Our Faculty 

*Agenda is Subject to Change*

 

Friday, October 25th

• Industry-Sponsored Cadaver Labs

  • 11:15 AM Bus leaves Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Bus Loop​

  • 11:45 AM Lunch at CAMLS facility

  • 12:30- 2:30 PM Lab Rotation 1

    • 10 minute break​

  • 2:40- 4:40 PM Lab Rotation 2

  • 4:45 PM Bus  transfer back to hotel 

• Symposium Begins  

  • 5p Course Registration 

  • 6:25 PM Welcome Address

  • 6:30 PM Academic vs Private Practice vs Hospital Employment

    • Moderator: Chakravarthy

    • Panel: Schwartz, Cowan

• 7:00p: Adjourn

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Saturday, October 26th

• 6:30a: Breakfast 

• Symposium Begins

  • 7:20 AM: Non-pharmacological Pain Management Techniques versus Pharmacological Pain Management option 

    • 7:20- 7:50 AM: Non-Pharmacological Pain techniques​

      • 7:20 AM: Conservative Injections | ​Ajay Antony, MD

      • 7:35 AM: Implementables, MIS to Neuromodulation | Gary Schwartz, MD

    • 7:50- 8:20 AM: Pharmacological Pain Management

      • 7:50 AM: Non- Opiate Management | Vafi Salmasi, MD, MS​

      • 8:05 AM: Opiate Management | Gary Schwartz, MD

  • 8:25 AM: Panel Business Discussion

    • Moderator: Samir Sheth, MD

    • Co-Moderator: Krishnan Chakravarthy, MD, PhD

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      ​Panel: Amitabh Gulati, MD; Kiran Patel, MD; Iden Cowan, MD; Vafi Salmasi, MD, MS

      Fundamentals of Medical Employment and Consulting Contracts

      • Business of ASCs

      • Importance of Advocacy and Policy

      • Billing and Coding

• 9:35a: Industry Breakout- Attendees visit Sponsors

• 11:00a: Intermission - Coffee and Snack Break

• 11:15a: Business Discussion 

  • Moderator: Kiran Patel, MD

  • Panel: Steven Falowski, MD; Ajay Antony, MD; Samir Sheth, MD

    • Creating an Efficient Practice: From the Office to the OR

    • Ethics and legal issues related to pain management

    • Managing Conflict of Interest 

    • Time Management and Burnout

    • Junior Partner? Best Practices and Lessons Learned

• 12:30p: Educational Lunch with Pacira Biosciences

• 1:30p: Case Presentations - Interventional Pain Management Techniques

  • Nerve Blocks, Epidural, steroid injections | Amitabh Gulati, MD

  • Spinal neuromodulation | Kiran Patel, MD

  • Spinal cord stimulators: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation | Kiran Patel, MD

  • ​Intrathecal drug delivery | Amitabh Gulati, MD

  • Radiofrequency ablation | Gary Schwartz, MD

  • Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty,| Steven Falowski, MD

  • Minimally invasive spine procedures | Steven Falowski, MD

  • SI Joint | Steven Falowski, MD​

• 3:30p: Industry Breakout- Attendees visit Sponsors

• 4:45p: Intermission - Refreshments and Snack Break

• 5:05p: Round Table Case Presentations 

  • Industry-sponsored cases - topics to be determined

• 7:30p: Faculty Dinner at Oystercatchers

  • ​ Exclusive to Foundation Level Sponsors and Faculty

 

Sunday, October 27th

• 6:30a: Breakfast

• 7:30a: Case Presentations - Interventional Pain Management Techniques

  • Peripheral Nerve with Ultasound | Amitabh Gulati, MD

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation | Steven Falowski, MD

  • Restorative neurostimulation | Kiran Patel, MD

• 8:30a: Advanced Interventional Techniques 

  • SI Fusion | Steven Falowski, MD

  • Interspinous Fusion | Samir Sheth, MD

  • Basivertebral Nerve Ablation | Iden Cowan, MD

• 9:20a: Panel Discussion  

  • Moderator: Chakravarthy, Kiran Patel, MD

  • Panel: Vafi Salmasi, MD, MS;  Gary Schwartz, MD; Ajay Antony, MD; Amitabh Gulati, MD; Iden Cowan, MD; Samir Sheth, MD; Steven Falowski, MD

    • Communication skills for interacting with patients in pain and their families

    • Collaboration with other healthcare professionals, including primary care physicians and specialists, to develop comprehensive pain management plans

    • Getting Involved Externally: Societies and Industry

    • Establishing your Reputation: Social Media, Advertising, and Outreach

• 10:45a: Closing Remarks