Conference Program

MONDAY, 3 September, 2012 Regina Ball Room

07:40 Opening Remarks Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP, Program Director
Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP, President of WIP
Edit Racz, MD, FIPP, Chair Local Arrangement Committee
Moderator: Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP
08:00 Accessing the Epidural Space Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP
08:30 Current Approaches to Treating Joint Pain with Biological Agents and Drugs Cosimo Bruni, MD
09:00 Current Status of Intrathecal Drug Delivery – Drugs and Pumps Richard Rauck, MD, FIPP
09:30 Spinal Canal Endoscopy 2012 J.E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, FIPP(Hon)
10:00 Arachnoiditis, Thecaloscopy and Torlov Cysts Jan Peter Warnke, MD
10:30 Coffee Break
Moderator: Prithvi Raj, MD, FIPP
11:00 Vertebral Body Stabilization Techniques Rafael Justiz, MD, MS, FIPP, DABIPP
11:30 Urine Drug Screening Impact on Care Richard Rauck, MD, FIPP
12:00 RF - New Ideas Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD, FIPP
12:30 Treatment Options for Sacroiliac Pain Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP
13:00 Lunch
13:30 Transport to University Labs Afternoon workshops

TUESDAY, 4 September, 2012 Regina Ball Room

Moderator: Mert Akbas, MD, FIPP
08:00 Update on Epidural Adhesiolysis Studies Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, PhD, FIPP
08:30 Specific vs non Specific Spinal Pain Gabor Racz, MD, FIPP
09:00 Controversies int he diagnosis of painful lumbar disc degeneration Ray M. Baker, MD, FIPP
09:30 High Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Management of Axial Back Pain Adnan A. Al-Kaisy, MB ChB, FFRCA, FPMRCA, FIPP
10:00 RF Physics, Safety and Applications Eric Cosman, Jr., PhD, (Cosman Medical, Inc.)
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Technical Round Table - Medical Company Forum Moderators: Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP and Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD, FIPP
13:00 Lunch
13:30 Transport to University Labs Afternoon workshops

WEDNESDAY, 5 September, 2012 Regina Ball Room

Moderator: Ken Chapman, MD, FIPP
07:30 MILD Procedure Peter Staats, MD, FIPP
08:00 Neuromodulation for Migraine Ken Reed, MD
08:30 Common Low Back Pain and Lateral Recess Stenosis Hemmo Bosscher, MD, FIPP
09:00 Neuropathic Pain: What’s New? Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP
09:30 Botulinun Toxin, Its Properties and Use in Pain Medicine Chris Wells, MD, FIPP
10:00 Neurosurgical Approaches to Chronic Pain Management Lorand Eross, MD, PhD, FIPP
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Failed Neck Surgery Gabor Racz, MD, FIPP
11:30 Ultrasound Guided Treatment 2012 Chan Hong Park, MD, PhD, FIPP
12:00 Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain Adnan A. Al-Kaisy, MB ChB, FFRCA, FPMRCA, FIPP and Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP
12:30 Interventional Pain Therapy Complications – Recognition, Avoidance, Management Miles Day, MD, FIPP, DABA
13:00 Lunch
13:30 Transport to University Labs Afternoon workshops