Agenda

Registration

AI and Remote Monitoring with SCS: What is the future?
Patrick McGinn, PA

Updates in Headache Management
Andrea Murphy, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC, NEA-BC, AQH

Regenerative Medicine 101
Annu Navani, MD

Advances in Treatment for Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Evaluating the Best Surgical Approach
Ashley Comer, NP

Panel Discussion: Neurosurgery vs Interventional Pain Management: Case Studies in Clinical Decision Making
Nicole Busch, AGCNS-BC, Evan Jay, PA-C, ATC, Kristen Durkin, AGNP-C,
Casey Grillo, NP

Empowering Advanced Practice Providers: Enhancing Education on DRG
Briana Damora, DNP

Algorithmic Approach to Neuromodulation: PNS, SCS, and DRG
Latrice Akuamoah, MD

Managing Addiction: Clinical Red Flags and the Role of Buprenorphine
Hannah Sisti, PA-C

Navigating Difficult Patient Scenarios in Clinical Practice
Megan  Filoramo, APN-C

Panel Discussion: Elevating your Career as an Advanced Practice Provider: Strategies for Professional Growth
Kristen Durkin, AGNP-C, Casey Grillo, NP, Ashley Comer, NP, Patrick McGinn, PA

Registration

What has the Opioid/Pain Epidemic Taught Us
Miles Day, MD

Psychological Resilience in Chronic Pain
Leena Mathew, MD

US Reimbursement Climate – Understanding the Payer Market from Private to Medicare
Meredith George, SCP-PM

Panel Discussion
What is Lacking in Fellowship Training, and Where to Get What is Missing?
Moderator: Karina Gritsenko, MD
Panel members: Alopi Patel, MD, Kiran Patel, MD, Sayed Emal Wahezi, MD, Daniel Pak, MD, Steve M. Aydin, DO

SCS vs PNS: Indications and Patient Selection
Sam Nia, MD

Procedures Where Diagnosis is Made by Imaging; The Pain of the Anterior Column of the Spine
Doug Beall, MD

Panel Discussion
The Future of Minimally Invasive Spine Procedures and New Technology
Moderator: Kenneth Candido, MD
Panel members: Neel Mehta, MD, Steve M. Aydin, DO, Corey Hunter, MD,  Kenneth Chapman, MD

Professional Development: Research, Societies and Getting Involved
Timothy Deer, MD

Expanding the Scope of Practice as a Junior Attending: Incorporating Advanced Procedures
Daniel Pak, MD

Evaluating a Practice for My First Job
Andrew Kaufman, MD

Understanding the Big Terms in a Contract: From Restrictive Coventants to Tail Coverage
Jennifer Kirschenbaum, Esq.

Panel discussion with Leonardo Kapural, MD: Preparing for Unexpected Professional Challenges
Panel members: Jennifer Kirschenbaum, Esq, Meredith George, SCP-PM,
Andrew Kaufman, MD, Steve M. Aydin, DO, Ruchi Sharma, MD

Intradiscal Biologics: Allogenic vs. Autologous
Doug Beall, MD

Hydrodissection Lysate Injection for Peripheral Nerves
George Chang Chien, DO

MSCs for Refractory Neuropathic Pain from Neuralgia
Kenneth Candido, MD

Peridural Bone Marrow Aspirate in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries
Victor Pacheco, MD (Brazil)

Adipose-Derived MSCs and Microfat
Lisbeth Esther Godinez Ortiz, MD (Guatemala)

Subchondral Injections of Biologics for Endplate Degeneration
Sudhir Diwan, MD

Keynote Lecture: MIS and Biologics Preserving Functional Spine and Joint Unit
Annu Navani, MD

Cutting Edge Stem Cells Research Transforming Spinal Pain Management
Giuliano Lo Bianco, MD (Italy)

Culturing and Cryopreservation of MSC from Autologous Adipose Tissue
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD (Spain)

