Advances in Pain Management (Vol. 1, No. 2)

Faculty

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Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Director, Pain Fellowship Program
International Pain Institute
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Daniel J. Clauw, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
University of Michigan Medical School
Director, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center
University of Michigan
Director, Michigan Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research
University of Michigan

Roger B. Fillingim, PhD
Professor
University of Florida College of Dentistry
North FL/South Georgia Veterans Health System

Staff Psychologist
Department of Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science
North Florida South Georgia VA Health System

Aaron M. Gilson, PhD
Pain & Policy Studies Group
Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Wisconsin

James Giordano, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Palliative Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center

Michael Hsu, MD
Clinical Lecturer, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Michigan Medical School

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Louisville
Medical Director
Pain Management Center and Ambulatory Surgery Center of Paducah

Needs Statement

Advances in Pain Management, a CME-accredited educational program, systematically identifies, evaluates, and places into clinical context the most important recent studies into the science and medicine of pain management. It provides rapid access for busy specialists (including pain specialists, anesthesiologists, neurologists, oncologists, general physicians, and primary care physicians) to a critical and clinically relevant review of the developments that will have most impact on their day-to-day practice and is designed to provide management options for clinicians to allow them to better diagnose and treat patients suffering from chronic pain.

Each issue of Advances in Pain Management will present carefully constructed leading (review) articles, written by practicing pain specialists, and intended to equip readers with practical knowledge of the area under discussion. These articles are commissioned to support particular educational themes identified by the Editor-in-Chief, Editorial team, and the readers. This issue of Advances in Pain Management presents four such leading articles.

Target Audience

Pain specialists, including anesthesiologists, neurologists, oncologists, general physicians and primary care physicians.

Objectives

1. Recent epidemiological and mechanistic research regarding FM and CWP;
2. Various treatment considerations for FM and CWP;
3. Potential mechanisms underlying sex and gender differences in pain;
4. The practical implications of sex and gender in the clinical management of pain;
5. Various diagnostic and therapeutic interventional techniques for CLBP;
6. Changes that have occurred in state policy governing opioid use;
7. Implications of policy changes to the healthcare environment.

Accreditation

Medicine
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and Remedica Medical Education. The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent in the educational activity.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine presents this activity for educational purposes only. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for presentations because of recognized expertise in their field.

Faculty Disclosure

Dr. R. Fillingim owns stocks in Algynomics Inc.

Dr. James Giordano has received research funding from the Samueli Institute.

Dr. A. Gilson has received unrestricted grants from Cephalon, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals and Purdue Pharma; and has also received honoraria from the National Initiative on Pain Control.

Drs. M. Hsu, D. Clauw, L. Manchikanti and M. Boswell have no financial interests to disclose.

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