Program
Schedule
8:15
KEYNOTE: DISCOVERING CRISPR-CAS9
Jennifer Doudna, PhD
Co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing
9:30
Break
9:45
THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS AND 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
8:00
4TH 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, AND 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, AND THE PUBLIC
Joseph Shurman, MD
Chair of Pain Management/Palliative Care, Scripps Memorial Hospital
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