WAPMU 6th ANNUAL MEETING and WORKSHOPS
“Innovations in Pain Medicine”
Miami, Florida USA - February 15-16, 2020
Three Workshop Tracks:
Interventional Ultrasound in Pain Medicine: MSK, Spine and Nerves
Innovations in Pain Medicine: SCS, PNS, MIS, Headache and Spinal Technologies
Orthobiologics & Regenerative Medicine
REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7th
WAPMU 6th ANNUAL MEETING & WORKSHOP
“Innovations in Pain Medicine”
The WAPMU's 6th Annual Meeting and Workshops, taking place February 15-16, 2020 in Miami, FL. USA and has already made news in professional outlets and websites. Over the past ten years our members and workshop attendees have contributed to success of our society to become a respectable international organization with almost 2,300 members, excellent faculty and worldwide multiple CME-accredited events. We have invited renowned speakers and workshop instructors from the USA, Canada, UK, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Morocco, Spain and Brazil. The entire WAPMU faculty will be in attendance.
The program is meticulously prepared by WAPMU Scientific Committee to highlight important subjects in ultrasonography and clinical aspects of chronic pain medicine. The program includes didactic presentations and hands-on cadaver workshop.
Social activities are planned such as a Saturday night networking reception and a Sunday Bruch.
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Accepting Abstracts for:
Inaugural “Gofeld Academic Scholarship Award”
Winning abstract shall receive $2500.00 usd
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Abstract deadline Wednesday February 5th
Residents and Fellows receive a substantial discount off registration.
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Invited Faculty
Dr. Amitabh Gulati - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Dr. Dawood Sayed - University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
Dr. Christopher Gilmore, Carolina’s Pain Institute, USA
Prof. Bernard Moriggl, PhD, MD, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria\
Dr. Corey Hunter, Ainsworth Institute of Pain Medicine, USA
Dr. Stephan Esser, SE Orthopaedic Specialists, USA
Dr. Michael Gofeld, PhD, Centre for Pain Care, Silver Medical Group, Canada
Dr. Vinita Singh, Emory Healthcare, USA
Dr. Jennifer Hah, Stanford School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Ahmed Amine EL OUMRI, Mohamed VI University Hospital of Oujda, Morocco
Dr. Anuj Bhatia, University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Mark Friedrich Hurdle, Mayo Clinic, USA
Dr. Matthew Pingree, Mayo Clinic, USA
Dr. Sheldon Jordan, UCLA Medical Center, USA
Dr. Scott Pritzlaff, University of California- Davis, USA
Dr. Nomen Azeem, Florida Spine & Pain Specialists, USA
Dr. David Woznica, Caring Medical Centers, USA
Dr. Pranab Kumar, University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Mike Mizrahi, Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care, USA
Dr. Einar Ottestad, Stanford School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Dennis Patin, University of Miami, USA
Dr. Sev Perelman, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Dr. David Spinner, Icahn School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Ali Valimahomed, Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, USA
Dr. Ehtesham Baig, University of Toronto, Canada
Junior Faculty
Dr. Priyanka Ghosh, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Dr. Neal Rakesh, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Saturday February 15th
Didactic, Demonstration and hands-on training- 8:00am-5:00pm
Sunday February 16th
Cadaver training- 7:00am-4:30pm
Meeting & Workshop Venue
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables
50 Alhambra Plaza,
Coral Gables, FL, 33134 USA
+1.305.447.6018
ADDITIONAL HOTEL OPTIONS
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Three Workshop Tracks:
Interventional Ultrasound in Pain Medicine: MSK, Spine and Nerves
Innovations in Pain Medicine: SCS, PNS, MIS, Headache and Spinal Technologies
Orthobiologics & Regenerative Medicine
Ultrasound equipment provided by GE Healthcare as “in-kind” donation
To improve knowledge of normal cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral spine and paraspinal anatomy, and to demonstrate and coach spine injection techniques:
Cervical medial branch block, Cervical selective nerve root block, Thoracic medial facet joint block, Lumbar medial branch/facet joint block, Subarachnoid injection, Caudal epidural injection, Sacroiliac joint injection. Radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation techniques with ultrasound guidance will be discussed as extracurricular topics
Neurosonology
To improve knowledge of normal anatomy, to discuss and demonstrate common and uncommon sites of entrapment neuropathies, to discuss strategies for prevention of perioperative nerve injuries, to demonstrate practical nerve mapping technique, to coach injection techniques:
Cervical sympathetic trunk, Suprascapular nerve, Illonguinal/iliohypogastric nerve, Greater occipital nerve, Median nerve at wrist, Ulnar nerve at cubital canal, Intercostal nerve, Tibial nerve at tarsal canal, Pudendal nerve, Superior hypogastric block. Cryoablation techniques with ultrasound guidance will be discussed as extracurricular topics
Musculoskeletal
Demonstrate and coach the following musculoskeletal injection techniques:
AC joint, Bicep tendon (peri), Glenohumeral Joint (any approach), Subdeltoid bursa, Medial or lateral epicondyle, injection/fenestration, Piriformis injection, Hip joint injection, Trochanteric bursa injection, Knee joint injection, Distal ITB peritendon injection, Tibiotalar joint injection
TRACK 2- Innovations in Pain Medicine: SCS, PNS, MIS, Headache and Spinal Technologies
Station 1 - Indirect Lumbar Decompression and Spinous Spacers
Station 2 - Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Fusion
Station 3 - Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
Station 4 - Advanced Spinal Cord Stimulation
Station 5 - Percutaneous Tenotomy
Station 6 - Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Station 7 - Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
Station 8 - Cryotherapy and Radiofrequency Ablation of Nerves
Station 9 - Botulinum Toxin- Headache and Neck Pain
TRACK 3- Orthobiologics & Regenerative Medicine
Station 1 - PRP, PPC and A2M Processing
Station 2 – Bone Marrow Harvesting
Station 3 - Exosomes, Amnion, Placenta and Core blood
Station 4 - Autologous and Allogeneic Products
Station 5 - Upper Extremity MSK & Nerve Ultrasound Scanning
Station 6 - Lower Extremity MSK & Nerve Ultrasound Scanning
Station 7 - Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Ultrasound Scanning
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Gold Corporate Partner
Bronze Corporate Partners
Exhibiting Partners
Avanos Inc.
Abbott labs
BioRich Medical
Doctor.com
Medtronic
Flowonix
AIS Healthcare
Allergan
Mark2Mark Medical
SaferSonic Inc.
Healthcare Risk Advisors
DOCPlace
TeraSera Therapeutics
Clint Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Boston Biolife
Nalu
Stratus Medical
Allergan
Flowonix
Laser Medics
PainTEQ
This activity is jointly sponsored by Dannemiller and the WAPMU. In support of improving patient care; Dannemiller 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.
Dannemiller designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ADA statement:Dannemiller and the WAPMU fully comply with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of accommodations, please contact Scot Sarver at ssarver@wapmu.org by December 30, 2019 to receive service.
Faculty Disclosure: As a provider accredited by ACCME, Dannemiller must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course director(s), planning committee, faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. Disclosure of this information will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.