Preliminary Timetable

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  PLENARY LECTURES   INDUSTRY SUPPORTED SYMPOSIA
  COURSES   TOPICAL SEMINARS
  SOCIAL EVENTS    
 
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
 
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009

07:00-08:00
Breakfast Symposium
Supported by Meda

 

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
 
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2009

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
 
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

WIP Pain Conference, New York, March 2009