Principles and Practices of Pain Medicine

CME Group, September 2008

Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education and Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

- Comprehensive review on the current advances in the field of pain medicine
- Contains expert presentations from faculty on more than 40 topics
- Benefits practitioners evaluated through the ABMS Maintenance of Certification process

Program Objectives

Principles and Practices of Pain Medicine is a comprehensive review of current advances in the field of pain medicine and presents a window into the future developments of this rapidly growing field. The program is integral to clinicians of all levels, and academicians and researchers, all of who play an active role in caring for patients with common and advanced pain problems. This program also meets the CME requirements for pain management for licensing in California and other states.

The curriculum is designed to match the subject matter of the specialty board requirements, including current standards of care, and is a useful tool in aiding practitioners who now are evaluated through the American Board of Medical Specialties’ Maintenance of Certification process. Board-certified physicians must build six core competencies for quality patient care in their medical specialty: appropriate patient care, application of medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, systems-based practice for optimal care, and practice-based learning and improvement.

The program faculty includes experts from various Harvard institutions, as well as nationally known specialists from other prestigious institutions. Principles and Practices of Pain Medicine emphasizes recent progress in understanding the pathophysiology and clinical science of pain medicine and state-of-the-art therapy.

Whether you are new to pain medicine or have been in the field for some time, the program’s lectures and discussions are specifically designed to improve your knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of pain medicine. Also included are special sessions to address all important risk management issues in pain medicine. Clinicians preparing for board exams will find this program helpful.

Accreditation Statement

Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement

Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 27 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Release date: September 1, 2008.
Credits expire: December 31, 2010.

CME credit is obtained upon successful completion of an activity posttest and evaluation, as well as payment of a processing fee.

Disclosure Statement

Harvard Medical School has long held the standard that its continuing medical education courses be free of commercial bias. Now, in accord with the disclosure policy of the Medical School, as with the standards set forth by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education, speakers and their spouses/partners, and planners have been asked to disclose any relationship they have to companies producing pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, prostheses, etc., that might be germane to the content of their lectures. Please note that now, in accordance with recent policies from the ACCME, relationships of the person involved in the CME activity must include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

In addition, faculty have been asked to describe any off-label uses they discuss of pharmaceuticals and devices for investigational or non-FDA-approved purposes.

Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation, but rather to provide the course director and registrants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a given presentation. The full disclosure of faculty is listed in the syllabus.

A note on the available formats:

DVD: Video - DVD: Video package includes 13 Principles and Practices of Pain Medicine DVDs with carrying case, 1 CD-ROM with electronic program syllabus, activity posttest and evaluation.

Topics & Speakers

The Practice of Pain Medicine
Carol Warfield, MD

Neurologic Evaluation of the Patient in Pain
Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Headache
Botulinum Toxins for Headache and Pain
Mechanism-Based Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
Zahid Bajwa, MD

Musculoskeletal Evaluation of the Patient in Pain
Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
Role of Complementary and Alternative
Approaches in Pain Medicine
Joseph Audette, MA, MD

Preoperative Analgesia: Can It Reduce Chronic Pain?
Mark Lema, MD, PhD

Pain Mechanisms: When Patients Feel Too Much or No Pain
Charles Berde, MD, PhD

Management of Spinal Pain: Overview Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD

Imaging of Pain of Spinal Origin
Jonathan Kleefield, MD

Surgical Management of Spinal Pain
Eric Woodard, MD

Evidence-Based Pain Medicines
Pain in HIV and AIDS
Daniel Carr, MD

Abdominal and Pelvic Pain
Jyotsna Nagda, MD

Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics
Charles Berde, MD, PhD

Spinal Cord Stimulation
Thomas Simopoulos, MD

Discography and IDET
Milan Stojanovic, MD

Interventional Therapy: Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Thomas Simopoulos, MD
Anne Hooley, RN

Radiographic Anatomy for Image-Guided Pain Interventions
Radiofrequency Treatment for Pain
Rational Use of New Modalities for Spinal Pain
James Rathmell, MD
Percutaneous Discectomy and Vertebroplasty
Joshua Hirsch, MD, PhD
NSAIDs & Cox-2 Inhibitors
Lee Simon, MD

Psychological Assessment of Pain
Managing the Difficult Patient
Joshua Wootton, MDiv, PhD

Mind/Body Approach to Pain Medicine
Herbert Benson, MD

PHN, PH1, and TGN
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD

Substance Abuse Assessment in Pain Management
Robert Jamison, PhD

Opioids: The Scientific Truth
Jianren Mao, MD, PhD

Opioid Contracts and Rational Prescribing
Ketamine, Methadone, and Novel Analgesics
Pain Medicine and the Law
Scott Fishman, MD

Pediatric Pain Management Update
Alyssa Lebel, MD

Advances in Addiction Psychopharmacology
Alan Wartenberg, MD

Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine
Spinal Analgesia
Edgar Ross, MD

Integrating Acupuncture into a Multidisciplinary Pain Practice
Yuan-Chi Lin, MD

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Zahid Bajwa, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
(Neurology)
Harvard Medical School
Director, Education and Clinical Pain
Research Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center Boston, MA

Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD
Instructor in Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Director, Arnold Pain Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Carol Warfield, MD
Edward Lowenstein Professor
of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
Zahid Bajwa, MD
Anne Hooley, RN
Jonathan Kleefield, MD
Jyotsna Nagda, MD
Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD
Thomas Simopoulos, MD
Carol Warfield, MD
Joshua Wootton, MDiv, PhD

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL
Robert Jamison, PhD
Edgar Ross, MD
Eric Woodard, MD

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BOSTON

Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Alyssa Lebel, MD
Yuan-Chi Lin, MD

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
Joshua Hirsch, MD, PhD
Jianren Mao, MD, PhD
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD
James Rathmell, MD
Milan Stojanovic, MD

SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
Joseph Audette, MA, MD

GUEST FACULTY

Herbert Benson, MD
Director Emeritus
Benson-Henry Institute for
Mind Body Medicine

Daniel Carr, MD
Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research
Department of Anesthesia
Tufts Medical School
New England Medical Center
Boston, MA

Scott Fishman, MD
President
American Academy of Pain Medicine
Professor of Anesthesia and
Pain Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA

Mark Lema, MD, PhD
President
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY at Buffalo, NY

Lee Simon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Alan Wartenberg, MD
Medical Director
Discovery House Programs
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University, Boston, MA

“Great topics – all relevant to practice – great speakers!”
“The practicality of the presentations – just the right amount of basic science.”
“Relevant to practice, will definitely improve future decisions in practice.”
“Excellent seminar – provided a wealth of information.”
“The caliber and diversity of speakers are extraordinary.”

Customers who bought this item also bought

• Pain Therapeutics - Drugs, Markets and Companies
• The Top 50 Developers Of Pain Management Pharmaceuticals Worldwide
• Pain Management - Global Business Strategic Report
• Pain Management Therapeutics Market to 2017 - Price Competition to Intensify Following Patent Expiries of Lyrica and Cymbalta
• Back Pain Report 2008
• Global Neuropathic Pain Pipeline Capsule - 2013
• Global Musculoskeletal Pain Pipeline Capsule - 2013
• Pain Management Devices - Global Strategic Business Report
• The Global Pain Therapeutics Market, 4th Edition: Market Trends & R&D Insights
• Global Neuropathic Pain Drug Pipeline Capsule - 2012 Update