PSOC - 2023 Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions

PAINSOCIETYOFTHECAROLINAS ANNUAL MEETING & SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

SEPTEMBER15-17,2023

Pain Society of the Carolinas

2023 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions

Final Agenda

Pre-Conference Board Meeting: Thursday, September 14, 2023

Studio 220 at NOMA BC

Day One: Friday, September 15, 2023

Registration Opens at 7:00 AM Regency Ballroom Prefunction

Exhibition Opens at 9:30 AM

Regency C

Session One – Update on Medicines for Pain – Moderator: Christopher Gilmore MD

Regency AB

7:55 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks – Todd Warrick MD, President

8:00 – 8:30 AM – New Guidelines for Urine Drug Screening – Binit Shah MD

8:30 -9:15 AM – NC, SC and Federal Prescribing Guidelines including the new MATE Act – Lawrence

Kobak DPM Esq., PSOC General Counsel

9:15 – 9:45 AM - Case Studies: Depression, Pain and Opiates – Steve Prakken MD

9:45-10:15 AM - Pain Advocacy and Awareness – Stephanie G. Vanterpool MD MBA

10:15-10:45 - Networking Break with Exhibitors

Regency C

Session Two – Pediatric Pain – Moderator: Ezra B. Riber MD

Regency AB

10:45-11:15 AM Acute and Perioperative Pediatric Pain – Doug Ririe MD, PhD, MHA

11:15-11:45 AM Interventional Treatment for Pediatric Pain – Blake Windsor MD

11:45-12:15 AM Teens: Between Pediatric and Adult Pain – Maryam Jowza MD

12:15 -1:15 PM Corporate Member Showcase with Platinum Corporate Member Salix – Taking a Targeted Approach to Treating Opioid Induced Constipation (OIC) with Richard Rauck MD (Lunch Provided by the Society. No CME Provided. CMS Reportable)

Studio A

Session Three – Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session One – Interventional Therapies and Techniques to Manage Pain

Moderator: Scott Runyon MD

Regency AB

1:15 -1:45 PM A Survey of Minimally Invasive Spine Therapies – Matthew Mauck MD

1:45-2:15 PM A Survey of Advances in Spinal Cord Stimulation – Richard Rauck MD

2:15 – 2:45 PM Update on the Consensus Practice Guidelines for Interventions for Lumbar and Cervical Facetogenic Pain- Brooke Chidgey MD

2:45 – 3:15 PM Update on Basivertebral Nerve Ablation – Todd Warrick MD

3:15 – 3:45 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors

Regency C

3:45 – 4:15 PM Noninvasive Transcutaneous Axonnal Therapy for Focal Neuropathic Pain –Leonardo Kapural MD PhD

4:15-4:45 PM Novel Applications for Stellate Ganglion Blocks – Brooke Chidgey MD and Deb McCutcheon MD

4:45-5:30 PM

Coding and Billing for Interventions – Amy Turner RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC,

OR Parallel Session – Non-Interventional Pain for the Physician and Advanced Practice Clinician

Moderator: Amanda Zimmerman PA-C Regency DEFG

1:15 -1:35 PM Practice Protocols for Initiating Pain Patients Care – Scott Clingan PA-C

1:35 – 1:55 PM

1:55-2:15 PM

Common Spine Pathologies & Interventional Management – Christine Zdeb NP

Empathy in Pain Practice – Amanda Zimmerman PA-C

2:15 – 2:35 PM When Your Patient Says “I Can’t Afford That” -Care for the Uninsured or Underinsured – Joan Priddy Southern NP

2:35-2:55 PM Substance Abuse in Chronic Pain – Steven Prakken MD

2:55-3:15 PM New Stimulation Paradigms and How Does it Apply to My Practice – Christopher Gilmore MD

3:15 – 3:45 PM

3:45-4:05 PM

4:15-4:45 PM

Networking Break with Exhibitors (Regency C)

Neurofeedback and its Affects on Pain – Joan Priddy-Southern NP

The Prescription as Literature – David Lindsay MD

4:45-5:30 PM Case Studies

5:30 – 6:00 PM

Annual Trainee Poster Competition -Moderator: Scott Clingan PA-C Regency AB

1.Synovium Production of Kynurenine in Arthritic Knee Joints: Implications for Treating Comorbid Pain and Depression in Osteoarthritis – Kian Bagheri

2.Novel Use of SCS for Symptomatic Treatment of Rigidity and Painful Spasm in a Case of Seropositive Stiff Person Syndrome – Emily Deschler

3.ECAP-Controlled Closed-Loop SCS for the Treatment of Chronic Pain -36 Month EVOKE Study Outcomes – Nicholas Gentry

4.Success of Facet Joint Injections After Failure of Radiofrequency Ablation – Sierra Mclean

5.Examining the Connection Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Development of Fibromyalgia – Ashley Moats

6.Feasibility and Acceptability of Brief Virtual Pain Psychology Component for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery – Fatima Al Kadhi

7.CQI: Development of Cognitive Aid for Management of Thoracic Epidural Troubleshooting for Anesthesia Residents – Zia Siddiqui

8.Uncontrollable Belching, an Atypical Symptom of Pectoralis Minor Syndrome – James Lau

Networking Reception with Exhibitors Regency C

6:00 – 7:00 PM

7:00 – 9:00 PM

Gold Corporate Member Showcase Dinner with Medtronic (Regency H Room)

