General Lectures

MONDAY, 24 August, 2015 Regina Ballroom I.

07:40 Opening Remarks Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP, Program Director
Kris Vissers, MD, FIPP, President of WIP
Edit Racz, MD, FIPP, Chair Local Arrangement Committee
Moderator: Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP
08:00 Scarring Triangle Cases – Questions and Answers Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP
08:30 Drugs and Pumps for Intrathecal Drug Delivery Ira Fox, MD, FIPP
09:00 Electrical Neuromodulation – Optimal Stimulation Site and Parameters Peter Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP
09:30 Vertebral Augmentation Matthew Rupert, MD, FIPP
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 RF – Advances for Interventional Pain Management Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD, FIPP
11:00 Application of Ultrasound in Interventional Pain Therapy Chan Hong Park, MD, PhD, FIPP
11:30 Failed Neck Surgery Syndrome Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP
12:00 Radiation Safety Observations and Guidelines Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Transport to University Labs Afternoon workshops Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic-guided Procedures Live Model Ultrasound Procedures

TUESDAY 25 August, 2015 Regina Ballroom I+II.

Moderators: Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP, Ira Fox, MD, FIPP
07:30 – 09:15 Industry Technical Presentations (not part of CME program; see industry section of on sponsors page)
09:15 Coffee Break
Moderator: Mert Akbas, MD, FIPP
09:45 Radiofrequency Facet Denervation Michael Gofeld, MD, FIPP
10:15 Update on a New Neuromodulation System Richard Weiner, MD
10:45 Critical Review of Epidural Adhesiolysis Studies Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, PhD, FIPP
11:15 Management of Axial Back Pain with High Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation Adnan A. Al-Kaisy, MD, FIPP
11:45 Removing Bias from Evidence Based Guidelines Standiford Helm, MD, FIPP
12:15 Lunch
13:30 Transport to University Labs Afternoon workshops Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic-guided Procedures Live Model Ultrasound Procedures

WEDNESDAY, 26 August, 2015 Regina Ballroom I+II.

Moderator: Kenneth B. Chapman, MD, FIPP
08:00 Perspectives in the Management of Cancer Pain Kris Vissers, MD, FIPP
08:30 Lumbosacral Spinal Canal Endoscopy - the Next Step Hemmo Bosscher, MD, FIPP and J.E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, FIPP (Hon)
09:00 Treatment of Neuropathic Pain My Technique Robert Levy, MD
Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP
09:30 Spinal and Systemic Opioid Management Carl Noe, MD, FIPP
10:00 Neurosurgical Approaches to Chronic Pain Management Lorand Eross, MD, PhD, FIPP
10:30 Coffee Break
Moderator: Javier De Andrés Ares, MD, FIPP
11:00 Advanced Techniques in the Treatment of Facial Pain Miles Day, MD, FIPP
11:30 Regenerative Medicine Pain Therapy Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP
12:00 Editors Roundtable Discussion – Does Impact Factor Matter? If So, to Whom and Why?
Moderators: Maarten van Kleef, MD, FIPP and Prithvi Raj, MD, FIPP
Panelists: Craig Hartrick, MD, FIPP and Robert Levy, MD
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Transport to University Labs Afternoon workshops Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic-guided Procedures Live Model Ultrasound Procedures