28th Napa Pain Conference
Agenda
Day 1
7:00
No CME
Registration Desk Opens
Location: COPIA Main Entrance
7:45
No CME
Welcome
8:00
Variations, Innovations & Integrative Collaborations
Prof. Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD, FRCA Chair Emeritus of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine
9:00
9th Annual Lindahl Lecture
Telomere Maintenance: Chronic Pain in the Context of Premature Aging
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Professor Emerita, Biochemistry and Biophysic, UCSF
9:45
No CME
Questions and Answers Forum
10:15
Intrathecal Drug Delivery in the Era of Nanomedicine
Rachael W. Sirianni, PhD Associate Professor; Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School
11:00
CRISPR-Based Epigenome Editing and the Potential to Treat Intervertebral Disc Pathologies: Cytokine Receptors, Cell Survival, and DRG Innervation
Robby D. Bowles, PhD Research Director, Back Pain & Engineered Therapeutics Laboratory, University of Utah
11:45
No CME
Questions and Answers Forum
In-person Attendee Lunch [Location: Exhibit Hall Mezzanine]
12:30
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation & Scrambler Therapy for Pain Management
Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA Associate Professor, Division of Pain Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1:15
Primary Headache, Including Sphenopalatine Ganglion Modulation
Samer Narouze, MD, PhD Chairman of the Center for Pain Medicine, Western Reserve Hospital; 2021 President, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA); Founder, American Interventional Headache Society (AIHS)
2:00
No CME
Questions and Answers Forum
2:30
Opioid & Anesthesia Influence on Cancer Survivorship
Monika Patel, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Management, University of Florida Health
3:15
Pain as a Barometer of Population Health: The Sociology of Chronic Pain
Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk, PhD Associate Professor of Sociology, University at Buffalo, SUNY
4:00
No CME
Questions and Answers Forum
4:30
Closing
Day 2
7:00
No CME
Registration Desk Opens
Location: COPIA West Entrance
7:45
No CME
Welcome
8:00
7th Annual Legacy Lecture
The “Socio-Psycho-Biological Model”: The need to flip the system
Daniel B. Carr, MD, FABPM Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Community Medicine; Program Director and Founder, MS in Pain, Research Education & Policy Program, Tufts University School of Medicine
9:00
Modern Realities of Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Carol A. Warfield, MD Edward Lowenstein Distinguished Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
This session will only be available live (in-person and online)
9:45
No CME
Questions and Answers Forum
10:15
A Review of Spine Neuromodulation Therapies: Indications, Efficacy, and What (if any) influence SCS has upon the tapering of opioids
Richard W. Rosenquist, MD Chairman, Department of Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic
11:00
Transforming Personalized Patient Care Through Neuromodulation
Kathleen W. Meacham, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Pain Management; Research Faculty in the Gereau Lab, Washington University School of Medicine
11:45
No CME
Symposium Presentation: The Science, the Outcomes, and Real-world Experience with DTM™️ Therapies
12:30
Pain & the Brain: How Pain Alters the Brain, and How Perception Shapes Pain
A. Vania Apkarian, PhD Director Center for Translational Pain Research; Director Center of Excellence for Chronic Pain and Drug Abuse Research; Professor of Physiology, Anesthesia, PM&R, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
1:15
Imaging & Interventions
Scott G. Pritzlaff, MD Program Director, Pain Management Fellowship, UC Davis Health
2:00
No CME
Questions and Answers Forum
2:30
Uncommon Treatments for the Most Common Pain Complaint
Ellen W.K. Rosenquist, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Center for Spine Health and Pain Management
3:15
The Next Wave of Pain Therapies: Resources, Wraparound Services, and Next Steps
W. Michael Hooten, MD Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic; 2021 President, American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM)
4:00
No CME
Questions and Answers Forum
5:15
No CME
Conference Closing
Faculty
Keynote 2016
Daniel B. Carr, MD, FABPM
Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Community Medicine; Program Director and Founder, MS in Pain, Research Education & Policy Program, Tufts University [...]
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD
Nobel Laureate Professor Emerita, Biochemistry and Biophysics , 9th Annual Lindahl Lecture The science of cells that never gets old Throughout her [...]
Faculty 2021
Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology, University at Buffalo, SUNY Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk, PhD is a medical sociologist and demographer. Her current research focuses on [...]
Ellen W.K. Rosenquist, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Center for Spine Health and Pain [...]
Rachael W. Sirianni, PhD
Associate Professor; Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research, Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School Rachael W. Sirianni, PhD earned her doctorate in [...]
Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA
Associate Professor, Division of Pain Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Paul J. Christo, MD, MBA served as Director of the [...]
Kathleen W. Meacham, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University Kathleen W. Meacham, MD, PhD earned her BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon [...]
Samer Narouze, MD, PhD
Chairman of the Center for Pain Medicine, Western Reserve Hospital 2021- 2022 President, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) [...]
Daniel B. Carr, MD, FABPM
Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Community Medicine; Program Director and Founder, MS in Pain, Research Education & Policy Program, Tufts University [...]
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD
Nobel Laureate Professor Emerita, Biochemistry and Biophysics , 9th Annual Lindahl Lecture The science of cells that never gets old Throughout her [...]
Monika Patel, MD
Interventional Pain Management Physician at Cleveland Clinic Florida Division of Pain Management, University of Florida Health Monika Patel, MD is fellowship-trained in pain [...]
Robby D. Bowles, PhD
Research Director, Back Pain & Engineered Therapeutics Laboratory; Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics; University of Utah [...]
A. Vania Apkarian, PhD
Director Center for Translational Pain Research Director Center of Excellence for Chronic Pain and Drug Abuse Research Professor of Physiology, Anesthesia, PM&R [...]
Richard W. Rosenquist, MD
Chairman, Department of Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic Past-President, American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) Past Chair, ASA Committee on Pain Medicine Past [...]
David J. Copenhaver, MD
Division Chief, Pain Medicine, UC Davis Health Director, Cancer Pain Management & Supportive Care, UC Davis Health Associate Clinical Professor, Department of [...]
Steven Richeimer, MD
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Director, Norris Cancer Hospital Pain Management Steven Richeimer, MD [...]
Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD, FRCA
Register for the 30th Napa Pain Conference Chair Emeritus of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine Professor Emeritus Karolinska Institutet Director [...]
Carol A. Warfield, MD
Edward Lowenstein Distinguished Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center [...]