Facial Pain: Living Well with Neuropathic Facial Pain-Including Trigeminal Neuralgia

Anne Brazer Ciemnecki, MA is a third-generation woman with trigeminal neuropathic pain. Anne has seen treatment evolve from the ineffective alcohol injections her grandmother used to high-tech MRIs, MVDs, and Gamma Knife that alleviated her pain. She is Secretary of the Facial Pain Association's Board of Directors, a peer mentor, and a support group leader. Ms. Ciemnecki co-edited Facial Pain A 21st Century Guide: For People with Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain, with Jeffrey A. Brown, MD, FACS (2020). Jeffrey A. Brown, MD, FACS is the immediate past chair and current member of the Facial Pain Association's Medical Advisory Board. After 45 years, Dr. Brown retired from the clinical practice of neurosurgery in late 2023. He remains an assistant clinical professor at NYU Winthrop Long Island School of Medicine. One of the world's experts in the treatment of all types of trigeminal neuralgia, Dr. Brown co-edited the following books: Facial Pain A 21st Century Guide: For People with Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain, (2020), and Functional Neurosurgery: The Essentials (Thieme, 2020). He has also published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles in neurosurgery literature. www.facepain.org