You’re Invited...

...to the Pennsylvania Pain Society Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions-- Register for the Full 2020 Meeting and 2021 Membership is included!

No Matter your Specialty We Have a Session for You!  

Open to All Healthcare Professionals:  MD's, DO's, DC's, PharmD's, PhD's,, PA's,NP's, RN's, DPT's, PT's, RPh

LPN's, Therapists, and  all other Healthcare Providers and Administrators.

THE PENNSYLVANIA PAIN SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PAIN MANAGEMENT - THE NEW NORMAL

NOVEMBER 6&7, 2020 with Pre-Meeting LIVE Workshop on Thursday, November 5, 2020.

CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL PHILADELPHIA, KING OF PRUSSIA, PA

PURPOSE

The purpose of this program is to educate physicians and healthcare practitioners in evolving acute and chronic pain management and provide a forum for participants to gain valuable understanding in evidenced based techniques, treatments and solutions for patients suffering from pain.  In addition, Pennsylvania legal issues and coding/ billing will be presented in a didactic, interactive format.

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 and billing for pain management.

5.         Apply evidenced based strategies to clinical practice for managing complex

            pain patients.

ACCREDITATION 

Satisfactory Completion 

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety.  Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.   

 

 

Physicians / Nurses / Pharmacists

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and the Pennsylvania 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.

Credit Designation Statement – Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of TBD AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM for physicians and TBD contact hours for nurses and TBD knowledge-based contact hours for pharmacists. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

NOTE to Pharmacists: The only official Statement of Credit is the one you pull from CPE Monitor. You must request your certificate within 30 days of the activity to meet the deadline for submission to CPE Monitor.

Physician Assistants

AAPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.

Nurse Practitioner

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.

Nurse Pharmacology Credits

This activity is being reviewed for eligible pharmacotherapeutic hours.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS - The Crowne Plaza Hotel Philadelphia, King of Prussia, PA

The Society has reserved a limited number of sleeping rooms at the discounted rate of $149 night Queen/ King plus tax.  Once the rooms are booked and or the sleeping block discount expires, the hotel rates increase   Please visit this link to book your hotel room online or call the hotel directly at 610-265-7500 and mention the Pennsylvania Pain Society rat. The Society’s rates expire when the rooms sell out --or on whichever is sooner.  Do not delay! Book today!

***Concerned about Covid-19 and prefer to watch online?  We have options for online simulcast during the November 6 & 7, 2020 live presentations and on-demand recordings for CME after the live meeting at a flat fee of $200 early/ $250 regular rate.  The virtual registration option does not include the pre-meeting workshops on November 5, 2020. 

Cancellation Policy - Cancellations received after October 1 and before October 15 will be charged an administrative fee of $50. After October 15, no refunds can be provided.  You are welcome to substitute an attendee after October 15.  Email Robin Hoyle robin@robinhoyle.com with requests for substitutions.

MEETING REGISTRATION  

FULL MEETING (Live and Virtual) early bird rate to October 1, 2020  / regular registration  after October 1, 2020          

MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, DC, PsyD                      $500.00                                              $550.00

PA/ NP                                                                  $400.00                                              $450.00     

 RN, LPN, Therapist, Administrator                      $300.00                                              $350.00

Trainee                                                                   $75.00                                             $100.00

VIRTUAL SIMULCAST/ PRE-RECORDED           $200                                                $250

**Register for the full meeting and receive a 2020-21 Society Membership (up to a $150 value).  

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM 

THURSDAY November 5, 2020 - Pre Meeting Certification Workshop (included in live full meeting registration)

1-5:30 PM with 4 hours online (total 8 hours required).  Pre-Meeting Workshop – Opioid Use Disorder Course includes Waiver Training with Abigail Letcher MD and Aleksandra Zgierska MD PhD, Jointly Provided by PCSS.  This course covers all medications and treatments for opioid use disorder, and provides the required education needed to obtain the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine.

