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PLENARY LECTURES |
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INDUSTRY SUPPORTED SYMPOSIA |
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COURSES |
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TOPICAL SEMINARS |
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SOCIAL EVENTS |
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| FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009 |
| 07:00 Registration Opens |
08:00-12:00 Refresher Course |
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break |
13:00-17:00 Refresher Course and Case-Based Clinical Discussions |
15:15-15:45 Welcome Coffee |
15:45-17:15 Pre-Congress Satellite Symposium |
17:30-19:00 Opening Ceremony: “Broadway Opens to the World” |
19:00-20:00 Welcome Reception |
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| SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009 |
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07:00-08:00 Breakfast Symposium Supported by Meda
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07:00-08:00 Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium |
08:10-10:00 Plenary Lectures Current Themes in the Processing of Pain Information |
10:00 – 10:45 Coffee Break, Poster Viewing with Authors Present, Visit Exhibition |
10:45-12:15
| Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Where are We? |
Headaches: How to Differentiate and the Implications for Treatment |
Pathophysiology and Diagnosis of Radicular Pain |
Publications of Clinical Pain Research |
Neuropathic Pain: Modern Algorithm for Management | |
12:15-13:45 Lunch Symposium Supported by Boston Scientific |
13:45-14:30 P. Prithvi Raj Lecture |
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session |
15:00-16:30
| Nonneuronal Cell and Pain: Current and Future Targets in Pain Research |
Novel Applications of Neurostimulation |
Spinal Cord Stimulation: Evidence- Based Efficacy and Indications |
Overview of Palliative Care |
Pain as a Disease | |
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| SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2009 |
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07:00-08:00 Breakfast Symposium Supported by St. Jude Medical |
08:10-10:00 Plenary Lectures Modern Themes in Neuropathic Pain |
10:00 – 10:45 Coffee Break, Poster Viewing with Authors Present, Visit Exhibition |
10:45-12:15
| Targeted Neurotoxins |
Common Analgesic Drugs and their Uncommon Mechanisms |
Pediatric Pain: Developmental, Mechanistic and Treatment Considerations |
Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndromes: Evolving Concepts |
Radiofrequency: An Expanding Role in Interventional Pain Medicine | |
12:15-13:45 Lunch Symposium Supported by MundiPharma Napp |
13:45-14:30 Patrick Wall Lecture |
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session |
15:00-16:30
| Post Amputation Pain: Characteristics and Treatment Options |
Characteristics of Unusual Drug Delivery Routes to Target the Brain |
Political Affairs and Economic Reimbursement for Interventional Pain Medicine |
Lysis of Adhesions: What Have We Learned? |
Multimodal Analgesia in the Perioperative Patient | |
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| MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009 |
07:00-08:00 Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium |
07:00-08:00 Industry Supported Breakfast Symposium |
08:10-10:00 Plenary Lectures Imaging the Pain Pathway |
10:00 – 10:45 Coffee Break, Poster Viewing with Authors Present, Visit Exhibition |
10:45-12:15
| Genetics Predisposing the Pain Phenotype |
Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain: What is Happening? |
Opioids in Chronic Pain |
CRPS: An Update on Mechanisms and Clinical Manifestations |
Pain and Spinal Cord Injury: Mechanisms and Management | |
12:15-13:45 Industry Supported Lunch Symposium |
13:45-14:30 John Bonica Lecture |
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session |
15:00-16:30
| Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures |
Trigeminal Neuralgia and Atypical Facial Pain |
Pain Medicine Education and Board Certifi cation: A Global View |
Visceral Pain: Mechanisms and Clinical Manifestations |
Cancer Pain Management for Refractory Patients | |
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