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Friday, April 4, 2008
3:00-8:00 PM Registration
4:00-9:30 PM Exhibit and Poster Hall Open
4:30-5:30 PM Welcome Reception
5:30-6:00 PM Welcome & Course Overview
The Good Pain Doctor: Following the Path of Virtue

Conference Director: Michael R. Clark, MD, MPH
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, MD
6:00-6:45 PM

Keynote Address
Pain and Consciousness: Thinking Outside the Box

Introduction by:
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY

Perry G. Fine, MD

University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT

6:45-7:15 PM Dinner
7:15-8:15 PM
   Dinner Program

Opioid Analgesia in Chronic Pain: Balancing Risk and Benefits
Supported by an educational grant from King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Chair: Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY


Rollin M. Gallagher, MD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA


Michael J. Brennan, MD
The Pain Center of Fairfield
Fairfield, CT

8:15-9:15 PM
   Plenary Program
An Evidence-Based Primer for Interventional Pain Management
Chair: James P. Rathmell, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Andrea M. Trescot, MD
Pain and Rehabilitation Network, Inc.
Orange Park, FL
 
Saturday, April 5, 2008
6:30-9:30 AM Registration
7:00 AM-5:00 PM Exhibit and Poster Hall Open
7:00-8:00 AM Poster Presentations
7:30-8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00-8:15 AM Course Overview
Conference Director: Michael R. Clark, MD, MPH
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, MD
8:15-9:15 AM
   Plenary Program
Rational Multidrug Therapy: Targets Along the Pain-Processing Pathway
Chair: Michael R. Clark, MD, MPH
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, MD

Tony L. Yaksh, PhD
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA


Ian Gilron, MD, MSc
Queens University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
9:15-9:30 AM Break
9:30-10:30 AM Neurobiology of Pain: Clinical Applications from Emerging Science
Supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company

Chair: Charles E. Argoff, MD
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY

Jon W. Dravd, MD, MS

Baptist Hospital
Nashville, TN
10:30-11:30 AM
   Plenary Program
Pain Disorders of Late Life
Chair: Christine A. Miaskowski, PhD, RN
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

George T. Grossberg, MD

Saint Louis Univeristy School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO

Manju T. Beier, PharmD
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
11:30 AM-12:00 PM Break
12:00-12:30 PM Lunch
12:30-1:30 PM
   Lunch Program

Reducing Risk: Practical Strategies for Prescribing Analgesics
Supported by an educational grant from Alpharma Pharmaceuticals


Steven D. Passik, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Arthur L. Weaver, MD
University of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska

1:30-2:00 PM Break
2:00-3:00 PM Contemporary Issues in Reimbursement: Real-World Challenges and Solutions
Chair: Edgar L. Ross, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Edward Covington, MD

Neurological Institute at The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Jeffrey Livovich, MD
Aetna, Inc., US Healthcare
Blue Bell, PA
3:00-4:00 PM Industry Supported Symposia
4:00-5:00 PM
   Plenary Program
Meet the Professors: Controversies, Consensus, and Emerging Concepts in Pain Management
Moderator: Steven D. Passik, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Jane C. Ballantyne, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Howard A. Heit, MD
Georgetown Univeristy School of Medicine
Washington, DC

Neil E. Slatkin, MD
City of Hope Cancer Center
Duarte, CA
5:00-5:15 pm Closing Remarks
 
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