Joel Hochman
 

Founder and Executive Director of the National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain, 

Dr. Joel Hochman works full time as a clinical psychiatrist and specializes in the 

complex psychiatric factors involved in chronic physical and emotional pain.  He has 

long fought for the rights of patients suffering from debilitating illness to smoke 

marijuana for pain relief, and firsthand experience  with the many legal obstacles that 

often lie in the way of access to comprehensive health care has made him determined 

to educate and advocate for social and political reform.