THE 10TH ANNUAL ADVANCED INTERVENTIONAL PAIN CONFERENCE and PRACTICAL WORKSHOP, Budapest, Hungary, September 4-9, 2005

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Monday, September 5, 2005
07:45 Opening Remarks Gabor B. Racz, M.D., FIPP
President of WIP
Day One Moderator: Tibor Racz, M.D., FIPP
08:00 Methods for Thermal Lesioning
Philip Finch, M.D., FIPP
08:30 Spinal Cord Stimulation: New Technologies
Timothy Deer, M.D., FIPP
09:00 Thermocoagulation of the Ganglion Impar or Ganglion of Walther: Description of a Modified Approach. Preliminary Results in Chronic, Non-oncological Pain
Enrique Reig, M.D., FIPP
09:30 Cancer Pain Treatment
Guistino Varrassi , M.D.
10:00 BREAK
10:30 Cervical Discography
Vijay Singh, M.D., FIPP
11:00 Complications of Interventional Pain Management
John Nelson, M.D., FIPP
11:30 Advances in Lysis of Adhesions
Gabor B. Racz, M.D., FIPP
12:00 Treatment Options for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Serdar Erdine, M.D., FIPP
12:30 Complications of Interventional Pain Treatment
Richard Rauck, M.D., FIPP
13:00 LUNCH
Workshops
13:30 Transport to University labs
14:00 Lab Rotation
14:50 Lab Rotation
15:40 Lab Rotation
16:30 Lab Rotation
17:30 Transport to hotel
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Day Two Moderator: Patrick McGowan, M.D., FIPP
08:00 Programmable Pump for the Administration of Morphine in the Cisterna Magna. A New Approach
Samuel Hassenbusch, M.D., Ph.D., FIPP
08:30 Pseudosciatica: Fire and Ice
Andrea Trescot, M.D., FIPP
09:00 Treatment of Failed Neck Surgery Syndrome and Cervicalgia
Leland Lou, M.D., FIPP
09:30 Testicular Pain
Patrick McGowan, M.D., FIPP
10:00 Epiduroscopy Advances
James Heavner, DVM, Ph.D., FIPP
10:30 BREAK
11:00 -13:00 Panel: Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Management
Gabor Racz, M.D., RIPP, Moderator
Intervertebral Disc Lesioning – Richard Derby, M.D., FIPP
Interventional Therapies – Carl Noe, M.D., FIPP
Pulsed Radiofrequency – Jan Van Zundert, M.D., FIPP
Multi-Center Studies – Ludger Gerdesmeyer, M.D., FIPP
13:00 LUNCH
Workshops
13:30 Transport to University labs
14:00 Lab Rotation
14:50 Lab Rotation
15:40 Lab Rotation
16:30 Lab Rotation
17:30 Transport to hotel
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Day Three Moderator: Ricardo Plancarte, M.D., FIPP
08:00 Imaging in Pain Management
Susan Anderson, M.D., FIPP
08:30 Pharmacology of Ziconotide
James Rathmell, M.D.
09:00 Recent Update of Botulinum Toxin
P. Prithvi Raj, M.D., FIPP
09:30 The War on Pain
Scott Fishman, M.D.
10:00 BREAK
10:30 New Guidelines for Neuropathic Pain
Athina Vadalouca, M.D.
11:00 Current Neurosurgical Approaches to the Treatment of Pain
Istvan Nyary, M.D.
11:30 Treatment of Degenerative Diseases
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, M.D., FIPP
12:00 Pulsed Radiofrequency: Latest Developments
Menno Sluijter, M.D., FIPP
12:30 Pain: From a Symptom to a Disease
David Niv, M.D., FIPP
13:00 LUNCH
Workshops
13:30 Transport to University labs
14:00 Lab Rotation
14:50 Lab Rotation
15:40 Lab Rotation
16:30 Lab Rotation
17:30 Transport to hotel

 

Program for Sixth WIP FIPP Examination Preparation Course

Tuesday, September 6, 2005
07:45 Opening Remarks
Prithvi Raj, M.D., FIPP
Outgoing Chair of the Examination

Welcome
Serdar Erdine, M.D., FIPP
Chair of the Examination
08:00 Welcome and Introduction to the Examination Preparation Course
Prithvi Raj, M.D., FIPP
08:30 Anatomy of Head and Neck
Umeshraya Pai, M.D., FIPP
09:00 Techniques of Trigeminal Sphenopalatine Stellate Ganglion Blocks
Serdar Erdine, M.D., FIPP
09:30 Case Studies Trigeminal Sphenopalatine Stellate Ganglion Blocks
Menno Sluijter, M.D. FIPP
10:00 BREAK
10:30 Anatomy of Thoracic, Abdominal and Pelvic Region
Umeshraya Pai, M.D., FIPP
11:00 Techniques of Thoracic Regions
Patrick McGowan, M.D., FIPP
11:30 Techniques of Abdominal and Pelvic Region
Jose Rodriguez, M.D., FIPP
12:00 Case Studies – Thoracic, Abdominal and Pelvic Regions
Richard Rauck, M.D., FIPP
12:30 Techniques for Epidural and Intrathecal Procedures
Enrique Reig, M.D., Ph.D, FIPP
13:00 LUNCH
Workshops
13:30 Transport to University labs
14:00 Lab Rotation
14:50 Lab Rotation
15:40 Lab Rotation
16:30 Lab Rotation
17:30 Transport to hotel
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
08:00 Anatomy of Spine
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, M.D., FIPP
08:30 Spinal Techniques Excluding Spinal Implants
John Nelson, M.D., FIPP
09:00 Case Studies for Spinal Techniques Excluding Spinal Implants
Susan Anderson, M.D., FIPP
09:30 Identification of Equipment - C-Arm, Anatomy, Radiation Safety
Ramsin Benyamin, M.D., FIPP
10:00 Break
10:30 Case Studies for Spinal and Epidural Implants
Tibor Racz, M.D., FIPP
BREAK
11:00 Anatomy of Upper and Lower Extremities
Umeshraya Pai, M.D., FIPP
11:30 Techniques of Upper and Lower Extremities
Leland Lou, M.D., FIPP
12:00 Case Studies for Upper and Lower Extremities
Gabor Racz, M.D., FIPP
12:30 Common Radiological Images of Procedure Radiological Images for Procedures and their Interpretations
Jan Van Zundert, M.D., FIPP
13:00 LUNCH
Workshops
13:30 Transport to University labs
14:00 Lab Rotation
14:50 Lab Rotation
15:40 Lab Rotation
16:30 Lab Rotation
17:30 Transport to hotel

 

   
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