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22nd Annual Pain Medicine Meeting

November 10-11, 2023 | New Orleans, Louisiana

Workshops

In-person attendees have the option of tailoring their meeting experience to their personal needs through additional workshops. These workshops are available to physicians only and require additional fees. Workshops typically fill very quickly, so do not delay registering for those you wish to attend.

 

Friday Workshops

  
8:15 - 9:45 am

WS-01 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345
Spine Track: Basic Neuromodulation - SCS - Cervical and Thoracolumbar 

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • State the principles of using spinal cord stimulation to treat pain.
  • Demonstrate appropriate techniques for identifying spinal levels to access the epidural space and target the pain pathways.
  • Demonstrate techniques to advance SCS leads in the dorsal epidural space.
8:15 - 9:45 am

WS-02 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345
Cancer Track: Sympathetic Blocks and Neurolysis (Celiac, Splanchnic, Superior Hypogastric, Ganglion Impar)

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Identify procedural steps for performing sympathetic blocks and neurolysis.
  • Predict barriers to successful needle trajectories.
  • Interpret appropriate medication spread patterns.
10 am - 12 pm 

WS-03 Hands-On Ultrasound Workshop (Live Model) - $265                                                  Ablative Techniques for Pain: Cryotherapy, Phenol, OnabotulinumtoxinA

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Review cryotherapy as an ablative technique for pain management, including its principles, mechanisms of action, indications, contraindications, and safety considerations. 
  • Perform phenol ablation procedures for pain management. This objective includes hands-on training in procedural techniques, injection methodologies, patient selection criteria, and potential complications.
  • Administer OnabotulinumtoxinA injections for pain relief. The objective involves a comprehensive review of the anatomy, dosing strategies, injection techniques, and patient evaluation protocols specific to this ablative approach.
10 am - 12 pm 

WS-04 Interactive Special Workshop - $265                                                                                           High Fidelity Simulation: Managing Adverse Events In Intervention Pain Medicine

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the signs/symptoms and treatment of complications associated with (CESIs).
  • List important steps for patient resuscitation in a high spinal.
  • Describe the mechanism of action for the development of LAST.
  • Recognize signs and symptoms of LAST.
  • Discuss effective management of LAST.
1:30 -3:30 pm

WS-05 Hands-On Ultrasound Workshop (Live Model)                                                                        and Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $265                                                                                        Head and Neck Track: Supra-orbital, Supra-trochlear, Occipital, and Stellate Ganglion Blocks, US-guided V2 block, Cervical Nerve Root Block, Trigeminal (Mandibulary/Maxillary Branches) and Sphenopalatine Blocks

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Review patient selection, indications, contraindications, and pertinent head and neck anatomy relevant to the covered procedures, including ultrasound-guided supra-orbital, supra-trochlear, occipital, and stellate ganglion blocks, as well as ultrasound-guided the cervical nerve root, cervical medial branches blocks and fluoroscopy-guided trigeminal (mandibular/maxillary branches), and sphenopalatine ganglions' blocks.
  • Report practice of listed head and neck nerve blocks demonstrating proper injection techniques, including needle placement for cadaver-based procedures and standardized patient positioning.
  • Describe head and neck nerve blocks’ potential complications, adverse events, and strategies for their prevention and management. 
1:30 - 3:30 pm

WS-06 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345
Spine Track: Cervical Epidural, Facet Joint, Medial Branch Blocks and RFA

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Review critical fluoroscopic anatomy for interventional pain procedures in the cervical spine.
  • Demonstrate midline, paramedian and parasagittal approaches to interlaminar cervical epidural injections.
  • Perform cervical facet joint injections with an emphasis on patient safety.
  • Examine advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to medial branch blocks and RFA.
3:45 - 5:15 pm

WS-07 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345
Spine Track: Thoracolumbar Injections and RFA

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Trace the anatomy of nerve supply to the thoracolumbar facet joints and the implications for procedural approaches.
  • Identify a stepwise approach to performing blocks/RFA on innervation to the thoracolumbar facet joints.
  • Describe the anatomy of the epidural space and surrounding relevant structures.
  • Recognize the risks involved in the performance of the procedures.
  • Recall mitigating strategies to reduce risks associated with these procedures. 
  • Plan for Caudal approach epidural steroid injections.
  • Describe anatomical structures within the caudal canal and access into the canal.
3:45 - 5:15 pm
WS-08 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345

Joints Track: Sacroiliac Joint Procedures: Intra-articular Injections, RFA

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the clinical presentation of patient’s with sacroiliac dysfunction and the differential diagnoses of buttock pain.
  • Review sacroiliac joint anatomy and biomechanics.
  • Appraise the evidence for sacroiliac joint procedures, specifically diagnostic/therapeutic injections and radiofrequency frequency ablation.
  • Demonstrate the skills to perform an effective and safe sacroiliac joint injection and sacroiliac radiofrequency ablation.

