Chair: Matthew Smuck, MD
This inaugural symposium features leadership from both North American Spine Society and Spine Intervention Society. Our unique panel of speakers represent thought leaders, influencers, and leading researchers in the field of interventional spine care.
Upon completion of this session, participants should gain strategies to:
- Appreciate how our history shapes our current and future practices;
- Practice learned lessons to inform clinical decision making;
- Identify appropriate and evidence-based procedures in interventional spine care.
Agenda
Welcome and Introduction
Allen S. Chen, MD, MPH and Matthew Smuck, MD
Outcomes: Why it Matters What We Measure
Matthew Smuck, MD
A Dual Selective Analgesic Strategy: Molecular and Anatomic Specificity
Timothy P. Maus, MD
The Long-Term Safety Profile of Provocation Discography: An Evidence-based Update and Practice Implications
Zachary McCormick, MD
Our Practice Patterns: What We Are Doing and Why
Byron J. Schneider, MD
Minimally Invasive Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Aaron Calodney, MD
Discussion, Questions and Answers
Faculty Panel
BREAK
Update on New Non-Vertebral Radiofrequency Techniques: Sacroiliac Joint and Genicular Radiofrequency
Alison A. Stout, DO
Evolution of Spinal Cord Stimulation: New Trends, Techniques, and Lessons Learned
Scott Kreiner, MD
Is it Discogenic or Endplate Pain? Treatment Options Past and Present
David R. O’Brien Jr., MD
The Answer to Most Clinical Questions
Michael B. Furman, MD
Questions and Answers
Faculty Panel