okstone clinical update

Accreditation

Date of Original Release: September 15, 2020
Date Credits Expire: September 15, 2023

Topics/Speakers

New Analgesic Targets and Emerging Therapies

• Sodium Channels in Painful and Painless Diseases and in Local Anethesia: Beyond NAV 1.0 – Charles Berde, MD, PhD
• Moving Beyond the Mu Receptor to Treat Postoperative and Chronic Pain – Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic, MD
• Replacing Procedural Sedation: The Potential of Various Distraction Modalities – Jason D. Ross, MD
• The Vagus Nerve and the Inflammatory Reflex: A New Target for Modulating the Immune Response – Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic, MD
• Pharmacogenomics and Pain Medicine: A Clinical Tool – Roseann S. Gammal, PharmD, BCPS

Interventional Therapies Updates

• Emerging Treatments for Back Pain – Victor C. Wang, MD
• Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation – Robert Jason Yong, MD, MBA
• Beyond the Neuron: Stimulating the Glial Cell for Pain – Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD
• Visceral Pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation: The Evidence? – Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD
• The Anatomical and Physiological Basis of Intraspinal Stimulation – Giancarlo Barolat, MD
• Improving Safety of Spinal Cord Stimulation: Neuromonitoring – Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD
• New Technology for Spinal Cord Stimulation: Are the Claimed Advances Real? – Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD
• Innovative Treatments for Spinal Stenosis – Robert Jason Yong, MD, MBA
• Intrathecal Therapy and CSF Dynamics – Andreas A. Linninger, PhD
• Spinal Cord Stimulation for Cancer Pain: Is This a Good Idea? – Edgar L. Ross, MD
• Intrathecal Therapy for Cancer: The Case for Early Intervention – Sanjeet Narang, MD

Clinical Care Updates

• The Future of Opioids: Making a Risk-Benefit Decision – Christopher Gilligan, MD
• Meeting the Challenge of Postoperative Pain in the Opioid-Tolerant Patient – Justin Merkow, MD
• Postoperative Respiratory Depression: Opioids and Monitoring – Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, FASA
• How to Reduce the Chance of Long-Term Opioid Use After Surgery – Darin J. Correll, MD
• Military Pain Medicine – David E. Reece, DO
• A Fresh Look at Atypical Opioids as Frontline Analgesics: Science, NOT Misconceptions – Lynn Webster, MD
• Atypical Opioids: Clinical Pearls – Richard L. Rauck, MD
• Managing Pain in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder – Mohammed Issa, MD
• Advances in Neuraxial Analgesic Therapeutic Platforms – Tony Yaksh, PhD
• Acute Pain Management for House Staff – Jason D. Ross, MD
• Regenerative Medicine’s Role in Pain Management: Principles and Practice – George M. Hanna, MD
• Mind, Body, and Mu Agonists – Robert Edwards, PhD
• Integrating Behavioral Pain Medicine in Patient Care: Science Supporting Innovation – Robert N. Jamison, PhD
• Pain Medicine: A Primer for Mid-Levels – Michael Ferrick, RN, NP
• Gender Differences in Pain Sensitivity: Clinical Implications – Samantha M. Meints, MD
• Scalable and Brief Behavioral Pain Medicine Interventions – Beth Darnall, PhD
• Epidemiology, Mechanisms and Treatment of Postamputation Pain – Steven P. Cohen, MD
• Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes – Victor C. Wang, MD

Pain and Public Policy

• Opioid Moderatism and Rapprochement: The Search for a Sane Middle Ground – Michael Schatman, PhD
• Patient-Centered Opioid Reduction: Avoiding Iatrogenic Harms and Ensuring Patient Protections – Beth Darnall, PhD
• Lifestyle as a Risk Factor for Chronic Pain – Edgar L. Ross, MD

Cancer Pain and Palliative Care

• Preparing Yourself for the Difficult Conversation: Pain and Palliative Care at the End of Life – Gary Strichartz, PhD, MDiv, and John Kearns, MDiv, BCC
• Christian Beliefs and Practices About Pain, Suffering and Death – Gary Strichartz, PhD, MDiv, and S. Mark Heim
• Judaism’s Perspectives on Pain and End of Life Care – Joel Baron
• Hinduism’s Perspectives on Pain and End of Life Care – Sanjeet Narang, MD
• Islam’s Perspectives on Pain and End of Life Care – Shaikha S. Alroumi
• Buddhism’s Perspectives on Pain and End of Life Care – Robert B. Wall
• Updates on Pain and Palliative Care Research – Zhimeng Jia, MD, and Yvan Beaussant, MD

Pain Medicine and the Law 2020

• The DEA is Investigating Your Prescribing: Now What? – Mark D. Smith
• Inside the DEA: Attitudes, Methods, and Mandates Regarding Opioid Prescribing – Richard H. Blake
• Minimizing the Risk of a Malpractice Case: A Plaintiff’s Lawyer’s Perspective – Clyde D. Bergstresser, Esq.

Healthcare Systems and Pain Management

• A Primer for Pain Practices in Adapting to the Upcoming Changes in Healthcare – Zwade J. Marshall, MD, MBA
• Assessing Patient Outcomes for Optimized Care and Real-World Research – Sean Mackey, MD, PhD