The American Academy of Pain Medicine

6:00 - 6:05am  

Moderator
Leonardo Kapural, MD, Phd

6:05 - 6:25am

Novel Algorithm for Intrathecal Therapy: Rationale for Algorithm Changes
Timothy R. Deer, MD

6:25 - 6:45am

Current Dilemmas and Future Challenges in Intrathecal Therapies: Opioids Versus Non - Opioids
Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD

6:45 - 7:05am

Complications of Intrathecal Therapies Including IT Granulomas
B. Todd Sitzman, MD, MPH

7:05 - 7:15am

Question and Answer  

Advances in Interventional Pain Management (305)

China has evolved very quickly in the last few years from traditional medicine to a more western type of practice. This session will highlight the latest clinical experience of physicians practicing interventional pain procedures in both the USA and China, and will provide the audience the opportunity to assess different experiences on the newest techniques.

Moderator:
Jisheng Han, MD
Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Director, Neuroscience Research Institute
Peking University
Beijing, China

Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
Lizu Xiao, MD
Vice Director, Pain Medicine Department
CEO
Nanshan Hospital
Shenzhen, China

Radiofrequency Heat Lesion of the Posterior Rami of Spinal Nerve for the Treatment of Low Back Pain
Bifa Fan, MD
President, Chinese Association for the Study of Pain
Professor, Department of Medicine
China -Japan Friendship Hospital
Beijing, China 

Latest Evidence for Best Treatment of Lumbar Herniated Disc
Mark S. Wallace, MD
Program Director
Center for Pain Medicine
University of California-San Diego
San Diego, CA

2:00 - 3:00pm

Training of Future Pain Medicine Physicians: International Perspectives (306)

Pain Medicine has been acknowledged as a new separate medical specialty in China by both medical and governmental authorities last year. A new challenge now exists: the training of Pain Medicine physicians to fulfill a growing demand from Chinese health care system. This experience will be shared with US pain physicians who are still trying to establish Pain Medicine as a specialty in this country.

Moderator:
Michel Y. Dubois, MD
President of American Board of Pain Medicine
Director-Research and Education
Professor of Anesthesiology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, United States 

The Chinese Experience as a New Medical Specialty: It's Impact on Training Pain Physicians
You Wan, MD PhD
Professor of Neurobiology
Neuroscience Research Institute
Peking University
Beijing, China 

Pain Medicine in the United States:  How We Got There
Rollin Gallagher, MD, PhD
President-Scientific Programme Committee
Pain Medicine Journal Editor
Director-Pain Policy Research and Primary Care
Penn Pain Medicine
Clinical Professor-Psychiatry and Anesthesiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director-Pain Medicine Service
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA, United States 

Future of Pain Medicine Training in the United States: A Recipe for Success
Michel Y. Dubois, MD

Moderator
Joshua P. Prager, MD MS

Objective Correlates in the Diagnosis of CRPS: Small Fiber Changes
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD PhD

Functional Imaging in CRPS
Sean Mackey, MD PhD

CRPS and SCS: Evaluating the Evidence
Joshua P. Prager, MD MS

CRPS and Ketamine: A Look at Recent Protocols
Joshua P. Prager, MD MS