Sept. 19 & 20, 2025
Embassy Suites
Nashville South Cool Springs, Franklin TN
TPS 2025 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
(Invited Faculty Subject to Change)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Check in to the Embassy Suites Nashville South Cool Springs Hotel in Franklin, TN. (sessions begin early Friday morning) and TPS Board Meeting. If you check in Thursday, you are invited to join the Board of Directors at the President’s Reception 7:00-9:00 pm
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
7:30 AM Registration and Exhibits Open (Breakfast provided)
Session One – Know the Rules, Know the Laws, and Know your Rights as a Physician and APP Practicing Pain Management in Tennessee – Moderator Michael Wilkinson MD
7:55 AM Welcome from the President Michael Wilkinson MD
8:00 AM. Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council Update – W. Clay Jackson MD, DIPTH
8:30 AM Tennessee Update – What you Need to Know Now - Yarnell Beatty, Esq., General Counsel to Tennessee Medical Association
9:00 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
9:30 AM Federal Update – What you Need to Know Now - Lou Manzo Esq. and Matthew Massey Esq., Former DOJ Prosecutors in the Opioid Prescribing in Appalachia and CARES Act pandemic fraud conspiracy.
10:00 AM Licensing Actions Practice Compliance – Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq., General Counsel to Tennessee Pain Society
10:30 AM Updates on Coding and Billing for Pain– Amy Turner RN BSN MMHC CPC CHC CHIAP
11:15 AM Flashtalk Hot Topic: Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
11:30 AM. Opioids and our Soldiers and Veterans – Jacob Mills MD
12:00 -1:00 PM Corporate Member Showcase with Gold Corporate Member Collegium Pharmaceuticals (Lunch Provided, No CME Provided, CMS reportable)
Session Two – Tennessee Mandatory Prescriber Education – Moderator: David Edwards MD PhD
1:15 PM The APPs Role in New Patient Intake – Heather Jackson PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
1:45 PM Initiating, Monitoring, and Weaning Opioids – TBD
2:15 PM Special Guest Lecturer Opioid Use Disorder – What is it and How do we Treat it – Eugene Viscusi MD– Past-President, American Society or Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
3:00 PM Stop the Stigma – Stephanie Vanterpool MD MBA
3:30 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors
Session Three -Interventional Pain Management Presented by the Tennessee Society of Interventional Pain Physicians– Moderator: Graf Hilgenhurst MD
4:00 PM – The Role of the APP in an Interventional Pain Practice – Ashley Prichard PA-C
4:30 PM - Special Guest Lecturer - Advances in Spinal Cord Stimulation – Steven Falowski MD, President, Pennsylvania Pain Society and President-Elect, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
5:00 PM - Special Guest Lecturer - Advances in Peripheral Nerve Stimulation- Christopher Gilmore MD
5:45 PM – Annual Trainee Poster Competition on the Main Stage
6:15 PM – 7:15 PM Networking Reception with Exhibitors
7:00 AM - Registration Open
Saturday September 20, 2025
7:30 AM - Corporate Member Showcase with Gold Corporate Member (Breakfast provided, No CME Provided, CMS reportable)
8:00 am – Exhibits Open
Session Four – Multidisciplinary Pain Care from Head to Toe: A Case Based Panel Discussion. Moderator: Damon Dozier MD
Panel One: Kelly Jackson DNP, MSN, AGACNP-BC, David Arehart MD, John Schneider MD, Tigran Kesayan MD PT, Hannah Denham PharmD
8:00 AM – Treatment Options for Headache
8:30 AM - Treatment Options for Neck Pain
Panel Two: Ashley Prichard PA-C, Ankush Jain DO, Joseph DiChiara DO, Surgeon, PT, and Taylor Butler PharmD
9:00 AM - Treatment Options for Back Pain
9:30 AM - Treatment Options for Lower Extremity Pain
10:00 AM – Networking Break with Exhibitors
Morning Plenaries Moderator: T. Scott Baker MD
10:30 AM – Advances in Stellate Ganglion Blocks and Indications – Brian Marascalchi MD
11:00 AM –Special Guest Lecturer – Non-Opioid Analgesics on the Bench and at the Bedside (Suzetrigine etc.) - James North MD
11:45 AM– 1:00 PM Annual Business Meeting and Gold Corporate Member Showcase (Lunch Provided, No CME provided, Lunch is CMS reportable. Business meeting is not reportable)
Session Five – Flash Talks (15 minute rapid fire topics). Moderator: Rett Blake MD
1:00 PM - The Psychology of Pain – Mistie Germek PhD
1:15 PM - Cancer Pain Symptom Management - Emily Kobin MD
1:30 PM – Cancer Pain Interventions – Amanda Toye MD
1:45 PM - How What You Eat Affects Pain – Lacy Wright RD
2:15 PM - Palliative Care - W. Clay Jackson MD
2:30 PM – Treatment Options for Facial Pain -Tigran Kesayan MD
2:45 PM – Networking Break with Exhibitors
Session Six –Artificial Intelligence in Your Practice. Moderator: Michael Wilkinson MD
3:15 PM – Special Guest Lecturer - AI in Your Practice – Yian Chen MD
4:00 PM – AI Scribe – How I use it in my Practice – Amanda Toye MD
4:30 PM –AI and Health Insurance Audits in your Practice – Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq.
5:00 PM – Discussion Q & A
5:15 PM – Closing Remarks and Thank You – Damon Dozier MD (2025-2027 President)
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of this program, participants should be able to:
1. Employ key diagnostic and treatment techniques for the management of pain.
2. Identify and administer appropriate safe opioid usage in patients.
3. Understand and include behavioral analysis in the evaluation of a chronic pain patient.
4. Identify and resolve issues relating to the law for pain management.
5. Apply evidenced based strategies to clinical practice for managing complex pain patients.
ACCREDITATION
in support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Tennessee Pain Society. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses (ANCC) Credit Designation Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 15 ANCC contact hours.
Physician Assistants
PAs may claim a maximum of 15 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
Nurse Practitioners The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) recognizes the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as approved accreditors and allow reciprocity for AANPCP continuing education credit.
FEES for FULL LIVE MEETING (Includes 2025-26 Membership)
MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, DC, PsyD
PA/ NP
Health Care Practitioner / Administrator
Trainee
$500.00
$400.00
$300.00
$100.00
*Military and VA Physicians and Practitioners, please contact the Society office for additional discounts
HOTEL – Embassy Suites Nashville South Cool Springs, Franklin TN has a special meeting rate of $189 plus tax for attendees!