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8:30 AM
NEW YORK STATE PAIN SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK STATE WORKERS COMPENSATION FORUM Jointly Provided by AMEDCO and Pri-Med
Friday, April 5, 2024 at the SUNY Global Center, 116 E. 55th Street, New York, NY FINAL AGENDA
Session One New York State Workers Compensation Forum and Pain Management Symposium
3.5 CME/ CE Awarded by AMEDCO
Registration Opens and Breakfast Provided
Welcome and Opening Remarks – Grace Forde MD, President, New York State Pain Society and Paul Pipia MD, President, Medical Society for the State of New York
Session One: Introduction to Workers Compensation in New York State (4.5 CME/ CE)
Moderator: Richard Gasalberti MD
8:40 AM Current Statistics on the Injured Worker in New York – Richard Gasalberti MD
9:00 AM Workers Compensation Process - from Injury to Return to Work – Sekhar Upadhyayula MD
9:20 AM Examining the Injured Worker and How to Classify an Injury – Is it Surgical or Non-Surgical, Temporary or Permanent?
Daniel Choi MD
9:40 AM Classification of Injury Mechanism and Treatment Protocols – Paul Pippia MD
10:00 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:20 AM Trainee Poster Competition Posters 1-6 with Robert Duarte MD, Moderator
1. Matthew Cascio DO – Fat Chance to Walk Again: A Case of Spinal Epidrula Lipomatosis
2. Jack Leal DO – Epidural Cyst Causing Chronic Back Pain and Spinal Cord Compression
3. Nimensha Mehta DO – Kyphoplasty – Beyond Pain Relief
4. Mohammad Yasin DO – Pain Management Course After Forequarter Amputation in a Patient with OsteoSarcoma
5. Kanwardeep Singh MD – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome S/P CVA in Poly-Substance Abuse Patient
10:40 AM Common Pain Management Strategies for the Injured Worker – non-interventional - Carlisle St. Martin MD
11:00 AM
Common Pain Management Strategies for the Injured Worker – interventional – Romanth Waghmarae MD
11:20 AM Issues with Insurance Claims, How MSSNY Can Help –Heather Lopez, VP MSSNY Payment and Practice
11:40 AM Legal Considerations as a Workers Compensation Physician and Provider – Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq., General Counsel, NYSPS
12:00 Noon Hot Topic: Head, Facial and Oral Pain Management – Lauren Levi DMD MS and Asher Mansdorf DDS
12:30 PM
Gold Corporate Member Showcase Luncheon with Legally Mine – Lunch Provided to live attendees
Proper Use of Legal Entities for Lawsuit Protection and Tax Reduction with John Kekel
Session Two: P.A.C.T. - Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain
With Charles E. Argoff MD, Oscar de Leon-Casasola MD and Bruce Nicholson MD
Jointly Provided by Pri-Med (3.5 CME/ CE)
The P.A.C.T. program empowers you with the skills to effectively diagnose and treat pain holistically, highlighting both opioid and nonopioid options. You'll master the safe integration of opioids into personalized pain management, mitigate risks, and identify signs of opioid dependence. Gain the expertise to optimally manage your patients' pain and medication use to make a positive impact on public health.
1:30 PM Part One – Practical Approaches to the Comprehensive Treatment of Pain
3:00 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors and Trainee Poster Competition posters 7-11 with Robert Duarte MD, Moderator
6. Sarah Levin – Contrasting Striatal Neural Circuits and Behavioral Analysis in Response to Acute and Chronic Pain in Mice
7. Kumal Aggarwal MD – A Rare Case of Spinal Myoclonus Following Spinal Surgery
8. Danielle Levin MD – Retrospective Review of Fluoroscopy-guided Transgulteal Pudendal Nerve Blocks
9. Aniroodh Reddy MD – New Knee Problem: Tibial Nerve Block Following Total Knee Arthoplasty
10. Kumal Aggarwal MD – Unmasking the Mystery: A Case Report on Myopathy and Vitamin Deficiencies Masquerading as Low Back Pain
11. Vince Song – Commparative Efficacy of Orthobiologics and CorticoSteroid Injections in Adhesive Capsulitis Management
3:30 PM Part Two – Practical Approaches to the Comprehensive Treatment of Pain
5:30 PM
Questions, Closing Remarks, Trainee Poster Winners Announced