Office Management of Chronic Pain

October 10-11, 2008
Westin Hotel MAP

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The fee schedule for this course is shown in the table below.

This is the current schedule planned for Office Management of Chronic Pain. Please note that the schedule listed on this page is subject to change.

7:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:50 am	Welcome and Introduction Cahana, Alex, M.D., DAAP
8:00 am	Concepts of Pain Loeser, John D., M.D.
8:40 am	Ethical Dilemmas "Prescription and Pill Popping" Cahana, Alex, M.D., DAAP
9:20 am	Facilitating Self-Management in Chronic Pain Patients Mariano, Anthony J., Ph.D.
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Chronic Pain and Common Psychiatric Comorbidities Sullivan, Mark D., M.D., Ph.D.
10:55 am	Fibromyalgia Robinson, James P., M.D., Ph.D.
11:35 am	Panel Discussion
12:05 pm	Lunch (provided)
1:05 pm	Clinical Pharmacology of Opioid Analgesics "Good and Bad" Edwards, W. Thomas, M.D., Ph.D.
1:45 pm	WA State Agencies' Medical Director's Group's Opioid Guidelines: Seeking a Safe Tomorrow Glass, Lee S, M.D., M.P.H.
2:25 pm	Opioids in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: A Report From the APS/AAPM Guidelines Committee Davies, Pamela J., ARNP
3:05 pm	Break
3:20 pm	Urine Luck, Your Test is Negative Lee, Timothy J., M.D.
4:00 pm	Non-opioid Pharmacotherapy in Chronic Daily Headaches Lucas, Sylvia M., M.D., Ph.D.
4:40 pm	Panel Discussion
5:10 pm	Adjourn

7:30 am	Sign-In and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am	Surgery for Low Back Pain. What are the Outcomes? Chapman, Jens R., M.D.
8:40 am	Role of Interventions in Chronic Low Back Pain Baker, Ray M., M.D.
9:20 am	Patient Selection in the Era of Interventional Spine Care: Differentiating Acute and Chronic Pain Herring, Stanley A., M.D.
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Imaging Patients with Low Back Pain, or the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything Jarvik, Jeffrey G., M.D., M.P.H.
10:55 am	CRPS Atli, Aysel, MD, MPH
11:35 am	Panel Discussion
12:05 pm	Adjourn

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