algosdoc said:
SPPM and ISIS lack a journal, but ISIS has one planned for the near future.
ISIS's "journal" is the spine section of Pain Medicine, a publication of AAPM (another organization you should consider). Drs. Bogduk and Schofferman are the co-editors, and Drs April, Lord, & Barnsley are in the masthead as well.
And now for my editorial comments:
1) any organization that advocates for any group other than MD's to be doing these procedures is no friend of our field, nor is it an organization I would support either with dues or course fees (ie. SPPM)
2) while I have actually spoken to members of the ISIS board regarding a certification exam, they do not feel they have sufficient resources to accomplish that, and feel it is a low priority item when both ABA (a member of ABMS) and AAPM (non-ABMS) already offer legitimate certification. I know of no one not associated with ASIPP who feels their certification is worth anything at present
ISIS is clearly the organization with the most respect throughout the rest of medicine, but defines its role quite narrowly. AAPM has a membership that is clearly interested in incorporating interventionalists, but its mission is clearly to represent all of pain medicine. ASIPP, while claiming to be a more global organization in terms of its nominal concern for both science and reimbursement, in fact makes grandiose claims for accomplishments that are either nowhere near as successful as they claim (ie NASPER), or merely attempt to co-opt and duplicate roles other organizations already occupy (pain physician is a pathetic excuse for a "journal', FIPP is a money making scheme, as are what they pretend their supposed 'guidelines' represent). NASS is our entre into a true multidisciplinary organization, but the hostility of surgeons towards those whom they perceive may potentially be taking bread off their tables makes acceptance an uphill fight. PASSOR no longer exists, having been re-incorporated into AAAPM&R, now that the Academy's Board of directors is made up of a majority of interventionists. APS, which would like to be the leader for all things pain, really has no interest in anything having to do with interventions, and prefers fo focus almost entirely on medical management of pain. And the North American Neuromodulation Society, while focused, is clearly too focused on stims to be anything more than a niche player.
In short, there is no organization that represents all aspects of what we do, and does it both well and exclusively. Your best bet is to sift your way through the alphabet soup of organizations, take what you can from each, get involved, and perhaps accomplish the changes that to date the aforementioned groups have not been able to do - play well with others and represent our global interests.