Interventional Pain Medicine in Miami

Friday 13 January - Ultrasound in Pain Medicine Review Course

Demonstration and hands-on "live model" workshop & Young Physicians Program (Residents & Fellows; instruction also available in Spanish)


Review Course
Moderator:Einar Ottestad,MD

Young Physicians Program
Moderators: Jennifer Hah, MD &
Sadiah Sadddiqui, MD
08:00 Focused presentations and  08:00 Anatomy Bootcamp

hands-on "live model" workshop
Bernard Morrigl, MD, PhD

for practicing physicians and & Anne Agur, MSc, PhD

preparation for CIPS
12:00 Lunch 12:00 Lunch
13:00 Live-Model Station Rotations 13:00 Live-Model/Phantom Station Rotations
17:00 Adjourn 17:00 Adjourn

17:30 - WAPMU Opening Ceremony

18:15-20:00 - Welcome Reception with Exhibitors


Saturday 14 January - WAPMU Scientific Program


08:00 Greetings & WAPMU Statement
12:00 Lunch Provided by Bioness Inc.

Moderator: Michael Gofeld, MD
Moderator: Sadiq Bhayani, MD
08:30 Anatomy Update - “What has never been taught in Medical School” - Bernhard Morrigl, MD, PhD 13:00 Peripheral Nerve Stimulation - Konstantin Slavin,
MD
09:15 Patient Outcomes in Regenerative Medicine: A Registry Based Evidence - Chris Centeno, MD 13:30 Ultrasound-Guided PNS: Proof of Concept – Michael Gofeld, MD
09:45 Ultrasound guided Spine Procedures- “Pro and Con Debates” - Pro: Roderick Finlayson, MD Con: Micha Sommer, MD, PhD 14:00  Innovations in Peripheral Nerve Stimulation – Eric Grigsby, MD
10:30 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall 14:30 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Moderator: Matt Pingree, MD
Moderator: David Spinner, DO
11:00 Ultrasound of Century 21: Breaking News – Amitab Gulati MD 15:00 Ultrasound Guided Ablation: Evidence Review of Methods (Chemodenervation, Radiofrequency, Cryoablation) – Einar Ottestad, MD
11:30 Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine: Lessons from Regional Anesthesia and Interventional Pain - Sev Perelman, MD 15:30 News in Non-Operative Management of Osteoarthritis: Joint Innervation, Treatment Paradigm
and Evidence - Anuj Bhatia, MD


16:00 Ultrasound-Guided Minimally-Invasive MSK Surgery - Mark Hurdle, MD

17:00 - Cocktail Reception at Poolside/Beach Bar

Sunday 15 January - WAPMU Scientific Program & Cadaver Workshop


Scientific Program
Moderator: Matt Pingree, MD
08:00 Billing & Coding Updates - David Spinner, DO
08:30 Using ultrasound guidance for spinal injections: a practical review - R. Finlayson, MD
09:00 Sympathetic blocks from stellate to ganglion impar. What can ultrasound offer? - H. Shankar, MD
09:30 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
10:00 Regenerative Medicine - Stephen Esser, MD
11:00 Ultrasound in Sports Medicine - Matt Pingree, MD
12:00 Annual Meeting Concludes

(Shuttle bus for cadaver workshop at the Miami Anatomical Research Center [MARC] will leave the hotel at 07:00 ; instruction also available in Spanish)


Cadaver Workshop
08:00 Cervical & Thoracic Spine: 13:00 Upper Extremity:
Neck (cervical medial branch block, cervical nerve roots)
Shoulder (Suprascapular nerve, AC-joint, Subacromial bursa)
Cervical Sympathetic Trunk (stellate ganglion, suprascapular n. ventral) Gleno-humeral Joint 
Head/Thorax (greater occipital nerve, intercostal nerves, thoracic facet joint, TMJ blocks, chemodenervation injections for migraines) Arm (Biceps tendon, carpal tunnel)
10:00 Lumbar Spine & Sacrum: 15:00 Lower Extremity:
Pelvic Region (caudal, SIJ, piriformis muscle, pudendal nerve) Hip Joint (Trochanteric complex)
Lumbar/Sacral Region (lumbar medial branch, Z-joint) Knee Joint (saphenous nerve)
Epidural Space (interlaminar, lumbar nerve root) Peripheral Nerves (Ilioinguinal nerve, Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, Tibial nerve and tarsal canal)
12:00 Lunch 17:00 Open Laboratory Training