Symposium Program

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

Stem Cell Augmentation of Intervertebral discs
Sairam Atluri, MD

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

Regenerative Medicine for High Pressure discs
Sudhir Diwan, MD

Allogenic Cell Therapy: Pros and Cons
Annu Navani, MD

Keynote: Cost effectiveness of Regenerative Medicine
Doug Beall, MD

Interactive session with Q & A
All faculty

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

Sonographic Anatomy: Challenges and Solutions
Charles de Oliveira, MD

Ultrasound guided interventions of Shoulder joint
Agnes Stogicza, MD

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

Keynote: Diagnostic Dynamic Ultrasound
Chih-Peng Lin, MD

Interactive session with Q & A
All faculty

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

Subthreshold Stimulation at various KH frequencies
Adnan Al-Kaisy, MD (UK)

Neuromodulation of Glial Cells: A novel target -Has it improved the outcome?
Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD

Programming the IPG in 21st Century: High Dosing to Combination Therapies
Robert Levy, MD

Rethinking Paresthesia based SCS with closed loop
Sean Li, MD

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

Interactive discussion with Q & A
All faculty

Keynote: Current state and future of the Neuromodulation
Timothy Deer, MD

Vertebral augmentations: Methyl Methacrylate to SpineJack
Doug Beall, MD

Endoscopic Discectomy: Transforaminal vs. Interlaminar
Sukdeb Datta, MD

Lumbar Decompression: Interspinous Spacer Placement vs. Debulking (MILD)
Harold Cordner, MD

Vertebrogenic pain: Radiofrequency of basivertebral nerve
Brian Durkin, MD

Interactive discussion with Q & A
All Faculty

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

Atlantoaxial and Atlantooccipital joints- Risks and complications
Fabricio Assis, MD (Brazil)

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
Sudhir Diwan, MD

Targeted Cells Delivery under Direct Visualization with Needle Scope
TBA

Interactive discussion with Q & A
All faculty

Telemedicine: Is it helping or hurting
Christopher Gharibo, MD

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

Clinical Practice: Interventional vs. Medical Management
Shalini Shah, MD

Roundtable discussion with Christopher Gharibo, MD

TBD

Intrathecal Therapy: Curtailing Opioids Crisis
TBD

Interactive discussion with Q & A
All faculty

Top Three Abstract Presentations
Scientific Committee: Yury Khelemsky, MD, Vinay Puttanniah, MD, Miles Day, MD

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

Thoracic pain: Challenges and solutions
TBD

Challenges in cancer pain management
Shakil Ahmed, MD

Complexity of Diagnosing and treating visceral pain
Mayank Gupta, MD

3 decades of CRPS: What did we learn?
Semih Gungor, MD

Interactive discussion with Q & A
All faculty

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

PNS for Pelvic Pain
Shalini Shah, MD

Wireless Peripheral Neuromodulation: The Science and the Evidence
TBD

RFA of peripheral nerves of joints
Leonardo Kapural, MD

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