Cleveland Clinic 24th Annual Pain Management Symposium 2025 (Videos)

Cleveland Clinic’s dynamic 24th Annual Pain Management Symposium focuses on in-depth reviews and analyses of recent advances in acute and chronic pain medicine.  A renowned faculty addresses therapeutic innovations, healthcare reform, the opioid crisis and the expanding use of marijuana  throughout this comprehensive activity.  In doing so, the symposium promotes a better understanding of the pathophysiology of acute and chronic pain
Topics

Session 1: The Fundamentals

Percutaneous Cervical Spine Procedures: Guidelines, Technical Aspects and Safety
Richard W. Rosenquist, MD

Guidelines for Use of Corticosteroids for Chronic Pain Interventions
David A. Provenzano, MD

Persistent Pain After Joint Replacement Surgery
Kevin Vorenkamp, MD

Infection Control Guidelines for Chronic Pain Procedures
David A. Provenzano, MD

ACDF vs. ACDA: What’s the Evidence?
William Clifton, MD

Artificial Intelligence and Pain Treatment
Maxim Eckmann, MD

Closed Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation
Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion
Session Faculty

Session 2: Regulatory, Billing and Ethical Challenges in Pain Practice

Private Equity and Pain Practice: Challenges, Opportunities and Threats
Damean Freas, DO

Optimizing Documentation to Ease Pre-Authorization
Kevin Vorenkamp, MD

Advocacy in Pain Medicine: At the Table or On the Menu
Richard W. Rosenquist, MD

Unethical Behavior as Encountered by the State Medical Board
Damean Freas, DO

Session 3: Emerging Pharmacological and Interventional Treatments

Interspinous Spacers
Salim Hayek, MD, PhD

Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
Sherif Costandi, MD

Percutaneous Thermal Radiofrequency Ablation of Spinal Metastases
Sherif Costandi, MD

Intradiscal Biologics for the Treatment of Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain
Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD

Nav 1.8 Inhibitors
Christy L. Hunt, DO

Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
Maxim Eckmann, MD

Panel Discussion
Session Faculty

Session 4: Neuromodulation– Effective Utilization of Targets, Techniques and Devices

High Frequency
David A. Provenzano, MD

Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
Christy L. Hunt, DO

Long Term Outcomes of Closed Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation
Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Patient Selection, Technique and Pitfalls
Yashar Eshraghi, MD

Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Salim Hayek, MD, PhD

Neuromodulation: Peripheral Stimulation for Low Back Pain
Maxim Eckmann, MD

High Frequency Bioelectric Nerve Block
Sherif Costandi, MD

Session 5: Neuromodulation– Changing Paradigms and Devices

Matching the Diagnosis and the Technique/Device for the Best Patient Outcome – A Case Discussion with the Experts
Moderator – Sherif Costandi + MD Multiple Faculty Panelists

Session 6: PA/APRN Session 1

Evidence Based Approach to Infectious Complications of Neuromodulation Procedures
Salim Hayek, MD, PhD

Navigating Difficult Patient Interactions in Patients With Chronic Pain
Jessica Hill, CNP

Evaluating the Patient With Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Alisa Freas, PA-C

Topical Capsaicin
Christy Hunt, DO

Session 7: PRP and Stem Cells: Evidence, Payment and Regulatory Issues

Platelet Rich Plasma
Yashar Eshraghi, MD

Stem Cells
Kevin Vorenkamp, MD

Regulatory Considerations in Regenerative Medicine
Yashar Eshraghi, MD

Session 8: Persistent Spinal Pain Syndromes

Vertebrogenic and Discogenic Pain
Sherif Costandi, MD

Pseudoarthrosis
Maxim Eckmann, MD

Keeping it Bipedal: Biomechanics of Sagittal and Coronal Balance
William Clifton, MD

Panel Discussion
Session Faculty

Session 9: PA/APRM Session 2

Optimizing Interventional Therapy Referrals
Alisa Freas, PA-C

Low Dose Naltrexone for Pain Management
Jessica Hill, CNP

Optimum and Appropriate Use of Urine Drug Screening in Clinical Practice
Damean Freas, DO

Setting Patient Expectations for Interventional Procedures
Alisa Freas, PA-C

Session 10: Pain Control in Special Populations

Pain in CRPS
Salim Hayek, MD, PhD

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Sherif Costandi, MD

Pain in the Geriatric Population
Jessica Hill, CNP

Session 11: Opioids and Marijuana

Chronic Pain Management in Opioid Misuse Disorders
Sherif Costandi, MD

Acute Pain Management in the Chronic Marijuana User
Sree Kolli, MD

Marijuana: Between Fantasies and Realities
Sherif Costandi, MD

Current Opioid Landscape and CDC Prescribing Guidelines
Yashar Eshraghi, MD

Panel Discussion
Session Faculty

Release Date: 4/15/25