2008 Schedule
 
 
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Pre-Symposium Stress Reducers

Pheasant Hunt — Everything supplied including lunch and dinner, shooting implements and ammunition, and transportation

Personal Training Sessions

On-Site Sign-In and Registration begins at 4:00 p.m. at the Ward Plaza Hotel — Bus transportation throughout the evening from the Ramkota Hotel

Pre-Symposium Get Together at the Ward Plaza Hotel 4:00 p.m. until ???

 
 
 
 
 
Thursday September 25, 2008

 
 

5:00—7:00 p.m. at the Ramkota


"Meet the Reps" — The local medical community not attending the Symposium has the opportunity to speak with the Exhibitors who are at the Symposium

 
 

6:00 a.m. —Registration

Breakfast begins at 6:00 at the Ramkota. For those who have cadaver workshops at Presentation College Anatomy Lab, the bus leaves at 6:40 a.m.


Workshop Morning
Presentation College Anatomy Lab, Presentation College, Aberdeen, South Dakota

Cadaver Workshops
(Maximum number of CME's 6)

7:00—9:00 a.m. —Ultrasound
Naeem Haider, MD, MBBS
9:15—11:15 a.m. —Radiofrequency
Menno Sluijter, MD
11:30—1:30 a.m. —Spinal Cord Implantation
Richard L. Rauck, MD
Allen W Burton, MD
Heloise D Westbrook, MD, PhD

Non-Cadaver Workshops at the Ramkota
(Maximum number of CME's 6)

7:00—9:00 a.m. —Pain Assessment the Cognitive Lesson: Engaging the Patient in the Pain Assessment and Treatment Process: Challenges and Opportunities
Caudill-Slosberg, MD/Keefe, PhD
Theatre
9:15—11:15 a.m. —Legal Aspects of Opioid Prescribing
Jennifer Bolen, JD
Theatre
11:30—1:30 p.m. —The Biopsychosocial Model of Pain: Implications for Multidimensional and Interdisciplinary Pain Care
Robert Kerns, PhD/Michael E. Clark, PhD
Theatre

Remember to Support the Exhibitors

General Sessions

1:30—2:45 p.m. —Working Lunch
1:45—2:45 p.m. —Interventional Treatment of Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvic Pain
David Bryce, MD
2:45—3:45 p.m. —Cancer Pain: Overall Strategies
Allen Burton, MD
3:45—4:45 p.m. —Side Effects vs. Complications in Regional Anesthesia
Geselle McKnight, CRNA, MSN
4:45—5:00 p.m. —Questions and Discussion

5:15 p.m. —Industry-Supported Symposia
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Friday, September 26, 2008

6:00—8:30 a.m. —Registration
6:30—8:30 a.m. —Working Breakfast

General Sessions

7:00—8:00 a.m. —Update on Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Richard L. Rauck, MD
8:00—9:30 a.m. —The Nature of Suffering and the Nature of Opportunity Through the End of Life
Ira Byock, MD
9:30—9:45 a.m. —Questions and Discussion
9:45—10:00 a.m. —Break
10:00—11:00 a.m. —Parallel Session I
A —Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Cohen/Bryce
B —Identifying Breakthrough Pain and Strategies
Ross/Miguel
C —Strategies in Treatment of Neuropathic Pain for Post Thoracotomy and Mastectomy Pain
Haider/Rauck
D —Approach to Complex Chronic Pain Case Management: What to Do When You Don't Know What To Do
Hansen/Kessler

Remember to Support the Exhibitors

11:00—11:15 a.m. —Break
11:15 a.m.—12:45 p.m. —"Doctor, Will you help me die?" Therapeutic Responses to Patient Requests for Hastened Death
This is a skill building, case based study discussion to develop a rationale and approach.
Ira Byock, MD

12:45—1:00 p.m. —Questions and Discussion
12:45—2:15 p.m. —Working Lunch
1:15—2:15 p.m. —Acute Pain: The Disease and Protocols to Aggressively Treat and Why
Lt. Col. Chester Buckenmaier, MD
2:15—3:15 p.m. —The Use of Radiofrequency for Lumbar Pain
Menno Sluijter, MD
3:15 — 3:30 p.m. —Questions and Discussion
3:30 — 3:45 p.m. —Break
3:45 — 4:45 p.m. —Parallel Session II
A —Central Sensitization
Ross/Miguel
B —Perioperative Analgesia: Can It Significantly Reduce Chronic Post-Surgical Pain?
Lema/Burton
C —Radiofrequency and Cervicogenic Pain
Sluijter/Haider
D —Lawful Prescribing of Opioids: Case Studies/Vignettes
Bolen
4:45—5:00 p.m. —Break
5:00—6:15 p.m. —Psychological Interventions for Persistent Pain
Robert Kerns, PhD
6:30—8:30 p.m. —Exhibitors' Reception
Grand Ballroom
 
 
 
 
 
Saturday, September 27, 2008

6:30 a.m.—8:30 a.m. —Working Breakfast
7:00—8: 00 a.m. —On the Front Line, Pain and War: Victims of Global Conflicts (The Casualties of War and Their Treatment)
Dr. Steven Cohen, MD
8:00—9:00 a.m. —To Be Announced
Corby Kessler, MD
9:00—9:15 a.m. —Questions and Discussion
9:15—9:30 a.m. —Break
9:30—10:30 a.m. —Parallel Session III
A —Advanced Pain Management Options: The Possibilities
Cohen/Burton
B —Consequences of Pain: Insomnia and Depression (case study discussion)
Kessler/Passik/Clark
C —Mechanism & Management of Acute Pain
Lema/Buckenmaier
D —The Nurse's Role in Acute Pain Service at Walter Reed Hospital
McKnight
10:30—10:45 a.m. —Break
General Sessions
10:45—11:45 a.m. —Psychiatric Co-Morbidities and the Pain Patient
Dr. Rafael V. Miquel, M.D.
11:45 a.m.—1:15 p.m. —Working Lunch
12:15—1:15 p.m. —Aberrant Drug-taking Behaviors during Pain Management: What do we know?
Steven Passik, Ph.D.

(1:15 p.m. "Stroking Out the Pain" Golf Tournament begins for those who are participating — 18 holes)

1:15—2:15 p.m. —Psuedoaddiction: An Iatrogenic Syndrome?
Naeem Haider, MD, MBBS
2:15—2:30 p.m. —Questions and Discussion
2:30—2:45 p.m. —Break
2:45—3:45 p.m. —Management of Pain in the Primary Care Setting
Dr. Michael E. Clark, PhD
3:45—4:45 p.m. —The Body, Mind, and the Vagus Nerve
Dr. Edgar L. Ross, MD
4:45—5 p.m. —Break
5:00—6:00 p.m. —Future Pain Practice Paradigms
Dr. Mark J. Lema, MD, PhD
6:00—6:15 p.m. —Questions and Discussion/Evaluation
 
 
2008 Schedule