Meeting Highlights from AAPM 2019

Meeting Information

March 6-10, 2019

Colorado Convention Center Denver , CO

The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 35th annual meeting will be held in Denver in March 2019. This pain medicine meeting and exhibition is aimed at all clinicians involved in the management of pain. Learn from leading experts in the field, network, and hear about the latest scientific and technical advancements in pain.

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From this Meeting:

An AAPM 2019 Preview

Panelists at the AAPM 2019 meeting are expected to debate neuromodulation and discuss the rising role of psychologists in pain care. Program Co-Chairs Steven Cohen, MD & Patrick Tighe, MD, along with academy president Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD, share additional insight with PPM.

APRNs/PAs in Pain Medicine SIG Gets Underway

One of the newest special interest groups collaborating at AAPM 2019 is the APRNs/PAs in Pain Medicine SIG.

Cannabis Has Entered Pain Management and Is Here to Stay: What Clinicians Need to Consider

Drs. Mark Ware and David Casarett on what clinicians need to consider when considering cannabinoids for their chronic pain patients, including how to analyze the evidence for its medicinal benefit to date.

Managing Pain in Marginalized Populations, including Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ, and the Obese

Researchers and clinicians Belinda L. Udeh, PhD, Sarah Rispinto, PhD, Marzena Buzanowska, MD, Danielle Weitzer, DO, and Samer Narouze, MD, address barriers to proper pain management among vulnerable populations, including ethnic minorities, LGBTQ, and the obese.

Neuromodulation: A Roundtable on Current Best Practice & Key Questions

Timothy R. Deer, MD, Michael S. Leong, MD, and Salim M. Hayek, MD, PhD, discuss current best practice and key questions around neuromodulation, with a focus on spinal cord stimulation (SCS).

Pro/Con: CGRP Antibodies and Treatment Choice for Chronic Migraine

Alan Rapoport and Robert B. Cowan debate the potential impact of CGRP inhibitors for the prevention of chronic migraine.

Pro/Con: Conservative Care is the Best Route for Chronic Pelvic Pain

Jennifer Hah, MD, and Corey Hunter, MD, debate whether conservative care is the best route for chronic pelvic pain (CPP), including a look at trigger point injections, chemodenervation, the DRG, and more.

Pro/Con: CRPS - Use Everything but Stimulation

Experts Viviane Tawfik, MD, PhD, and Jason E. Pope, MD, debate the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation (CPPS), compared to multidisciplinary approaches, for the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS/RSD).

Pro/Con: Ketamine for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Neuropathic Pain, and More

Drs. May L. Chin and Stephen D. Coleman debate the expanding uses of ketamine in treating neuropathic pain, CRPS, and more.

Pro/Con: Radiofrequency Denervation is Effective (The MINT Studies)

A pro and con view on the Juch, et al, MINT studies for radiofrequency denervation for chronic pain, as presented at AAPM 2019 by pain clinicians Steven Cohen and Ajay Anthony.

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Meeting Highlights from AAPM 2019

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