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• Oral history, Associate Professor Leigh Atkinson Associate Professor Leigh Atkinson is a specialist pain medicine physician and neurosurgeon. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Neurosurgeons) in 1971, a Fellowship of the Australian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (RACP) in 1980, and Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 1999. As a foundation fellow of FPM, and inaugural board member, Atkinson has had a significant influence on the development of the specialty. In 2002 he was elected dean of the faculty. Atkinson has a special interest in the non-interventional approach to managing persistent pain. We are delighted to have been able to record this interview with A/Prof Leigh Atkinson, interviewed by Associate Professor Michael Vagg.