Advances in Regenerative Medicine Across the Globe
Neeraj Jain, MD (India)

Role of BMSC to Heal Annular Tear after Endoscopic Discectomy
Robert Rapcan, MD (Slovakia)

New Algorithms for Interventional Spine with Regenerative Medicine
Steve M. Aydin, DO

How to Obtain the Best PRP Product?
Giulia Haendchen Fornasari, MD (Brazil)

PRP Activation Principles
Ricky Singh, MD

Prolotherapy: Clinical Applications and Evidence
Camila Lobo Ferreira, MD (Brazil)

Keynote lecture:
Biotensegrity and Functional Unit Approach in Regenerative Medicine
Agnes Stogicza, MD, PhD (Hungary)

Comparing the Current Evidence in Neuromodulation: The best evidence
Corey Hunter, MD

SCS Trial: Do We Need a Trial? Single lead vs. Dual leads
Ashish Shetty, MD (UK)

Extraforaminal Spinal Nerve Stimulation
Danielle Kohr, MD (Germany)

Updates in Neuromodulation for Visceral Pain
Andrew Kaufman, MD

SCS: Technology and Complications
Steven Falowski, MD

SCS: How to Select the Best Option?
Juan Carlos Torres, MD (Mexico)

Keynote Lecture: DRG vs. SCS for Axial Low Back Pain: What works best?
Kenneth Chapman, MD

The Best Evidence to Knee Ablative Options: RFA vs Cryoneurolysis
Ignacio Reyes Torres, MD (Mexico)

Hip Denervation: The Best Practice
Juan De La Cruz Pineda, MD (Mexico)

Residual Limb Amputation Neuromas: Icing the Pain!
David Reece, MD

SIJ and Radiofrequency Ablation: Introducing a Novel Approach
Victor Silva, MD (Mexico)

Panel Discussion with Christopher Gharibo, MD
Panel Members:  Ignacio Reyes Torres, MD (Mexico), Juan De La Cruz Pineda, MD (Mexico), Neeraj Jain, MD (India), Tiago Freitas, MD (Brazil)

CRPS: Clinical Complexities and ASIPP’s Chronic CRPS Guidance
Christopher Gharibo, MD

CRPS and Peripheral Nerve Injury
Vanila Singh, MD

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome CRPS: Infusion Therapies
Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD

Neuromodulation for CRPS: SCS vs. DRG
Jonathan Carlson, MD

Clinical Implications of Sympathetic Blocks in CRPS
Rodrigo Diez Tafur, MD (Peru)

Panel discussion with Christopher Gharibo, MD
Panel members: Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Jonathan Carlson, MD, Vanila Singh, MD, Rodrigo Diez Tafur, MD (Peru)

Multidisciplinary Pain Control in Cancer Patients
Carlos Marcelo De Barros, MD (Brazil)

Visceral Neurolytic Blocks for Cancer Pain
Ale Ismael Gonzalez, MD (Mexico)

Neuromodulation in Cancer Pain Management
Jee Youn Moon, MD, PhD (South Korea)

IDDS: Novel Dosing Parameters
Hemant Kalia, MD

Challenges in Cancer Pain Care in Venezuela
Eucelin Nohelia Villalobos Medina, MD (Venezuela)

Panel discussion with Vinay Puttanniah, MD
Panel members: Carlos Marcelo De Barros, MD (Brazil), Ale Ismael Gonzalez, MD (Mexico), Jee Youn Moon, MD, PhD (South Korea), Hemant Kalia, MD, Eucelin Nohelia Villalobos Medina, MD (Venezuela)

Diagnostic Complexity of CPP
Thalita Marqueze, MD (Brazil)

Multimodal interventions for chronic Pelvic Pain
Alopi Patel, MD

Neuromodulation for CPP
Kiran Patel, MD

Panel discussion with Vanila Singh, MD
Panel members: Thalita Marqueze, MD (Brazil), Alopi Patel, MD, Kiran Patel, MD

