PAIN, 2012

Eden Roc Hotel, Miami, FL

Review Course – Thursday, June 21, 2011

Full conference

Friday, June 22 – Sunday, June 24, 2011

Thursday, June 21, 2011

Time / Location / Topic / Speaker(s)
8:00 / Registration
8:30 / PA Review Course begin / C. Douglas Stewart, PA, MBA
8:30 / Physician Review Course begin / Ken Candido, MD and Stanley Golovac, MD
10:15 / Break
10:45 / Courses resume
12:00 / Lunch
1:00 / Courses resume
3:00 / Break
4:30 / Panel reviews
5:30 / Sessions close
6:00-7:00 / Exhibitors are welcome to set up

**Thursday, June 21 – Advisory Board Meeting Available

Friday, June 22, 2011

Time / Location / Topic / Speaker(s)
8:00 / Registration Open
8:30 / Welcome / Dr. Timothy Deer
8:40 / Pain Management in 2012 and beyond – what does the future hold, improving patient care and patient outcomes / Dr. Timothy Deer
9:10 / Polyanalgesic Consensus Panel – what is new in 2011 / PACC members
9:40 / Michael DePalma, MD
10:15 / Break
10:45 / Spine Surgery Panel / Drs. Schmidt, Patel, Walker & Orphanos
11:15
11:45
12:15 / INDUSTRY SPONSORED LUNCHEON SYMPOSIA
1:30 / Start Live Cases from Coastal Orthopedics and Pain Management / Lora Brown, MD
2:00 / Headache and facial pain / Zahid Bajwa, MD and Giancarlo Barolat, MD
2:30 / Case #2 / Lora Brown, MD
3:00 / Break with exhibitors
Poster Viewing
3:30 / Case #3 / Lora Brown
4:20 / Lifetime Achievement Awards / Kris Kumar, MD
Elliot Krames, MD
4:45 / Deer Clinical Excellence Awards / Konstantin Slavin, MD, PhD
Ashwini Sharan, MD
5:30 / Sessions Close for the Day
6:00-7:00 / Welcome Reception and informal discussion of pain cases with faculty
(Race Registration Open)


Saturday, June 23, 2011

Time / Location / Topic / Speaker(s)
7:00 / Registration
8:00 / Welcome and Housekeeping Items / Tim Deer, MD
8:10 / New Advances in Spinal Cord Stimulation – Panel Discussion / David Abejon, MD
Lou Raso, MD
Timothy Deer, MD
8:40 / Intrathecal Therapy – How do we utilize the new guidelines and new options to improve patient outcomes and quality of care? / Joshua Wellington, MD
Timothy Deer, MD
Salim Hayek, MD, PhD
9:20 / The history of neuromodulation – where have we been and where are we heading? / Robert Levy, MD, PhD
10:00 / Break with Exhibitors
Poster Viewing
10:30 / Chemical vs. Thermal neuroablation – what are the pros/what are the cons - Panel / Richard Bowman, MD
Leo Kapural, MD, PhD
Paul Lynch, MD
11:00 / Pain management and cross cultural awareness / Gabriel Lopez, MD
11:30 / Intrathcal therapy safety updates / Timothy Deer, MD
12:00 / Short break – room set for lunch
12:15 / INDUSTRY SPONSORED LUNCHEON SYMPOSIA
1:45 / Business panel presentations
Law, Money and Pain Medicine / Moderator: Richard Bowman, MD
Bill Tiano, Esq.
Kelly Castleberry
2:30 / Drug Screening – what are the regulations, what are the liabilities, what are the risks?
3:15 / Break with Exhibitors – Poster Viewing and
POSTER JUDGING
3:45 / New Horizons in Pain management – New Therapeutic Options in Pharmaceutical, Devices and beyond / CEO Panel
4:45 / Session wrap up / Dr. Timothy Deer
4:50 / Sessions close for day
5:00 / Late Race Registration Closes
5:30 / 5K/10K Fun Run/Race benefitting Wounded Warriors – Miami Beach **Walkers are Welcome
6:30 / Beer Garden Opens – Race Celebration and Reception open to all attendees and race participants
7:00 / Race Awards and Poster Awards
7:30 / Keynote presentation on behalf of Wounded Warriors – “Pain is an allusive enemy – targeting in on therapies that work for chronic pain and focusing on strategic goals for success” / Tom Weber, MD

Sunday, June 24, 2011

Time / Location / Topic / Speaker(s)
7:00 / Registration
7:00 / INDUSTRY SPONSORED SYMPOSIA / Michael Verdolin, MD
8:30 / Welcome and Housekeeping Items / Tim Deer, MD
8:45-9:05 / Ultrasound: Ultrasound in the treatment of Chronic Pain
9:05-9:25 / Drug Therapies: Intrathecal Therapeutic Agents – Optimizing Outcomes / Salim Hayek, MD, PhD
9:25-10:00 / SCS vs. DRG stimulation – why does this make sense? What does the past tell us, what does the future hold?? / Moderator: Robert Levy, MD, PhD
Panel: Lorrie Brown, MD
Timothy Deer, MD
Richard Weiner, MD
Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD
10:00-10:15 / Coffee Break
10:15-10:45 / Minimally Invasive Options: MILD vs. ESI, Evaluation of the Data / Moderator:
Timothy Deer, MD
Panel:
Lorrie Brown, MD, Lou Raso, MD
10:45-11:15 / Radiofrequency: New Innovations in Kyphoplasty / Lou Raso, MD
11:15-11:45 / 10:35-10:55 Radiofrequency: RF to the sacroiliac joint / Sudhir Diwan, MD
11:50 / Sessions close and thank you
12:00 / Lunch On Own – boxed lunches available in Exhibit Hall