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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, November 21, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 7:45 AM PT
    RAPM Editorial Board Meeting
  • 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM PT
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM PT
    Breakfast in Foyer
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM PT
    Perspectives on Applying to Fellowship
    Lead: Rene Przkora, MD, PhD – University of Florida
    Speaker: Sayed E. Wahezi, MD (he/him/his) – Montefiore Medical Center
    Associate Faculty: Ibe Adaobi, DO (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Associate Faculty: Justin Schappell, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic
    Residents/Fellows
  • 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM PT
    Welcome and Opening Address
    Main Meeting
  • 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    IS-01 - Challenging Cases in Neuromodulation
    Lead: Anuj Bhatia, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital
    Speaker: Jay S. Grider, DO, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – university of kentucky
    Speaker: Bruce Vrooman, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Ask the Experts Interactive Session
     Earn: 1.5 CME Credits
  • 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    RC-01 - Addressing CMS Challenges ASRA Pain Medicine and Friends (AMA and ASA)
    Lead: Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH, DABPMR, FAAOE, FFSMB (he/him/his) – Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.5 CME Credits
  • 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    WS-01 - Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Ultrasound - Upper Extremity/Trunk

    Lead: Dmitri Souza, MD – Northeast Ohio Medical University

    Faculty: Thomas Buchheit, MD – Duke University

    Faculty: Yasmine Hoydonckx, MD, MSc – Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

    Faculty: Mark Hurdle, MD – Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville FL

    Associate Faculty: Scott Pritzlaff, MD – University of California, Davis

    Associate Faculty: Shrif Costandi, MD – Cleveland Clinic

  • 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    WS-02 - Cervical Spine Procedural Fundamentals (Epidurals, Facet Joint, Medial Branch Block, RFA)

    Lead: Rany T. Abdallah, MD PhD MBA – Apico Pain Management

    Associate Faculty: Ketan Chopra, MD – Henry Ford Health

    Faculty: Stephen Rodriguez, MD – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

    Associate Faculty: Uzondu Osuagwu, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Associate Faculty: Stephanie Jones, MD – UT Southwestern

    Associate Faculty: Anuj Aggarwal, MD – Stanford University

  • 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    MP-01a - Moderated ePosters
  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Break and Refreshments in Foyer
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    IS-02 - Updates in Regenerative Medicine
    Lead: Dmitri Souza, MD – Northeast Ohio Medical University
    Ask the Experts Interactive Session
     Earn: 2 CME Credits
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    RC-02 - Neuromodulation: Beyond Pain
    Lead: Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH, DABPMR, FAAOE, FFSMB (he/him/his) – Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 2 CME Credits
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    WS-03 - Musculoskeletal Ultrasound - Gluteal/Lower Extremity

    Lead: Hariharan Shankar, MD – Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center/Medical College of Wisconsin

    Faculty: Rany T. Abdallah, MD PhD MBA – Apico Pain Management

    Associate Faculty: Kristen Noon, MD – The Ohio State University Department of Anesthesiology

    Associate Faculty: Scott Pritzlaff, MD – University of California, Davis

    Associate Faculty: Shrif Costandi, MD – Cleveland Clinic

  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    WS-04 - Lumbar Spine Procedural Fundamentals

    Lead: Anuj Bhatia, MD PhD – University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital

    Faculty: Stephen Rodriguez, MD – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

    Faculty: Nafisseh Warner, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Associate Faculty: Eric J. Wang, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Associate Faculty: Alexander Escobar, MD – University of Toledo

  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    MP-02a - Moderated ePosters
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    MEMC-01 - Updates in Pain Medicine Training
    Lead: Trent Emerick, MD, MBA – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Medical Education Master Class
     Earn: 2 CME Credits
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Spec-01 - The Physical and Occupational Therapy Evaluation

    Lead: Sayed E. Wahezi, MD – Montefiore Medical Center

    Speaker: Brian Mecca, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT – Mayo Clinic

    Speaker: James Braxton, OT, CHT – Mayo Clinic

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine in Military Medicine SIG
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM PT
    EXP-01 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT
    Lunch On Own - Exhibit Hall Open
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM PT
    PBLD - Problem Based Learning Discussions (PBLD) Lunch
    PBLD
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM PT
    EXP-02 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT
    EXP-03 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Neuromodulation SIG: Panel on Neuromodulation for Chronic Cancer Pain
  • 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM PT
    MEMC-02 - Pain Education Beyond the Traditional Classroom
    Lead: Oscar de Leon-Casasola, MD (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo - Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    Medical Education Master Class
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    IS-03 - Functional, Lifestyle, and Integrative Medicine in Pain Management
    Lead: Dalia Elmofty, MD – University of Chicago
    Ask the Experts Interactive Session
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    RC-03 - Rethinking CRPS
    Lead: Anuj Bhatia, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 2 CME Credits
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    WS-06 - Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound: Lower Extremity

