Symposium Program

Welcome Remarks
Sudhir Diwan, MD, Scott Woska, MD, Christopher Gharibo, MD

Intradiscal injections of allogenic and autologous MSCs: what is the evidence?
Aaron Calodney, MD

Intra-articular vs. Subchondral injections of PRP and Stem cells
Steve Aydin, DO

Intradiscal Orthobiologics: All Discs are not the Same!
Sudhir Diwan, MD

Allogenic Cell Therapy: Pros and Cons
Annu Navani, MD

Pluripotent Stem Cells (Induced vs Embryonic): Laboratory to Clinical Practice
Jen-Li Pan, MD (Taiwan)

Keynote: Cost effectiveness of Regenerative Medicine
Doug Beall, MD

Controversies in Ultrasound Guidance with Complex MSK Procedures
George Chang Chien, MD

Sonographic Anatomy: Challenges and Solutions
Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD

RFA Targets for Oncologic Pain
Amitabh Gulati, MD

Prolotherapy for MSK Pain
Andrea Trescot, MD

The Future of “Bundled” Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy guided Therapies
Kenneth Candido, MD

Keynote: Role of Dynamic Ultrasound in Diagnosis & Therapy
Chih-Peng Lin, MD

Welcome Remarks
Sudhir Diwan, MD, Kenneth Chapman, MD, Sean Li,  MD

Subthreshold Stimulation at various KH frequencies
Thomas Yearwood, MD, PhD (UK)

Clinical Experience and Technical Features of DTM
Jose De Andres, MD (Spain) / Harold Cordner, MD

The Next Era of Personalization: Innovations in Pain Solutions
Sayed Emal Wahezi, MD

Closed loop: review of scientific evidence
Sean Li, MD

Targeting DRG: Axial to Abdominal pain!
Kenneth Chapman, MD

Keynote: Systematic review of evidence in neuromodulation
Timothy Deer, MD

Vertebral augmentations: Methyl Methacrylate to SpineJack
Doug Beall, MD

Endoscopic Discectomy: Transforaminal vs. Interlaminar
Sukdeb Datta, MD

Minimally invasive lumbar decompression: an algorithmic approach
Harold Cordner, MD

Vertebrogenic pain: Radiofrequency of basivertebral nerve
Brian Durkin, DO

Lumbar Neuroplasty
Victor Silva, MD (Mexico)

Keynote: Evolution of Interventional Pain Physicians: Injections to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeons
Dawood Sayed, MD

Atlantoaxial and Atlantooccipital joints- Risks and complications
Stanley Golovac, MD

Palliative procedures for Metastatic cancer pain
Ricardo Plancarte Sanchez, MD  (Mexico)

Trigeminal vs. Sphenopalatine Blocks: Safety and complications
Miles Day,  MD

Sacroiliac pain: Continued Quest for Minimally Invasive Options
Arpit Patel, DO

Minuteman for Degenerative Spine
Gabriele Jasper, MD

Panel discussion on Advances in Pain Procedures with Stanley Golovac, MD
Panelist: Carolina Hernandez Porras, MD, Jaspal Ricky Singh, MD, Kiran Patel, MD, Harold Cordner, MD

Telemedicine: Is it helping or hurting
Naum Shaparin, MD

Practice management: Stabilizing revenues in NEW normal
Amol Soin, MD

Post-Covid PTSD and Chronic pain
Michael Schatman, PhD

Panel discussion: Impact of Covid on Interventional Pain with Sean Li, MD
Panelist: Michael Schatman, PhD, Edward Rubin, MD, Shalini Shah, MD, Annu Navani, MD, Sayed Wahezi

Facet Joint Guidelines: Pros and pitfalls
Christopher Gharibo, MD

Reimbursement Challenges and the Future Private Practice
Robert Tiso, MD

Legal Implications  of Opioids Crisis
Christopher D. Adams, Esq

Opioids for Pediatric Patients: Scope and Limitations
Veronica Carullo, MD

Targeted Drug Delivery: strategy for individualized precision medicine
Hemant Kalia, MD

Intrathecal Therapy: Curtailing Opioids Crisis
Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD

Top Three Abstract Presentations
Scientific Committee: Yury Khelemsky, MD, Vinay Puttanniah, MD, Miles Day, MD, Naum Shaparin, MD, Karina Gritsenko, MD

Overview of Abstract by Moderator and Prize Presentation
Miles Day, MD

Thoracic pain: Challenges and solutions
Mark Malinowski, MD

Cervical Percutaneous Discectomy
Tamer Elbaz, MD

MIS to Extensive Fusion
Steven Falowski, MD

Challenges in cancer pain management
Carolina Hernandez Porras, MD

Complexity of Diagnosing and treating visceral pain
Mayank Gupta, MD

Diagnostic EMG: Peripheral Neuropathy vs. Radiculopathy
Scott Woska, MD

PNS for Pelvic Pain
Shalini Shah, MD

Analgesia for knee: past, present, future
Karina Gritsenko, MD

RFA of peripheral nerves of joints
Leonardo Kapural, MD

Current Status of Peripheral Neuromodulation
Jennifer Hah, MD

Peripheral nerves the Safe Harbor: Radiofrequency to Neuromodulation
Konstantin Slavin, MD

Faculty Dinner (invitation only)
Sponsor by Bronze Sponsor: Vertos