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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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Thursday, November 17


7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. Introduction by Gary J. Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
8:35 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome by Julia E. Pollock, M.D.

Morning Refresher Session

Basic Science Review and Clinical Applications
Moderator: Steven P. Cohen, M.D.
8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Basic Science Review: Central Sensitization in Physiologic and Pathologic Pain
Brian J. Wainger, M.D., Ph.D.
9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Clinical Applications: Pharmacological and Interventional Management of Centralized Pain
Robert W. Hurley, M.D., Ph.D.
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Mid Morning Beverage Break
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Basic Science Review: CRPS – What Have We Learned in 150 Years?
Stephen Bruehl, M.D., Ph.D.
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Clinical Applications: Treatment Options for CRPS – What's New in 2011?
Timothy R. Lubenow, M.D.

ASRA-FAER Lecture

11:25 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Introduction
Richard W. Rosenquist, M.D.
11:30 a.m. – 12:25 p.m. ASRA/FAER Lecture
Can We Close the Gap Between Pain Research and Pain Management?
Timothy J. Brennan, M.D., Ph.D.
12:25 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. Lunch Break/PBLD's


Afternoon Refresher Course Lectures

Basic Science Review and Clinical Applications
Moderator: Jianren M. Mao, M.D., Ph.D.
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Pre Test
1:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Basic Science of Pulse Radiofrequency and RFL Therapies
Ricardo Vallejo, M.D., Ph.D.
2:10 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. Clinical Evidence
2:35 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. Neurobiology of Opioid–Induced Hyperalgesia
Jianren M. Mao, M.D., Ph.D.
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. OIH Does the Clinical Evidence Support Its Existence?
Robert N. Jamison, M.D., Ph.D.
3:25 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Afternoon Beverage Break
4:15 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. Mechanisms of Injury to the Spinal Cord Associated With Interventional Pain Procedures
James P. Rathmell, M.D.
4:35 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. Management of Complications of Interventional Spine Procedures
James P. Rathmell, M.D.
4:55 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. Post Test


Poster Sessions

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Poster Session I
Moderated by: Robert N. Jamison, M.D., Ph.D.
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Poster Session II
Moderated by: John C. Rowlingson, M.D.
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Poster Session III
Moderated by: Timothy J. Brennan, M.D.
4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Poster Session IV
Moderated by: Stephen Bruehl, M.D.


Video Presentations

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Video Presentations
Moderated by: Ellen W. King, M.D.


Workshops (Physicians Only / Registration Required)

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
101
Neurological & Musculoskeletal Exam for Pain Practitioners
Charles E. Argoff, M.D., Joshua R. Wellington, M.D., and Elizabeth A. Huntoon, M.D., M.S.
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
102
Techniques in Disc Entry
Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D. and Salim M. Hayek, M.D., Ph.D.
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
103
EpiCranial and Other Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Allen W. Burton, M.D. and Marc A. Huntoon, M.D.
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
121
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Thomas T. Simopoulos, M.D. and James M. North, M.D.
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
122
Cervical MBB and RFL
Nirmala R. Abraham, M.D., Carlos A. Pino, M.D., Christine G. Peeters-Asdourian, M.D. and Christopher J. Gilligan, M.D.
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
123
Evaluation of Spinal MRI
Brian J. Wainger, M.D., Ph.D. and Charles E. Argoff, M.D.
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
131
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Lumbar MBB and RFL
Philip S. Kim, M.D. and Carlos A. Pino, M.D.
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
132
Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
Maunak V. Rana, M.D. and Nirmala R. Abraham, M.D.
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
133
Head and Neck Blocks
Kenneth D. Candido, M.D. and James M. North, M.D.


Special Session Workshop A (Physicians Only / Registration Required)

8:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. Ultrasound in Pain Medicine
Moderator: Samer N. Narouze, M.D., M.Sc.
8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. Principles of Ultrasonography: Physics, Scanning
Techniques, Knobology
8:25 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Spine Sonoanatomy for the Pain Physicians
Bernhard Moriggl, M.D.
9:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. MSK Sonoanatomy for Pain Physicians
9:25 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Cervical Spine Sonoanatomy and Stellate Ganglion Block
Samer N. Narouze, M.D., M.Sc. and Phillip W. Peng, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C.
9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Mid Morning Beverage Break
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Trunk: Sonoanatomy and Injection Techniques
Santhanam Suresh, M.D., F.A.A.P. and David A. Provenzano, M.D.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Lumbar Spine Sonoanatomy and Injection Techniques
Michael Gofeld, M.D. and Phillip W. Peng, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C.
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Musculoskeletal Applications - The Shoulder
Peter H. Cheng, D.O.
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Musculoskeletal Applications - The Knee and Hip
Hariharan Shankar, M.B.B.S. and Peter H. Cheng, D.O.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Box Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Station 1: Cervical Spine, Stellate Ganglion
Samer N. Narouze, M.D., M.Sc. and David A. Provenzano, M.D.

Station 2: Occipital Nerve Block and Suprascapular Block
Bernhard Moriggl, M.D.

Station 3: Intercostal, Ilioinguinal, Iliohypogastric, and Lateral Femoral Cutaneous
Santhanam Suresh, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Afternoon Beverage Break

Station 4: Lumbar Spine, Facet Joints and Nerves
Michael Gofeld, M.D.

Station 5: Sacroiliac Joint, Piriformis Muscle, Pudendal Nerve
Phillip W. Peng, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C.

Station 6: Musculoskeletal, Shoulder Joint
Samer N. Narouze, M.D., M.Sc.

Station 7: Musculoskeletal, Hip and Knee Joints
Hariharan Shankar, M.B.B.S.

Station 8: Musculoskeletal, Small Joints
Peter H. Cheng, D.O.



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