Engineering the Extraordinary with Technology that Matters with Dr. Nomen Azeem and Ashley Wheeler ARNP OR

Gold Corporate Member Showcase Dinner with Luxor Scientific (Crepe Myrtle Room)

Drug Testing in Pain Management: Emerging Trends with Dr Marion Snyder PhD, DABCC

(for both dinners, RSVP required, Seating Limited, No CME Provided, CMS Reportable)

Day Two: Saturday, September 16, 2023

Registration Opens at 7:00 AM

Exhibition Opens at 9:00 AM

Gold Corporate Member Showcase with Collegium Pharmaceuticals –Responsible Pain Management with Opioid Therapy for Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Pain with Amanda Zimmerman PA-C (Breakfast provided by the Society, no CME Provided, CMS Reportable) Studio A

7:30 –8:30 AM

Session Four – Ketamine and Buprenorphine for Pain – Moderator: Brooke Chidgey MD Regency AB

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Treating Overlapping Pain and Depression with Ketamine – Bobby Wunnava MD

9:00- 9:30 AM Use of Ketamine in the Inpatient Setting – James North MD

9:30 -10:00 AM

Trigeminal Blocks, Facial Pain and Ketamine – Leonardo Kapural MD PhD

10:00 -10:30 AM Update on Buprenorphine and Pain -Irina Philips MD

10:30 -11:00 AM

Regency C

Networking Break with Exhibitors

Session Five – The Great Debates Moderator: Ed Delorey MD Regency AB

Neurostimulation vs Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain – Christopher Gilmore MD and Gabe Hillegass MD

11:00-11:30 AM

11:30 -12:00 PM

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery- Cheerag Uphadhyaya MD MBA and James North MD

12:00 -12:15 PM

Annual Business Meeting of the Membership

Platinum Corporate Member Showcase with Legally Mine - Proper Use of Legal Entities for Lawsuit Protection and Tax Reduction with Gary Harker (lunch provided by the society. No CME provided) (Studio A)

12:15-1:15 PM

1:15 –1:45 PM

JAMES CREWS MEMORIAL LECTURE- Women in Neuromodulation – Trailblazers, Torch Bearers, and Tomorrow’s Leaders with Stephanie G. Vanterpool MD MBA (Studio A)

Session Six -NEW THIS YEAR! Hot Topics Flash Talks (10 minutes each)

Moderator: Carlysle Hamsher MD

Regency AB

1:45 Health Inequities and Implicit Bias in Pain – Meron Selassi MD

1:55 Post Covid Neuropathies – Gabe Hillegass MD

2:05 Impact of Lifestyle Habits – Amanda Zimmerman PA-C

2:15 Sexual Health and Chronic Pain – Richard Rauck MD

2:25 Kratom, Delta8 and Kava – Ed Delorey MD

2:35 Rates of Addiction in the Pain Population – Irina Philips MD

2:45-3:15 pm - Cancer-related Interventions: Kypho and RF for Metastatic Disease –Thomas Hopkins MD

3:15-3:45 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors (Exhibits close at 4:00 pm) (Regency C)

Session Seven – Geriatric Pain – Moderator: Robert Wilson MD

Regency AB

3:45-4:15 PM Medicines for your Geriatric Patient – Richard Boortz-Marx MD MS

4:15 -4:45 PM Pain Management’s Role at End of Life – Jen McEntee MD

4:45-5:15 PM Demystify Longevity Medicine- Work Smarter not Harder on your Own and your Patients’ Perpetual Youth – Dawn Sparks MD

5:15 PM – Adjourn

6:00 PM – President’s Reception (Invitation Only)( Pergola at Roost)

7:00 -9:00 PM -

Gold Corporate Member Showcase with Saluda (Regency H room)

Experiences with Closed Loop SCS with Leonardo Kapural MD PhD OR

Platinum Corporate Member Showcase with Salix – The New CDC Guidelines with Julie Knight, Salix (Crepe Myrtle)

(for both dinners, RSVP required, Seating Limited, No CME Provided, CMS Reportable)

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Day Three: Sunday, September 17, 2023

Registration and Breakfast Opens at 7:00 AM

Session Eight Parallel Sessions

8:00-11:00 AM - Law School for Physicians -Moderator: Todd Warrick MD

Regency C

8:00 -8:30 AM Certificate Of Need in the Carolinas – Christopher Grubb MD

8:30-9:00 AM Litigation Proofing your Practice – Matthew Massey Esq.

9:00-9:30 AM The updated DEA Practitioners Manual–What you Need to Know – Carlos Aquino DEA

Ret.

9:30-10:00 AM Fighting the Feds – Ronald Chapman II, Esq.

10:00 – 10:30 AM – Defending the Physician – Scott Grubman Esq.

10:30 AM Closing Remarks and Thank-You – Brooke Chidgey MD, President 2023-2025

OR 7:30 –11:15 AM - P.A.C.T.

Regency AB

Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain

With Charles Argoff MD, Oscar de Leon-Casasola MD and Katherine Galluzzi DO, CMD, FACOPFP

Module 1 - Assessing Pain and Initiating Non-Opioid Pain Management

Module 2 - Reducing Risks with Opioid Use

Break: 9:30-9:45 AM

Module 3 - Approaches to Opioid Treatment and Counseling Patients