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Pain Medicine Update

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Pain Medicine
Course Directors: Srinivasa N. Raja, MD and Paul J. Christo, MD

This course is designed to provide Pain Specialists and Primary Care Providers an evidence-based update of the pharmacological and interventional techniques for managing chronic pain.
 

CREDITS N/A
CE RELEASE January 11, 2006
CE EXPIRE January 11, 2009
 
Item No Media (Can't decide on a format?) Price Purchase
546DD
Video - DVD: 7 full color DVDs complete with carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus, program evaluation.
$498.00
546CD
Audio - CD: 11 digitally mastered audio CDs complete with carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus, program evaluation.
$448.00
546DC
Combo - DVD + CD: 7 full color DVDs and 11 digitally mastered audio CDs complete with carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus, program evaluation.
$648.00
 
 

Target Audience


Pain Specialists, Anesthesiologists, Pain Management Consultants, Primary Care Providers, Family Practitioners, Internists, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants

 
 

Topics & Speakers


Why Should We Practice Evidence-Based Medicine?
Rob Michaels, MD
 
Update on Postoperative Analgesia and Patient Outcomes
Christopher Wu, MD
 
Evidence-Based Practice of Chronic Pain Is Not Practical
Allan J. Belzberg, MD
 
Diagnostic Workup of a Patient with Neuropathic Pain
Ahmet Hoke, MD, PhD, FRCPC
 
CT-Guided Nerve Blocks for Pain Diagnosis and Management
S. James Zinreich, MD
 
Discography and Diagnostic Nerve Blocks
Steven Cohen, MD
 
Cauda Equina Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
Jean-Paul Wolinsky, MD
 
Mechanism-Based Therapy for Neuropathic Pain - A Conceptual Framework
Srinivasa N. Raja, MD
 
Cervical Spondylosis - Diagnosis and Treatment Options
David B. Cohen, MD
 
Successful Use of Opioids for Pain: Preventing Misuse and Diversion
Howard A. Heit, MD, FACP, FASAM
 
Anticonvulsants for Neuropathic Pain - The Old and the New
Bill H. McCarberg, MD
 
Cancer Pain: Pharmacotherapy and Diagnostic Workup
Stuart A. Grossman, MD
 
Intrathecal Therapies for Cancer Pain
Michael A. Erdek, MD
 
Stiff-Person Syndrome
Beth B. Murinson, MD
 
Spinal-Cord Stimulation for Peripheral Vascular Disease
Kayode Williams, MD
 
Neuromodulation for Neuropathic Pain
Paul J. Christo.MD
 
Psychological Screening of the Patient for Interventional Strategies
Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite, PhD
 
Common Pain Conditions in the Elderly and Treatment Challenges
Charles E. Argoff, MD
 
Sex Differences in Pain
Robert R. Edwards, PhD
 
Physical Rehabilitation Strategies for Patients with Chronic Pain
Barbara J. DeLateur, MD
 
Chronic Pain and Insomnia
Michael T. Smith, PhD
 
Botox for Pain - Why, When and How?
Peter S. Staats, MD

 
Course Directors
Srinivasa N. Raja, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine; Director, Division of Pain Medicine

Paul J. Christo, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine; Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship; Director, Pain Treatment Center

 
Johns Hopkins Faculty
Allan J. Belzberg, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

David B. Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Steven Cohen, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Barbara J. DeLateur, MD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Robert R. Edwards, PhD
Research Clinical Fellow, Psychiatry

Michael A. Erdek, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Stuart A. Grossman, MD
Professor of Oncology, Medicine and Neurosurgery

Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry

Ahmet Hoke, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Rob Michaels, MD
To be determined

Beth B. Murinson, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Michael T. Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Kayode Williams, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Jean-Paul Wolinsky, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Christopher Wu, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

S. James Zinreich, MD
Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science and Otolarynology-Head and Neck Surgery

 
Department Affiliates
Peter S. Staats, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

 
Guest Faculty
Charles E. Argoff, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine; Co-Director, Cohn Pain Management Center at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York

Howard A. Heit, MD, FACP, FASAM
Assistant Clinical Professor, Georgetown University; Liaison Committee of Pain and Addiction, Fairfax, Virginia

Bill H. McCarberg, MD
Kaiser Permanente, Escondido Medical Offices, Escondido, California

 
 

Learning Objectives


After viewing this program, participants should be able to:
  • Develop a diagnostic algorithm for managing common chronic pain disorders
  • Recognize the roles of medical and conservative care in pain therapy that is evidence-based
  • Identify indications for referral to pain consultants by primary care providers
  • Assess indications and evaluate benefits of interventional therapies

 
 

Faculty Disclosure


It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the faculty and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations. Detailed disclosure will be made in the course handout materials.