• The Science of Migraine
  Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH
  

• Neurologic Evaluation of the Patient in Pain
  
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Headache
  Zahid Bajwa, MD
  

• Musculoskeletal Evaluation
  of the Patient in Pain
  Joseph Audette, MA, MD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Bajwa, Warfield, and Peeters-Asdourian
  

• The Practice of Pain Medicine
  Carol Warfield, MD
  

• Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
  
• Role of Complementary and
  Alternative Approaches in Pain Medicine
  Joseph Audette, MA, MD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Audette and Bajwa
  

• Management of Spinal Pain: Overview
  Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD
  

• Imaging of Pain of Spinal Origin
  Jonathan Kleefield, MD
  

• Surgical Management of Spinal Pain
  Eric Woodard, MD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Kleefield and Peeters-Asdourian
  

• Pediatric Pain Management Update
  Alyssa Lebel, MD
  

• Abdominal and Pelvic Pain
  Jyotsna Nagda, MD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Lebel, Nagda, Woodard, and Peeters-Asdourian
  

• Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics
  Charles Berde, MD, PhD
  

• Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine
  
• Spinal Analgesia
  Gilbert Fanciullo, MD
  

• Spinal Cord Stimulation
  
• Interventional Therapy:
  Maintenance and Troubleshooting
  Thomas Simopoulos, MD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Berde, Fanciullo, and Simopoulos
  and Anne Hooley, RN
  

• Substance Abuse Assessment in Pain Management
  Robert Jamison, PhD
  

• Toxicology Screening for Opioids
  Gary Horowitz, MD
  

• Opioid Contracts and Rational Prescribing
  
• Ketamine, Methadone and Novel Analgesics
  
• Pain Medicine and the Law
  Scott Fishman, MD

• Managing the Difficult Patient
  Joshua Wootton, MDiv, PhD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Fishman, Horowitz, and Wootton
  

• PHN, PHI & TGN
  Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD
  

• Evidence-Based Pain Medicine:
  “Strengths and Limitations”
  
• Pain in HIV & AIDS
  Daniel Carr, MD
  

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Bajwa, Carr, and Oaklander
  

• Radiographic Anatomy for
  Image Guided Pain Interventions
  
• Radiofrequency Treatment for Pain
  Chris Gilligan, MD
  

• Percutaneous Discectomy and
  Vertebroplasty in Post - NEJM
  Joshua Hirsch, MD, PhD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Hirsch, Abdi, and Warfield
  

• Mind/Body Approach to Pain Medicine
  Joshua Wootton, MDiv, PhD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Warfield and Wootton
  

• Botulinum Toxin for Headache and Pain
  
• Mechanism-Based Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
  Zahid Bajwa, MD
  

• Opioids: The Scientific Truth
  Jianren Mao, MD, PhD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Warfield, Bajwa, and Mao
  

• Pathophysiology and Treatment
  of Discogenic Back Pain
  Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD
  

• Discography and IDET
  Musa Aner, MD
  

• NSAIDS & COX-2 Inhibitors
  Lee Simon, MD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Aner, Gilligan, Simon, and Warfield
  

• Addiction Psychopharmacology Update
  Alan Wartenberg, MD
  

• Integrating Acupuncture into
  a Multidisciplinary Pain Practice
  Yuan-Chi Lin, MD
  

• Panel Discussion
  Drs. Lin, Warfield, and Wartenberg

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL COURSE DIRECTORS

Zahid Bajwa, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia (Neurology), Harvard Medical School; Director, Education and Clinical Pain Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Director, Arnold Pain Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Carol Warfield, MD
Edward Lowenstein Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL

Robert Jamison, PhD
Eric Woodard, MD

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BOSTON

Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Alyssa Lebel, MD
Yuan-Chi Lin, MD

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Chris Gilligan, MD
Joshua Hirsch, MD, PhD
Jianren Mao, MD, PhD
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD

GUEST FACULTY

Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD
Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Miami, FL

Joseph Audette, MA, MD
Chief of Pain Medicine, Harvard Vanguard Associates, Boston, MA

Daniel Carr, MD
Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia, Tufts Medical School, Boston, MA

Gilbert Fanciullo, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Scott Fishman, MD
President, American Pain Foundation, Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA

Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Neurology Boston University School of Medicine

Lee Simon, MD
Principal, SDG LLC, West Newton, MA

Alan Wartenberg, MD
Medical Director, Discovery House Programs, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA