FACULTY, BOARD AND PLANNING COMMITTEE INVITATION 

The Pain Society of the Carolinas Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions

October 2-5, 2025

The Renaissance Asheville Downtown Hotel, Ashville NC

You are invited to participate in the 2025 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. The Preliminary Agenda is below.  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 2025-2026 society membership.  

The Society  also provides up to 3 nights hotel at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St., Asheville NC.  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 any late cancellation fees.    If you are local and do not require a hotel room, we can provide parking reimbursement up to $20 per day.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM 

Collaborative Care to Achieve Successful Outcomes for Our Patients

THURSDAY,  OCTOBER 2, 2025

5:30 – 7:30 PM                               Board of Directors Meeting

5:30 – 7:30 PM                               Exhibition Setup

7:30-9:00 PM                                 Meet the Board Reception

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2025

7:30 AM-5:30 PM                         REGISTRATION IS OPEN

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM                      Exhibitor Setup – Exhibition opens at 9:00 AM

SESSION ONE –   Mandatory Licensing Education for NC, SC and Beyond– Moderator Brooke Chidgey MD

7:55 AM                          Welcome from the President, Brooke Chidgey MD              

8:00 – 9:00AM               Pharmcovigilance with our Medical Boards– NC and SC

9:00-9:20 AM                 Initiating, Monitoring and Weaning Opioids – Amanda Zimmerman PA-C

9:20- 9:50 AM                 Addiction, Pain and Opioid Use Disorder  – Kelly Barth MD PhD

9:50-10:20 AM               Networking Break with Exhibitors

10:20 -10:40 AM           Stop the Stigma – Stephanie G. Vanterpool MD MBA

10:40 -11:10 AM           Non-Opioid Analgesics & Mechanisms of Action in the Pipeline – Richard Rauck MD

11:10 -11:30 AM           Nutrition, Wellness and Weight Loss – the Benefits for Pain Patients- Angela Lipscomb Hudson MD             

11:30-11:45 AM            Discussion Q &A with Morning Faculty

15 Minutes Networking Break and Time to move to Lunch Symposia on Hotel Top Floor

12:00 -1:00 PM              Gold Corporate Member Showcase with Vertex Pharmaceuticals (No CME Provided, Lunch provided, CMS reportable)

15 minutes Networking Break and Time to move to Session Two on Hotel First Floor

SESSION TWO – Interventional Therapies to Manage Pain

1:15 PM-1:45                 Spinal Cord Stimulation Update including SCS for Peripheral Neuralgias – Ryan Nobles MD                     

1:45- 2:15 PM                Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Peripheral Neuralgias – Christopher Gilmore MD

2:15-2:45 PM                 Surgical Options for Nerve Injuries – Mark Attiah MD

2:45-3:15 PM                 Hematologic Implications of Interventions – Alice Ma MD

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

3:45-4:15 PM                 TMS for Chronic Pain -TBD

4:15-4:45 PM                 The Future of Interventional  Pain – Leonardo Kapural MD PhD

4:45 -5:30 PM                Case Presentations with Session Faculty Panel

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

6:00-7:00 PM                 Welcome Reception with Exhibitors and Attendees

Dinner on Own

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2025

7:00 AM-5:30 PM         REGISTRATION IS OPEN

7:30-8:30 AM                 Gold Corporate Member Showcase with Collegium Pharmaceuticals (No CME provided, Breakfast provided, CMS Reportable)                    

SESSION THREE – PARALLEL SESSIONS

OPTION ONE:  The Legal Side and Business of Pain Management

8:30 – 9:30 AM               Federal Perspectives from Former Department of Justice Opioid and Fraud Prosecutors – What you Need to Know Now - Matthew Massey Esq. and Lou Manzo Esq.

9:30 -10:00 AM              Audits, Licensing and Sanctions – Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq.      

10:00-10:30  AM           Ask the Legal Experts

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

OR OPTION TWO: Pain Management for the APP and Non-Interventional Physician

11:00- 11:45 AM          Effective Practice Management – Pearls from a Hospital based Physician (TBD) and a Private Practice Physician – Jennifer Stanislaus MD

15 minutes Networking Break and Time to move to  Annual Business Meeting and Lunch Symposia on Hotel Top Floor

12:00-12:15 PM            Annual Business Meeting – All attendees invited.

12:15 -1:15 PM              Gold Corporate Member Showcase with SPR Therapeutics (No CME Provided, Lunch provided, CMS reportable)

15 minutes Networking Break and Time to move to Session Four on Hotel First Floor

SESSION FOUR–  James Crews Memorial Lecture and Hot Topics

1:30-2:15 PM                 JAMES CREWS MEMORIAL LECTURER – Regenerative Medicine –Thomas Buchheit MD

2:15 -2:45 PM                Wilderness Medicine – Andy Lobonc MD and Stephen Scott PA

2:45-3:15 PM                 Treating the High Level Athlete – Harris Slone MD

3:15-3:45 PM                 Networking Break With Exhibitors   

3:45-4:30  PM                Special Guest Lecturer – Hi Frequency Ultrasound – Michael Gofeld MD

SESSION FIVE – FLASH TALKS – Rapid Fire Hot Topics    (15 minutes each)

4:30 PM                             Pain and Sickle Cell Disease – Martha Kenney MD 

4:45 PM                             Potentiation of Opioids with Xylazine – Zoe McElligott PhD

5:00 PM                             Patterns of Pain Circuitry – Charles Munyon MD

5:15  PM                            Retinal Neuromodulation for Chronic Pain- Matthew Mauck MD PhD

5:30 PM                             Ergonomics in Healthcare to Prevent Injury – Renee Rosati DO

5:45 PM                             AI in your Clinical Practice – Gabe Hillegass MD

6:00 PM                             Mental Health and Burnout – Martha Kenney MD

6:15 PM                             Adjourn

7:30-10:00 PM – Networking Event to benefit Samaritan’s Purse in the Top of the Plaza Ballroom – James Bond Theme -Separate subscription - details to follow by separate invitation with donation/fee.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2025

7:30 AM-10:00 AM      REGISTRATION  and Continental Breakfast

SESSION SIX -              Hands On Experiential Workshops (pick one) 8:00 -10:00 AM  

Ultrasound Workshop in collaboration with the World Academy of Pain Management United (40 ppl)

Auricular Therapy and Acupuncture Workshop – Robert Agnello DO and Saj Surve, DO (24 ppl)

CME/ CEU Awarded - Jointly Provided by Amedco