6:00-7:00 PM                     Pennsylvania Pain Society Board of Directors Meeting

7:00-8:30 PM                     Industry Advisory Committee Dinner (Corporate Members /Board of Directors)

6:30-8:00 PM                     Exhibitor Set-Up

FRIDAY November 6, 2020 -Opioids, Cannabis, Interventions & Hot Topics

7:30 AM                             Registration Opens and Breakfast Provided by Society

8:00 -9:30 AM                    Exhibitor Set-Up

7:55 AM                               Welcome and Opening Remarks – Yeshvant Navalgund MD, President

Session One:     PA Mandatory Opioid Education   Aleksandra Zgierska MD PhD, David Giampetro MD, and  Vitaly Gordin MD,

8:00 AM                              Opioid Prescribing Practices

8:30 AM                               UDT and its role in Medical Management of Chronic Pain

9:00 AM                               Addiction

9:30 AM                               Weaning, Who to, When to, and How to

10:00 AM                             Networking Break with Exhibitors

10:30 AM                             Society Address from Dr. Rachel Levine - Medical Cannabis Update

11:15 AM                             Society Address from the Governor’s Office – Opioid Task Force Update

12:00 PM                             Corporate Member Showcase (Lunch provided, no CME provided)

Session Two:    Hot Topics in Pain Management

1:00 PM                               Spinal Cord Stimulation – Michael Sather MD

1:30 PM                               Intrathecal Pumps – Philip Sung Han Kim MD

Session Three:  Hot Topics in Pain Management – Medical Cannabis

2:00 PM                               Medical Cannabis –What the Data Shows- A Skeptic Changes His Position – Abraham Jack Kabazie MD

2:30 PM                               Medical Cannabis Topic 2  - Richard Greer PharmD

3:00 PM                               Networking Break with Exhibitors

Session Four:  The Legal and Business Side of Pain Management

3:30  PM                              Liability When Treating the Pain Patient – Larry Kobak DPM JD

4:00 PM                               Legalities of Treating the Injured Worker in PA –

4:30 PM                               Special Guest Lecturer:  The Future of Pain Management – Training the Next Generation-Shravani Durbhakula, MD

5:30 PM                               Covid-19 and its Impact on Interdisciplinary Pain Management -

6:30 -7:30 PM                      Networking Reception

7:30 -9:00 PM                    Corporate Member Showcase Dinners (no CME provided)

SATURDAY November 7, 2020 – The Pain Team

7:00 AM                               Registration and Exhibition Opens

7:15-8:00 AM                     Corporate Member Showcase (Breakfast provided, no CME provided)

Session Five:    Interdisciplinary Pain Care – What is It?             

8:00 AM                               Experiential Exercise – Mindfulness/ Tai Chi – Martin Bluth MD PhD

8:15 AM                               HHS Task Force Report on Interdisciplinary Pain Practice – Michael Fishman MD

8:30 AM                               Elements of a Successful Interdisciplinary Pain Practice – Michael Fishman MD

9:00 AM                               Special Guest Lecturer: TBD

9:30 AM                               Networking Break with Exhibitors

Session Six:     Case-Based Interdisciplinary Approach to Common Chronic Pain Syndromes  

10:00 AM                             Common Syndrome 1 - Headache – Nicole Spare MD 

10:30 AM                             Common Syndrome 2 – Neck & Back – Michael Saulino MD (SCS) 

11:00 AM                             Common Syndrome 3 – Pelvic – Joseph Patruno MD 

11:30 AM                             Case Study: Pain in the Elderly – Leonard B. Kamen DO

12:00 Noon-1:30 PM       Annual Business Meeting and Corporate Member Showcase with Platinum Corporate Member Salix Pharmaceuticals (Lunch Provided by the Society, No CME Provided)

Session Seven:  Interdisciplinary Approach to Common Chronic Pain Syndromes Part 2

1:30 PM                               Physical Therapy –Teresa Gero PT

2:00 PM                               Nutrition and Supplements – Georgia Tetlow MD

2:30 PM                               CBT- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy –

3:00 PM                               Sleep Therapy – Jennifer Goldschmied PhD

3:30 PM                               Networking Break with Exhibitors

Session Eight – Pain Potpourri

4:00 PM                               Special Guest Lecturer - Biologics – Jiangou Cheng MD PhD

4:45 PM                               The Psychology of Pain and SCS Assessments – Martin Cheatle MD

5:15 PM                               Special Guest Lecturer - Neuromodulation Pipeline – Steven Cohen MD

6:00 PM                               Case Study:  Empowered Relief Program – Steve Denton LCSW

6:30 PM                               Closing Remarks &Thank You– Yeshvant Navalgund MD,  President

Adjourn.

Note:  The Society will host a live simulcast of Friday and Saturday, Novemer 6 & 7, 2020 AND make the talks available online as pre-recorded videos at the close of the meeting. These are available to the live meeting attendees as part of the registration fee. They are also available to those attendees who choose to attend as a virtual participant only for a discounted fee.