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CIPS Prep Course

Facial Pain & Ultrasound Guided Interventions – Trigeminal Peripheral Blocks – Maria Luz Padilla del Rey, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Spain/Switzerland)
New Approach to Knee Cryodenervation – Agnes Stogicza, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)
Case Discussion PBL Peripheral Nerve Pathology – Christ Declerck, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Belgium)
Case Discussion PBL Joint Pain – Raja Reddy, MD, FIPP, CIPS (UK)
Case Discussion PBL Spinal Pain – Agnes Stogicza, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Neuromodulation Options for Non-Surgical Back Pain – Adnan Al-Kaisy, MD, FIPP (UK)
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) and Pain Management – Giuliano Lo Bianco, MD, PhD, FIPP (Italy)
Spinal Injections: Do They Work? – Ovidiu Palea, MD, FIPP (Romania)
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: An Interventional Pain Medicine Physician’s Perspective – Sudhir Diwan, MD, FIPP (USA)
Sacroiliac Joint Procedures – Sean Li, MD, FIPP (USA)
Vertebral Augmentation – Douglas Beall, MD, FIPP (USA)

Education & AI in Pain Medicine

Mentorship That Works: Rethinking Fellowship Support in Pain Medicine – Miles Day, MD, FIPP (USA)
The Future of AI in Pain Medicine – Emanuele Piraccini, MD, CIPS (Italy)
From Fellowship to First Job: Closing the Skills Gap in Pain Practice – Monique Steegers, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands)
Predictive Power: AI-Guided Outcome Forecasting in Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain – Giuliano Lo Bianco, MD, PhD, FIPP (Italy)
Can We Predict Outcomes of Spinal Cord Stimulation With or Without AI – Aaron Calodney, MD, FIPP (USA)

Regenerative Medicine

Exosomes: A New Frontier in Diagnostics and Therapeutics – Ender Sir, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Turkey)
Comparing PRP, Stem Cells, and Exosomes: What Does the Evidence Say? – Matthieu Cachemaille, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Switzerland)
Optimization of Platelet-Rich Plasma for Joint and Tendon Pathology: Promoting Standardization and Minimizing Care Variability – Guilherme Ferreira Dos Santos, MD, CIPS (Portugal)
Disc Regeneration: Is It Possible, Necessary, and When & How to Achieve It? – Diego Benítez Pareja, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Spain)
PRP in MSK Disorders – Scientific Principles and Literature Review – Raja Reddy, MD, FIPP, CIPS (UK)
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration After Injury: New Strategies and Clinical Impact – George Chang Chien, DO, FIPP, CIPS (USA)
Spinal Subchondral Biologics – Sudhir Diwan, MD, FIPP (USA)
MSK Subchondral Biologics – Anan A. Shetty, MD, PhD (UK)
Regenerative Medicine – Why, When, How? Choosing the Ideal Patient, Optimizing Pre and Post-Procedure Care for Success – Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP, CIPS (USA)
Neuroinflammation and Pain: Cytokine Modulation at the DRG as a Therapeutic Frontier – Diego Benítez Pareja, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Spain)
The Use of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells with PRP and PRP gel in Regenerative Medicine? What is the rationale? – Ronald Barreto, MD, PhD, CIPS (Brazil)

FIPP Procedures Review

Intracranial Approaches to Pain Management – Lorand Eross, MD, PhD, FIPP (Hungary)
How to Prevent Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures – Giuliano Lo Bianco, MD, PhD, FIPP (Italy)
Radiation Safety: How to Protect Yourself and the Patient – Juan Carlos Flores, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Argentina)
Pearls for Fluoroscopic Imaging Interpretation – André Marques Mansano, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Brazil)
Cryoneurolysis in Pain Medicine – Eleni Episkopou, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Greece)
Cervical ESI/ Cervical Facet – Vikram B. Patel, MD, FIPP (USA)
Stellate Ganglion/T2T3 Sympathectomy – Bolkar Sahinler, MD, FIPP (USA)
LSB/Hypogastric – Bolkar Sahinler, MD, FIPP (USA)
Lum SNRB/LOA – Mert Akbas, MD, FIPP (Turkey)
Sphenopalatine and Trigeminal – André Marques Mansano, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Brazil)

Advances in Cancer Treatment

Cancer Pain in 2025 – Are We Catching Up with the Need? – Maria Luz Padilla del Rey, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Spain/Switzerland)
Cryoablation and Cryoneurolysis in Oncology: Expanding Indications – Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP, CIPS (USA)
Patient Selection for Interventions for Cancer Pain – Arun Bhaskar, MD, FIPP (UK)
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Workout for Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy (Current Evidence) – Kris Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP (Netherlands)
CT-Guided Cordotomy – Mert Akbas, MD, FIPP (Turkey)
Interventional Pain Management for Head and Neck Cancer – Manuel Herrero Trujillano, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Spain)
Spinal Mets Treatment – Crossing Barriers, Changing Myths – Ovidiu Palea, MD, FIPP (Romania)
Beyond the Ladder – Peter Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP (USA)
The Role of Neurostimulation in Neuropathic Cancer Pain – Laura Demartini, MD, FIPP (Italy)
When Do We Start with Interventionism in Cancer Pain, Too Early? Too Late? – Manuel Herrero Trujillano, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Spain)
How to Make Your Cancer Pain Interventions More Effective? Arun Bhaskar, MD, FIPP (UK)