| Saturday, Feb. 28 |
| 7:00 am |
Registration / Continental Breakfast / Exhibits
Informal Consultation with Faculty |
| 7:50 am |
Welcome / Introduction -
Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD |
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Presiding: Wagih Gobrial, MD |
| 8:00 am |
Neuropathic Pain and Genetics -
Philip Finch, MBBS |
| 8:30 am |
Pain Assessment: Traditional and
Non-traditional -
Daniel Doleys, PhD |
| 9:00 am |
Evaluation and Management of
Co-morbidities Associated with Chronic Pain -
Patrick McGowan, MBChB |
| 9:30 am |
Psychogenic Pain: Real or Imagined? - Daniel Doleys, PhD |
| 10:00 am |
Refreshment Break and Exhibits |
| 10:30 am |
Opioids, Pain, and Addiction - Daniel Doleys, PhD |
| 11:00 am |
Interspinal Drug Delivery for Cancer and
Chronic Pain - Salim Hayek, MD, PhD |
| 11:30 am |
Opioids, Pain, and the Law - David Brown, MD |
| 12:00 pm |
Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period |
| 12:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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Optional Live Model
Workshop
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Fee: $300
Space is limited so early registration is recommended.
Session I:
Live Ultrasound Guided
Workshop
This will cover upper & lower
extremities, neck and lumbar
spine procedures.
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Optional Cadaver Workshops
1:30 – 5:30 pm
Fee: $600 per Workshop
Space is limited so early registration is recommended.
Attendees will spend 2 hours at each station.
Session II
- Head and Neck Blocks; Trigeminal, Atlantoaxial and C2 Blocks
- Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty
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6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Reception
(Families cordially invited)
Courtesy of The Cleveland Clinic Department of Pain Management |
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| Sunday, March 1 |
| 7:30 am |
Continental Breakfast / Exhibits
Informal Consultation with Faculty |
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Presiding: Samer Narouze, MD |
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Evidence-Based Pain Management |
| 8:00 am |
Epidural Steroid Injections - Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD |
| 8:30 am |
Thermal and Pulsed RF Lesions - Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD |
| 9:00 am |
Lumbar Fusion and Disc Arthroplasty - Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA |
| 9:30 am |
Discogenic Low Back Pain - Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD |
| 10:00 am |
Refreshment Break and Exhibits |
| 10:30 am |
Transverse Tripole Stimulation - Timothy R. Deer, MD |
| 11:00 am |
Deep Brain Stimulation for Chronic Pain - Andre Machado, MD, PhD |
| 11:30 am |
Long-Term Opiates for Chronic Pain - Marc A. Huntoon, MD |
| 12:00 pm |
Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period |
| 12:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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Optional Cadaver Workshops
1:30 – 5:30 pm
Fee: $600 per Workshop
Space is limited so early registration is recommended.
Attendees will spend 2 hours at each station.
Session III
- RFA of Cervical, Lumbar Facets, and
Sacroiliac Joint
- Intradiscal Procedures:
Discography, IDET, Biacuplasty, and
Disc Decompression
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6:00 – 7:00 pm - Problem-Based Learning Discussions
A) Spinal Canal Stenosis: Pain Management Options -
Thomas J. Kraus, DO, MSE
B) Methadone: Old Drug and New Risks -
Allen W. Burton, MD
C) How to Advance Your Pain Practice -
Ira Fox, MD
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| Monday, March 2 |
| 7:30 am |
Continental Breakfast / Exhibits
Informal Consultation with Faculty |
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Presiding: Nilesh Patel, MD, MBA |
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My Technique Symposium -
Presentation by the Experts |
| 8:00 am |
Cooled Radiofrequency for the SIJ “SInergy” - Nilesh Patel, MD, MBA |
| 8:15 am |
Cervical Neuroplasty - Ira Fox, MD |
| 8:30 am |
Functional Discography - Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD |
| 8:45 am |
Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Spine Procedures - Samer Narouze, MD |
| 9:00 am |
Transdiscal Biacuplasty - Vikram B. Patel, MD |
| 9:15 am |
Sacroplasty - Ramsin Benyamin, MD |
| 9:30 am |
Subrachoroid Neuroanalysis - Mark Lema, MD, PhD |
| 9:45 am |
Kyphoplasty - Allen W. Burton, MD |
| 10:00 am |
Refreshment Break and Exhibits |
| 10:30 am |
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
for Headache - Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD |
| 10:45 am |
Cervical Facets RFA - Lee Griffith, MD |
| 11:00 am |
Ultrasound Guided Peripheral
Nerve Stimulation - Marc A. Huntoon, MD |
| 11:15 am |
Lumbar Disc Decompression - Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD |
| 11:30 am |
Ganglion Impar Block - Sudhir Diwan, MD |
| 11:45 am |
Cooled RFA Thoracic Facet MB Ablation - Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD |
| 12:00 pm |
Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period |
| 12:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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Optional Cadaver Workshops
1:30 – 5:30 pm
Fee: $600 per Workshop
Space is limited so early registration is recommended.
