Join our live stream of the main meeting sessions from the 24th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting!

 Main meeting sessions schedule

The Full Spectrum of Pain Care

The theme of the full spectrum of pain care reflects our two-fold commitment to recognizing the multi-disciplinary nature of pain medicine practice as well as breadth of pain conditions treated. To accomplish this, we have designed special tracks that cater to the interests of pain medicine educators and trainees, advanced practice providers, military personnel, and those who manage their practices.

Sessions will feature evidence-based yet practical takeaways for incorporating or fine-tuning artificial intelligence (AI), regenerative medicine, neuromodulation, cancer-related pain management, and minimally invasive spine therapies in your practice. A preview of some of our exciting presentations include:

• Navigating smoking cessation, euglycemic control, and high body mass index in patients receiving neuromodulation: evidence and practicalities
• Leveraging collected data and AI to improve clinic workflows, patient care, and beyond
• Ambulatory surgical centers - nuts and bolts, to buy-in or not, investing yourself and your money
• Indications, considerations, and risks of chemical neurolysis for cancer pain

Sessions from the 2024 Pain Medicine meeting.

Learning Objectives:

1. List the pain syndromes where addition of corticosteroid adds to the efficacy of the peripheral nerve block
2. Note the minimum effective doses and commonly used corticosteroid doses in peripheral nerve blocks; joint injections; and neuraxial, facet and sacroiliac joint injections
3. To present a summary of key recommendations regarding SI joint injections
4. Explain the characteristics of a good referral to PT /OT and good PT/OT evaluation
5. Understand our role in the ACR Blue Ribbon Fluoroscopy Safety Working Group

In this webinar, Dr. Sudheer Potru (Atlanta VA Healthcare System) and Dr. Anuj Aggarwal (Stanford University Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine) will examine the complex relationship between chronic pain and alcohol use disorder (AUD). The discussion will highlight the overlapping neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to both conditions, including shared reward and stress pathways, and how these factors can complicate clinical decision-making. Participants will gain practical insights into identifying patients at risk for AUD, appropriate diagnostic strategies, and the pain implications of commonly used AUD medications. The faculty will also address pharmacologic considerations and safety challenges when managing pain in patients with active or remitted AUD, including medication interactions, treatment planning, and risk mitigation.

Finance lecture by Justin Harvey.

Finance lecture by Justin Harvey.

Sessions from the 2025 spring meeting. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop strategies to decrease block-related peripheral nerve injuries
2. Accurately assess and treat peripheral nerve injuries
3. Describe the risks of regional anesthesia in athletes/musicians, balance the risk of regional anesthesia with opioid analgesics, and deploy regional anesthesia risk mitigation strategies
4. Understand the basic science and clinical evidence in support of mixing local anesthetics, as well as the risks

Sessions from the 2025 spring meeting. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Apply neuroanatomy of fascial planes to select appropriate analgesic blocks
2. Anticipate, educate, and mitigate analgesia beyond resolution of nerve blocks
3. Evaluate pharmacologic innovations in local anesthetics
4. Apply regional techniques in special populations

Sessions from the 2025 spring meeting. 

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the infectious risks with performance of regional anesthetic techniques and assess the value of the use of probe covers in reducing this risk
• Compare the benefits and limitations of the use of thoracic paravertebral, erector spinae, and epidural blocks for thoracic surgery
• Develop a procedure-specific algorithm for selection of optimal block for analgesia (thoracic paravertebral vs ESP vs thoracic epidural) based on the source of pain, the duration of pain, and the extent of pain
• Reflect upon newly acquired educational content from the meeting that the participant will take home and apply to their clinical and/or academic practice

Sessions from the 2025 spring meeting. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Debate key topics regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine
2. Evaluate the role of opioids in acute anesthesiology
3. Critique the role of spinal anesthesia as the preferred technique for lower limb surgery

Sessions from the 2025 spring meeting. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Demonstrate high yield regional anesthesia blocks
2. Illustrate common point of care ultrasound (POCUS) applications
3. Construct ultrasound techniques for neuraxial and paravertebral blocks
4. Coordinate simultaneous use of regional anesthesia and POCUS