommendations. She is Chair of ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship, a telementoring project that aims to teach clinicians in rural and underserved areas how to help patients with chronic pain to live a better life.