Abstract Presentation and Awards

Scientific Committee: Leena Mathew, MD, Karina Gritsenko, MD, Daniel Pak, MD,
Akwasi Amponsah, MD,

Education and Mentorship: Fellowship and Beyond
Helen Blake, MD

Strategies for Strengthening Pain Research
Michael Schatman, MD

Osteogenic Pain: A Novel Concept
Ricardo Plancarte Sanchez, MD, PhD (Mexico)

AI: Steering the future of Healthcare
Barrett Larson, MD

Enhancing the Art of Pain Medicine through AI
Ryan Budwany, MD

Artificial Intelligence for Predicting Outcomes in Spinal Cord Stimulation
Carlos Guerrero, MD (Colombia)

Panel discussion with Ryan Budwany, MD
Panel members: Carlos Guerrero, MD (Colombia), and Barrett Larson, MD

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block: Target for Headaches
Manuel Herrero Trujillano, MD (Spain)

Neuromodulation for Complex Facial Pain
Akwasi Amponsah, MD

Evidence-Based Interventions for Headaches
Andre Mansano, MD (Brazil)

Panel discussion with Robert Tiso, MD
Panel members: Manuel Herrero Trujillano, MD (Spain), Akwasi Amponsah, MD,
Andre Mansano, MD (Brazil)

Peptide Infusions
Jonathann Kuo, MD

Longevity and Obesity
Randa Jaafar, MD

Integrating Longevity Medicine in Your Practice
Trusha Shah, MD

Bioidentical Hormones makes Pain Better!
Anne Marie Stilwell, MD

Panel discussion with Trusha Shah, MD
Panel members: Jonathann Kuo, MD, Randa Jaafar, MD, Anne Marie Stilwell, MD

Painful Spine: The Medical Diseases often Ignored
Scott Woska, MD

Integrating Spine Surgery with Pain Management: A Synergistic Approach to Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Maria Constanza Bedoya, MD (Colombia)

Vertebrogenic Pain: Changing the Paradigm
Brian Durkin, DO

Percutaneous Facet Fusion
Didier Demesmin, MD

Sacroiliac fusions: Evidence-Based Outcome
Pankaj Mehta, MD

Intradiscal BMAC after Microdiscectomy
Roger Hartl, MD

Keynote Lecture: Surgery for Non-surgeons
Timothy Deer, MD

Challenging Times Practicing Interventional Pain
Robert Tiso, MD

Local Politics, Lobbying and Legislators
Edward Rubin, MD

Navigating Expanding Armamentarium for Optimal Patient Outcome
Latrice Akuamoah, MD

Cervical DRG Radiofrequency for Postherpetic Neuralgia
Felipe Mejia, MD (Colombia)

Complex Deep Gluteal Pain Syndrome
Rosa Adriana Sandoval Mendoza, MD (Mexico)

Infusion Therapies for Chronic Pain: Review of the Evidence
Tolu Alugo, MD (Canada)

Chronic Abdominal Discomfort Syndrome
Mayank Gupta, MD

Keynote Lecture: The Future of Interventional Pain Medicine: Innovations, Challenges, and Evolving Standards
Adnan Al-Kaisy, MD (UK)

Closed Loop Stimulation: Is it better than Open Loop?
Sandeep Rathi, MD

Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Advanced Clinical Applications
Sayed Emal Wahezi, MD

Restorative Neuromodulation for Dysfunctional Multifidus
Gurtej Singh, MD

Focused Ultrasound for Chronic Pain
Leonardo Kapural, MD

The Intersection of Virtual Reality and Neuromodulation: A New Frontier in Pain Medicine
Maged N. Guirguis, MD

PNS: Expanding Scope of Neuromodulation Indications
Tiago Freitas, MD (Brazil)

Keynote Lecture: Future of Neuromodulation in Chronic Pain
Konstantin Slavin, MD