The World Institute of Pain Annual Interventional Pain Conference and Workshop

  

WIP MIAMI 2019 FEBRUARY 15-17, M.A.R.C.

 

PROGRAM

DAY 1

 

7:00-7:30     OPENING CEREMONY

 

7:30-7:50     RADIATION SAFETY

                        JUAN CARLOS FLORES – ARGENTINA

                       

7:50-8:10     SPINAL ANATOMY FOR THE INTERVENTIONALIST

CHARLES OLIVEIRA – BRAZIL

 

8:10-8:30     THE ROLE OF ULTRASOUND IN PAIN MEDICINE

AGNES STOGICZA 

 

8:30-8:50     CAUDAL, INTERLAMINAR AND TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS

CARLOS GUERRERO - COLOMBIA

 

8:50-9:10     SIJ PAIN: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

ANDRÉ MANSANO - BRAZIL

 

9:10-9:30     LUMBAR FACET RF DENERVATION: HOW TO IMPROVE THE RESULTS

                        Javier De Andres Ares 

 

 

9:30-10:00             COFFEE-BREAK

 

10:00-10:20            DISCOGENIC LOW BACK PAIN: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

FABRICIO DIAS ASSIS - BRAZIL

 

10:20-10:40            PERCUTANEOUS DISC DECOMPRESSION: INDICATIONS, TECHNIQUE, AND EVIDENCE-BASED EFFICACY

                        ANDRÉ MANSANO 

 

10:40-11:00            TREATMENT ALGORITHM FOR SPINAL STENOSIS

                        AARON CALODNEY 

 

11:00-11:20            EPIDURAL MEMBRANE IN LOW BACK PAIN

                        HEMMO BOSCHER 

 

11:20-11:40            THE ROLE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE IN TREATING LOW BACK PAIN

                        SUDHIR DIWAN 

 

11:40-12:00            EVIDENCE BASED TREATMENT FOR INTERVENTIONAL LOW BACK PAIN

                        ANDRÉ MANSANO 

 

12:00-13:00          LUNCH

 

13:00-13:20            CERVICAL FACET PAIN: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

                        CHRIS GILLIGAN 

 

13:10-13:40            CERVICOGENIC HEADACHES: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

                        Alexandra Raffaini

 

13:40-14:00            THORACIC PAIN: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

                        PAULO RENATO FONSECA 

 

14:00-14:20            CRANIOFACIAL ANATOMY FOR THE INTERVENTIONALIST

LUCIO HOTT SILVA - BRAZIL

 

14:20-14:40            DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TRIGEMINAL & SPHENOPALATINE NEURALGIA

                        Juan Carlos Flores     

 

14:40-15:00            SAFETY ISSUES IN INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PROCEDURES HONORIO BENZON 

 

15:00-15:30          COFFEE-BREAK

 

15:30-15:50            PROTOCOLS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CANCER PAIN

                        AMIT GULATI 

 

15:50-16:10            SELECTING THE PATIENT FOR INTRATHECAL PUMPS: HOW TO DO THE TRIAL

                        VIK PATEL

                         

16:10-16:30            SYMPHATETIC PROCEDURES FOR CANCER PAIN

RICARDO PLANCARTE – MEXICO

 

16:30-16:50            VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION: EVIDENCE-BASED EFFICACY

RICARDO PLANCARTE – MEXICO

 

16:50-17:10            CRYOANALGESIA, PULSED RF, THERMAL RF: DIFFERENCES IN MECHANISMS & EFFICACY

ANDREA TRESCOT 

                       

17:10-17:30            DIFFERENT CONCEPTS IN NEUROMODULATION: TONIC, HIGH FREQUENCY, HIGH DENSITY, BURST

                        KENNETH CHAPMAN 

 

17:30-17:50            NEW TARGETS FOR NEUROMODULATION

                        KENNETH CHAPMAN 

 

17:50-18:10            EFFICACY OF INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENTS IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN

                        HONORIO BENZON 

 

Additional Faculty

 

·         PAULO RENATO FONSECA – BRAZIL

·         KAREN SANTOS BRAGHIROLI – BRAZIL

·         THAIS VANETTI – BRAZIL

 

 

 

 WORKSHOP - DAY 1

 

 

7:30-8:30       CAUDAL NEUROPLASTY                

8:30-9:30       LUMBAR/SACRAL SELECTIVE NERVE ROOT INJECTION                                 

 

9:30-10:00     COFFEE BREAK

 

10:00-11:00   SI INJECTION / RF              

11:00-12:00   LUMBAR FACETS

 

12:00-13:00   LUNCH

 

13:00-14:00            LUMBAR DISCOGRAM                                           

14:00-15:00            HIP AND KNEE RF                          

 

15:00-15:30   COFFEE BREAK

 

15:30-16:30            T2/T3 SYMPATHETIC / SPLANCHNIC NERVES            

16:30-17:30            LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC / SUPERIOR HYPOGASTRIC

 

WORKSHOP - DAY 2

 

 

7:30-8:30     CERVICAL EPIDURAL                                 

8:30-9:30     CERVICAL FACETS                                      

 

9:30-10:00     COFFEE BREAK

 

10:00-11:00            SPG

11:00-12:00            TRIGEMINAL

 

12:00-13:00   LUNCH

 

13:00-14:00            THORACIC FACET/INTERCOSTAL NERVE                                 

14:00-15:00            VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION

 

15:00-15:30   COFFEE BREAK

 

15:30-16:30            INTRATHECAL PUMPS                  

16:30-17:30            SCS LEAD PLACEMENT

Educational Objectives

After participating in this course, participants should be able to:
  1. Understand the implications of radiation safety
  2. Describe the clinical consequences of disc pathology, and understand the indications for percutaneous disc decompression and annuloplasty
  3. Recognize cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacroiliac pathology
  4. Discuss the indications and selection of epidural steroid techniques
  5. Categorize the uses of sympathetic blocks
  6. Identify causes of orofacial pain
  7. Synthesize the indications for intrathecal pumps and spinal cord stimulators
  8. Compare the indications for fluoroscopy and ultrasound
  9. Prepare for and avoid complications
Participants will also receive hands-on training in the following procedures:
  1. Caudal epidural
  2. Cervical and lumbar DRG
  3. SI joint injections
  4. Cervical and lumbar facets
  5. Adhesiolysis
  6. Discography
  7. Thoracic, splanchnic, superior hypogastric sympathetic injections
  8. Vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty
  9. Intrathecal pumps and spinal cord stimulators
  10. U/S-Guided procedures