Oakstone Comprehensive Review of Pain Medicine 2025 (Videos + Slides)

Comprehensive Review of Pain Medicine is an online CME program designed to help you evaluate, diagnose, and treat your patients who are experiencing pain. You’ll learn to identify and manage the undertreatment of pain, as well as potential complications of overtreatment or incorrectly prescribed medications or interventions.
Clinically active, multidisciplinary faculty share guidelines for assessment of a patient’s unique situation and their experienced perspectives regarding the links between pain treatment and disease mechanisms. Along with clinical updates in musculoskeletal pain, neuroaugmentation, and cancer-related pain, featured continuing medical education topic areas include:

Managing the medical-legal risks of chronic opioid prescribing
Healthcare disparities and underserved patients in pain medicine
Pain practice management
Advances in pain physiology and treatment
Interventional pain procedures

Topics / Speakers

Healthcare Disparities and Underserved Patients in Pain Medicine
Health Disparities & Inequities in Healthcare – Pain Medicine – María José Luna
Navigating the Current Landscape of Opioid Prescribing and Government Oversight – Mark B. Marein, Esq, and Richard H. Blake, Esq
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in Pain Medicine from Patients to Physicians – Heejung Choi, MD
Understanding Pain Disparities – Are There Racial Differences in Pain Perception? – Robert Edwards, PhD
Veterans and Chronic Pain – Meeting Their Needs – Sofia E. Matta, MD
Pain Practice Management
Pain Management and Value Based Healthcare – Dina Hourican
mHealth and Pain Medicine – Use of a Pain App in Research and Clinical Practice – Robert N. Jamison, PhD
Interdisciplinary Pain Management – The Role of the Mid-Level – Caitlin Brauneis, PA-C
Chronic Disease and Pain – Balancing Life and Treatment – Caitlin West, MBA
Social Media and Pain Management Practice Development – David Hao, MD
Evidence-Based Medicine, AI-Supported Decision Making – Improving Treatment Outcomes – David R. Guydan, MBA
Clinical Updates – Musculoskeletal Pain: Evaluation and Management
Shoulder Pain – Louis A. Bley, MD
Upper Extremity Pain – Brian Schurko, MD
Hip Joint Pain – Vito L. Pugliano, MD
Knee Joint Pain – Lucas Buchler, MD
Cervical Spine Pain – Nitin K. Sekhri, MD
Management of Thoracic Spine Pain – James M. Mossner, MD. MS
Lumbar-Sacral Spine Pain – Nitin K. Sekhri, MD
Minimally Invasive Spinal Pain Management – Advanced Treatment Options – Mehul Sekhadia, DO
Endoscopic Spine Surgery – Sanjeev Kumar, MD
Piriformis Syndrome – Dost Khan, MD
Clinical Updates – Neuroaugmentation
Alternatives to Procedural Sedation – Virtual Reality – Jason D. Ross, MD
Deep Brain Stimulation for Pain – Time to Re-evaluate – Josh M. Rosenow, MD, FAANS, FCNS, FACS
Virtual Reality and Real-World Effects – Gerard J. Stanley, Jr., MD
Visceral Pain and Stimulation – Edgar L. Ross, MD
New Devices, New Targets and Approaches – Peripheral Neurostimulation Advances – David M. Dickerson, MD, FASA
The Dorsal Root Ganglion – Reassessment as a Treatment Option – Timothy R. Lubenow, MD
Restorative Neuromodulation – R. Jason Yong, MD
Facial Pain Evaluation and Management – An Overview – Brittany Klein, DDS
Neurodegenerative Disorders and Chronic Pain – Lessons from Parkinsonism – Charlie Weige Zhao, MD
Functional Neurosurgery and Pediatric Pain Management – Jeffrey S. Raskin, MS, MD, FAANS, FAAP
Neuraxial Drug Delivery – Disruptive Advances in Neuraxial Therapeutics – Tony Yaksh, PhD
Clinical Updates – Cancer-Related Pain
Palliative Sedation and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): Failure of Palliative Care? – Susan B. LeGrand, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Managing Pain in Cancer Survivors – Olivia M. Sutton, MD
Cancer Pain – Beyond the Pump – R. Jason Yong, MD
Cancer is Chronic Disease – Why is Pain Still a Problem? – Arti Ori, MD
Advances in Pain Physiology and Treatment
From the Synapse to Consciousness – Understanding Pain – Apkar Vania Apkarian, PhD
Ketamine for Pain – A Review of Current Evidence – Steven P. Cohen, MD
Nociplastic Pain – Steven P. Cohen, MD
Imaging Research to Clinical Care – Advancing Pain Treatment Options – Joana Barroso, MD, PhD
Basic Science Update – New Targets and Options for Pain Treatment – Paulo Branco, MD
Chronic Pain and Psychological State – Background Issues and Treatment Strategies – Robert N. Jamison, PhD
Trauma and Pain – Edgar L. Ross, MD
Pain and Psychiatry – The Pharmacologic Bridge – Antoine Douaihy, MD
Medical Cannabis – Time for Reassessment – Leslie Mendoza Temple, MD
Interventional Pain Procedures
Neurolytic Procedures – New Targets, New Approaches – Mansoor Aman, MD
Alternatives to Epidurals – Peripheral Catheters for Postop Pain Management – Tolga Suvar, MD
Date of Original Release: March 31, 2025
Date Credits Expire: March 30, 2028