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Thursday, May 25 |
Friday,
May 26 |
Saturday,
May 27 |
Sunday,
May 28 |
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Hall A |
Hall B |
Hall A |
Hall B |
Hall A |
Hall B |
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Pain from A to Z (Basic Knowledge)
Chairpersons:
Cesar Amescua Garcia, Mexico
Miguel Angel Genis, Mexico
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Meet the Expert
Chairpersons:
Guillermo Eduardo Arechiga, Mexico
Margarita Araujo, Mexico
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Pain from A to Z (Pharmacology)
Chairpersons:
Sara Bistre Cohen, Mexico
Francisco Mayer, Mexico
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Novel Ideas and Modalities of Treatment
Chairpersons:
Mauricio Gutfrajnd, Bolivia
Roberto Casale, Italy |
Pain from A to Z (Interventional Approaches)
Chairpersons:
German Ochoa, Colombia
Jorge Guajardo, Mexico
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Novel Ideas and Modalities of Treatment
Chairpersons:
Paolo Moricca, Italy (TBC)
Rocio Guillen, Mexico |
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Acute and chronic pain – magnitude of the problem
David Niv, Israel |
Percutaneous lesions of hypogastric and impar ganglia
Ricardo Plancarte Sanchez, Mexico |
Opioids rotation in the management of chronic pain
Athina Vadalouca, Greece |
Placebo effect and pain clinical trials
Luis Enrique
Chaparro-Gomez, Colombia |
Blockade and lesions of trigeminal, sphenopalatine, glossopharyngeal and occipital nerves
Prithvi P. Raj, USA |
Refractory neuropathic pain – a treatment challenge
Cesar Amescua Garcia, Mexico |
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Pathways of physiological nociceptive pain
Jose Castro Lopes, Portugal |
Spinal drugs delivery systems
Miles Day, USA
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Opioids for non malignant pain
TBA |
Brain activations in pain patients
Karen Davis, Canada |
Stellate, T 2 T 3, thoracic epidural, intercostal and suprascapular blocks
Ira Fox, USA |
Open vertebroplasty: an alternative for the treatment of metastatis to the spine
German Ochoa, Colombia |
| 09:30 |
How do you measure pain?
David Yarnitsky, Israel |
Radiofrequency lesions in the lumbar spine region
Ira Fox, USA |
Pharmacological management of cancer pain
Sara Bistre Cohen, Mexico |
Spinal processing of pain signals
Allan Basbaum, USA |
Lumbar MBB, nerve roots and disc lesions
Miles Day, USA |
TIC Douloureux
John Loeser, USA |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
10:30
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Visceral hyperalgesia
Fernando Cervero, Canada |
Radiofrequency lesions in the cervical spine region
Eduardo Ibarra, Puerto Rico |
Antidepressants, pain and activity
Maureen J. Simmonds, Canada |
Splanchnic vs. celiac lesions
Leland Lou, USA |
Hypogastric lesions, caudal neuroplasty, and sacral sleeve injections
Gabor Racz, USA |
Phantom limb pain
Joel Katz, Canada |
11:00
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Bone cancer pain: the effects of the bisphosphonates on pain, skeletal remodeling, and tumor growth
Patrick Mantyh, USA |
Discography and disc thermal lesions
Nagy A. Mekhail, USA |
Fentanyl patch and Oxycontin under the magnifying glass
Miguel Lujan Estrada, Mexico |
Kyphoplasty and vertebral compression fractures
Nagy A. Mekhail, USA |
Cervical and lumbar discography, cervical MBB, cervical sleeve injections
Ricardo Ruiz Lopez, Spain |
Neural mechanisms of phantom limb pain
Marshall Devor, Israel |
11:30
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Imaging of pain
Karen Davis, Canada |
Interventional procedures in the sacral region
Gabor Racz, USA |
Pain mechanisms in bone cancer
Patrick Mantyh, USA |
Cervical spine stimulation
Claudio Feler, USA |
Blocks and lesions of the celiac, lumbar sympathetics, splanchnic and impar ganglia
Ricardo Plancarte Sanchez, Mexico |
Novel rehabilitation approaches for phantom limb and neuropathic pain
Maureen J. Simmonds, Canada |
12:00-14:30 |
P o s t e r s / S i e s t a |
14:30
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Diagnostic issues related to neuropathic pain
Troels S. Jensen, Denmark |
Percutaneous pituitary neuroadenolysis
Paolo Moricca, Italy |
Acetaminophen and Tramadol in the treatment of chronic pain
Eli Alon, Switzerland |
The sympathetic nervous system and pain – a mechanistic approach
James N. Campbell, USA |
Spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation
Leland Lou, USA |
Interaction of analgesic medications
Miguel Lujan Estrada, Mexico |
15:00
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Transition from acute pain to chronic pain
Joel Katz, Canada |
Atypical facial pain management
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, Spain |
Management of breakthrough pain
Gerald M. Aronoff, USA |
Abdominal pain: Mechanisms and models
Fernando Cervero, Canada |
Epidural and spinal pumps
Athina Vadalouca , Greece |
Viscero-somatic interactions in pain processing, David Yarnitsky, Israel |
15:30
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Diagnosis of CRPS
Michael Stanton-Hicks, USA |
Phantom limb pain: prevention vs. management
Troels S. Jensen, Denmark |
Gabapentin and Pregabalin under the magnifying glass
Richard Rauck, USA |
Arthritic pain and the CNS
Jose Castro Lopes, Portugal |
Requirements for setting up a pain center
Richard Rauck, USA |
Pain management and evidence based medicine,
Luis Enrique Chaparro-Gomez, Colombia |
16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
16:30
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Mechanisms underlying neck and back pain
Sridhar V. Vasudevan, USA |
Management of CRPS
Michael Stanton-Hicks, USA |
Lidocain and Buprenorphine Patches
Eli Alon, Switzerland |
Neurotoxins in Headache
Prithvi P. Raj, USA |
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17:00
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Psychiatric comorbidities in chronic pain and their treatment
Gerald M. Aronoff, USA |
Intractable post herpetic neuralgia
Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira , Brazil |
Epidural steroids
Chris Wells, UK |
Pain muscle fatigue and fibromyalgia
Roberto Casale, Italy |
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17:30
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Mechanisms underlying headache and migraine
Chris Wells, UK |
Spinal Cord Stimulation-30 years after
Claudio Feler, USA |
Management of low back pain
John Loeser, USA |
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)-Physical rehabilitation strategies
Sridhar V. Vasudevan, USA |
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18:00-18:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
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18:30 |
Regulating gene expression to control pain: what have we learned?
Allan Basbaum, USA |
19:00 |
What have we learned from the tip of an electrode?
Marshall Devor, Israel |
19:30 |
Molecular neurosurgery for pain: from fantasy to reality
James N. Campbell, USA |
20:00
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Welcome Cocktail |
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IFPM Party |
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