Conference Program



Wednesday, September 20, 2006

   
Moderator – Ricardo Plancarte, MD, FIPP
   
08:00

Treatment Options for Trigeminal Neuralgia, Percutaneous Interventions
Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP

08:30 Spinal Infusions and Ziconitide
Leland Lou , MD, FIPP
09:00 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) – Current Treatment Recommendations
Michael Stanton-Hicks, MD, FIPP
09:30

New Drugs for Pain Management
Richard Rauck, MD, FIPP

10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 Current Neurosurgical Approaches to the Treatment of Pain
Lorand Eross, MD
11:00 Discogenic Pain: Advances in Therapy
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD, FIPP
11:30 Vertebral Body Stabilization Techniques
Nagy Mekhail, MD, FIPP
12:00 Cost Effectiveness of Neuroablation
Jose DeAndres, MD
12:30 LUNCH - Sponsored by Medtronic
Afternoon Overview
13:30 Transport to University Labs
14:00 Lab Rotation
14:50 Lab Rotation
15:40 Lab Rotation
16:30 Lab Rotation
17:20 Lab Close
17:30 Transport to Hotel