| |
Thursday
June 28 |
Friday
June 29 |
Saturday
June 30 |
Sunday
July 01 |
| TIME |
|
Hall A |
Hall B |
Hall A |
Hall B |
Hall A |
Hall B |
| |
|
Pain from A to Z
(Basic Knowledge) |
Meet the Expert |
Pain from A to Z
(Pharmacology) |
Novel Ideas
and Modalities
of Treatment |
Pain from A to Z
(Interventional Approaches) |
Controversies
in Pain Medicine |
08:30
|
Sponsored Symposia |
Fibromyalgia-a light in the end of the tunnel
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Canada
 |
Outcome of hypogastric and impar ganglia lesions
Ricardo Plancarte Sanchez, Mexico
|
Oxycontin under the magnifying glass
Michael Gofeld, Canada
|
Dietary components and pain sensitivity
Yoram Shir, Canada
|
Discography,cervical MBB, cervical sleeve injections
Samuel Hassenbusch, USA
|
Pre-emption of chronic pain- truth or fiction?
Joel Katz,
Canada
|
09:00
|
Anatomy and physiology of ascending pain pathways from the periphery to the spinal cord
Terence Coderre,
Canada
|
Systems for spinal delivery of opioids
Samuel Hassenbusch, USA
|
Opioids for non malignant pain
Giustino Varrassi, Italy
|
An animal model of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type-I (RSD)
Gary Bennett, Canada
|
Outcomes of minimally invasive disc surgery
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, Spain |
What's in the drugs pipeline for neuropathic pain
Andy Dray, Canada
|
09:30
|
Spinal and supraspinal gating of pain signals
Oscar de Leon-Casasola, USA
|
Outcomes of radiofrequency lesions in the lumbar spine region
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, Spain |
Paracetamol, Tramadol and their combination
Eli Alon, Switzerland
|
Spinal clonidine, ketamine and ziconotide injections
Richard Rauck, USA |
Lumbar medial branch, nerve root and intradiscal lesions
Michael Gofeld, Canada
|
Phantom limb: pain mechanism in the PNS or CNS?
Marshall Devor, Israel
|
10:00-10:30
|
Coffee Break |
10:30
|
Sponsored Symposia |
Dealing with the chronic pain crisis – the Quebec experience
Roderick Finlayson, Canada
|
Outcomes of radiofrequency lesions in the cervical spine region
Eduardo Ibarra, Puerto Rico |
Gabapentin and Pregabalin under the magnifying glass
Joseph Kay, Canada
|
Splanchnic vs. celiac lesions
Prithvi P. Raj, USA
|
Tic Douloureux –paradigms of management
John Loeser, USA
|
Cannabinoids in chronic pain - a Canadian perspective
Mark Ware, Canada
|
11:00
|
Psychological mechanisms in acute and chronic pain
Kenneth Craig, Canada
|
Botox for the management of pain
Prithvi P. Raj, USA
|
Opioids for neuropathic pain
Daniel Carr, USA
|
Psychology and neurobiology of placebo analgesia
Pierre Rainville, Canada |
Hypogastric caudal neuroplasty, and sacral sleeve injections
Carmen Pichot, Spain |
What causes chemotherapy-evoked painful peripheral neuropathy?
Gary Bennett, Canada
|
11:30
|
The challenges of chronic pain
Ronald Melzack,
Canada
|
Outcomes of interventional procedures in the sacral region
Gabor Racz, USA
|
Role of the psychiatrist in the treatment of
chronic pain problems
Michael Bond, UK
|
Multimodal perioperative analgesia
Joseph Kay, Canada
|
Blocks and lesions of the celiac, lumbar sympathetics, splanchnic and impar ganglia
Ricardo Plancarte Sanchez, Mexico
|
Virtual reality in the management of patients with chronic pain
Maureen Simmonds, Canada
|
12:00-14:30 |
|
Satellite Symposium
Sponsored by Pfizer Canada, Inc. |
Poster sessions
and Sponsored Symposia |
| Poster sessions |
14:30
|
Sponsored Symposia |
Understanding back pain
John Loeser, USA
|
Transphenoidal pituitary neuroadenolysis
Paolo Moricca, Italy
|
Lidocaine and buprenorphine patches
Richard Rauck, USA |
Surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia : the percutaneous procedures
Alain Serrie, France
|
Spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation
Gabor Racz, USA
|
Rehabilitation of the chronic pain patient
Roderick Finlayson, Canada
|
15:00
|
Myofacial pain and headache
Yaron River, Israel
|
Opioids in the management of osteoarticular pain
Stefano Coaccioli, Italy
|
Transdermal and oral transmucosal fentanyl administration
Carmen Pichot, Spain |
Brainstem mechanisms of trigeminal pain
Barry Sessle, Canada
|
Epidural and spinal delivery systems
Athina Vadalouca, Greece
|
Pain genes and their possible clinical relevance
Zeev Seltzer, Canada
|
15:30
|
Non invasive imaging of pain
Petra Schweinhardt, Canada
|
Outcomes of epidural steroid injections
Oscar de Leon-Casasola, USA
|
Antidepressants and pain
John Pereira, Canada
|
Autonomic nerve fiber invasion of the upper dermis of the skin after
peripheral nerve lesions. Should we care about it?
Alfredo Ribeiro-Da-Silva,
Canada
|
Neuromodulation and RF on the sphenopalatine ganglion to treat Cluster Headache
Eduardo Ibarra, Puerto Rico |
Facial expression empathy and deceit
Kenneth Craig, Canada
|
16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
|
16:30
|
Sponsored Symposia |
Pain in the geriatric population
David Lussier, Canada |
Opioids rotation in the management of chronic pain
Athina Vadalouca, Greece
|
Current approaches for the management
of arthritic and musculoskeletal pain
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Canada
|
Simple functional assessment of patients with pain
Maureen Simmonds, Canada
|
|
17:00
|
Understanding Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Elon Eisenberg, Israel
|
Outcomes of spinal cord stimulation
James P. Rathmell, USA
|
Management of Post Herpetic Neuralgia
Elon Eisenberg, Israel
|
Transforaminal injection of steroids: should we continue? James P. Rathmell, USA
|
17:30
|
Plenary lecture:
Prospects of intranasal analgesia
Daniel Carr, USA |
Remembering David Niv
Marshall Devor, Israel
|
18:30 |
Opening Ceremony
Aims of IFPM and homage to David Niv |
|
|
19:00 |
Plenary lecture
Sex, pain genetics and pain pharmaco- genetics
Jeff Mogil, Canada
|
19:30 |
Plenary lecture
Pain suffering and music
Yaron River, Israel
|
20:00
|
Welcome Cocktail |
|
IFPM Party |
CONTACT US