Agenda

Saturday, August 8th, 2026

7:15-8:00 AM

Breakfast Presentation – SPONSORED

8:00-8:05 AM

SESSION I.

Welcome
Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD

8:05-8:25 AM

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

8:25-8:45 AM

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

8:45-9:05 AM

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

9:05-9:25 AM

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

9:25-9:45 AM

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

9:45-10:15

Break to Exhibition

10:15-10:35 AM

SESSION II.

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

10:35-10:55 AM

Regenerative Medicine in treating chronic pain
Sudhir Diwan, MD

10:55-11:15 AM

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

11:15-11:45 AM

Keynote speaker:
Business trends and business building
Scott Becker

11:45-12:00 AM

Spinal nerve stimulation: A novel procedure
Danielle Kohr, MD

12:00-01:00 PM

Sponsored Lunch Symposium

01:00-01:15 PM

Data Reveal Presentation – SPONSORED
TBD

01:15-01:30 PM

Data Reveal Presentation – SPONSORED
TBD

01:30-01:45 PM

Data Reveal Presentation – SPONSORED
TBD

01:45-02:00 PM

Break to Exhibition

02:00-02:20 PM

SESSION III.

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

02:20-02:40 PM

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

02:40-03:00 PM

Imaging biomarkers for back pain
Doug Beall, MD

03:00-03:20 PM

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

03:20-03:50 PM

Break to Exhibition

03:50-04:05 PM

SESSION IV.

Epidurolysis
Kenneth Candido, MD

04:05-04:20 PM

Kyphoplasty
Ellen Air, MD

04:20-04:35 PM

AI advances in neuroscience
Ahmed Raslan, MD

04:35-05:00 PM

Book signing event with Scott Becker

07:00- PM

Award Ceremony – SPONSORED

Sunday, August 9th, 2026

07:15-08:00 AM

Breakfast Presentation – SPONSORED

8:00-08:20 AM

SESSION V.

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

08:20-08:40 AM

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

08:40-09:00 AM

RFA and cryotherapy
Moderator: Steven Kohen, MD, Matthew Fischer, MD
Members: Victor Silva, MD, Ted Braun, MD, Sara Endrizzi, MD

09:00-09:20 AM

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

09:20-09:50 AM

Break to Exhibition

09:50-10:10 AM

SESSION VI.

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

10:10-10:30 AM

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

10:30-10:50 AM

Genetic testing and biomarkers
Joshua Rosenow, MD

10:50-11:10 AM

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

11:10-11:40 AM

Break to Exhibition (Photo taking with our Sponsors)

11:40-12:00 AM

SESSION VII.

APPs in Pain Medicine
Moderator: Kristn Yustin, APP
Apps from the Attendance

12:00-12:20 PM

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

12:20-12:30 PM

Closing Remarks