 

Saturday Workshops

  
8 - 10 am
WS-09 Fluoroscopy & Ultrasound Workshop (Cadaver, Live Model)  - $265

Peripheral Nerve Track: PNS Stimulation and Ultrasound Neurography

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Identify appropriate peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) technologies for chronic pain medicine.
  • Demonstrate the use of PNS for disorders involving the head and neck by targeting the occipital, cervical neck, and facial nerves.
  • Use ultrasound diagnostic techniques to identify neural targets of the back, upper and lower extremity, and abdomen for appropriate use of PNS.
  • Name indications for appropriate use of PNS in the chronic pain setting.
  • Describe novel techniques to place PNS systems under ultrasound guidance.
8 - 10 amWS-10 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345

Spine Track: Basivertebral Nerve RFA, Radiofrequency Annuloplasty, Intradiscal Orthobiologics

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the techniques for disc access and vertebral body access for basivertebral nerve ablation.
  • Discuss the potential complications of these procedures and how to mitigate risk.
  • Identify key features of discogenic and vertebrogenic pain.
  • Differentiate between Modic Type 1, 2 and 3.
  • Compare basic autologous and allogeneic products used intradiscally.

10:30 am -                      12:30 pm

WS-11 Hands-On Fluoroscopy & Ultrasound Workshop (Cadaver, Live Model) - $265

Joints Track: Intra-articular Injections and RFA Denervation (Hip, Knee, and Shoulder)

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Understand the anatomy necessary for intra-articular injections and denervation of the shoulder, hip and knee. 
  • Review critical structures to avoid during intra-articular injections and denervation of the shoulder, hip and knee.
  • Learn tips and pearls for successful outcome after intra-articular injections and denervation of the shoulder, hip and knee.
10:30 am -                      12:30 pmWS-12 Hands-On Fluoroscopy & Ultrasound Workshop (Cadaver, Live Model) - $265

Regenerative Medicine Track: Viscosupplementation, Stem Cells, Platelet-Rich Plasma, Prolotherapy

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Name different technologies in viscosupplementation.
  • Review the pros vs cons of different approaches in viscosupplementation.
  • Assess choices for different viscosupplementation technologies. 
  • Review the anatomical and physiological considerations for viscosupplementation technologies. 
1:45 - 3:45 pmWS-13 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345

Spine & Cancer Track: Thoracic / Lumbar Vertebral Augmentation, Vertebral Body Radiofrequency Ablation

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Choose appropriate imaging to determine if a compression fracture is acute or chronic.
  • Identify appropriate patients for vertebral augmentation.
  • Identify appropriate patients for vertebral body radiofrequency ablation (cancer and degenerative).
  • Avoid complications with vertebral augmentation and vertebral body radiofrequency ablation.
1:45 - 3:45 pm
WS-14 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345

Spine and Cancer Track: Intrathecal Trials and Pumps

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize procedural steps for performing an intrathecal pump trial and implant.
  • Assess appropriate location for reservoir placement.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of locations where cerebral spinal fluid may leak.
4:15 - 6:15 pm
WS-15 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345

Spine Track: Advanced Neuromodulation - DRG, SNS, Multifidus Stimulation

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Describe strategies to troubleshoot common issues that occur during SCS implantation (e.g. difficulty with lead driving, difficulty with epidural access, etc).
  • Review and practice procedural steps involved in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) trial lead placement.
  • Review and practice procedural steps involved in placing leads for multifidus muscle stimulation.
4:15 - 6:15 pm
WS-16 Fluoroscopy Workshop (Cadaver) - $345

Spine Track: Direct and Indirect Spinal Decompression

After this session, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the anatomy of central and neuroforaminal stenosis.
  • Differentiate when direct and indirect decompression is beneficial.
  • Avoid most complications and manage these complications, if they occur.

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