General Lectures
Monday, 28th August, 2017
| 07:10 | Opening Remarks Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP Craig Hartrick, MD, FIPP, President of WIP (effective May 1, 2017) Edit Racz, MD, FIPP Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS |
| Moderators Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP and Founder of WIP and Miles Day, MD, FIPP |
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| 07:30 | Long Lasting Favorable Outcome in Treatment of Back Pain Radiculopathy: Spinal Stenosis by Neuroplasty Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP |
| 07:50 | Endoscopically Guided Rhizothomy for Facet and Sacroiliac Joint Mediated Pain Stefano Palmisani, MD |
| 08:10 | Vertebral Stabilization Kenneth Chapman, MD, FIPP |
| 08:30 | Facet Denervation Directions and Questions Javier de Andres, MD, FIPP |
| 08:50 | New Evidence for Pulsed RF- Possible Future Combination of PRF-RF Jan Van Zundert, MD, FIPP |
| 09:10 | Coffee Break |
| Moderators Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP and Craig Hartrick, MD, FIPP |
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| 09:30 | 30 Years of Clinical Experience With Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate in Orthopedic Medicine Phillipe Hernigou, MD |
| 10:00 | Mesenchymal Stem Cells Manage Pain Arnold Caplan, PhD |
| 10:30 | Degenerative Disc Disease & Regenerative Medicine Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP |
| 11:00 | Questions and Answers Craig Hartrick, MD, FIPP |
| 11:30 | Ultrasound Guidance in Long Term Chronic Pain Therapy Uel Alexis, MD, FIPP |
| 11:50 | Evidence of Neuromodulation Robert Levy, MD, FIPP |
| 12:20 | Lab Instruction Miles Day, MD, FIPP |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Transport to Workshop at Semmelweis University |
| 14.00-16.30 | Cadaver Workshop |
Tuesday, 29 August, 2017
| Moderator Ira Fox, MD, FIPP and Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP |
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| 07:30 | Industry Technical Presentations |
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| 09:00 | MRI’s: How to Look At and What You May Find Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP |
| 09:20 | Cancer Pain Management: Reducing Pain and Suffering through Combined Approach Therapy Kris Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP |
| 09:40 | Radiofrequency Innovations in Pain Management Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD, FIPP |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| Moderators Adnan Al-Kaisy, MB ChB, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP and Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP |
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| 10:30 | Role of DRG in Neuropathic Pain Marshall Devor, PhD |
| 10:50 | DRG as a Target for Electrical Neuromodulation Robert Levy, MD |
| 11:10 | Long Term Safety and Efficacy in Novel Trans-grade DRG Stimulation for Chronic Neuropathic Pain Adnan Al-Kaisy, MB ChB, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP |
| 11:30 | Vertebral Augmentation Doug Beall, MD |
| 11:50 | The Role of Intrathecal Drug Delivery in Chronic Back Pain Richard Rauck, MD, FIPP |
| 12:10 | Recent Advances in Electrical Neuromodulation in Lower Back Pain Peter Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP |
| 12:30 | Questions and Answers Miles Day, MD, FIPP |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Transport to Workshop at Semmelweis University |
| 14.00-16.30 | Cadaver Workshop |
Wednesday 30 August, 2017 (General lectures I.)
| Moderator Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP |
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| 07:30 | Neuroplasty Accumulating Positive Evidence Yong-Chul Kim, MD, PhD |
| 07:50 | Study Design, Clinical and Animal Studies Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, PhD, FIPP |
| 08:20 | Pitfalls of Pain Models vs. Animal Models, Clinical Benefits Bert Joosten, PhD, Editor of Pain Practice, Netherlands |
| 08:50 | How to Reduce Treatment Related Complications in Trigeminal Neuralgia Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP |
| 09:10 | Shortcomings of Epidural Steroid Injections Craig Hartrick, MD, FIPP |
| 09:30 | Private Practice Clinical Experience with Over 13,000 Cases of Lysis of Adhesions/Neuroplasty Ira Fox, MD, FIPP |
| 09:50 | Coffee Break |
| Moderators Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP and Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP |
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| 10:20 | Radiation Safety Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP |
| 10:40 | Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Stephan Becker, MD |
| 11:00 | Chemotherapy Induced Neuropathic Pain Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP |
| 11:20 | Chronic Pain and Society: Can and Should Government Help? Giustino Varrassi, MD, FIPP |
| 11:40 | New Interventional Pain Techniques and Data |
| PACIF (Percutaneous Ablation Curettage Inferior Foraminotomy) Hemmo Bosscher, MD, PhD, FIPP |
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| Minimally Invasive Options for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP |
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| New Evolutions Standiford Helm, MD, FIPP |
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| 12:00 | Challenges in the Management of Chronic Lower Back Pain Sudhir Diwan, MD, FIPP |
| 12:20 | Questions and Answers/Lab Instructions Miles Day, MD, FIPP |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Transport to Workshop at Semmelweis University |
| 14.00-17.00 | Cadaver Workshop |
Wednesday 30 August, 2017 (General lectures II.)
| Moderator Craig Hartrick, MD, FIPP and Uel Alexis, MD, FIPP |
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| 07:30 | Systematic Reviews in Treating Spinal Stenosis by Neuroplasty/Lysis of Adhesions Standiford Helm, MD, FIPP |
| 07:50 | Thoracic Sympathetic T2 T3 and Splanchnic Nerve Blocks and Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation Miles Day, MD, FIPP |
| 08:10 | Common Low Back Pain Hemmo Bosscher, MD, PhD, FIPP |
| 08:40 | Surgical Options to Treat Chronic Back Pain Lorand Eross, MD, PhD, FIPP |
| 09:00 | Balanced Approach to Opioid Use Peter Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP |
| 09:20 | Rebirth of Cryotherapy Lesioning Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP |
| 09:40 | Questions and Answers |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| Moderator Miles Day, MD, FIPP |
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| 10:25 | Causes of Pelvic Pain Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP |
| 10:45 | Neuromodulation to Treat Pelvic Pain Adnan Al-Kaisy, MB ChB, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP |
| 11:05 | Hydrodissection in Pelvic Pain-Long Term Favorable Outcomes Possible Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP |
| 11:25 | Examination for Fellowship of Pain Practice Monique Steegers, MD, PhD, FIPP |
| 11:45 | Peripheral Nerve Entrapments Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP |
| 12:05 | Hypogastric Plexus Block Mert Akbas, MD, FIPP |
| 12:20 | Practical Implications of Studying Lumbar Sympathetic Radiofrequency and Phenol Neurolysis – RF (Racz Finch) Needle Carl Noe, MD, FIPP |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Transport to Workshop at Semmelweis University |
| 14.00-17.00 | Cadaver Workshop |