6th Annual Comprehensive Pain Board Review Symposium
August 4-8, 2008

SCHEDULE

Monday, August 4, 2008

AM

6:00 Registration and Breakfast

7:00 Welcome

7:15 Learning Skills for Test Taking, Michael Moninger

7:45 Peripheral and Central Anatomy of Pain Processing, John K. Harting, PhD

8:45 Physiology and Pharmacology of Acute Pain, Thomas S. McDowell, MD, PhD

9:45 Refreshment Break

10:00 Mechanism of Action of Drugs and Receptor Neurochemistry, Thomas S. McDowell, MD, PhD

11:00 Acute Pain: Assessment and Management, Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD

PM

12:00 Lunch

1:00 PCA and Intraspinal Analgesia for Post-Operative Pain, Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD

2:00 Complications of Epidural Procedures and Catheters, Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD

3:00 Refreshment Break

3:15 Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Primary Headache Disorders (migraine, cluster, tension, rebound, chronic daily headaches), Andrew Blumenfeld, MD

4:15 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, R. Norman Harden MD

5:15 Question/Answer Review

6:45 Adjourn

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

AM

6:30 Registration and Breakfast

7:00 Post Tissue Injury Pain State, Tony L. Yaksh, PhD

8:00 Physiology and Pharmacology of Neuropathic Pain, Tony L. Yaksh, PhD

9:00 Opioid Pharmacology, June L. Dahl, PhD

10:00 Refreshment Break

10:15 NSAIDs, Corticosteroids, Antispasmodics: Pharmacology and Clinical Use, June L. Dahl, PhD

11:15 Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics, Mark E. Schroeder, MD

PM

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Psychological Assessment of Patient in Chronic Pain, Michael DiMarco, Jr., PsyD

2:00 Managing Depression, Anxiety, and Personality Disorders in Chronic Pain, Robert B. Shulman, MD

3:00 Refreshment Break

3:15 Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Management of Chronic Pain, Michael DiMarco, Jr., PsyD

4:00 Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain Syndrome, Nathan J. Rudin, MD, MA

5:00 Question/Answer Review

6:30 Adjourn

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

AM

6:30 Breakfast

7:00 Musculoskeletal Pain States, James W. Leonard, DO, PT

8:00 Pain Assessment and Management in the Elderly Population, Debra B. Gordon, RN, MS, FAAN

9:00 Rehabilitation Treatment Modalities and Exercises in Pain Management, James W. Leonard, DO, PT

10:00 Refreshment Break

10:15 Classification and Pathophysiology of Headaches; Common Causes of Secondary Headache Disorders, Susanne Seeger, MD

11:15 Pain Management during Pregnancy and Nursing, Cynthia A. Wong, MD

PM

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Adjuvant Medications: TCA’s, Hypnotics/Anxiolytics, Adrenergics Agonist, Muscle Relaxants, Ketamine, June L. Dahl, PhD

2:15 Neuropathic Pain: Measurements, Treatment Planning & Algorithms, including Pharmacotherapy, Miroslav Backonja, MD

3:15 Refreshment Break

3:30 Review of Common Peripheral and Central Neuropathic Pain Disorders, Miroslav Backonja, MD

4:30 Electrophysiologic Assessment in Pain, Nathan J. Rudin, MD, MA

5:30 Question/Answer Review

7:00 Adjourn

Thursday, August 7, 2008

AM

6:30 Breakfast

7:00 Cranial Nerve Anatomy, John K. Harting, PhD

8:00 Blocks in Facial Pain Syndromes, Brian K. Bevacqua, MD

9:00 Regional Blocks and Acute Pain, Thomas P. Broderick, MD

10:00 Refreshment Break

10:15 Acute and Chronic Pain in Pediatric Population, Cari Meyer, MD

11:15 Sympathetic Blocks and Neurolysis, Nalini Sehgal, MD

PM

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Spinal Cord Stimulation for Refractory Pain States, James N. Rogers, MD

2:15 Intraspinal Analgesics and Implanted Drug Delivery Systems, James N. Rogers, MD

3:15 Refreshment Break

3:30 Pain Assessment and Management in Substance Abusers, Howard Heit, MD, FACP, FASAM

4:15 DEA Regulations, Lawful Prescribing, Monitoring for Abuse and Diversion, Howard Heit, MD, FACP, FASAM

5:15 Question/Answer Review

6:45 Adjourn

Friday, August 8, 2008

AM

6:30 Breakfast

7:00 Diagnostic Imaging in Pain, Donna G. Blankenbaker, MD

8:00 Pelvic and Visceral Pain: Mechanisms and Management, Frank Tu, MD, MPH

9:00 Spinal Injection Procedures in Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Pain, Santhosh Thomas, DO

10:00 Refreshment Break

10:15 Cancer Pain and Palliative Care, James F. Cleary, MD

11:15 Opioid Therapy: Clinical Aspects, Steven P. Stanos, Jr., DO

PM

12:15 Ethical and Legal Concerns in Pain Medicine, Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD

1:15 Box Lunch

1:30 Mock Exam

4:45 Adjourn

 

Sponsored by:
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Neurology
Office of Continuing Professional Development in Medicine and Public Health

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