2015 Pfizer Pain Forum
June 5-6, 2015
Latest Advances and Practical Considerations in Pain Management
Course Directors: Drs. Milton Helfenstein; Aziza Jreige; Jairo Moyano; Roberto Rey;
Ruben Torres
Time
Day 1: June 5, 2015
Faculty Experts
Dr. Jairo
Moyano
Post-operative pain;
Transition from acute
to chronic pain
Dr. Stephen Allen
Dr. Ruben
Torres
Post-surgical back
pain
Dr. Lesley Arnold
Dr. Milton
Helfenstein
Psychological aspects/
patient management
challenges with FM
Dr. Jose Alberto
Flores Cantisani
Dr. Roberto
Rey
Post-op pain
guidelines
Dr. Anthony Dickenson
08:45–09:00
09:00-09:03
Topic
Dr. C. Richard
Chapman
Breakfast and Meet the Experts Sessions
08:00–08:45
Host
Risk of post-op pain
becoming chronic;
Central modulation of
pain
Movement to general session
Introductory video
Welcome and Introductions
09:03–09:10
09:10-09:15
Pfizer Pain Narrative
Plenary Session: Objectives of Pain Forum
Dr. Arline Salomon
Drs.Milton
Helfenstein and Aziza
Jreige
Educating the new generation of pain physicians
Who will manage pain in 20 years in Latin America?
Education Survey Results
09:15:09:30
Dr. Roberto Rey
Lectures
9:30-10:00
What Happens in Your Patients When They Have Pain? Update on the
Impact and Mechanism of Pain: Central Hypersensitization
Dr. Anthony Dickenson
10:00 – 10:30
Understanding Fibromyalgia and Its Related Disorders
Dr. Lesley Arnold
10:30 – 11:00
Postoperative Pain Management Outcomes
11:00-11:10
11:10 – 11:15
11:15-11:30
Q&A Session
Brief Description of tracks and flow for the remainder of the day:
Differentiating and Understanding Pain
11:35-12:15
Coffee to be served in each of track rooms
Track 2:
Track 3:
CLBP Workshops
FM Workshops
Postoperative Pain Workshops
Dr. Ruben Torres (Chairman)
Dr. Milton Helfenstein (Chairman)
Dr. Jairo Moyano (Chairman)
Introductory Patient Video
With Intro from Chairman
Introductory Patient Video
Introductory Patient Video
With Intro from Chairman
With Intro from Chairman
Assessing the important role of NeP
in CLBP
Dr. Stephen Allen
12:15-12:55
Dr. Jairo Moyano
Break
Track 1:
11:30-11:35
Dr. C. Richard Chapman
Identifying neuropathic pain in the
CLBP patient: Practical and
proven diagnostic tools for CLBP
Dr. Ruben Torres
and Aziza Jreige
Differentiating pain: Creative
approaches to recognition and
diagnosis of FM
Taking a patient-centered
approach to
postoperative pain?
Dr. Lesley Arnold
Dr. C. Richard Chapman
Variations in pain perception: Role
of central sensitization in FM
Update on multimodal
perioperative pain
management
Dr. Eduardo Paiva
Dr. Narinder Rawal
Lunch
12:55-2:00
2:00-2:40
Selecting the best pain treatment
for CLBP
Dr. Stephen Allen
Lunch
FM treatment challenges: Practical
multimodal and holistic approaches
as a solution
Myths and realities in CLBP
Establishing postoperative
pain protocols and guidelines
Dr. Irimar de Paula Posso
Dr. Milton Helfenstein
Dr. Jose Alberto Flores
Cantisani
Opioids: The consequences of
chronic use in FM
2:40-3:20
Lunch
Dr. Lesley Arnold
Dr. Ruben Torres
Pain control in the
postoperative setting: Case
studies for implementing best
practices
Dr. Irimar de Paula Posso
Dr. Jairo Moyano
3:20:4:00
Is managing pain the only goal in
treating CLBP?
Differential diagnosis of chronic
widespread pain
Risks and effects of persistent
post-surgical pain
Dr. Eduardo Paiva
Dr. Narinder Rawal
Dr. Aziza Jreige
Dr. Milton Helfenstein
4:00
Day 1 Program Concludes
7:00
Dinner
Time
Day 2: June 6, 2015
Faculty Experts
8:00–8:45
Breakfast and Meet the Experts Sessions
8:45–9:00
Host
Topic
Dr. Nadine
Attal
Dr. Roberto
Rey
Neuropathic pain, pain rating
and comorbidities
Dr. Anthony
Dickenson
Dr. Aziza
Jreige
CLBP: neuropathic or
nociceptive, mechanisms of
pain
Dr. Narinder
Rawal
Dr. Jairo
Moyano
Postoperative pain: current
issues and persistence
Dr. Stephen
Allen
Dr. Ruben
Torres;
Post-surgical back pain
(diagnosis, physiology, NeP
component)
Dr. C. Richard
Chapman
Dr. Milton
Helfenstein
Post-operative pain;
transition from acute to
chronic pain
Movement to general session
Lectures
9:00 – 9:05
Introduction to plenary sessions by Dr. Rey
9:05–9:45
Update on 2015 NeuPSIG Guidelines for Neuropathic Pain and
Treatment Through Clinical Trial Interpretation
9:45 – 10:15
The Devil Is in the Details: Highly Scientific Review of the Mechanisms
of Neuropathic Pain
Dr. Nadine Attal
Dr. Anthony Dickenson
10:15 – 10:25
Q&A Session
10:25 – 10:30
Introduction to tracks by Dr. Roberto Rey
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break and Movement into workshop sessions
Attendees split into smaller groups, choosing one of the sessions below for each time slot
Track 1 Workshops
10:50 – 11:30
Track 2 Workshops
Case study lecture on general
overview of neuropathic pain
From acute to chronic pain, prognostic
factors: What do we know today?
Dr. Milton Helfenstein
Dr. Ruben Torres
(Chairman)
(Chairman)
Track 3 Workshops
Pain management within
the context of fast-track
surgery
Dr. Jairo Moyano
(Chairman)
Dr. Roberto Rey
Dr. Aziza Jreige
Dr. Narinder Rawal
11:30 - 12:00
The urgent need to recognize
neuropathic pain in diabetic
patients: Tools and guidelines
Dr. Roberto Rey (Chairman)
Dr. Nadine Attal
Understanding the stages of
osteoarthritis from acute flares to
chronic synovitis to when surgery should
be considered
Postoperative pain
patterns: How does acute
pain management impact
chronic postoperative
pain?
Dr. Ruben Torres
Dr. Jairo Moyano
End each track with video (30 seconds) promoting CLBP debate
12:00 – 12:10
12:10-1:10
Movement to next session
Debate – Pros and Cons:
Is a patient with CLBP a candidate for surgery?
Dr. C. Richard Chapman (Chairman)
Panel:
Dr. Aziza Jreige
Dr. Ruben Torres
Dr. Jairo Moyano
Dr. Roberto Rey
Dr. Milton Helfenstein
1:10-1:20
Closing Remarks
1:20-2:00
Program Concludes: Lunch
Dr. Arline Salomon