LIVE MEETING & SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
APRIL 27 – 29, 2023
Jointly Provided by Amedco
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023
(Pre-Conference Meetings – No Credit)
6:30-8:00 pm
NYSPS Board of Directors Meeting
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023 - ANNUAL MEETING
7:30 AM Terrace
Registration Opens and Breakfast Provided by Society
8:00 – 9:30 AM Salons E-H Exhibitor Set-Up (Exhibit Hall opens at 9:30 am)
7:55 AM Salons A-D Welcome and Opening Remarks – Bradley Cash MD, President
Session One: Mandatory Prescriber Education for Physicians and HCP’s
Moderator: Doug Cline MD - What Every Provider Needs to Know
8:00 AM Salons A-D NY and Federal Prescribing Laws and Updates to the CDC Guidelines
8:30 AM Salons A-D
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq.
Appropriate Prescribing – Charles Argoff MD
Managing Acute Pain – Romanth Waghmarae MD
Prevention, Screening, and signs of addiction – and responses to addiction
Robert Duarte MD
10:00 AM Salons E-H Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:45 AM
12:15 PM
Palliative and End of Life Care – Dana Lustbader MD
Special Guest Lecture: Buprenorphine for OUD
Eugene Viscusi MD, Past President, ASRA
Cannabis and Pain - Grace Forde MD
A Systems Approach to Treating Pain
Multitarget Therapies for a Multivariate Condition - Jennifer Rioux PhD, AD, YT, RH
12:45 PM Terrace Corporate Member Showcase with Platinum Corporate Member Salix Pharmaceuticals (Lunch Provided by the Society, No CME Provided)
Session Two: Interventional Techniques to Manage Pain
Moderator: Romanth Waghmarae MD
1:30 PM Salons A-D
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Interventional Pain and Mechanisms of Injury – Christopher Gharibo MD
The New Era of Spinal Cord Stimulation: A New Way to Think about an Old Technology – Sayed Wahezi MD
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Neuralgias – Amitabh Gulati MD
3:00 PM Salons E-H Networking Break with Exhibitors
3:30 PM Salons A-D
SIJ Fusions: What does the Evidence Show? Romanth Waghmarae MD
Session Three: The Great Debates - Moderator: Robert Duarte MD
Join our trainees and practicing expert mentors in lively debate and discussion of hot topics in pain management
4:00 PM Salons A-D
The Great Debate 1 – Whether Cannabis has an Opioid Sparing Effect: OpioidsIs it All or None? - Pro: Yuri Gordin MD, PGY4, Burke Rehab and Ralph Ortiz DO vs. Con: Kenneth Leong MD, PGY3, Burke Rehab and Doug Cline MD
4:30 PM
The Great Debate 2 – Interventional Management is All you Need for Chronic Pain
Pro: Ahish Chitneni DO, PGY2 and Richard Kim DO MBA, PGY2 New York Presbyterian, and Sekhar Upadhyayula MD vs. Con: Sandeep Yerra MBBS, Resident, Montefiore Medical Center and Romanth Waghmarae MD
5:00 PM Main Stage Annual Trainee Poster Competition – on the Main Stage Moderator: Robert Duarte MD
6:00 - 7:00 PM Salons E-H Networking Reception with Exhibitors and awards Presentations (All attendees and guests are invited)
7:00 – 9:00 PM Corporate Member Showcase Dinner (No CME Provided. Dinner provided. Seating Limited and RSVP required)
SATURDAY APRIL 29, 2023 ANNUAL MEETING
7:30 AM Salons E-H Registration and Exhibits Open
7:45 - 8:30 AM Terrace Corporate Member Showcase with Gold Corporate Member (No CME provided)
Session Four - Hot Topics in Advanced Pain Management
Moderator: Grace Forde MD
8:30 AM Salons A-D Special Guest Lecture – The Dynamic Role of Central Sensitization and Neurogenic Inflammation in Myofascial Pain Syndrome Jay Shah MD, National Institutes of Health
9:15 AM Special Guest Lecture – TBD - Sean Mackey MD
10:00 AM Special Guest Lecture – Virtual Reality to Manage Pain - Beth Darnall PhD
10:45 AM Salons E-F Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:00 AM Salons A-D Cognitive Rehabilitation – TBD
11:30 AM
Using Toxins in Pain Management – Charles Argoff MD
12:00 AM Annual Business Meeting
12:30 PM
Platinum Coporate Member Showcase with Legally Mine (Lunch Provided, CME Provided by Legally Mine)
1:00 PM Salons E-F Exhibition closes
Session Five – Pain Management Post Pandemic – Brad Cash MD
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:45 PM
5:00 PM
Telemedicine – Medicine of the Future – A Case Study with Carlisle St. Martin MD
Remote Patient Monitoring – John Abrahams MD
Oral and IV Ketamine and its Application to Pain Management – Edward Rubin MD
Plenary Lecture – Legal and Regulatory Issues for the Pain Physician and Practitioner
A Case Study with Alexander Weingarten MD and Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq.
Coding and Billing – What we learned and what we need to do
Amy Turner RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP
Closing Remarks and Thank You – Grace Forde MD, 2023-2025 President
