Alan Kaye of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been recognized as the American Interventional Pain Physicians Lifetime Achievement Award for his many years of hard work. He received the honor due to his dedication to his profession.

His tireless dedication to interventional pain management via research, clinical practice and continual outreach earned him this award.

Dr. Alan Kaye graduated from the University of Arizona in both psychology and biology before studying medicine at the school's School of Medicine. He has spent the last 15 years as Chair and Chief of Anesthesiology Services at the New Orleans University Medical Center. He earned a Master of Science in Pharmacy from Tulane Medical School and a Ph.D in Pharmacology from the same school.

Kaye obtained training in internal medicine at the New Orleans Alton Ochsner Medical Institution and Facility before attending a residency program in anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital. After this, Kaye worked as a clinical investigator at Tulane Medical Center, which is where he served as the principle resident of anesthesia. Additionally, he worked at the Texas Heart Institute as an anesthetist.

Dr. Kaye earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Vienna, Austria. As part of his continued education, he completed a homeopathic pharmacology fellowship at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and a pain fellowship program at the Medical College of Vienna. Additionally, he was endorsed by the board in interventional pain medicine, as well as anesthesiology and pain management.

Kaye served in both the Army Medical Reserves as a Major for 2 years and Captain for another 2 years. His dedication to the armed forces earned him two medals — the Louisiana Military Honor Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal — during his 7-year stint.

Ever since he graduated from medical school, Dr. Kaye has had a strong desire to help students learn more about medicine. He's been working with Louisiana State University’s Shreveport Medical School to improve their USMLE 1 and USMLE 2 program. This led to them being awarded the highest passing rate for both exams in the past year. Currently, Dr. Kaye is connected with various national committees, including the ABIPP and ASIPP National Board of Directors.

His entire family pursues medicine as a profession.

Dr. Kaye Shreveport earned many awards, just one of which is this particular one.