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. Differentiate between continuous radiofrequency and pulsed RF and their potential effects on nerve tissue.
2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of percutaneous spinal cord stimulation and surgical lead placement.
3. Explain the x-ray view of the tripole configuration and its use.
4. Determine the difference between thermal neurolytic radiofrequency and pulsed radiofrequency.
5. Describe the basic mechanism of action of radiofrequency.
6. Define specific indications and contraindications for spine fusion surgery.

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 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  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

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

Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Robert McLain, MD
Center for Spine Health
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD, FIPP
Director of Research
Millennium Pain Center
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois

Maarten van Kleef, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
University Hospital of Maastricht
The Netherlands

Faculty 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:

The following faculty members have indicated that they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Ricardo Vallejo, MD
Maarten van Kleef, MD, PhD, FIPP