Dr. C. Norman Shealy’s ideas have been the foundation for pain management therapies used worldwide, and the ''Shealy Program'' is the mainstay of chronic pain treatment and management sought by patients and physicians alike. He was an accomplished neurosurgeon before going back to school and getting a PhD in psychology, in order to help patients suffering not only from chronic pain but from depression, as well. In 1971 he founded the first comprehensive pain and stress management clinic in the world, The Shealy Institute.