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Optional Workshops and PBLDs

Prices

  Through Oct. 16, 2009 After Oct. 16, 2009
Workshops 1-12 - Open to physicians only. $295 $345
Special Session Workshop: Ultrasound in Pain Medicine - Open to physicians only. $795 $845
Special Workshops - Open to physicians only. $95 $145

General Workshops  - TOP

Friday, November 20th

Each workshop is limited to 20 participants; separate registration is required. These workshops will utilize cadavers and live models. Open to physicians only.

8-10 a.m.
 Workshop 1
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Timothy Lubenow, M.D.; Manuel Ybarra, M.D.
 
8-10 a.m.
 Workshop 2
Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures
Allen W. Burton, M.D.; Tarun Jolly, M.D.
 
1:30-3:30 p.m.
 Workshop 3
Discography, PPD, IDET, Nucleoplasty
Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D.; David Provenzano, M.D.
 
1:30-3:30 p.m.
 Workshop 4
Intrathecal Pump
Salim M. Hayek, M.D., Ph.D.; James M. North, M.D.
 
1:30-3:30 p.m.
 Workshop 5
Basic Anatomy of the Spine Using Ultrasound (live model and cadaver)
Philip W. Peng, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C.; Michael Gofeld, M.D.
 
3:30-5:30 p.m.
 Workshop 6
Facet Joint Injections
Fluoroscopy: Maunak V. Rana, M.D.
Ultrasound: Bernhard Moriggl, M.D.
 
3:30-5:30 p.m.
 Workshop 7
Lumbar Epidural and Transforaminal Injection
Fluoroscopy: Nirmala A. Hidalgo, M.D.
Ultrasound: Urs Eichenberger, M.D.
 
3:30-5:30 p.m.
 Workshop 8
SI Joint, Piriformis and S1 Nerve Root Injection
Fluoroscopy: Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D.
Ultrasound: Philip W. Peng, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C.

Saturday, November 21st

8-10 a.m.
 Workshop 9
Injection of Large and Small Joints
Ultrasound: Peter H. Cheng, M.D.
Fluoroscopy: Joshua R. Wellington, M.D.
 
8-10 a.m.
 Workshop 10
Ultrasound Guided Pain Procedures - Ilioninguinal, Intercostal, Lateral Femoral, Cutaneous, Saphenous Nerve Blocks
Santhanam Suresh, M.D., F.A.A.P.; Hariharan Shankar, M.D.
 
10:15 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.
 Workshop 11
Sympathetic and Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Fluoroscopy: Nirmala A. Hidalgo, M.D.
Ultrasound: Michael Gofeld, M.D.
 
10:15 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.
 Workshop 12
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Stimulators
Fluoroscopy: Allen W. Burton, M.D.
Ultrasound: Marc A. Huntoon, M.D.
 
1-3 p.m.
 Workshop 13
Radiofrequency
Philip S. Kim, M.D.; James M. North, M.D.
 
1-3 p.m.
Workshop 14
Head and Neck Blocks
Kenneth D. Candido, M.D.; Hariharan Shankar, M.D.


Special Workshops  - TOP

Friday, November 20th

Limited to 20 participants; separate registration is required. Open to physicians only.

8-10 a.m.
Special Workshop A
ELVIS for Botox
F. Michael Ferrante, M.D.
 
1:30-2:30 p.m.
 Special Workshop B
Focused Musculoskeletal and Neurological Examination for Pain Practitioners
Joshua R. Wellington, M.D.; Elizabeth A. Huntoon, M.D.; Jay P. Shah, M.D.; Steven Stanos, D.O.
 
2-4 p.m.
Special Workshop C
ELVIS for Botox
F. Michael Ferrante, M.D.
 
3-4 p.m.
Special Workshop D
Focused Musculoskeletal and Neurological Examination for Pain Practitioners
Joshua R. Wellington, M.D.; Elizabeth A. Huntoon, M.D.; Jay P. Shah, M.D.; Steven Stanos, D.O.


