SOBRAMID and WIP Section Brazil created
In October 2012, SOBRAMID - Brazilian Society of Interventional Pain Practitioners - was
founded. The goal of the society is to promote and disseminate the development and practice
of interventional pain management techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of pain-related
conditions.
The creation of WIP Section Brazil has furthered the growth of interventional pain medicine in
Brazil. Through joint actions of its members, SOBRAMID and WIP section Brazil aim to advance
interventional pain medicine in Brazil to world-level standards of excellence, providing
increasingly safe, accessible and efficient pain management.
First SOBRAMID Congress
SOBRAMID’s first important action took place in Campinas on May 16-17 when over 80
members from several regions of Braziland different parts of Latin America convened for the
first time. The theme of the meeting was “State-of-the-Art in Radiofrequency” and the
highlight Dr. Menno Sluijter, University of Maastricht professor and senior WIP member, who
chaired the convention. Other illustrious speakers included Dr. Miles Day,USA, Dr. Alexandre
Teixeira, Portugal, and Dr. Sei Fukui, Japan.
First SOBRAMID convention. Miles Day, Sei Fukui, Bert Duijn, Alexandre Teixeira,
Charles Oliveira, Menno Sluijter, Fabricio Assis, Karina Subi, Adriano Scaff, Leandro
Braun
I SOBRAMID Congress, Campinas, Brazil. Fabrício Assis, Menno Sluijter.
Hands-On Cadaver Workshop
With all 32 places filled the first ever cadaver workshop for Latin American pain doctors was
held July 18-20 at the Miami Anatomical Research Center. The event was organized by WIP
section Brazil in association with SOBRAMID, with the support of Singular Centro de Controle
da Dor, the only EPP award pain center in Brazil. Participants learned the theory then practiced
hands on the interventional pain procedures they had been taught. Training was conducted by
influential names in the field of interventional pain medicine in Latin America: Dr. Ricardo
Plancarte from Mexico, and Drs. Fabrício Assis, Charles Oliveira, Luciano Braun, and Adriano
Scaff from Brazil. Weighing in with their expertise and knowledge were Dr. Ricardo Ruiz Lopes,
outgoing WIP President, and Drs. Ira Fox and Andrea Trescot.
Miami Workshop, MARC. Participants, instructors and organizers.
Miami Workshop, MARC. Charles Oliveira, Ricardo Plancarte, Fabrício Assis
Miami Workshop, MARC. Ricardo Ruiz Lopes and participants.
Miami Workshop, MARC. Fabrício Assis.
Miami Workshop, MARC. Charles Amaral Oliveira and participants.
Gabor Racz visit
In early July, WIP section Brazil had the pleasure of hosting the illustrious Dr. Gabor Racz,
Texas Tech professor and former WIP president. During his visit to Campinas, São Paulo, Dr.
Racz gave several lectures and conducted a pain procedures workshop for doctors taking part
in module 3 of the Singular Centro de Controle da Dor pain course.
Singular Centro de Controle da Dor, Campinas, Brazil. Charles Oliveira, Gabor Racz, Fabrício
Assis
Theoretical and Practical Training Course by Singular
In August, the last module of the third edition of the successful Theoretical and Hands-on
Interventional Training Course took place. Organized by Singular Centro de Controle da Dor,
the 7-module course trains doctors in the major interventional pain management procedures.
Enrollment is currently open for the fourth edition of the course with classes scheduled from
February to November. The course offers 14 seats for orthopedists, anesthesiologists and
neurosurgeons wishing to update their skills in interventional pain medicine, and covers theory
and practice of techniques. The upcoming edition will have two additional training modules:
US-guided procedures and regenerative pain techniques.