Overview

Cleveland Clinic Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain specialists from neurology, neurosurgery, pain management, and integrative medicine will present a CME-accredited virtual half day symposium dedicated to comprehensive multi-disciplinary evaluation and management of trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain. Lectures will be supplemented with Q&A and panel discussions.

Who Should Attend?

This educational activity is intended for neurosurgeons, neurologists, pain management specialists, cranio-maxillofacial surgeons, family practitioners, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and patient advocates that are interested in multidisciplinary state-of-the-art management of trigeminal neuralgia.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant will be able to do the following

• Evaluate a patient with facial pain and diagnose the appropriate facial pain syndrome
• Recognize secondary causes of facial pain and identify appropriate diagnostic studies that are needed
• Describe the medical management options available for treating facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia
• Identify the types of procedural and surgical options available to treat facial pain
• Describe Eagle Syndrome and its relation to facial pain