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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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Saturday, November 19


7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast Symposim

Preemptive or preventative? What’s in a name? Does multimodal analgesia make a difference?
Eugene R. Viscusi, MD, Asokumar Buvanendran, MD and Marc A. Huntoon, MD
(This educational activity is funded through an educational grant from Cumberland Pharmaceutical)

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continential Breakfast

General Session

Pain Medicine Training and Practice: What's on the Horizon?
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Coming Challenges for Pain Medicine Training
James P. Rathmell, M.D.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Coming Challenges for Pain Medicine Practice
Richard W. Rosenquist, M.D.
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break with Exhibitors


Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session 3: Creating a Successful and Rewarding Private Practice
Moderator: James M. North, M.D.
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Basic Elements of a Successful Private Practice
James M. North, M.D.
10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Medico-Legal Considerations in Pain Practice
Christopher Spevak, M.D., J.D.
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Integrating Research into a Private Practice
James M. North, M.D.
11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. What's New In Billing and Coding?
Douglas G. Merrill, M.D., M.B.A.
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Own/PBLD's

Parallel Session 4: Pain Medicine for CombatRelated Injuries
Moderator: Steven P. Cohen, M.D.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Common battlefield injuries and strategies to prevent chronic pain
Steven P. Cohen, M.D.
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Special Issues Related to Management of Persistent Pain in Veterans
Anke Bellinger, M.D.
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PTSD: It's Role in the Development and Treatment of Chronic Pain
Karsten D. Kueppenbender, M.D.
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Own/PBLD's

Plenary Session

Ethical Issue in Pain Medicine
Moderator: Thomas I. Cochrane, M.D.
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Ethical Issues Related to the Care of Patients with Pain: Suffering, Desperation, and Few Options
Thomas I. Cochrane, M.D.

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Little Outcome Data & the Placebo Effect: Who's Being Fooled Doctors, Patients or Both?
Michael W. Hooten, M.D.
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Caring for the Drug-Seeking Pain Patient; How Should I Handle Aberrant Behaviors?
Karsten D. Kueppenbender, M.D.
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break 
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Ethical Issues Related to End of Life Care for Patients with Pain
Mihir M. Kamdar, M.D.
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: Ethical Issues in Pain Medicine
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Break 

Evaluation of Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury: MRI and Neurodiagnostic Testing
Moderator: Thomas I. Cochrane, M.D.
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. MRI Basics
Brian J. Wainger, M.D., Ph.D.
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Neurodiagnostic (EMG/NCS) Basics
Thomas I. Cochrane, M.D.

Workshops (Physicians Only / Registration Required)

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
301
Interventional Techniques for the Treatment of Myofascial Pain
Jay P. Shah, M.D.
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
302
Ultrasound Guided Large Joint Injection
Philip W. Peng, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C. and Hariharan Shankar, M.D.
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
303
Celiac Plexus Block
Daniel T. Warren, M.D. and Kenneth D. Candido, M.D.
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
321
Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Samer N.Narouze, M.D., Bernhard Moirggl, M.D. and Michael Gofeld, M.D.
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
322
Botox Injection for Migraine and other Headaches
Magdalena Anitescu, M.D. and
Brian J. Wainger, M.D., Ph.D.
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
331
Cervical ESI and Selective Root Block
James P. Rathmell, M.D., Kenneth D. Candido, M.D. and Thomas T. Simopolous, M.D.
3:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
332
Lumbar Transforaminal, S1 and Caudal Injection
Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D., Philip W. Peng, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. and Christopher J. Gilligan, M.D.
3:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
333

Superior Hypogastric Plexus and Ganglion Impar Block
Magdalena Anitescu, M.D. and Oscar A. De Leon Casasola, M.D.


Special Session Workshop C (Physicians Only / Registration Required)

Vertebral Augmentation
Moderator: Allen W. Burton, M.D.
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Evaluation of the Patient with Compression Fracture
Ricardo Vallejo, M.D., Ph.D.
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Complications in Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Allen W. Burton, M.D.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Overview of Technical Aspects in Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Allen W. Burton, M.D.
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break with Exhibitors
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Hands-On Workshop
Allen W. Burton, M.D. and Ricardo Vallejo, M.D., Ph.D.

Problem Based Learning Discussions (PBLD) Luncheons
(Registration Required)
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

PBLD 14: The Athlete with Persistent Pain: Assessment and Treatment
Richard W. Rosenquist, M.D.
PBLD 15: Emerging Therapies for Neuropathic Pain
Brian D. Sites, M.D.
PBLD 16: Rehabilitation in CRPS and Vertebral Compression Fractures
Elizabeth A. Huntoon, M.D.
PBLD 17: Spinal Cord Stimulators: Complications and Their Management
Christopher J. Gilligan, M.D.
PBLD 18: Monitoring Chronic Opioid Therapy: Use of Urine Testing
& Other Tools

Ronald J. Kulich, M.D., Ph.D.
PBLD 19: Management of Acute Pain in OpioidTolerant
Patients
Eugene R. Viscusi, M.D.
PBLD 20: Ultrasound in Chronic Pain Management
Samer N. Narouze, M.D., M.Sc.
PBLD 21: RFL Treatment for Facet-Related Pain: Thermal vs. Pulsed
Salim M. Hayek, M.D., Ph.D.
PBLD 22: Vertebroplasty/Kypoplasty: Who's a Good Candidate?
Madgalena Anitescu, M.D.
PBLD 23: Pain and Symptom Management for the End-Of-Life Patient
Mihir M. Kamdar, M.D.
PBLD 24: Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Jianren M. Mao, M.D., Ph.D.
PBLD 25: Billing Pitfalls in Pain Medicine
Douglas G. Merrill, M.D., M.B.A.
PBLD 25: Fibromyalgia: What is it and How Do I Treat?
Jay P. Shah, M.D.

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