WELCOME!

This is the Portal for Pain Society of the Carolinas Faculty, Planning Committee, and Board of Directors registration including your hotel sleeping room needs.

You can use this link to register only one time per presenter, planner, board member. 

There is no fee to register.  PSOC provides faculty, planners, and board members with full meeting registration and complimentary 2025 society membership.  

The Society provides up to 3 nights hotel at the Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King St., Charleston SC.  Please complete the dates needed and add a "ticket" for each night that you wish to stay at the hotel. Any additional nights over the 3 nights complimentary will be payable by you including late cancelation fees.    If you are local and do not require a hotel room, we can provide parking reimbursement up to $20 per day.

PROPOSED PRELIMINARY AGENDA WITH INVITED FACULTY

Thursday, December 5, 2024

5:30-7:30 PM                 Pain Society of the Carolinas Board of Directors Meeting

5:30-7:30 PM                 Exhibition Set-up

7:30-9:00 PM                 President’s Welcome Networking Event

Friday, December 6, 2024

7:30 – 5:00 PM               Registration

7:30 AM                             Exhibition Opens – Continental Breakfast

7:55 AM                             Welcome and Opening Remarks with President Brooke Chidgey MD

8:00 -9:30 AM                Session One -Artificial Intelligence What’s It All About and Can it Help our Pain Patients?   A Panel Discussion with Edward Delorey MD, Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq., Andrew Lobonc MD, Matthew Mauck MD , Scott Clingan PA-C with an introduction by Hamilton Baker MD and Jihad Obeid MD from the Clemson -MUSC AI Hub. 

The Panel will address common medical practice issues including dictation,responding to patient messages, medical claims and responding to denials, and legal implications of AI in your practice.

9:30-10:00 AM                Networking Break with Exhibitors

10:00 -11:30  AM          Session Two – Hot Topics  - Moderator:  Matthew Mauck MD PhD

10:00 -10:30 AM            Psychedelics with Special Guest Lecturer Akash Goel MD     

10:30-11:00 AM             The ABCs of EMG’s: When and Why to Order and How to Interpret Results

– Renee Rosati MD

11:00-11:30 AM             Chiropractic Care for the Pain Patient – Joseph Armour DC

11:30 – 12:30 PM         Session Three – Multidisciplinary Care for Complex Pain Conditions – Case Based Panel Discussions

11:30-12:00 PM             Case #1 – Chronic Axial Low Back Pain with Meron Selassie MD (Interventionalist), Vibhor Krishna MD (Surgeon), Rebecca Kilpatrick PhD (Psychologist), Amanda Zimmerman PA-C (Physician Assistant), and Emily Scruggs DPT (Physicial Therapy)

12:00 -12:30 PM            Case #2 – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome with Ryan Nobles MD (Interventionalist), Binit Shah MD (Surgeon), Rebecca Kilpatrick PhD (Psychologist), Joan Priddy-Southern NP (Nurse Practitioner), and Emily Scruggs DPT (Physical Therapy)

12:30 -1:30 PM               Gold Corporate Member Showcase presented by Medtronic (Lunch Provided, no CME provided, CMS reportable)

1:30 -5:00 PM – Session Four – Parallel Sessions

Option #1 – Interventional Pain Therapies and Techniques-Moderator:  Gabe Hillegass MD

2:00 -2:30 PM                SI Joint Fusion: Indications, Outcomes, Complications– Leonardo Kapural MD PhD

2:30-3:00 PM                 Advances in Peripheral Nerve Stimulation -Usman Latif MD

3:00-3:30 PM                 Brain Stimulation (TMS) for the Treatment of Pain-Jeff Borckardt PhD

3:30-4:00 PM                 Networking Break with Exhibitors

4:00-4:45 PM                 Wherever the Lead Takes You…Novel Uses of Stimulation to Address Pain Conditions- 3 cases by 3 experts:  Vibhor Krishna MD, James North MD, and Robert Wilson MD