Saturday, November 21st

Limited to 30 participants; separate registration is required. Open to physicians only.

8-11:30 a.m.
 Special Workshop E
Spinal Cord Stimulation: Everything You Wanted to Know
Moderator: James M. North, M.D.
 
8-8:20 a.m.
 Basic Science
Robert M. Levy, M.D., Ph.D.
 
8:20-8:40 a.m.
 Trialing Methods
Richard L. Rauck, M.D.
 
8:40-9 a.m.
Permanent SCS
James M. North, M.D.
 
9-9:20 a.m.
 Complication
David L. Caraway, M.D.
 
9:30-11:30a.m.
 Hands-on Workshop
James M. North, M.D.; Philip S. Kim, M.D.


Problem-Based Learning Discussions Luncheons  - TOP
Each PBLD is limited to 10 participants; separate registration is required.


Thursday, November 19th

Noon-1 p.m.

1: Chronic Non-Cancer Abdominal Pain: Splanchnic Nerve Block vs. Celiac Plexus
Daniel T. Warren, M.D.
2: Rehabilitation Protocols for CRPS and Neuropathic Pain
Elizabeth A. Huntoon, M.D.
3: What to Do When You Have Your First Complication in Pain Medicine
James P. Rathmell, M.D.
4: Spinal Cord Stimulation for Peripheral Vascular Diseases
David Provenzano, M.D.
5: Opioid Rotation - What is the Evidence?
Honorio T. Benzon, M.D.
6: Management of Acute Postoperative Pain in an Opioid Tolerant Patient
Eugene R. Viscusi, M.D.
7: Migration of CRPS - Does It Exist and the Evidence?
Michael D. Stanton-Hicks, M.D.
8: Making a Choice of Spinal Cord Stimulation Systems without Industry Bias
Philip S. Kim, M.D.
9: Pain Response to Opioids and Adjuvants - Why and Why Not?
Keith A. Candiotti, M.D.
10: Sacro-Iliac Pain and Treatment Options: An Update
F. Michael Ferrante, M.D.
11: Continuous Perineural Catheters for Acute Injury and Prevention of Chronic Pain Chester
Buckenmaier III, M.D.
12: Dealing with the Difficult Opioid Seeking Patient: The DEA Implications
John C. Rowlingson, M.D.
13: SCS for Chronic Abdominal Pain
Joshua R. Wellington, M.D.
14: Radiofrequency for the Spine: Pulse vs. Thermal-Evidence Based
Salim M. Hayek, M.D., Ph.D.


Saturday, November 21st

Noon-1 p.m.

15: Ultrasound for Chronic Pain Management
Hariharan Shankar, M.D.
16: How I Treat Neuropathic Pain and CRPS
Sean C. Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.
17: Dealing with Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures
David L. Caraway, M.D.
18: Can Opioids Be Used for the Treatment of Headache?
Stephen Silberstein, M.D.
19: Substance Abuse, Assessment and Treatment in Chronic Pain
Somayaji Ramamurthy, M.D.
20: Opioids and the Legal Implications
Scott Fishman, M.D.
21: How to Prepare a CRPS Patient for Surgery
Robert W. Hurley, M.D.
22: Pharmacological Agents for Intrathecal Delivery
Richard L. Rauck, M.D.
23: Chronic Abdominal Pain: Interventional Pain Therapy
Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D.
24: Steroids and Epidurals - Which One and Where?
Gary Brenner, M.D.
25: Polypharmacy in the Pain Clinic: Antidepressants, Membrane Stabilizers
David Provenzano, M.D.
26: Chronic Pain Management for the Pediatric Patient - Do We Need a Service?
Santhanam Suresh, M.D., F.A.A.P.
27: Rehabilitation Protocols, FCE, Work Hardening a Vocational Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker
Steven Stanos, M.D.
28: Opioids in Patients with Sleep Apnea
Daniel Warren, M.D.