Welcome to the Pain Society of the Carolinas  2023 LIVE Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions!

September 15-17, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Greenville South Carolina

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Jointly Provided by The Pain Society of the Carolinas and Amedco

The 2023 Annual Meeting Program is again outstanding, thanks to the tireless work by the Program Committee. The Annual Meeting Sessions cover both basic and advanced topics germane to all physicians and practitioners who work with patients in pain.  No matter your specialty, we have sessions for you!   

Please note that if you register for the full meeting this year, your membership dues for 2023-24 are included in your fee.  

In an effort to encourage participation from members from all career stages, we will again host our annual Trainee Poster  Competition.    Individuals from all educational programs are encouraged to submit an abstract and compete in this event.  All trainees who are accepted into the competition will be asked to submit either an e-poster or present orally as one of the top posters "on the main stage". These will be scored by attendees and faculty and the winners will receive free registration for the meeting and compete for cash prizes.

ACCREDITATION INFORMATION

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Pain Society of the Carolinas.  Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Satisfactory Completion 

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety.  Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement. 

Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation

Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of TBD AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

 

Nurses (ANCC) Credit Designation

Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of TBD ANCC contact hours.

Pharmacists (ACPE) Credit Designation

Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of TBD knowledge-based CPE contact hours.

Nurse Pharmacology Credits

Please note onsite documentation for identification of sessions eligible for pharmacotherapeutic hours and self-submit those to your board.  Maximum of TBD hours. Keep the agenda as a reference in case they have questions.

Physician Assistants

AAPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.

Nurse Practitioners

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) recognizes the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as approved accreditors and allow reciprocity for AANPCP continuing education credit.

 

HOTEL INFORMATION 

MEETING VENUE HOTEL -  Hyatt Regency Hotel, Greenville South Carolina 

Deposit and Hotel Cancellation Policy:  A deposit of one night's stay deposit must be guaranteed via a major credit card, which will be forfeited if the reservation is cancelled less than 7 days prior to arrival.  Failure to arrive on your scheduled reservation arrival date will result in a cancelation fee for the full legnth of your stay plus resort fee and will be charged to your credit card on file. 

The discounted rates are available unitl sold out or Wednesday, August 23 , whichever occurs first.  Hotel Discounted rates are as follows:  Single/double $192.  Triple/Quad $202. Deluxe King $192..Each right is per night plus taxes and destination fees.  Please book early as our discounted rates always sell out.  

Link to register for your hotel sleeping room online:  https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/GSPRG/G-PS23

 

REGISTRATION FEES

FULL LIVE MEETING (Includes full annual meeting and 2023-24 Membership)          

Early Bird Discount of  up to $100 off full meeting published rates until August 23, 2023

MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, DC,  PsyD                $650.00 

PA/ NP                                                              $450.00 

Health Care Practitioner (RN, BSN, LPN, Therapist, Administrator )          $350.00 

Trainee                                                              $100.00

*Military and VA Physicians and Practitioners, please contact the Society office for additional discounts - email Robin@painsocieties.org

 

CANCELLATION POLICY:   Any cancellations or modifications before August 23, 2023  will be charged a cancellation fee of $25. We cannot provide a refund but you may substitute a learner after August 23, 2023. If you wish to make a substitution, please contact Robin Hoyle at the Society's offices by email at robin@painsocieties.org

 

ADA Compliance - If you require reasonable accommodation, please call or email the Society offices on or before September 10, 2023 so that we can provide you with the best meeting experience in a timely manner.  Email Robin@painsocieties.org or call 844-524-7246.