4:45-5:15 PM                 Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Improve SCS Outcomes– Usman Latif MD

Option #2 – Non-Interventional Pain for the Physician and Advanced Practice Provider – Moderator Joan Priddy Southern NP

2:00 -2:30 PM                Opioid Receptor Review – It’s NOT all about Mu.-Amanda Zimmerman PA-C

2:30-3:00 PM                 Radiology Review – Patrick Markwalter MD

3:00-3:30 PM                 Physical Exam Review – Scott Clingan PA-C

3:30-4:00 PM                 Networking Break with Exhibitors

4:00 -4:30 PM                SCS Review 101 for the Non-Interventional Pain Provider – Zohra Hussaini NP

4:30-5:15 PM                 Case Based Panel Discussion – Communication Techniques for Patients – Initiating Opioid Therapy, Difficult Patients, and Weaning with Amanda Zimmerman PA-C, Scott Clingan PA-C, Zohra Hussaini NP, and Joan Southern NP

5:15-6:00 PM. – Annual Trainee Poster Competition on the Main Stage -Moderator: Deb McCutcheon MD 

6:00-7:00 PM Welcome Reception with Exhibitors – All Attendees and Guests are invited.

Dinner on Own

Saturday, December 7, 2024

7:30-5:00 PM                 Registration Open

7:30 AM                         Exhibition Opens – Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 10:15 -   Session Five – Pain Potpourri  - Moderator:  Richard Rauck MD

8:00-8:30 AM                 The VA Model of Multidisciplinary Pain Care – David Lindsay MD

8:30 -9:00 AM               Special Guest Lecturer - Beth Darnall PhD -  Accessible, Evidenced-based Behavioral Treatments for Acute, Post-Surgical and Chronic Pain Relief 

9:00-9:45 AM                 Special Guest Lecturer – James Rathmell MD

9:45-10:15 AM               James Crews Memorial Lecture – Sean Mackey MD

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

10:45-12:15 PM – Session Six – The Great Debates -Moderator: Edward Delorey MD

10:45-11:15 AM            SI Joint Fusions (Posterior)  In the Office vs. Surgery Center– Leonardo Kapural MD PhD  vs.  Binit Shah MD

11:15-11:45 AM            Advocacy – Andrew Lobonc MD (Pro) vs. Matthew Mauck MD (Con)

11:45 -12:15 PM           Peripheral Stimulation – Jay Kumar MD (Pro) vs. Binit Shah MD (Con)

12:15-1:30 PM               Annual Business Meeting and Corporate Member Showcase with Gold Corporate Member SPR Therapeutics (Lunch provided, no CME provided, CMS reportable)

1:30 -3:00 PM – Session Seven – Flash Talks – Moderator: Scott Runyon MD

1:30-1:45 PM                 Acupuncture – Robert Friedman MD

1:45-2:00 PM                 Myofascial Techniques – Joseph Armour DC

2:00-2:15 PM                 Pain at the End of Life – Jennifer McEntee MD

2:15-2:30 PM                 VR and Stim – Vibhor Krishna MD

2:30-2:45 PM                 Pregnancy and Pain – Meron Selassie MD

2:45 -3:00 PM                Placebo Effect in Pain Medicine – Dominika James MD

SESSIONS CLOSE AT 3:00 PM – Afternoon on Own to Enjoy Charleston at the Holidays

Sunday, December 8, 2024

7:30-11:00 AM               Registration Open - Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 10:30 AM – Session Eight – The Business of Pain Medicine - Moderator:  Ryan Nobles MD

8:00 – 8:30 AM               Bundled Payments – Value Based Care – Leo Spector MD

8:30-9:00 AM                 Legal Topic One – Matthew Massey Esq.

9:00-9:30 AM                 Legal Topic Two – Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq., PSOC Counsel

9:30 -10:30 AM              Coding and Billing for Pain Management – Amy Turner

10:30  AM                       Closing Remarks and Thank You – President Brooke Chidgey MD

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