25th Annual Napa Pain Conference

Agenda

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KEYNOTE: Discovering CRISPR-Cas9

Jennifer Doudna, PhD
Co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing

9:30

Break

9:45

The Needs of Patients & Health Care Providers

Professor Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD, FRCA
Chair Emeritus of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine

10:30

Let’s Get Personal: Using genetic and non-genetic factors to guide treatment

Roger B. Fillingim, PhD
President, The American Pain Society (APS)

11:30

Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Patient Engagement and Adherence to Treatment Plans

Penney Cowan
CEO, American Chronic Pain Association

12:30

Lunch

2:00

New Paradigms for Neuromodulation

Pain Fundamentals

Advances in the Management and Treatment of Cancer Pain

4:00

Break

4:15

Prescribing and Managing Naloxone

Breaking Research: Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Pain

Low Back Pain: Risk factors, diagnosis, pharmaceutical & interventional treatment

5:30

Welcome Reception & Wine Tasting

4^th Annual Legacy Lecture: Assuring the Best Care for Every Patient, Every Day

Eric J. Grigsby, MD, MBA
Founder of the Napa Pain Conference

9:00

Break

9:15

Improving Patient Self Management

PART 1 OF 2

Intrathecal Drug Delivery & Pump Management

Ultrasound Therapeutics in Pain Medicine

10:30

Break

11:00

Improving Patient Self Management

PART 2 OF 2

Mechanisms of Injury: Safety Considerations & Practices in Interventional Pain Management

HANDS-ON LAB: Ultrasound-guided Intrathecal Pump Refills

12:15

Lunch

1:45

Osteoarthritis: Pathophysiology, Altered Central Pain Pathway, & Ethnic Disparities

Nancy E. Lane, MD
Director, UC Davis Center for Healthy Aging; Endowed Professor of Medicine
Roger B. Fillingim, PhD
Distinguished Professor & Director, University of Florida, Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence

3:15

Lunch

3:30

Mindfulness as a Neuromodulation Therapy

Robert Bonakdar, MD, FAAFP, FACN, DAAPM
Director of Pain Management, Scripps Center For Integrative Medicine

4:30

The Opioid Epidemic: Providers, Patients, & the Public

Joseph Shurman, MD
Chair of Pain Management/Palliative Care, Scripps Memorial Hospital

Sunday, Aug 19

8:00

Individualized Surgical Approaches to Pain Therapies

9:00

Pharmacology of Non-opioid Analgesics

10:00

Break

10:30

An Evidence-based Approach to Integrative Medicine for Chronic Pain Management

11:45

Managing Oral Opioids

Faculty

Keynote 2018

Jennifer Doudna, PhD

Co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing; Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, UC Berkeley

Eric J. Grigsby, MD, MBA

Founder & CEO: Neurovations, a Patient Care and Innovation Company

Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD, FRCA

Chair Emeritus of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine

Committee 2018

Robert Bonakdar, MD, FAAFP, FACN, DAAPM

Director of Pain Management, Scripps Center For Integrative Medicine; Past President, Academy of Integrative Pain Management

Harold J. Cordner, MD

Founder, Florida Pain Management Associates

Penney Cowan

Founder & CEO, the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA)

Roger B. Fillingim, PhD

Distinguished Professor and Director, University of Florida

Lawrence Poree, MD, PhD, MPH

Professor & Director of Neuromodulation Service, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco

Mark Schumacher, MD, PhD

Professor & Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Faculty 2018

Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD

Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Caner Institute; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Allan Basbaum, PhD

Professor & Chair, Department of Anatomy, UCSF

Robert Bonakdar, MD, FAAFP, FACN, DAAPM

Director of Pain Management, Scripps Center For Integrative Medicine; Past President, Academy of Integrative Pain Management

Daniel S. Choi, MD, MBA

Lead Physician, Spine & Pain Center of Kaua'i

Penney Cowan

Founder & CEO, the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA)

Christy Davies, MBA

Business Strategist, Physicians Success Rx

Howard L. Fields, MD, PhD

Founder, UCSF Pain Management Center, Professor Emeritus of Neurology and Physiology, UCSF Center for Integrative Neuroscience

Roger B. Fillingim, PhD

Distinguished Professor and Director, University of Florida

Christopher Gharibo, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, NYU School of Medicine

Line Jacques, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)

Chief of Peripheral Nerve & Pain Surgery, Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Neurological Surgery, UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery

Nancy E. Lane, MD

Endowed Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, and Aging Research, Director for the Center for Musculoskeletal Health, UC Davis

Henry K. Lee, DO

Medical Director, Integrative Sports and Spine

Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD, FRCA

Chair Emeritus of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine

Timothy Lubenow, MD

Founder, The Center for Pain Relief, Tri-State, LLC Chief Medical Officer, Nevro

Mark A. Mahan, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Utah

Gail McGlothlen, DNP, RN-BC

Doctor of Nursing Practice, Napa Pain Institute

Annu Navani, MD

Founder and CEO, Comprehensive Spine & Sports Center

Lawrence Poree, MD, PhD, MPH

Professor & Director of Neuromodulation Service, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco

Avinash Ramchandani, MD, MBA

Pain Management, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician, Redwood Pain Institute

Steven Richeimer, MD

Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Mark Schumacher, MD, PhD

Professor & Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Neurological Surgery and Neurology, UCSF

Joseph Shurman, MD

Anesthesiologist, Chair of Pain Management/Palliative Care, Scripps Memorial Hospital

Ramesh M. Singa, MD, MHS

Lead physician, Napa Pain Institute

Vinita Singh, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine

Lisa J. Stearns, MD

Founder & Medical Director, Center for Pain and Supportive Care

Pre-Conference 2018

2018 Agenda and Faculty

25th Annual Napa Pain Conference

Agenda

The Needs of Patients & Health Care Providers

Let’s Get Personal: Using genetic and non-genetic factors to guide treatment

Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Patient Engagement and Adherence to Treatment Plans

New Paradigms for Neuromodulation

Pain Fundamentals

Advances in the Management and Treatment of Cancer Pain

Prescribing and Managing Naloxone

Breaking Research: Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Pain

Low Back Pain: Risk factors, diagnosis, pharmaceutical & interventional treatment

4th Annual Legacy Lecture: Assuring the Best Care for Every Patient, Every Day

Improving Patient Self Management

Intrathecal Drug Delivery & Pump Management

Ultrasound Therapeutics in Pain Medicine

Improving Patient Self Management

Mechanisms of Injury: Safety Considerations & Practices in Interventional Pain Management

HANDS-ON LAB: Ultrasound-guided Intrathecal Pump Refills

Osteoarthritis: Pathophysiology, Altered Central Pain Pathway, & Ethnic Disparities

Mindfulness as a Neuromodulation Therapy

The Opioid Epidemic: Providers, Patients, & the Public

Individualized Surgical Approaches to Pain Therapies

Pharmacology of Non-opioid Analgesics

An Evidence-based Approach to Integrative Medicine for Chronic Pain Management

Managing Oral Opioids

Faculty

Keynote 2018

Committee 2018

Faculty 2018

Pre-Conference 2018

4^th Annual Legacy Lecture: Assuring the Best Care for Every Patient, Every Day