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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Friday, November 22, 2024
  • 6:15 AM – 7:15 AM PT
    Wellness Event - Yoga
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM PT
    CV Review
  • 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM PT
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PT
    Physiatry/PM&R Think Tank
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PT
    Successful Navigation of Transitions in Pain Medicine Training
  • 7:15 AM – 8:00 AM PT
    Breakfast in Foyer
  • 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    IS-05 - Building Physician Leaders
    Lead: Maxim Eckmann, MD (he/him/his) – UT Health San Antonio, Anesthesiology
    Ask the Experts Interactive Session
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    MP-05a - Moderated ePosters
  • 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    PS-01a - The Perils of Success
    Lead: Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH, DABPMR, FAAOE, FFSMB (he/him/his) – Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    PS-01b - Inject or Not? Cases and Anatomy Review
    Lead: Yashar Eshraghi, MD – Ochsner Health System
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    WS-10 - Advanced Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

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

    Faculty: Dalia Elmofty, MD – University of Chicago

    Faculty: Maged Mina, MD – UT Health San Antonio TX

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

    Associate Faculty: Pratik Gandhi, DO – Alpine Orthopaedic Medical Group

    Associate Faculty: Alexander Escobar, MD – University of Toledo

  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    WS-12 - Medial Branch Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

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

    Faculty: Vasudha Goel, MBBS MS – Allina Health

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

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

  • 8:00 AM – 12:15 PM PT
    WS-11 - Regenerative Medicine, Prolotherapy, Tenotomy

    Lead: Dmitri Souza, MD – Northeast Ohio Medical University

    Faculty: Thomas Buchheit, MD – Duke University

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

    Faculty: Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic

    Associate Faculty: Ketan Chopra, MD – Henry Ford Health

  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Functional and Integrative Medicine SIG: Integrative Medicine in the Management of Chronic and Cancer Pain
  • 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM PT
    EXP-08 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    Break in Exhibit Hall: Refreshments, Exhibition, ePosters, PA/NP/Nursing Meet and Greet
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    PA, NP, and Nursing Meet and Greet
  • 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    EXP-09 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Opioid Safety and Substance Use Disorder SIG: Talking to Patients About Discontinuing Opioids and Initiating Buprenorphine
  • 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM PT
    IS-06 - Challenges in Cancer Pain
    Lead: Oscar de Leon-Casasola, MD (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo - Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    Ask the Experts Interactive Session
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM PT
    MP-06a - Moderated ePosters
  • 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM PT
    PS-02a - Anatomical Considerations in Pinnacle Pain Management
    Lead: Bruce Vrooman, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM PT
    PS-02b - Neuromodulation: Novel Mechanisms and Targets
    Lead: Stephanie G. Vanterpool, MD, MBA, FASA (she/her/hers) – The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    WS-13 - Craniofacial and Neck Ultrasound + Fluoro: SON, Occipital, Maxillary, Cervical Medial Branch Blocks, Stellate, Trigeminal, Trochlear, SPG, Occipital, Supraorbital, Infraorbital, Mental, Accessory and Auricular, Glossopharyngeal

    Lead: Yashar Eshraghi, MD – Ochsner Health System

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

    Associate Faculty: Harsh Sachdeva, MD – University of Cincinnati

    Faculty: Narayan Kissoon, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Associate Faculty: Nu Cindy Chai, MD – UCSF

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

  • 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    WS-14 - Large Joint RFA (Hip, Knee, Shoulder)

    Lead: Maged Mina, MD – UT Health San Antonio TX

    Faculty: Vinita Singh, MD, MSCR – Emory University

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

    Associate Faculty: Heejung Choi, MD – Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

    Associate Faculty: Pratik Gandhi, DO – Alpine Orthopaedic Medical Group

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Private Practice SIG: Exploring Private Practice Career Pathways in Pain Medicine
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM PT
    Ancillary Event by Legally Mine (lunch included)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM PT
    Ancillary Event by Vertex (lunch included)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM PT
    Lunch On Own
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PT
    Resident & Fellow Committee Meeting
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    WS-15 - Basivertebral Nerve Ablation

    Associate Faculty: Jason S. Eldrige, MD – Mayo Clinic Florida

    Associate Faculty: Pratik Gandhi, DO – Alpine Orthopaedic Medical Group

    Associate Faculty: Nicholas Bremer, MD – Jax Spine and Pain

  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    WS-16 - SI Joint Fusion

    Lead: Maged Guirguis, MD – Ochsner Health

    Faculty: Aaron Calodney, MD, FASA,FIPP, ABIPP – Precision Spine Care

    Faculty: Amitabh Gulati, MD – MSKCC

    Associate Faculty: Chris Mallard, MD – University of Kentucky

    Associate Faculty: Alexander Escobar, MD – University of Toledo

  • 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    MP-07a - Moderated ePosters
  • 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    PS-03a - What’s Stopping You? Overcoming Obstacles
    Lead: Amy Pearson, MD (she/her/hers) – Advocate Aurora Health Care
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    PS-03b - Pain and Healthspan
    Lead: Rene Przkora, MD, PhD – University of Florida
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    EXP-10 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    Break in Exhibit Hall: Refreshments, Exhibition, ePosters, New Member Meet and Greet
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    Membership Meet and Greet
  • 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    Practice Management Session for Trainees: Rotating round table discussion
    Associate Faculty: Siyun “Sisi” Xie, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford
    Residents/Fellows
     Earn: 2.5 CME Credits
  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    EXP-11 - Exhibit Hall ePoster
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PT
    Cannabis in Acute and Chronic Pain SIG: Rescheduling Cannabis: Implications for Researchers and Clinicians
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    WS-17 - Upper and Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

    Lead: Jennifer Hah, MD – Stanford University

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

    Faculty: Salim M. Hayek, MD, PhD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University

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

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    WS-18 - Dorsal Root Ganglion Trialing

    Lead: Ryan D'Souza, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Faculty: Michael Hanes, MD – Jax Spine & Pain Centers/Centurion Medical Group

    Faculty: Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH, DABPMR, FAAOE, FFSMB – Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School

    Associate Faculty: Heejung Choi, MD – Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

    Associate Faculty: Nicholas Bremer, MD – Jax Spine and Pain

  • 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    MP-08a - Moderated ePosters
  • 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    PS-04a - Insights From Treating and Training Warriors
    Lead: Steven P. Cohen, MD (he/him/his) – Northwestern, Walter Reed
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    PS-04b - Chronic Low Back Pain Debates
    Lead: Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
    Main Meeting
     Earn: 1.75 CME Credits
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    Cancer Pain and Supportive Care SIG
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PT
    Resident/Fellow and Pain Program Directors Meet and Greet