9th Annual Kaua’i Pain Conference
Agenda
Thursday, March 2, 2023
7:45
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
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
Initial Onset Low Back Pain in Patients 65 and Older: What Works, What Doesn’t, & What the Trends Reveal
1:00
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
1:45
Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits
2:15
Managing Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
3:00
Neuromodulation in Pain: Current Evidence
3:45
Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits
4:15
Clinician Burnout: Signs, Symptoms, & Consequences of Burnout in Yourself & Others
Amy Gallagher, PsyD, MSHCT, Resiliency Program Leader, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
5:30
Welcome Reception!
Friday, March 3, 2023
8:00
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
8:45
Cancer Pain Coordination of Care
Dr. Shane E. Brogan, MB Bch, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Huntsman Cancer Institute
9:30
Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits
10:00
Immune-mediated Molecular Mechanisms of Pain
10:45
α2C-Adrenergic Receptors, Combination Therapy, Spinal Analgesia & Adrenergic-Opioid Synergy
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
Urine Toxicology Screening Among Chronic Pain Patients on Opioid Therapy: Frequency & Predictability of Abnormal Findings
1:45
Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits
2:15
Advances in Neuromodulation for Chronic Pain
3:00
The Metamorphosis of Interventional Headache Medicine
Dr. Dmitri Souza, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Ohio University College of Medicine (OUCOM)
3:45
Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits
4:15
Clinician Wellness Workshop: De-stigmatizing Wellbeing, Implementing Systems, & Identifying Support
Amy Gallagher, PsyD, MSHCT, Resiliency Program Leader, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Saturday, March 4, 2023
7:30
Breakfast Symposium
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
Understanding & Addressing Disparities in Pain Care
9:30
Coffee & Networking Break
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
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in Pain Management
11:30
Lunch
12:15
Pathophysiology of Fibromyalgia
1:00
Pathophysiology of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
1:45
Break (30 min): Posters & Exhibits
2:15
Community Forum
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 (30 min): Posters & Exhibits
4:15
Clinician Wellness Workshop: Reducing Isolation, Renewing Resiliency, & Building Support
5:15
Conference Concludes
Conference agenda is subject to change