Cleveland Clinic 24th Annual Pain Management Symposium 2025
Cleveland Clinic’s dynamic 24th Annual Pain Management Symposium focuses on in-depth reviews and analyses of recent advances in acute and chronic pain medicine. A renowned faculty addresses therapeutic innovations, healthcare reform, the opioid crisis and the expanding use of marijuana throughout this comprehensive activity. In doing so, the symposium promotes a better understanding of the pathophysiology of acute and chronic pain
Topics
Session 1: The Fundamentals | |
Percutaneous Cervical Spine Procedures: Guidelines, Technical Aspects and Safety | Richard W. Rosenquist, MD |
Guidelines for Use of Corticosteroids for Chronic Pain Interventions | David A. Provenzano, MD |
Persistent Pain After Joint Replacement Surgery | Kevin Vorenkamp, MD |
Infection Control Guidelines for Chronic Pain Procedures | David A. Provenzano, MD |
ACDF vs. ACDA: What’s the Evidence? | William Clifton, MD |
Artificial Intelligence and Pain Treatment | Maxim Eckmann, MD |
Closed Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation | Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD |
Panel Discussion | Session Faculty |
Session 2: Regulatory, Billing and Ethical Challenges in Pain Practice | |
Private Equity and Pain Practice: Challenges, Opportunities and Threats | Damean Freas, DO |
Optimizing Documentation to Ease Pre-Authorization | Kevin Vorenkamp, MD |
Advocacy in Pain Medicine: At the Table or On the Menu | Richard W. Rosenquist, MD |
Unethical Behavior as Encountered by the State Medical Board | Damean Freas, DO |
Session 3: Emerging Pharmacological and Interventional Treatments | |
Interspinous Spacers | Salim Hayek, MD, PhD |
Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion | Sherif Costandi, MD |
Percutaneous Thermal Radiofrequency Ablation of Spinal Metastases | Sherif Costandi, MD |
Intradiscal Biologics for the Treatment of Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain | Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD |
Nav 1.8 Inhibitors | Christy L. Hunt, DO |
Basivertebral Nerve Ablation | Maxim Eckmann, MD |
Panel Discussion | Session Faculty |
Session 4: Neuromodulation– Effective Utilization of Targets, Techniques and Devices | |
High Frequency | David A. Provenzano, MD |
Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation | Christy L. Hunt, DO |
Long Term Outcomes of Closed Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation | Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD |
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Patient Selection, Technique and Pitfalls | Yashar Eshraghi, MD |
Intrathecal Drug Delivery | Salim Hayek, MD, PhD |
Neuromodulation: Peripheral Stimulation for Low Back Pain | Maxim Eckmann, MD |
High Frequency Bioelectric Nerve Block | Sherif Costandi, MD |
Session 5: Neuromodulation– Changing Paradigms and Devices | |
Matching the Diagnosis and the Technique/Device for the Best Patient Outcome – A Case Discussion with the Experts | Moderator – Sherif Costandi + MD Multiple Faculty Panelists |
Session 6: PA/APRN Session 1 | |
Evidence Based Approach to Infectious Complications of Neuromodulation Procedures | Salim Hayek, MD, PhD |
Navigating Difficult Patient Interactions in Patients With Chronic Pain | Jessica Hill, CNP |
Evaluating the Patient With Sacroiliac Joint Pain | Alisa Freas, PA-C |
Topical Capsaicin | Christy Hunt, DO |
Session 7: PRP and Stem Cells: Evidence, Payment and Regulatory Issues | |
Platelet Rich Plasma | Yashar Eshraghi, MD |
Stem Cells | Kevin Vorenkamp, MD |
Regulatory Considerations in Regenerative Medicine | Yashar Eshraghi, MD |
Session 8: Persistent Spinal Pain Syndromes | |
Vertebrogenic and Discogenic Pain | Sherif Costandi, MD |
Pseudoarthrosis | Maxim Eckmann, MD |
Keeping it Bipedal: Biomechanics of Sagittal and Coronal Balance | William Clifton, MD |
Panel Discussion | Session Faculty |
Session 9: PA/APRM Session 2 | |
Optimizing Interventional Therapy Referrals | Alisa Freas, PA-C |
Low Dose Naltrexone for Pain Management | Jessica Hill, CNP |
Optimum and Appropriate Use of Urine Drug Screening in Clinical Practice | Damean Freas, DO |
Setting Patient Expectations for Interventional Procedures | Alisa Freas, PA-C |
Session 10: Pain Control in Special Populations | |
Pain in CRPS | Salim Hayek, MD, PhD |
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome | Sherif Costandi, MD |
Pain in the Geriatric Population | Jessica Hill, CNP |
Session 11: Opioids and Marijuana | |
Chronic Pain Management in Opioid Misuse Disorders | Sherif Costandi, MD |
Acute Pain Management in the Chronic Marijuana User | Sree Kolli, MD |
Marijuana: Between Fantasies and Realities | Sherif Costandi, MD |
Current Opioid Landscape and CDC Prescribing Guidelines | Yashar Eshraghi, MD |
Panel Discussion | Session Faculty |
Release Date: 4/15/25