9th Annual Kaua’i Pain Conference

Agenda

View Faculty

Thursday, March 2, 2023

8:00

State-of-the-art Postoperative Pain Management in the Age of COVID

Dr. Christopher Gharibo, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Peri-Operative Care & Pain Medicine; Professor of Orthopedics Medical Director of Pain Medicine, NYU Langone Health

8:45

Disentangling Self from Pain: Thalamic–Default Mode Network Decoupling & a Novel Self-referential Nociceptive Gating Mechanism to Reduce Pain

Fadel Zeidan, PhD, Director, Brain Mechanisms of Pain & Health Lab, UC San Diego

9:30

Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits

10:00

Regenerative Medicine: Updates on Blood-based & Cell-based Therapies

Dr. Dmitri Souza, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Ohio University College of Medicine (OUCOM)

10:45

Gene-therapeutic Targets Elucidate Analgesic Mechanisms

Carolyn A. Fairbanks, PhD, Professor, Depts of Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Neuroscience, University of Minnesota

11:30

Lunch

12:15

Reenvisioning Care Paradigms
Dr. Carmen Renee Green, MD, Dean of the CUNY School of Medicine (CSOM), The City College of New York

1:15

Deep-dive discussion/Q&A with Dr. Carmen Green
Dr. Carmen Renee Green, MD, Dean of the CUNY School of Medicine (CSOM), The City College of New York

1:45

Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits

2:15

Emerging Interventions for Degenerative Disc Disease & Vertebral Endplate Pain

Dr. Daniel S. Choi, MD, MBA, President, Interventional Pain Specialist, Spine & Pain Center of Kaua’i

3:00

Neuromodulation for Axial Low Back Pain: SCS & PNS

Dr. Jonathan D. Carlson, MD, Founding Clinician, Hawai’i Pain & Spine

3:45

Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits

4:15

Cultivating Individual and Organizational Wellness: The Journey to Alleviating Burnout

Alleviating Burnout, part 1: Assessing Individual Burnout

Amy Gallagher, PsyD, MSHCT, Resiliency Program Leader, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Dr. Amy Allen Case, MD, FAAHPM, Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

5:00

Alleviating Burnout, part 2: Three steps toward institutional change

Amy Gallagher, PsyD, MSHCT, Resiliency Program Leader, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Dr. Amy Allen Case, MD, FAAHPM, Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

5:45

Welcome Reception!

Pool Deck

Friday, March 3, 2023

7:30

Breakfast Symposium

8:30

Pain Physicians & Medical Cannabis: Attitudes, Beliefs, Preparedness & Knowledge

Dr. Amy Allen Case, MD, FAAHPM, Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

9:30

Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits

10:00

Immune-mediated Molecular Mechanisms of Pain

Dr. Luda Diatchenko, MD, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, and Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain

10:45

Spinal Analgesic Combinations: Mechanistic Studies

Carolyn A. Fairbanks, PhD, Professor, Depts of Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Neuroscience, University of Minnesota

11:30

Lunch

12:15

Pain, Neural Plasticity, Inhaled Cannabis, Psilocybin, & Ketamine
Fadel Zeidan, PhD, Director, Brain Mechanisms of Pain & Health Lab, UC San Diego

1:00

The Metamorphosis of Interventional Headache Medicine

Dr. Dmitri Souza, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Ohio University College of Medicine (OUCOM)

1:45

Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits

2:15

Cancer Pain Coordination of Care
Dr. Shane E. Brogan, MB Bch, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Huntsman Cancer Institute

3:00

Advanced Care Planning
Dr. Donna Kalauokalani, MD, MPH, Deputy Medical Executive; Integrated Care & Complex Patient Populations, California Correctional Healthcare Service

3:45

Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits

4:15

Clinician Wellness Workshop: Communication Facilitation Tools for an Empathetic Workplace

Communication Tools, part 1: Empathy building skills

5:00

Communication Tools, part 2: Practice using PARTNERS framework for communication skills in challenging scenarios

Saturday, March 4, 2023

7:00

Breakfast 

8:00

The 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain: What’s New? What Changed? What Matters.

Dr. Samer Narouze, MD, PhD, Chairman, Center for Pain Medicine, Western Reserve Hospital

8:45

Navigating Substance Use Disorder (SUD) & Pain Management: Lessons from the California Prison System
Dr. Donna Kalauokalani, MD, MPH, Deputy Medical Executive; Integrated Care & Complex Patient Populations, California Correctional Healthcare Service

9:30

Break and Poster Exhibits

10:00

Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Catheter Tip Placement & Dosing Strategies

Dr. Shane E. Brogan, MB Bch, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Huntsman Cancer Institute

10:45

Pathophysiology of Fibromyalgia
Dr. Luda Diatchenko, MD, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, and Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain

11:30

Pathophysiology of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Dr. Christopher Gharibo, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Peri-Operative Care & Pain Medicine; Professor of Orthopedics Medical Director of Pain Medicine,, NYU Langone Health

12:15

Lunch

1:00

Addressing Health Disparities
Governor Joshua B. Green, MD, Governor, Hawai’i; Dr. Carmen Renee Green, MD, Dean of the CUNY School of Medicine (CSOM), The City College of New York

1:00

Legislative Changes to the Treatment of Pain and Substance Use Disorder

Governor Joshua B. Green, MD, Governor, Hawai’i

1:00

Q&A with Drs. Green & Green

Governor Joshua B. Green, MD, Governor, Hawai’i; Dr. Carmen Renee Green, MD, Dean of the CUNY School of Medicine (CSOM), The City College of New York

3:45

Break Posters & Exhibits

3:00

Clinician Wellness Workshop: Healing from Moral Injury
Dr. Amy Allen Case, MD, FAAHPM, Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Amy Gallagher, PsyD, MSHCT, Resiliency Program Leader, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

3:00

Healing from Moral Injury, part 1: The impact that workplace grief, loss, and trauma can have on organizations

3:00

Healing from Moral Injury, part 2: Individual experiences regarding psychological safety

Conference agenda is subject to change