American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
Annual Fall Pain Meeting & Workshops

November 13-16, 2003
Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
San Diego, CA

Saturday, November 15, 2003
Parallel Sessions

6:45 - 7:45 am Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am Welcome
  Parallel Session #3 Parallel Session #4
8:00-9:00 am Imaging in pain medicine
Moderator: James P. Rathmell, MD
  • What is the role of injection therapy in managing spinal pain?
    Richard W. Rosenquist, MD
  • Fluoroscopy in the pain clinic: Are x-ray-guided techniques superior?
    Richard Rauck, MD
  • Is lumbar discography a useful diagnostic test?
    James P. Rathmell, MD
  • What is the role for computed tomography as a tool for image-guided injections?
    Suresh K. Mukherji, MD
Rehabilitation of the chronic pain patient
Moderator: Douglas G. Merrill, MD
  • Rehabilitation of the patient with myofascial pain
    Andrew Friedman, MD
  • Rehabilitation techniques in the care of the patient with cancer pain
    Lisa J. Stearns, MD
  • Does a multidisciplinary rehabilitation approach really work? How can you get everyone paid (even the psychologist)?
    James Bevier, OTL
  • Exercise, stretching, yoga, herbs, you name it and they've tried it: Are any alternative therapies of any benefit in chronic pain?
    Douglas G. Merrill, MD
9:00-10:00 am Break with Exhibitors
10:00-11:00 am Parallel Session #3 Cont. Parallel Session #4 Cont.
11:15 am-12:00 n Bonica Lecturer; Christopher M. Bernards, MD
12:00 n-1:00 pm PBLD Luncheons
PBLD 9. Management of the hostile patient with psychiatric morbidities/substance issues, Robert N. Jamison, PhD
PBLD 10. Management of complications in pain management (new dural puncture, neurological deficits), James P. Rathmell, MD
PBLD 11. Acute herpes zoster/post herpetic neuralgia, John C. Rowlingson, MD
PBLD 12. Management of the patient on low molecular weight heparin; plavix and other antiplatelet agents, Terese T. Horlocker, MD
  Parallel Session #5 Parallel Session #6
1:30-2:30 pm Controversies in pain management: IDET vs. surgical diskectomy
Moderator: Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD
Robert McLain, MD		 Celiac plexus and superior hypogastric blocks: Outcomes and relevance
Moderator: Daniel B. Carr, MD
Gilbert Y. Wong, MD; Allen Burton, MD
2:30-3:00 pm Break with Exhibitors
3:00-4:00 pm Parallel Session #5 Cont. Parallel Session #6 Cont.

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