Agenda

The Fundamentals
Moderator – Richard W. Rosenquist, MD

Reception

Regulatory, Billing, and Ethical Challenges in Pain Practice
Moderator – Jacob Ezell, MD

Emerging Pharmacological, Training and Interventional Treatments

Problem-based Learning Discussions

1. Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
   Maged Guirguis, MD
2. SCS/PNS
   Timothy R. Deer, MD
3. Things Do Not Always Go As Planned: How To Proceed When Complications Occur
   James P. Rathmell, MD

Neuromodulation: Effective Utilization of Targets, Techniques, and Devices
Moderator – Shrif Costandi, MD

Neuromodulation – Changing Paradigms and Devices: How Do I Choose the Best One for My Patient?

Problem-based Learning Discussions

1. Opioid Prescribing and Patient Complaints: A View from the Board of Medicine
   Damean Freas, DO
2. Optimizing Intrathecal Drug Delivery Outcomes
   Salim Hayek, MD, PhD
3. Preparing the Chronic Pain Patient for Surgery
   Mercy Udoji, MD

Health and Pain
Moderator – Sree Kolli, MD

Cancer Pain: Contemporary Pain Treatment

Problem-based Learning Discussions

1. Spinal Stenosis – Medical/Interventional and Surgical Management
   William Clifton, MD
2. Opioids and Managing the Legacy Patient and the Primary Care Provider that is “No Longer Able to Prescribe”
   Richard W. Rosenquist, MD and Allison Ferguson, APRN-CNP
3. Diagnostic Procedures for Low Back Pain: Increasing Accuracy and Avoiding False Outcomes
   Alison Stout, DO

COVID – Long Term Consequences
Moderator – Allison Ferguson, APRN-CNP

Pain and Opioids: Management and Ongoing Controversies

How to Improve Your Ultrasound Technique, Anatomy of Truncal, Lower Extremity and Headache Blocks, with Five Hands-on Stations:

1. Trunk Blocks (TAP, Iliohypogastric, Ilioinguinal, Genitofemoral, Intercostal and Erector Spinae)
2. Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks (Femoral, Obturator, LFCN and Adductor/Saphenous)
3. Lower Extremity Joint Injections [Hip, Knee, PENG (Pericapsular Nerve Group) Block]
4. Ankle Injections (Posterior Tibial, Superficial Peroneal, Deep Peroneal, Plantar Fascia)
5. Cervical Blocks (Stellate Ganglion, Brachial Plexus/Cervical Nerve Roots)

Faculty: Sree Kolli, MD; Richard W. Rosenquist, MD; Jacob Ezell, MD; Christina Shin, MD; David A. Provenzano, MD

In addition to lectures and scanning on live models, this ultrasound workshop will include a combined session in the cadaver lab. This workshop will provide learners with the opportunity to have hands on experience performing ultrasound guided blocks in cadavers and scanning dynamic anatomy in live models. Anatomy of Head and Neck, Upper Extremity, Anatomy of Shoulder Joint, and Four Hands-on Stations:

1. Stellate Ganglion Block, Cervical Nerve Root Block, Brachial Plexus Block
2. Shoulder Joint, Suprascapular Nerve Block
3. Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerves/ Elbow Injection, Median Nerve at Carpal Tunnel
4. Pudendal Nerve Block, Caudal, Piriformis, SI Joint Injections

Faculty: Sree Kolli, MD; Maxim Eckmann, MD; Jacob Ezell, MD; Christina Shin, MD; and Mercy Udoji, MD

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Monday, March 11, 2024

Tuesday, March 12, 2024