General Lectures

Opening Remarks

Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP
Peter Staats, MD, FIPP, ABIPP
Edit Racz, MD, FIPP, CIPS
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 1
Moderators: Javier de Andres, MD, FIPP and Dominic Hegarty, MD, FIPP

Trials and Tribulations of Evidence-Based Medicine in Interventional Pain Management
Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, PhD, FIPP (Germany)

Pro-Con: Ultrasound Versus Fluoroscopy
Javier de Andres, MD, FIPP (Spain)

Risk Mitigation in Spinal Procedures
Dominic Hegarty, MD, FIPP (Ireland)

New Developments in the Treatment of Facial Pain
Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey)

Sacroiliac Joint Pain – Minimally invasive treatment options
Sudhir Diwan, MD, FIPP (USA)

Avoiding Complications in Interventional Pain Management
John Prunskis, MD, FIPP (USA)

Q&A

Break

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 2
Moderators: Miles Day, MD, FIPP  and Kris Vissers, MD, FIPP

Caudal and Transforaminal Neuroplasty – Clinical Experience for Spinal Stenosis
Ira Fox, MD, FIPP (USA)

Epidural Neuroplasty – 15 year follow-up
Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, PhD, FIPP (Germany)

Cervical Neuroplasty
Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP (USA)

Spinal Stenosis: Minimally Invasive Procedures Beyond Epidurals
Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP (USA)

Q&A

Break

WORKSHOP – Live Patient Fluoroscopy-guided Procedures

Moderator: Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP

T2, 3 Sympathetic Radiofrequency Ablation
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

Splanchnic Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

Lumbar Sympathetic Block
Miles Day, MD, FIPP (USA)

Superior Hypogastric Block
Miles Day, MD, FIPP (USA)

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 3
Moderators: Kris Vissers, MD, FIPP and Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP

Ethics and Interventional pain
Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey)

Facetogenic Pain and Diagnostic Blocks – Current Evidence
Javier De Andres, MD, FIPP (Spain)

DRG Stimulation for Low Back Pain
Kenneth Chapman, MD, FIPP (USA)

Basivertebral Nerve RFA – Two-year Outcomes Data for BVN Ablation vs Conservative Care
Doug Beall, MD (USA)

Q&A

STIMWAVE SYMPOSIUM

Break

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 4
Moderators: Ira Fox, MD, FIPP

Joint Denervation Techniques: Knee
Philip Peng, MD (Canada)

Shoulder Joint Denervation: Possible or Impossible
Maxim Eckmann, MD (USA)

Joint Denervation Techniques: Hip
Andre Mansano, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Brazil)

Headache – Interventional Management including Occipital Nerve Stimulation
Robert van Dongen, MD (The Netherlands)

Common Low Back pain and The Peridural Membrane
Hemmo Bosscher, MD, PhD, FIPP (USA)

Long Haul COVID and Pain
Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP (Argentina)

Q&A

Break

WORKSHOP – Live Patient Fluoroscopy-guided Procedures

Moderator: Miles Day, MD, FIPP

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Pulsed Radiofrequency
Manuel Herrero Trujillano, MD, FIPP, CIPS, EDPM (Spain)

Trigeminal Ganglion Balloon compression
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

Neuroplasty, Caudal attempt then Transgrade Approach
Edit Racz, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

Sacral Nerve Root Block
María Luz Padilla del Rey, MD, FIPP, CIPS, EDPM (Spain)

HIP Cryo Denervation
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 5
Moderators: Peter Staats, MD, FIPP and Adnan A. Al-Kaisy, MB ChB, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP

Complex Cancer Pain Strategies
Kris Vissers, MD, FIPP (The Netherlands)

Updates on the algorithm of treatment with intrathecal drug delivery
Christophe Perruchoud, MD (Switzerland)

Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Approaches: Is there a Difference
Andre Mansano, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Brazil)

Peripheral Nerve Entrapments: Current Treatments
Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP, CIPS (USA)

Radiation safety
Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP (Argentina)

Q&A

Break

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 6
Moderators: Peter Staats, MD, FIPP and Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP

Sub-threshold spinal cord stimulation at various kilohertz frequencies
Adnan A. Al-Kaisy, MB ChB, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP (UK)

Neuromodulation of Pelvic/Visceral Pain
Adnan A. Al-Kaisy, MB ChB, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP (UK)

The future of Vagus nerve Stimulation
Peter Staats, MD, FIPP (USA)

New Paradigms in Spinal Cord Stimulation – including Closed Loop Stimulation
Peter Staats, MD, FIPP (USA)

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP, CIPS (USA)

Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
Robert Levy, MD, FIPP (USA)

Break

WORKSHOP – Live Patient Fluoroscopy-guided Procedures

Sacroiliac Joint Injection
Miles Day, MD, FIPP (USA)

Sacroiliac Joint RFA Ablation
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

Lumbar Facet Block
María Luz Padilla del Rey, MD, FIPP, CIPS, EDPM (Spain)

Cervical Facet RFA Ablation
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 7
Moderators: Monique Steegers, MD, PhD, FIPP and Mert Akbas, MD, FIPP

Lumbar Sympathetic/ Superior Hypogastric Plexus
Javier De Andres, MD, FIPP (Spain)

Education and Certification in Pain Management
Monique Steegers, MD, PhD, FIPP (The Netherlands)

Cervical Facets (MBB, intra-articular, RF)
Monique Steegers, MD, PhD, FIPP (The Netherlands)

Interlaminar Epidurals (focus on cervical)
Dominic Hegarty, MD, FIPP (Ireland)

Thoracic/Lumbar Facets, MBB, RF –
Mert Akbas, MD, FIPP (Turkey)

Q&A

Break

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 8
Moderators: Miles Day, MD, FIPP

Caudal Neuroplasty
Ira Fox, MD, FIPP (USA)

Techniques to Improve Radiation Safety
Vikram Patel, MD, FIPP (USA)

Stellate/T2/3 Sympathetic
Miles Day, MD, FIPP (USA)

Splanchnic/Celiac
Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP (Argentina)

Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections: Lumbar and Sacral
Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP (Brazil)

Q&A

Break

GENERAL LECTURES – SESSION 9
Moderators: Philip Peng, MD and Lorand Eross, MD, FIPP

Ultrasound Guidance for Interventional Pain Procedures – Injection and Beyond
Phillip Peng, MD (Canada)

Vertebral Augmentation
Kenneth B. Chapman, MD, FIPP (USA)

Cervicogenic Headaches
Miles Day, MD, FIPP (USA)

Invasive neuromodulation in craniofacial pain syndromes
Lorand Eross, MD, FIPP (Hungary)

Scarring Triangle – New Developments of Epidural Neuroplasty
Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP (USA)

Q&A