Agenda

Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday

Saturday, February 16
7:00 am	Registration / Continental Breakfast / Exhibits Informal Consultation with Faculty
7:50 am	Welcome / Introduction - Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD
	Presiding: Samer Narouze, MD
8:00 am	Gate Control Theory – 40 Years Later - Allan Basbaum, PhD, FRS
8:30 am	Pharmacologic Therapy for Neuropathic Pain - Richard W. Rosenquist, MD
9:00 am	Pain, Opiates and the Law - Nilesh Patel, MD, MBA
9:30 am	Current Status of CRPS - Michael Stanton-Hicks, MD
10:00 am	Refreshment Break and Exhibits
10:30 am	Chronic Cancer Pain: A New Disease - Allen W. Burton, MD
11:00 am	Long Term Opiates Therapy: Where is the Evidence? - Richard W. Rosenquist, MD
11:30 am	Interspinal Drug Delivery: A New Algorithm - Timothy Deer, MD
12:00 pm	Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period
12:30 pm	Adjourn
3:00 - 5:00 pm	Optional Live Model Workshop (space is limited so early registration is recommended)
Session I	Ultrasound Guided Pain Procedures
1:30 - 5:30 pm	Optional Cadaver Workshops (space is limited so early registration is recommended)
Session II	1. RFA of Cervical and Lumbar Facet Nerves and Sacroiliac Joint
	2. Intradiscal Procedures: Discography, IDET, Nucleoplasty, Radiofrequency and Disc Decompression
6:30 - 8:00 pm	Reception (families cordially invited) Courtesy of Cleveland Clinic Department of Pain Management
Sunday, February 17
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast / Exhibits Informal Consultation with Faculty
	Presiding: Michael Stanton Hicks, MD
8:00 am	Surgical Fusion for Lumbar Disc Disease - Robert McLain, MD
	Minimally Invasive Procedures for Discogenic Pain - Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD
8:30 am	Single Lead Stimulation - Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD
	Tripole Stimulation - Timothy Deer, MD
9:00 am	Thermal RF Lesions - Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD
	Pulsed RF Lesions - Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD
9:30 am	Percutaneous SCS - Timothy Deer, MD
	Surgically Implanted SCS - Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD
10:00 am	Refreshment Break and Exhibits
	Headache
10:30 am	Migraine and Daily Headache: Diagnosis and Medical Management - Todd D. Rozen, MD
11:00 am	Cervicogenic Headache: Interventional Options - Samer Narouze, MD
11:30 am	Botox for Chronic Headache - Todd D. Rozen, MD
12:00 pm	Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period
12:30 pm	Adjourn
1:30 - 5:30 pm	Optional Cadaver Workshops (space is limited so early registration is recommended)
Session III	1. Head and Neck Blocks; Trigeminal, Atlantoaxial and C2 Blocks
	2. Kyphoplasty / Vertebroplasty
6:00 - 7:00 pm	Problem-Based Learning Discussion
A	Fibromyalgia: Real or Not - Philippe Berenger, MD
B	Methadone: Old Drug New Risks - Allen W. Burton, MD
C	Spinal Cord Stimulation for Peripheral Vascular Disease - Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD
Monday, February 18
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast / Exhibits Informal Consultation with Faculty
	Presiding: Nilesh Patel, MD, MBA
	My Technique Symposium Presentation by the Experts
8:00 am	Radiofrequency of the SIJ “SInergy” - Nilesh Patel, MD, MBA
8:15 am	Cervical Transforaminal Technique - Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD
8:30 am	Trigeminal Ganglion Ablation - Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD
8:45 am	Atlantoaxial Joint Block (RFA) - Samer Narouze, MD
9:00 am	Transdiscal Biacuplasty - Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD
9:15 am	Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block - Michael Stanton-Hicks, MD
9:30 am	Subarachnoid Neurolysis - Richard W. Rosenquist, MD
9:45 am	Kyphoplasty - Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD
10:00 am	Refreshment Break and Exhibits
10:30 am	Neurostimulation for Occipital / Supraorbital Nerves - Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD
10:45 am	Cervical Facets RFA - Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD
11:00 am	Ultrasound Guided Cervical Blocks - Samer Narouze, MD
11:15 am	Lumbar Disc Decompression - Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD
11:30 am	Ganglion Impar Block - Sudhir A. Diwan, MD
11:45 am	RFA of Splanchnic Plexus - Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD
12:00 pm	Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period
12:30 pm	Luncheon & Presentation Neurostimulation 40 Years Later - Samuel J. Hassenbusch III, MD, PhD
1:30 - 5:30 pm	Optional Cadaver Workshops (space is limited so early registration is recommended)
Session IV	1. RFA of Cervical and Lumbar Facet Nerves and Sacroiliac Joint
	2. Intradiscal Procedures: Discography, IDET, Biacuplasty and Disc Decompression
6:00 - 7:00 pm	Problem-Based Learning Discussion
D	Imaging Techniques in Pain Medicine - Vikram B. Patel, MD
E	Drugs, Devices and Industry – Conflict of Interest in Health Care - Michael J. Meehan, Esq
F	Spinal Canal Stenosis: Surgical and Pain Management Perspectives - Robert McLain, MD & Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD
Tuesday, February 19
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast / Exhibits Informal Consultation with Faculty
	Presiding: Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD
8:00 am	Psychogenic Pain: Real or Not? - Daniel Doleys, PhD
8:30 am	Interventional Pain Medicine: Where is the Evidence? - Mark S. Wallace, MD
9:00 am	Identifying and Managing the Difficult Pain Patient - Daniel Doleys, PhD
9:30 am	Evaluation and Management of Co-morbidities Associated with Chronic Pain - Rollin M. Gallagher, MD, MPH
10:00 am	Refreshment Break and Exhibits
	Emerging Therapies
10:30 am	Ziconotide: Effects vs. Side Effects - Mark S. Wallace, MD
10:50 am	Neurostimulation for Headache - Samer Narouze, MD
11:10 am	Neurostimulation for Chronic Visceral Pain - Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD
11:30 am	Rechargeable Technology: An Overview - Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD
12:00 pm	Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period
12:30 pm	Adjourn
1:30 - 5:30 pm	Optional Cadaver Workshops (space is limited so early registration is recommended)
Session V	1. Advanced Neurostimulation Techniques
	2. Kyphoplasty / Vertebroplasty
6:00 - 7:00 pm	Problem-Based Learning Discussion
G	Current Status of Spinal Opioids in Pain Management - Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD
H	Post Herpetic Neuralgia - Ayman Basali, MD
I	SIJ Pain: New Solution for An Old Problem - Vikram B. Patel, MD
Wednesday, February 20
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast / Exhibits Informal Consultation with Faculty
	Presiding: Teresa Dews, MD
	Risk Management
8:00 am	Complications of Interventional Pain Medicine - Richard W. Rosenquist, MD
8:30 am	Intrathecal Granuloma - Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD
9:00 am	How to Keep the DEA Away From Your Practice - Teresa Dews, MD
9:30 am	Medicolegal Strategies: Prevent or Face Lawsuits - Michael J. Meehan, Esq
10:00 am	Refreshment Break and Exhibits
10:30 am	How to Prevent Infection of Implantable Devices - Sudhir A. Diwan, MD
11:00 am	Professional Liability in Pain Management: Interactive Dialogue - Michael J. Meehan, Esq
11:30 am	Strategies to Prevent Chronic Postoperative Pain - Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD
12:00 pm	Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period
12:30 pm	Adjourn