 

PRELIMINARY AGENDA - July 18, 2023

Pre-Conference Board Meeting: Thursday, September 14, 2023

Day One:  Friday, September 15, 2023

Registration Opens at 7:00 AM

Exhibition Opens at 9:30 AM

Session One – Update on Medicine - Moderator Christopher Gilmore MD

7:55 AM  Welcome and Opening Remarks – Todd Warrick MD, President

8:00 – 8:30 AM – New Guidelines for Urine Drug Screening – Binit Shah MD

8:30 -9:15 AM – NC, SC and Federal Prescribing Guidelines including the new MATE Act – Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq., PSOC General Counsel

9:15 – 9:45 AM -  Case Studies: Depression, Pain and Opiates – Steve Prakken MD

9:45-10:15 AM - Pain Advocacy and Awareness – Stephanie G. Vanterpool MD MBA

10:15-10:45  - Networking Break with Exhibitors

Session Two – Pediatric Pain

10:45-11:15  AM              Acute and Perioperative Pediatric Pain – Doug Ririe MD

11:15-11:45 AM                Interventional Treatment for Pediatric Pain – Blake Windsor MD

11:45-12:15 AM                Teens Between Pediatric and Adult Pain – Maryam Jowza MD

12:15 -1:15 PM                 Corporate Member Showcase with Platinum Corporate Member Salix – Taking a Targeted Approach to Treating Opioid Induced Constipation (OIC) with Richard Rauck MD  (Lunch Provided by the Society/ No CME Provided)

Session Three – Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session One – Interventional Therapies and Techniques to Manage Pain 

Moderator: Scott Runyon MD

1:15 -1:45 PM                    A Survey of Minimally Invasive Spine Therapies – Matthew Mauck MD

1:45-2:15 PM                     A Survey of Advances in Spinal Cord Stimulation – Richard Rauck MD

2:15 – 2:45 PM                  Update on Consensus Guidelines for Treatment of Lumbar and Cervical Facets,        SI Injections and RF – Brooke Chidgey MD

2:45 – 3:15 PM                  Update on Basivertebral Nerve Ablation – Todd Warrick MD

3:15 – 3:45 PM                  Networking Break with Exhibitors

3:45 – 4:15 PM                  Noninvasive Transcutaneous Axonnal Therapy for Focal Neuropathic Pain – Leonardo Kapural MD PhD

4:15-4:45 PM                     Novel Applications for Stellate Ganglion Blocks – Brooke Chidgey MD and Deb McCutcheon MD

4:45-5:30 PM                     Coding and Billing for Interventions – Amy Turner RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC,

OR Parallel Session – Non-Interventional Pain for the Physician and Advanced Practice Clinician Moderator:  Amanda Zimmerman PA-C

1:15 -1:35 PM                    Practice Protocols for Initiating Pain Patients Care – Scott Clingan PA-C

1:35 – 1:55 PM                  Common Spine Pathologies & Interventional Management – Christine Zdeb  NP

1:55-2:15 PM                     Empathy in Pain Practice – Amanda Zimmerman PA-C

2:15 – 2:35 PM                  Care for the Uninsured or Underinsured – Joan Priddy Southern NP

2:35-2:55 PM                     Substance Abuse in Chronic Pain – Steven Prakken MD

2:55-3:15 PM                     New Stimulation Paradigms and How Does it Apply to My Practice – Christopher Gilmore MD

3:15 – 3:45 PM                  Networking Break with Exhibitors

3:45-4:05 PM                     Neurofeedback and its Affects on Pain – Joan Priddy-Southern NP

4:15-4:45 PM                     TBD – David Lindsay MD

4:45-5:30 PM                     Case Studies

5:30 – 6:00 PM                  Annual Trainee Poster Competition on the Main Stage 

Moderator: Scott Clingan PA-C

6:00 – 7:00 PM                  Networking Reception with Exhibitors

7:00 – 9:00 PM                  Gold Corporate Member Showcase with Medtronic (RSVP required, Seating Limited, No CME Provided, CMS Reportable)

 

Day Two:  Saturday, September 16, 2023

Registration Opens at 7:00 AM

Exhibition Opens at 9:00 AM

 

7:30 –8:30 AM                  Gold Corporate Member Showcase with Collegium Pharmaceuticals (Breakfast provided by the Society, no CME Provided, CMS reportable)

