2024 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions
The Chattanoogan Hotel, A Curio Collection by Hilton, Chattanooga, TN September 19-21, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
6:00 -7:30 PM- Registration /Exhibition Move-in
5:30-7:00 PM - Annual Board of Directors Meeting
7:00 – 9:00 PM – President’s Welcome - Rooftop Bar – All are welcome to attend
Friday, September 20, 2024
7:00 AM - Registration and Exhibits Open Continental Breakfast (7:00-8:00 am)
7:55- AM 12:00 Noon -Session One – Hot Topics - Moderator David A. Edwards MD PhD
7:55 AM - Welcome from Tennessee Pain Society President Michael “Indy” Wilkinson MD
8:00 AM – Tennessee Legal Update and BME Update – Yarnell Beatty Esq., General Counsel, TMA
8:30 AM - Tennessee and Federal Update – What you Need to Know Now - Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq., General Counsel, TPS
9:00 AM – Weaning and Ketamine – Ankush Jain DO and Damon Dozier MD
9:30 AM – Coding and Billing for Pain Management Part 1- Amy Turner RN BSN MMHC CPC CHC CHIAP
10:00 AM- Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:30 AM- Coding and Billing for Pain Management Part 2 - Amy Turner RN BSN MMHC CPC CHC CHIAP
11:00 AM -Painful Diabetic Neuropathy – Shravani Durbhakula MD
11:30 AM -President’s Special Guest Lecturer – Steven Cohen MD
12:15-1:15 pm Corporate Member Showcase with Gold Corporate Member Collegium (Lunch Provided, No CME Provided, CMS reportable)
1:15-2:30 PM Session Two - Interventional Pain Management – A Case Based Approach to Care. Moderator: Damon Dozier MD
Join our panel of experts as we review common pain syndromes and how each would diagnose and treat according to his or her expertise.
Panelists: Rett Blake MD (Interventional Pain) , Jordan Tate MD MPH (Interventional Pain)
Heather Jackson PhD NP (Advanced Practice Provider), Hamid Shah MD (Neurosurgeon), Robert Devereaux PhD (Clinical Psychologist), Jason Therrien DPT (Physical Therapist)
2:30 PM - Networking Break with Exhibitors
3:00 -5:00 PM. Session Three – Hot Topics – Moderator: T. Scott Baker MD
3:00 PM – Remote Patient Monitoring – Bryan Marascalchi MD
3:30 PM – Cancer Pain Management – Vinita Singh MD, Special Guest Lecturer
4:00 PM – Special Guest Lecturer - Consciousness & Pain Management- Ancient Philosophy, Modern Science and The Way Forward – Ramarao Pasupuleti MD
4:45 PM – Trainee Poster Competition on the Main Stage- Moderator:
5:30 -6:30 PM – Welcome Networking Reception with Exhibitors all Attendees and Guests are Invited
Saturday, September 21, 2024
7:30 AM – Registration and Exhibits Open (Breakfast provided by Society)
8:00 -9:30 AM Session Four – Case Based Panel Discussion – Multidisciplinary Approach to Care - Moderator: Stephanie Vanterpool MD MBA
Join our panel of experts as we review common pain syndromes and how each would diagnose and treat according to his or her expertise.
Joseph DiChiara DO (Interventional) Ankush Jain DO (Primary Care), Taylor Butler PharmD (Pharmacist) Robert Devereaux PhD (Clinical Psychologist), Brett Snodgrass NP (Advanced Practice Provider), Jason Therrien DPT (Physical Therapy)
9:30 AM – 12:00 Noon – Session Five – Pain Potpourri – Moderator: Michael “Indy” Wilkinson MD
9:30 AM – Special Guest Lecturer – Yian Chen MD PhD
10:15 AM – Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:45 AM – Special Guest Lecturer – Jay Shah MD
11:30 AM – Special Guest Lecturer –Psychedelics – Akash Goel MD
12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM. Annual Business Meeting and Gold Corporate Member Showcase (no CME provided, CMS Reportable, Business Meeting is not Reportable)
1:30 – 5:00 PM – Session Six - Practical Approaches to the Comprehensive Treatment of Pain -- presented by Pri-Med and The Tennessee Pain Society. This interactive session focuses on improving physicians’ and practitioners’ ability to recognize, diagnose, and classify pain; educating clinicians on the full spectrum of pain management options, including non-opioid pharmacologic interventions; and providing risk reduction strategies through integration of opioids into individualized pain management plans. Clinicians will learn to recognize signs and symptoms of opioid dependence and abuse in order to optimally manage the patient’s pain and medication use.
1:30 PM - Part One
3:00 PM – Networking Break
3:30 PM – Part Two
5:00 PM Closing Remarks and Thank You – Michael “Indy” Wilkinson MD.