Description

Sections of the 10th Annual Pain Management Symposium was captured and repurposed into a CME webcast series.  This series will focus on Cancer Pain evidence-based pain management and emerging therapies in pain management.  In addition it will feature state-of the art interventional techniques by world experts in the field.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Discuss the proper use of analgesics used intrathecally.
2. Cite the rationale for an algorithmic approach to intrathecal drug use.
3. Discuss common causes of cancer pain.
4. Describe the factors that are increasing the incidence of chronic cancer pain.

Target Audience

Practitioners and healthcare professionals who seek the latest developments in pain medicine, anesthesia providers, orthopedic surgeons, primary care physicians, physical therapists and nurses who are interested in the practice of pain management.

Accreditation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.

Activity Director

Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Pain Management
Anesthesiology Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Faculty

Allen W. Burton, MD
Professor, Section Chief of Cancer Pain Management
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Timothy Deer, MD
Director, The Center for Pain Relief
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
West Virginia University
Charleston, West Virginia

Disclosure

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty members have indicated that they may have a relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest: