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Comprehensive Review of Pain Medicine

  • Earn up to 41.00 CME credits

Comprehensive Review of Pain Medicine

Earn CME credits with this multidisciplinary approach to the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions encountered in effective pain management.
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Overview

Pain Medicine CME from the Experts

The 45+ lectures in this online CME program, Comprehensive Review of Pain Medicine, promote effective pain management as a clinical imperative. An evidence-based look at pharmacological, procedural, and nonpharmacological treatment recommendations with an emphasis on the issues and dilemmas of opioid therapy. It’s continuing medical education that will help you to better understand:

  • New analgesic targets and emerging therapies
  • Interventional therapy and clinical care updates
  • Cancer pain and palliative care, including religious perspectives
  • Pain management, healthcare systems, public policy and the law
  • Solutions to gaps in policy, treatment, attitudes, and education
  • and more...

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

Faculty

Course Director

Edgar L. Ross, MD

Senior Clinician

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Speakers

Shaikha S. AlRoumi

Medical Student, Kuwait University

Faculty of Medicine

Jabriya, Kuwait

Giancarlo Barolat, MD

Director, Barolat Neurosciences

Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center

Denver, CO

Joel Baron

Interfaith Chaplain

Hebrew Senior Life Hospice & Palliative Care

Roslindale, MA

Yvan Beaussant, MD, MSc

Post-Doctoral, Research Fellow

Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Charles Berde, MD, PhD

Senior Associate and Sarah Page Mayo Chair in Pediatric Pain Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology

Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Boston Children’s Hospital

Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Clyde D. Bergstresser, Esq.

Founder, Bergstresser & Pollock PC

Fellow, American College of Trial Attorneys

Boston, MA

Richard H. Blake

Chair, Government Compliance

Investigations and White Collar Defense

McDonald Hopkins LLC

Cleveland, OH

Steven P. Cohen, MD

Chief and Director of Clinical Operations, Pain Medicine

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Neurology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Director of Pain Research

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Anesthesiology

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Bethesda, MD

Darin J. Correll, MD

Chair, Acute Pain Committee

Department of Anesthesiology

Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Beth Darnall, PhD

Director, Stanford Pain Relief Innovations Lab

Palo Alto, CA

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

Robert Edwards, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Michael Ferrick, RN, NP

Nurse Director/Nurse Practitioner

Pain Management Center

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Roseann S. Gammal, PharmD, BCPS

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

MCPHS University School of Pharmacy

Co-Founder and Lead Clinical Pharmacist

Pharmacogenomics Clinic

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Christopher Gilligan, MD, MBA

Chief, Division of Pain Medicine

Vice Chair for Strategy

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

George Hanna, MD

Director of Pain Management

VIP Medical Group – Pain Treatment Specialists

New York, NY

S. Mark Heim

Samuel Abbot Professor of Christian Theology

Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School

Visiting Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School

New Haven, CT

Mohammed Issa, MD

Pain Fellowship Program Director

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Medical Director, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital Pain Center

Clinical Instructor in Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jia Zhimeng, MD

Research Fellow

Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Robert N. Jamison, PhD

Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology

Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Psychiatry

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD

Partner, Carolinas Pain Institute

Winston-Salem, NC

John P. Kearns, MDiv, BCC

Staff Chaplain, Spiritual Care Services

Patient Care Services

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Andreas A. Linninger, PhD

Professor of Bioengineering and Neurosurgery (courtesy)

University of Illinois at Chicago

President, System Science Corporation

Chicago, IL

Sean Mackey, MD, PhD

Redlich Professor

Chief, Division of Pain Medicine

Director, Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Neurosciences and Neurology (by courtesy)

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

Zwade J. Marshall, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer

Regenerative Spine and Pain Specialists, PC

Fayetteville, GA

Director of Medical Outcomes

Alliance Spine & Pain Centers

Atlanta, GA

Samantha M. Meints, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD

Carl E. Wasmuth Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology

Director, Evidence Based Pain Medicine Research

Professor of Anesthesiology

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Justin Merkow, MD

Assistant Professor

Interventional Pain

Department of Anesthesiology

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Aurora, CO

Sanjeet Narang, MD

Director, Oncology Pain Management

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic, MD

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Staff, Pain Management Center

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD

Chair, Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics

Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics

Albany Medical College

Albany, NY

Richard L. Rauck, MD

President, Carolinas Pain Institute

Pain Site Fellowship Director

Wake Forest Baptist Health

Winston-Salem, NC

David E. Reece, DO

Director, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Advanced Pain Management Institute (APMI)

Interventional Spine and Pain Physiatrist

Advantia Spine & Pain Center

Beltsville, MD

Edgar L. Ross, MD

Senior Clinician

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jason D. Ross, MD

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Michael Schatman, PhD

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Public Health and Community Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Affiliate Clinical Associate

Department of Diagnostic Sciences

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Boston, MA

Mark D. Smith

Partner, Laredo & Smith, LLP

Boston, MA

Gary R. Strichartz, PhD, MD

Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Director, Pain Research Center

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, FASA

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD

Director of Research

National Spine and Pain Centers

Research Professor, Psychology Department

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL

Director-at-Large, North American Neuromodulation Society

CEO, SGX-Medical

Robert B. Wall

Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry and Family Medicine

Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse Practitioner

McLean Hospital

Boston, MA

McLean Borden Cottage Psychiatric/Addictions Rehabilitation

Hospice & Palliative Care

Maine Health

Pen Bay Medical Center

Rockport, ME

Victor Wang, MD

Division Chief, Pain Neurology

Departments of Neurology and Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Medical Director

Milford Brigham and Women’s Pain Center

Milford, MA

Lynn Webster, MD

Vice President, Scientific Affairs

PRA Health Sciences

Salt Lake City, UT

Tony L. Yaksh, PhD

Professor in Anesthesiology and Pharmacology

University of California, San Diego

School of Medicine

San Diego, CA

Robert Jason Yong, MD, MBA

Associate Chief, Division of Pain Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 41 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

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

 

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this CME activity, you will be better able to:

  • Describe the benefits of and the advances in spinal cord stimulation
  • Name emerging treatment modalities for chronic back pain
  • Explain the challenges in prescribing opioids for chronic pain
  • Summarize the pain management issues with patient with substance use disorders
  • Discuss current and evidence-based postoperative pain management
  • Identify effective nonpharmacological pain management modalities
  • Discuss the complexities of cancer pain management
  • Compare religious perspectives on pain and the end of life care
  • Explain the germane issues of pain and palliative care
  • Summarize legal problems related to prescribing opioids

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for Anesthesiologists, Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Emergency Physicians, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Doctors, Oncologists, Internists, and Family Physicians.

Quick Facts

Provider: Oakstone CME

Course Director:
Edgar L. Ross, MD
Senior Clinician

Department of Anesthesiology,

Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Credits: Earn a maximum of 41 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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