    Lead: Hariharan Shankar, MD – Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center/Medical College of Wisconsin

    Faculty: Vasudha Goel, MBBS MS – Allina Health

    Faculty: Jennifer Hah, MD – Stanford University

    Associate Faculty: Alexander Bautista, MD – University of Louisville Department of Anesthesiology

    Associate Faculty: Kristen Noon, MD – The Ohio State University Department of Anesthesiology

    Associate Faculty: Anthony T. Machi, MD – Stanford University

  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    WS-07 - Lumbopelvic Sympathetic Blocks: Celiac, LSB for CRPS, Superior Hypogastic, Ganglion Impar

    Lead: Sandy Christiansen, MD – Oregon Health and Science University

    Faculty: Rany T. Abdallah, MD PhD MBA – Apico Pain Management

    Faculty: Kenneth D. Candido, MD – Thorek Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL., 60613

    Associate Faculty: Uzondu Osuagwu, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Faculty: Vinita Singh, MD, MSCR – Emory University

    Associate Faculty: Stephanie Jones, MD – UT Southwestern

  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    MP-03a - Moderated ePosters
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Spec-02 - Success and Challenges in Opioid Management
    Lead: Ariana M. Nelson, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Special Interactive Session
     Earn: 1.5 CME Credits
  • 1:30 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    WS-05 - Physical Examination (MSK and Neurologic Evaluation) With Diagnostic Correlates - Cases

    Lead: Narayan Kissoon, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Associate Faculty: Nu Cindy Chai, MD – UCSF

    Associate Faculty: Nasir Hussain, MD – The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center

    Associate Faculty: Jay Karri, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine

    Associate Faculty: Eric J. Wang, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Associate Faculty: Tejinder Singh Swaran Singh, MBBS, MD, DNB – University of Iowa Healthcare

    Associate Faculty: Yian Chen, MD – University of Washington

    Associate Faculty: Anuj Aggarwal, MD – Stanford University

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Perioperative Medicine SIG: Emerging Therapy Using Autologous Fat Grafting for Treatment of Chronic Post-Operative Pain
  • 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PT
    Break and Refreshments in Foyer
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM PT
    Ultrasonography in Pain Medicine SIG: Recent Advances on Ultrasound-Guided Joint Denervation Techniques and New Neural Targets in Pain Medicine
  • 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    IS-04 - Skeletons in My Closet: My Most Challenging Cases and How I Managed Them
    Lead: Hariharan Shankar, MD (he/him/his) – Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center/Medical College of Wisconsin
    Ask the Experts Interactive Session
  • 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    RC-04 - Updates in Radiofrequency Ablation
    Lead: Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH, DABPMR, FAAOE, FFSMB (he/him/his) – Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.5 CME Credits
  • 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    WS-08 - Diagnostic Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound: Upper Extremity

    Lead: Jennifer Hah, MD – Stanford University

    Associate Faculty: Kristen Noon, MD – The Ohio State University Department of Anesthesiology

    Associate Faculty: Alexander Bautista, MD – University of Louisville Department of Anesthesiology

    Associate Faculty: Anthony T. Machi, MD – Stanford University

  • 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    WS-09 - Occipital Nerve and Upper Cervical PNS

    Lead: Gary Schwartz, MD FASA – Maimonides Medical Center/ AABP, LLP

    Faculty: Yashar Eshraghi, MD – Ochsner Health System

    Faculty: Yasmine Hoydonckx, MD, MSc – Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

    Faculty: JARNA R. Shah, MD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  • 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    MP-04a - Moderated ePosters
  • 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    MEMC-03 - How to We Best Engage our Trainees?
    Lead: Dalia Elmofty, MD – University of Chicago
    Medical Education Master Class
     Earn: 1.5 CME Credits
  • 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM PT
    EXP-04 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM PT
    Welcome Networking Reception and Exhibit Hall Grand Opening
  • 5:45 PM – 6:15 PM PT
    EXP-05 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 6:15 PM – 6:45 PM PT
    EXP-06 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 6:45 PM – 7:15 PM PT
    EXP-07 - Exhibit Hall ePoster