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WIP 2012 | Miami Beach, Florida

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Plenary Lectures

John J. Bonica Lecture
Patrick Wall Lecture
Prithvi Raj Lecture

Plenary Session 1: Opioid Hyperalgesia: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Manifestations
Plenary Session 2: The Genetics of Pain: The Future of Genotyping in Therapy 
Plenary Session 3: Acupuncture. Mechanisms and Therapy  

Topical Seminars

Cancer Pain Management for the Refractory Patient
Cervical Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Complications and Abuse of Interventional Pain Procedures:  Recognition and Avoidance
Discogenic Pain
Facial Pain and Atypical Facial Pain
Fibromyalgia Update: Diagnostic Reappraisl and Therapeutic Strategies
Genetics Predisposing the Pain Phenotype
Imaging the Pain Pathway
Intrathecal Drug Delivery: A Changing Landscape
Ion Channel Blockers: Present Understanding and Future Development
Legends of Interventional Pain Medicine
Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Stimulation
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.for Spinal Chronic Pain 
Neonatal and Pediatric Pain
Nonneuronal cells and their pain relationshiop: Targets in Pain Research
Pharmacology of Descending Analgesia
Psychology and Chronic Pain:  Mechanism, Assessment and Management
Pulsed Radiofrequency:  From Basic Science to Clinical Practice
Radiofrequency:  Evolving Concepts and New Therapies
Rational Use of Opioids in Chronic Non-cancer Pain
Spinal Canal Endoscopy and Neurolysis of Adhesions:  Updates
Spinal Cord Stimulation:  Mechanism, Indications and Outcomes
Subcutaneous Stimulation: Pro/Con…and the Science
Targeted Neurotoxins
Tracking Outcomes in Pain Medcine
Transition of Acute to Chronic Pain:  Why and When
Ultrasounds:  Relevant Use of Ultrasound in Pain Therapy
Visceral Pain Syndromes: Systematic Approach to Diagnosis and Management
Why Formal Pain Medicine Education and Board Certification Matters