Attendees will spend 2 hours at each station.
Session IV
- Sympathetic Blocks; Splanchnic, Celiac,
Hypogastric, and
Ganglion Impar
- Kyphoplasty/Vertebroplasty
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6:00 – 7:00 pm -
Problem-Based Learning Discussions
D) Chronic Testicular Pain -
Patrick McGowan, MBChB
E) Functional Trialing for Intrathecal Opioids -
Thomas J. Kraus, DO, MSE
F) Pharmacologic Therapy for Neuropathic Pain -
Athina Vadalouka, MD, PhD
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| Tuesday, March 3 |
| 7:30 am |
Continental Breakfast / Exhibits
Informal Consultation with Faculty |
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Presiding: Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD |
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Emerging Therapies |
| 8:00 am |
Topical Agents for Chronic Pain - Philip Finch, MBBS |
| 8:30 am |
Neurotoxins for Chronic Pain - Timothy R. Deer, MD |
| 9:00 am |
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks /
Stimulation for Headache - Samer Narouze, MD &
Ali Rezai, MD |
| 9:30 am |
Intrathecal Gabapentine for
Neuropathic Pain - Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD |
| 10:00 am |
Refreshment Break and Exhibits |
| 10:30 am |
Botox for Chronic Pain and Headache - Salim Hayek, MD, PhD |
| 11:00 am |
Abuse-resistant Formulations in
Pain Medicine - Gerald M. Aronoff, MD |
| 11:30 am |
Neurostimulation for Pain and
Motor Disorders: Where is the Evidence? - Ali Rezai, MD |
| 12:00 pm |
Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period |
| 12:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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Optional Cadaver Workshops
1:30 – 5:30 pm
Fee: $600 per Workshop
Space is limited so early registration is recommended.
Attendees will spend 2 hours at each station.
Session V
- RFA of Cervical, Lumbar Facets, and
Sacroiliac Joint
- Intradiscal Procedures: Discography,
IDET, Biacuplasty, and Disc
Decompression
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6:00 – 7:00 pm -
Problem-Based Learning Discussions
G) Fibromyalgia: New Approach for an Old Disease -
Gerald M. Aronoff, MD
H) Herpes Zoster and Post Herpetic Neuralgia -
Mark Lema, MD, PhD
I) Neuropathic Pain in Cancer Patients -
Athina Vadalouka, MD, PhD
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| Wednesday, March 4 |
| 7:30 am |
Continental Breakfast / Exhibits
Informal Consultation with Faculty |
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Presiding: Beth Minzter, MD |
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Risk Management |
| 8:00 am |
Radiation Safety - Beth Minzter, MD |
| 8:20 am |
Infection in Interventional Pain Medicine - Sudhir A. Diwan, MD |
| 8:40 am |
Blunt vs Sharp Needles: Reality or Heresy? - Nilesh Patel, MD, MBA |
| 9:00 am |
Intrathecal Granuloma - Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD |
| 9:30 am |
Complications of Interventional
Pain Medicine - Ramsin Benyamin, MD |
| 10:00 am |
Refreshment Break and Exhibits |
| 10:30 am |
Strategies to Prevent Chronic Pain - Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD |
| 11:00 am |
Medicolegal Strategies: Prevent or Face
Lawsuits - Nilesh Patel, MD, MBA |
| 11:30 am |
Future Pain Practice Paradigms - Mark Lema, MD, PhD |
| 12:00 pm |
Panel Discussion / Question and Answer Period |
| 12:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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