Preliminary Program

Arms Race in Closed-Loop SCS
Simon J. Thomson, MD, FIPP (UK)

Neuromodulation Options for Non-Surgical Back Pain
Adnan Al-Kaisy, MD, FIPP (UK)

Novel Indications for DRG Therapy
Kenneth B. Chapman, MD, FIPP (USA)

Hacking the Vagus Nerve
Peter Staats, MD, MBA, FIPP (USA)

Neuromodulation for Cancer Pain
Jee Youn Moon, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (S. Korea)

Advances in 3rd Generation SCS
Sean Li, MD, FIPP (USA)

Live Model Scanning: hands-on scanning by delegates (4×30 min)

• STATION 1: LS Spine, Pelvis
• STATION 2: CT Spine
• STATION 3: Hip, Knee, Ankle, Abdomen
• STATION 4: Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist

Faculty:

• Agnes Stogicza, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary
• Andrea Trescot, MD, FIPP, CIPS (USA)
• André Marques Mansano, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Brazil)
• Balazs Bartos, MD (Hungary)
• Christ Declerck, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Belgium)
• Eleni Episkopou, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Greece)
• Kristof Racz, MD, FIPP (Hungary)
• Manuel Herrero Trujillano, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Spain)
• Maria Luz Padilla del Rey, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Spain/Switzerland)
• Matthieu Cachemaille, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Switzerland)
• Raja Reddy, MD, FIPP, CIPS (UK)

Failed Back Syndrome –  Facts and Future
Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP (Turkey)

Neuropathic Pain Redefined: Integrating the New Guidelines into Clinical Practice
Laura Demartini, MD, FIPP (Italy)

Augmented Reality Technology in Neuromodulation Surgery
Ann-Katrin Fritz, MD, FIPP, CIPS (UK)

Who Stays and Who Leaves? Exploring Predictors of Dropout in Chronic Pain Treatment
Carl Noe, MD, FIPP (USA)

New Frontiers on Regenerative Medicine, Including MSCs’ Cryo-Banking for Clinical Application
Ricardo Ruiz Lopez, MD, FIPP (Spain)

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)

Interspinous Spacers for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
TBD

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)

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
Matthieu Cachemaille, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Switzerland)

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)

Professor’s Time with Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP (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 in Regenerative Medicine
Agnes Stogicza, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Hungary)

Cryoneurolysis in Pain Medicine
Eleni Episkopou, MD, FIPP, CIPS (Greece)

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, FIPP, CIPS (Argentina)

Pearls for Fluoroscopic Imaging Interpretation
André Marques Mansano, MD, PhD, FIPP, CIPS (Brazil)

Intracranial Approaches to Pain Management
Lorand Eross, MD, PhD, FIPP (Hungary)

Dye Spread Patterns: When to Inject and Not to Inject
Javier De Andrés Ares, MD, PhD, FIPP (Spain)

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 Chemotherapeutic 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, EDPM (Spain)

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)

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)