Saturday, November 20

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Registration
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Plenary Session Transforaminal Injections - Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask or Think
7:30 a.m. - 7:50 a.m.	Complications of Epidural Steroid Injections: Interlaminar and Transforaminal James Rathmell, M.D.
7:55 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.	Evidence for Efficacy for Epidural Steroid Injections - Interlaminar vs. Transforaminal Gary Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.	Billing Irregularities Related to Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections Christine Peeters-Asdourian, M.D.
8:40 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Question and Answer
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Mid Morning Break with the Exhibitors

Saturday Parallel Sessions

Morning Session

Parallel Session 4: Headache
Moderator: Samer Narouze, M.D., M.Sc.

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Occipital Nerve Stimulation Brian Wainger, M.D.
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Trigeminal and Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation Samer Narouze, M.D., M.Sc.
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Psychiatric Issues in Chronic Headache Raphael Leo, M.D.
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Question and Answer

Parallel Session 5: No Outcome – No Income
Moderator: James Rathmell, M.D.

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Outcomes in Pain Medicine - Where Are We Now, Where Do We Need to Go and How Do We Get There? James Rathmell, M.D.
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Anesthesia Quality Institute – AQI Richard Dutton, M.D., M.B.A.
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Measuring the Multiple Dimensions of Pain Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Question and Answer

Parallel Session 6: Chronic Pain in the Cancer Survivor: The Price of Success

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Chronic Pain Treatment in Cancer Survivors
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Skeletal Complications in Cancer Survivors Allen Burton, M.D.
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Chronic Chemotherapy Induced Neuropathy Oscar de Leon-Casasola, M.D.
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Question and Answer
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch on Your Own

Afternoon Session

Parallel Session 7: Billing in Pain Medicine
Moderator: Kevin Vorenkamp, M.D.

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	How Does a Code Become a Code and Get Valued? Sharon Merrick, CCS-P
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Fraud and Abuse in Pain Billing – Do I Recall Doing This? Douglas Merrill, M.D.
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	RAC Audits and the OIG - How to Stay Out of an Orange Suit Stan Stead, M.D., M.B.A.
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Afternoon Beverage Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Local Medical Review Policies Kevin Vorenkamp, M.D.
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Medically Unlikely Edits Douglas Merrill, M.D.
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Question and Answer

Parallel Session 8: Psychiatric Issues in Pain Medicine
Moderator: Raphael Leo, M.D.

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Depression Edward Covington, M.D.
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Antidepressants and Pain Raphael Leo, M.D.
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Somatization Edward Covington, M.D.
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Afternoon Beverage Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Management of Factitious Disorders Raphael Leo, M.D.
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Substance Abuse Martin Cheatle, Ph.D.
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Question and Answer

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. President’s Reception – The Corona Ranch

Problem Based Learning Discussions (PBLD) Luncheons
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Registration Required)

Workshops (Physicians Only / Registration Required)

301	8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Injection of Large and Small Joints Ultrasound Peter Cheng, M.D. and Joshua Wellington, M.D.
302	8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Ultrasound Guided Pain Procedures - Ilioninguinal, Intercostal, Lateral Femoral, Cutaneous, Saphenous Nerve Blocks Mark Hurdle, M.D., F.A.A.P. and Einar Ottestad, M.D.
303	10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Sympathetic and Peripheral Nerve Blocks Fluoroscopy Honorio Benzon, M.D. and Nirmala Abraham, M.D.
304	10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Stimulators Fluoroscopy Marc Huntoon, M.D. and F. Michael Ferrante, M.D.
305	1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Basic Anatomy of the Spine Using Ultrasound (Live Model and Cadaver) Philip Peng, M.D. and David Provenzano
306	1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Head and Neck Blocks Kenneth Candido, M.D. and Miles Day, M.D.
307	3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures Allen Burton, M.D. and Rahul Rastogi, M.D.

Special Session Workshop C (Physicians Only / Registration Required)

8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Spinal Cord Stimulation: Everything You Wanted to Know Moderator: James North, M.D.
8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.	Basic Science Robert Hurley, M.D., Ph.D.
8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.	Trialing Methods Thomas Simopoulos, M.D.
8:40 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Permanent SCS James North, M.D.
9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.	Complications Timothy Lubenow, M.D.
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Hands-on Workshop Thomas Simopoulos, M.D. and James North, M.D.
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Association of Pain Program Directors Meeting (Members Only) Gary Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.	President’s Reception – The Corona Ranch

Disclaimer: Times, topics, and presenters are subject to change.