Agenda

SESSION I.

Welcome
Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD

Pain physicians and advanced minimally invasive pain procedures
Timothy Deer, MD

Spinal Cord Stimulation: Advancements and Challenges
Moderators: Leonardo Kapural, MD, Timothy Deer, MD
Members: Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, Danielle Kohr, MD, Tolga Suvar, MD, Rushna Ali, MD

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Moderators: Alaa Abd-Elsayed,MD and Konstantin Slavin, MD
Members: Usman Latif, MD, Hemant Kalia, MD, Christina Moore, MD, Michael Staudt, MD

Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
Moderator: Michael Jung, MD and Mansoor Aman, MD
Members: Doug Beall, MD, Gurtej Singh, MD, Miguel DelGarza, MD, Ashley Bailey-Classen, DO

Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Procedure: Updates
Moderator: Christina Brooks, MD and Peter Staats, MD
Members: Hemant Kalia, MD, Rany Abdallah, MD, David Dickerson, MD

Break to Exhibition

SESSION II.

Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
Moderators: Dawood Syed, MD, Cyril Phillips, MD
Members: Nameer Haider, MD, Sean Li, MD, Mayank Gupta, MD

Regenerative Medicine in treating chronic pain
Sudhir Diwan, MD

Medial Branch Therapies (restorative, regenerative, destructive)
Moderators: Leonardo Kapural, MD, Kenneth Chapman, MD
Members: Vivek Mehta, MD, Kavita Poply, MD, Thomas Faull, MD, Ramis Gheith, MD

Keynote speaker:
Business trends and business building
Scott Becker

Spinal nerve stimulation: A novel procedure
Danielle Kohr, MD

Lunch Symposium
Sponsored by Gold Sponsor: Basic Home Infusion

No CME credit hours are available for this session.

Data Reveal Presentation
Medtronic

No CME credit hours are available for this session.

Data Reveal Presentation
Stryker

No CME credit hours are available for this session.

Data Reveal Presentation – SPONSORED
TBD

Break to Exhibition

SESSION III. A

Endoscopic guided pain procedures:
Moderators: Steven Falowski, MD, Nameer Haider, MD
Members: Didier Demesmin, MD, Gutrij Singh, MD, David Dickerson, MD

Basivertebral Ablation
Moderator: Kenneth Candido, MD and Doug Beall, MD
Members: Michael Jung, MD, Sean Li, MD, Cyril Phillip, MD, Matthew Pilecki, MD

Imaging biomarkers for back pain
Doug Beall, MD

Surgical Approaches to Facet Disease
Moderators: Ashley Bailey-Classen, MD, Steven Falowski, MD
Members: Nameer Haider, MD, Doug Beall, MD, Krishnan Chakravarthy, MD, Wendell Lake, MD

SESSION III. B – APP SESSION

Foundations of Interventional Pain Management for APPs
Moderator: Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD   
Panel members: Casey Grillo, NP, Nicole A. Busch, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, Kristin Kay, APP

Injection Therapies & Procedural Workflow
Moderator: Christina Moore, MD
Panel members: Mady Mayer, PA, Casey Grillo, NP, Nicole A. Busch, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC

Neuromodulation & Advanced Interventions (APP Role)
Moderator: David Dickerson, MD 
Panel members: Casey Grillo, NP, Nicole A. Busch, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, Kristin Kay, APP

Medications, Multimodal Care & Long-Term Management
Moderator: Mansoor Aman, MD   
Panel members: Casey Grillo, NP, Nicole A. Busch, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, Kristin Kay, APP, Mady Mayer, PA

Break to Exhibition

SESSION IV.

Epidurolysis
Kenneth Candido, MD

Kyphoplasty
Ellen Air, MD

AI advances in neuroscience
Ahmed Raslan, MD

Book signing event with Scott Becker

Award Ceremony – SPONSORED

No CME credit hours are available for this session.

Breakfast Symposium
Sponsored by TBD

No CME credit hours are available for this session.

SESSION V.

AI/Appeals/Billing/Coding
Moderators: David Reece, MD and Jason Rosenberg, MD
Members: Rany Abdallah, MD, John Prunskis, MD, Christy Hunt, MD

Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
Moderators: David Dickerson, MD and Kenneth Chapman, MD
Members: Atit Shah, MD, Vishal Patel, MD, Kenneth Candido, MD, Rodrigo Diez Tafur, MD

RFA and Cryotherapy
Moderator: Sara Endrizzi, MD, Matthew Fischer, MD
Members: Victor Silva, MD, Ted Braun, MD, Rodriego Diez Tafur, MD,

Practice Management and Current Challenges to Ancillary Services
Hemant Kalia, MD and Rany Abdallah, MD

Break to Exhibition

SESSION VI.

Headache: Recent Interventions
Moderators: Magdalena Antiscue, MD, Kris Ferguson, MD
Members: Keth Pride, MD, Kavita Poply, MD, Jeffery Raskin, MD

Diabetic Neuropathy
Moderator: Magdalena Anitescu, MD and Dawn Sparks, MD
Members: Robert Rapcan, MD, Prempreet Singh Bajaj, DO, Michelle Poliak Tunis, MD

Genetic testing and biomarkers
Joshua Rosenow, MD

Systemic painful conditions
Moderators: Amy Yeatman, MD, Nalini Sehgal, MD
Members: Ale Ismael, MD, Nick Knezevic, MD, Keth Pride, MD

Opioids and Board Matters and Updates
Chris Ferguson, MD

SESSION VII.

Incorporating workerscomp in your practice
Moderators: Amol Soin, MD, Kris Ferguson, MD
Members: Gwynne Kirchen, MD, Joseph Reyes, MD, Ammar Mahmoud, MD

Closing Remarks

Lunch Symposium
Sponsored by TBD

No CME credit hours are available for this session.