Handouts - 2024 - Southern Pain Society

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Welcome
Thomas Davis, MD

8:40 AM - 9:40 AM

Top Legal Risks for Pain Practitioners – What Do I Need to Worry About?
Barry Straus, MD, JD

9:40 AM - 10:40 AM

Pain Rules and Professional Conduct
Michael C. Francis, MD

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

Break

11:10 AM - 12:10 PM

Legal and Policy Advocacy for Systems Change
Kate M. Nicholson, JD

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch on Your Own

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Welcome
Thomas Davis, MD

1:10 PM - 2:00 PM

Utilization of VR in Pain Management
Maged Guirguis, MD

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Fibromyalgia: Diagnosis, Mechanistic Subtyping and Precision Treatment
David Williams, DPT PhD

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

Break

3:20 PM - 4:10 PM

Spinal Cord Stimulation: Best Practices
B. Todd Sitzman, MD, MPH

4:10 PM - 5:00 PM

Surviving Medicare Audits
David Vaughn, Esq, CPC

5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Poster Presentations

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Welcome and Agenda Review
James Weisberg, PhD

8:10 AM - 9:00 AM

The Hidden Power of the Vagus Nerve
Peter Staats, MD, MBA

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

Interventional Therapies for Craniofacial Pain
Yashar Eshraghi, MD

9:50 AM - 10:20 AM

Break

10:20 AM - 11:10 AM

Exploring the Intertwined Relationship of Pain and Obesity
Ann Quinlan-Colwell, PhD, CNS RN-BCPGMT

11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

A Morbidly Obese Patient in Pain: Navigating Pain Management Options
Thomas Davis, MD

12:05 PM - 1:15 PM

Sponsored Lunch Talk: Legally Mine (11th Floor Riverbend Ballroom)
John Kekel

1:15 PM - 2:05 PM

Motivational Interviewing: A Tool to Promote Health and Self -Management in Patients with Pain
Patricia Bruckenthal, PhD

2:05 PM - 2:55 PM

Physiology and Treatment of Migraines
Olivia Begasse de Dhaem, MD

2:55 PM - 3:25 PM

Break

3:25 PM - 4:15 PM

Difficult Conversations: Violence in the Pain Clinic and Practical Tips to De-escalate Charged Encounters.
Mercy Udoji, MD

4:15 PM - 5:05 PM

Disparities in Managing Opioid Use Disorder
Yele Aluko MD, MBA

5:05 PM

Vendor Passport Announcement

5:05 PM - 5:30 PM

Business Meeting

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Reception

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Welcome
Barry Straus, MD JD

8:10 AM - 9:00 AM

The Reciprocal Relationship between Pain and Sleep
Jonathan Cole, PhD

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

Discogenic Low Back Pain and Current Management
Thomas J. Myers, MD

9:50 AM - 10:10 AM

Break

10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

Multimodal vs. Polypharmacy Medication Management
Tanya Uritsky, PharmD

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

The Role of PAs in a Pain Practice
Jeremy A. Adler, DMSc, PA-C

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM

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