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