Topics & Speakers
- The Practice of Pain Medicine
Carol Warfield, MD
- Neurologic Evaluation of the
Patient in Pain
- Diagnosis and Treatment
of Severe Headache
- Botulinum Toxins for Headache and Pain
- Mechanism-Based Treatment
of Neuropathic Pain
Zahid Bajwa, MD
- Musculoskeletal Evaluation
of the Patient in Pain
- Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
- Role of Complementary and Alternative
Approaches in Pain Medicine
Joseph Audette, MA, MD
- Preoperative Analgesia:
Can It Reduce Chronic Pain?
Mark Lema, MD, PhD
- Pain Mechanisms: When Patients
Feel Too Much or No Pain
Charles Berde, MD, PhD
- Management of Spinal Pain: Overview
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD
- Imaging of Pain of Spinal Origin
Jonathan Kleefield, MD
- Surgical Management of Spinal Pain
Eric Woodard, MD
- Evidence-Based Pain Medicines
- Pain in HIV and AIDS
Daniel Carr, MD
- Abdominal and Pelvic Pain
Jyotsna Nagda, MD
- Clinical Pharmacology of
Local Anesthetics
Charles Berde, MD, PhD
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
Thomas Simopoulos, MD
- Discography and IDET
Milan Stojanovic, MD
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- Interventional Therapy:
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Thomas Simopoulos, MD
Anne Hooley, RN
- Radiographic Anatomy for
Image-Guided Pain Interventions
- Radiofrequency Treatment for Pain
- Rational Use of New Modalities
for Spinal Pain
James Rathmell, MD
- Percutaneous Discectomy and Vertebroplasty
Joshua Hirsch, MD, PhD
- NSAIDs & Cox-2 Inhibitors
Lee Simon, MD
- Psychological Assessment of Pain
- Managing the Difficult Patient
Joshua Wootton, MDiv, PhD
- Mind/Body Approach to Pain Medicine
Herbert Benson, MD
- PHN, PH1, and TGN
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD
- Substance Abuse Assessment
in Pain Management
Robert Jamison, PhD
- Opioids: The Scientific Truth
Jianren Mao, MD, PhD
- Opioid Contracts and Rational Prescribing
- Ketamine, Methadone, and Novel Analgesics
- Pain Medicine and the Law
Scott Fishman, MD
- Pediatric Pain Management Update
Alyssa Lebel, MD
- Advances in Addiction Psychopharmacology
Alan Wartenberg, MD
- Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine
- Spinal Analgesia
Edgar Ross, MD
- Integrating Acupuncture into a
Multidisciplinary Pain Practice
Yuan-Chi Lin, MD
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HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL PROGRAM DIRECTORS |
Zahid Bajwa, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
(Neurology)
Harvard Medical School
Director, Education and Clinical Pain
Research Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center Boston, MA
Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD
Instructor in Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Director, Arnold Pain Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Carol Warfield, MD
Edward Lowenstein Professor
of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA |
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER |
Zahid Bajwa, MD
Anne Hooley, RN
Jonathan Kleefield, MD
Jyotsna Nagda, MD
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Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD
Thomas Simopoulos, MD
Carol Warfield, MD
Joshua Wootton, MDiv, PhD |
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL |
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BOSTON |
Robert Jamison, PhD
Edgar Ross, MD
Eric Woodard, MD |
Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Alyssa Lebel, MD
Yuan-Chi Lin, MD |
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MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL |
Joshua Hirsch, MD, PhD
Jianren Mao, MD, PhD
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD
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James Rathmell, MD
Milan Stojanovic, MD |
SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL |
| Joseph Audette, MA, MD |
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GUEST FACULTY |
Herbert Benson, MD
Director Emeritus
Benson-Henry Institute for
Mind Body Medicine
Daniel Carr, MD
Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research
Department of Anesthesia
Tufts Medical School
New England Medical Center
Boston, MA
Scott Fishman, MD
President
American Academy of Pain Medicine
Professor of Anesthesia and
Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA
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Mark Lema, MD, PhD
President
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY at Buffalo, NY
Lee Simon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Alan Wartenberg, MD
Medical Director
Discovery House Programs
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University, Boston, MA |
Program Objectives
Principles and Practices of Pain Medicine is a comprehensive review of current advances in the field of pain medicine and presents a window into the future developments of this rapidly growing field. The program is integral to clinicians of all levels, and academicians and researchers, all of who play an active role in caring for patients with common and advanced pain problems. This program also meets the CME requirements for pain management for licensing in California and other states.
The curriculum is designed to match the subject matter of the specialty board requirements, including current standards of care, and is a useful tool in aiding practitioners who now are evaluated through the American Board of Medical Specialties’ Maintenance of Certification process. Board-certified physicians must build six core competencies for quality patient care in their medical specialty: appropriate patient care, application of medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, systems-based practice for optimal care, and practice-based learning and improvement.
The program faculty includes experts from various Harvard institutions,
as well as nationally known specialists from other prestigious institutions. Principles and Practices of Pain Medicine emphasizes recent progress in understanding the pathophysiology and clinical science of pain medicine
and state-of-the-art therapy.
Whether you are new to pain medicine or have been in the field for some time, the program’s lectures and discussions are specifically designed to improve your knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of pain medicine. Also included are special sessions to address all important risk management issues in pain medicine. Clinicians preparing for board exams will find this program helpful.
Accreditation Statement
Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 27 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Release date: September 1, 2008. Credits expire: December 31, 2010.
CME credit is obtained upon successful completion of an activity posttest and evaluation, as well as payment of a $30 processing fee.
Disclosure Statement
Harvard Medical School has long held the standard that its continuing medical education courses be free of commercial bias. Now, in accord with the disclosure policy of the Medical School, as with the standards set forth by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education, speakers and their spouses/partners, and planners have been asked to disclose any relationship they have to companies producing pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, prostheses, etc., that might be germane to the content of their lectures. Please note that now, in accordance with recent policies from the ACCME, relationships of the person involved in
the CME activity must include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.
In addition, faculty have been asked to describe any off-label uses they discuss of pharmaceuticals and devices
for investigational or non-FDA-approved purposes.
Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation, but rather to provide the course director and registrants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a given presentation. The full disclosure of faculty is listed in the syllabus.
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