Session Four – Ketamine and Buprenorphine for Pain – Moderator:  Brooke Chidgey MD

8:30 – 9:00 AM                Treating Overlapping Pain and Depression with Ketamine – Bobby Wunnava MD

9:00- 9:30 AM                   Use of Ketamine in the Inpatient Setting – James North MD  

9:30 -10:00 AM                 Trigeminal Blocks, Facial Pain and Ketamine – Leonardo Kapural MD PhD

10:00 -10:30 AM                Update on Buprenorphine and Pain -Irina Philips MD

10:30 -11:00 AM              Networking Break with Exhibitors

Session Five – The Great Debates   Moderator:  Ed Delorey MD

11:00-11:30 AM                Neurostimulation vs Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain – Christopher Gilmore MD and Gabe Hillegass MD

11:30 -12:00 PM               Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery- Cheerag Uphadhyaya NSG and James North MD            

12:00 -12:15 PM               Annual Business Meeting of the Membership

12:15-1:15 PM                  Platinum Corporate Member Showcase with Legally Mine (lunch provided by the society.  CME provided by Legally Mine)

1:15 –1:45 PM                   JAMES CREWS MEMORIAL LECTURE

Session Six -NEW THIS YEAR!  Hot Topics Flash Talks (10 minutes each)

1:45                        Health Inequities and Implicit Bias in Pain – Meron Selassi MD

1:55                        Post Covid Neuropathies – Gabe Hillegass MD

2:05                        Impact of Lifestyle Habits – Amanda Zimmerman PA-C

2:15                        Sexual Health and Chronic Pain – Richard Rauck MD

2:25                        Kratom, Delta8 and Kava – Ed Delorey MD

2:35                        Rates of Addiction in the Pain Population – Irina Philips MD

2:45-3:15 pm - Cancer-related Interventions: Kypho and RF for Metastatic Disease –Thomas Hopkins MD

3:15-3:45 PM   Networking Break with Exhibitors  (Exhibits close at 4:00 pm)

Session Seven – Geriatric Pain – Moderator:

3:45 -4:15 PM   Medicines for your Geriatric Patient – Richard Boortz-Marx MD MS

4:15-4:45 PM     Pain Treatment Plans – Evolving with Age – Scott Runyon MD

4:45 -5:15 PM    Pain Management’s Role at End of Life – Jen McEntee MD

5:15 -5:45  PM     Demystify Longevity Medicine- Work Smarter not Harder on your Own and your Patients’ Perpetual Youth – Dawn Sparks MD

5:45 PM ADJOURN

6:00 PM – President’s Reception (Invitation Only)

7:00 -9:00 PM  - Gold Corporate Member Showcase with Saluda ((RSVP required, Seating Limited, No CME Provided, CMS Reportable)

 

Day Three: Sunday, September 17, 2023

Registration Opens at 7:30 AM

Session Eight - Paralell Sessions

8:00-10:30 AM  Law School for Physicians – Moderator: Todd Warrick MD

8:00 -8:30 AM   Certificate Of Need in the Carolinas – Christopher Grubb MD

8:30-9:00 AM      Legal Topic One – Scott Grubman Esq.

9:00-9:30 AM    Fighting the Feds – Ronald  Chapman II, Esq.

9:30-10:00 AM  Litigation Proofing your Practice – Matthew Massey Esq.

10:00 – 10:30 AM – The updated DEA Pratitioners Manual – What you Need to Know – Carlos Aquino DEA Ret.

10:30 AM  Closing Remarks and Thank-You – Brooke Chidgey MD, President 2023-2025 

OR  7:30 –11:00 AM  - P.A.C.T. with Charles Argoff MD, Oscar DeLeon Casasola MD and Katherine Galuzzi DO

Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain

Module 1 - Assessing Pain and Initiating Non-Opioid Pain Management

Module 2 - Reducing Risks with Opioid Use

Module 3 - Approaches to Opioid Treatment and Counseling Patients