24th Annual Napa Pain Conference

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Plenary Sessions

3rd Annual Legacy Lecture [no distribution]

07:45am Elliot Krames MD

Breakout Sessions

Meritage A | 10:30 - 12:30

Evidence-Based Regenerative Medicine

10:30          Juvenile Chondrocytes & Stem Cells in Cartilage Repair
Speaker:     Jason Dragoo, MD

11:00          Review of PRP Techniques & Applications
Speaker:     Corey W. Hunter, MD

11:30          Intradiscal Biologics & Update on Phase III Intradiscal MSC RCT
Speaker:    Michael J. DePalma, MD

12:00         Autologous Derived Expanded Stem Cells for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Speaker:    Timothy T. Davis, MD

Meritage B | 10:30 - 12:30

Meritage A | 2:00 - 4:00

New Waveforms of Spinal Cord Stimulation

2:00           Effectiveness of High Frequencies Other Than 10K
Speaker:    Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD

2:30           24-Month HF-10 Data for Back & Leg Pain
Speaker:    B. Todd Sitzman, MD, MPH

3:00           The Science of Burst Stimulation
Speaker:    Peter Staats, MD, MBA

3:30           Alternative & Irregular Frequencies
Speaker:    Nandan Lad, MD

Meritage B | 2:00 - 4:00

Treating Cancer Pain & Patients

2:00             Cancer Rehabilitation: Assessing Pain & Functioning, Management Throughout Progression
Speaker:      Lisa Stearns, MD

2:30             Stim or Pump vs. Medical Management
Speaker:      Lisa Stearns, MD

3:00             Patient Strategies: Complementary Medicine & Group Visits
Speaker:      Julie Burch, MEd

3:30             Neurosurgery: When to Refer & What Neurosurgery Can Offer the Cancer Patient with Intractable Pain (No Distribution)
Speaker:      Erich Richter, MD

Meritage A | 4:30 - 5:45

Meritage B | 4:30 - 5:45

Plenary Sessions

5th Annual Lindahl Lecture: Life at the Frontier (No Distribution)

08:45am Warren M. Zapol, MD

Breakout Sessions

Meritage A | 10:30 - 12:30

Opioids

10:30          MOA of Opioids
Speaker:    Gregory Scherrer, PhD, PharmD

11:00          Prudent Prescribing
Speaker:    Samir Sheth, MD

11:30          Risk Mitigation: Identifying High Risk Patients
Speaker:    Angella Barr, MD

12:00         Patient/Provider Agreements & Improving Patient Communication
Speaker:    Susan Verba, MFA

Meritage B | 10:30 - 12:30

Best Practices in Spinal Cord Stimulation

10:30             Best Practices in SCS
Speaker:       B. Todd Sitzman, MD, MPH

11:10             Clinical Evidence of SCS for Failed Back Surgery
Speaker:       Leo Kapural, MD, PhD

11:50             Recovery Programming
Speaker:       Avinash Ramchandani, MD, MBA

Meritage A | 2:00 - 4:00

Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems (IDDS):
No Longer a Novel Therapy, Another Neuromodulation Solution to the Opioid Epidemic

2:00           Introduction & PACC Guideline Update: The Long Road to Improved Outcomes, Enhanced Professionalism & Credentialing
Speaker:    Lawrence Poree, MD, PhD, MPH

2:20           Cost Benefit Analysis: IDD vs. CMM for Cancer Pain
Speaker:    Lisa Stearns, MD

2:40           Lessons Learned from Failure Analysis Used to Improve Success with IDDS
Speaker:    Michael Saulino, MD

3:00           Avoiding & Managing Typical & Atypical Surgical Complications in Patients with IDDS & When to Seek Neurological Consult
Speaker:    Line Jacques, MD

3:20           Complex Spine Surgery in Patients with IDDS
Speaker:    Sigurd Berven, MD

3:40           Panel Q&A
Speaker:    All

Meritage B | 2:00 - 4:00

Radiofrequency Treatment of Spine & Musculoskeletal Pain:
Basic Principles & Clinical Applications

2:00            Understanding the Radiofrequency Principles & Methods to Modulate Lesion Size (No Distribution)
Speaker:    David A. Provenzano, MD

2:30            Cervical & Lumbar Spine
Speaker:    Michael J. DePalma, MD

3:00            Sacroiliac Joint
Speaker:    Aaron K. Calodney, MD

3:30            Genicular Nerve
Speaker:    Timothy T. Davis, MD

Meritage A | 4:30 - 6:15

Improving Safety for Neuromodulation & Intrathecal Therapy:
The Neuromodulation Appropriateness Committee and Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference Recommendations

4:30           Infection Prevention & Control
Speaker:    David A. Provenzano, MD

5:00           Anticoagulation Therapy Management for Implantable Therapies
Speaker:    B. Todd Sitzman, MD, MPH

5:30           Safety Guidelines for the Reduction of Severe Neurological Injury
Speaker:    Peter S. Staats, MD, MBA

6:00           Q&A
Speaker:    Panel

Meritage B | 4:30 - 6:15

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Patients with Spinal Disorders

4:30           Variability in approaches to spinal disorders: The Call for Interdisciplinary Collaboration & Quality of Care
Speaker:     Sigurd H. Berven, MD

4:45            An Evidence-based Approach to Symptomatic Nerve Compression: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis & Disc Herniation

5:15            An Evidence-based Approach to Adult Spinal Deformity

5:45            An Evidence-based Approach to Back Pain Without Symptomatic Nerve Compression or Deformity

Whole-Patient Care

07:45am Penney Cowan

The Future of Opioid Therapy:
Changing Paradigms & Emerging Research

9:00              Current Climate of Opioid Prescribing in the United States: An Evolving Paradigm
Speaker:      Samir Sheth, MD

9:30               Emerging Research & Potential Solutions
Speaker:       Gregory Scherrer, PharmD, PhD

Controversies & Challenges in Modern Pain Management

11:00          Medical Cannabis & Opioids
Speaker:    Tim Furnish, MD

11:45          The Complexities of Opioid Titration & Opioid Use Disorder
Speaker:    Angella Barr, MD

12:30          Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use
Speaker:    Mark Schumacher, MD, PhD

Faculty

Keynote 2017

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Committee 2017

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Faculty 2017

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Pre-Conference 2017

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