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10th Annual ASRA Pain Medicine Meeting & Workshops
November 17 -20, 2011
Hilton New Orleans Riverside
New Orleans, Louisiana


 
 
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Physician Assistant Program


Friday, November 18

General Session
Defining Opioid Management in the Pain Program
Moderator: Ronald J. Kulich, M.D., Ph.D.
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Introduction and Welcome
Gary J. Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Opioid Management in the Outpatient Setting
Daniel T. Warren, M.D.
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Evaluating Patients with Opioid Risk
Ronald J. Kulich, M.D., Ph.D.
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Opioid Rotation and Tapering
John C. Rowlingson, M.D.
4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Question and Answer

Saturday, November 19

General Session
Medical and Interventional Therapies for Neuropathic and Spine Related Pain
Moderator: Asokumar Buvanendran, M.D.
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Etiology and Assessment of Neuropathic Pain
Asokumar Buvanendran, M.D.
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Medical and Interventional Therapies for Neuropathic Pain
David A. Provenzano, M.D.
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break with Exhibitors
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Etiology and Assessment of Spine-Related Pain
Robert W. Hurley, M.D., Ph.D.
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Medical and Interventional Therapies for Spinal Pain
Christopher J. Gilligan, M.D.
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Lunch on Own

Roundtable Forum: Optimizing Pain Treatment Decisions
Moderator: Srinivas Chiravuri, M.D.
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Physician Assistants: Optimizing Their Role in Chronic Pain Management
C. Douglas Stewart, P.A., M.B.A.
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Evaluation of Spinal X-Ray and MRI
Philip S. Kim, M.D.
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Complications, Acute and Late, of Pain Medicine Procedures
Santhanam Suresh, M.D., F.A.A.P.
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Management of Spinal Cord Stimulators and Their Complications
Srinivas Chiravuri, M.D.
4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Question and Answer

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