| REGISTRATION | BROCHURE | PROSPECTUS | EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
7:00 am – 5:00 pm REGISTRATION
6:30 am – 7:50 am BREAKFAST – Presentation Sponsored by Avanos (non-CME)
8:00 am – 3:30 pm GENERAL SESSION
8:00 am – 8:10 am Introduction – Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
8:10 am – 9:00 am Marketing for Success in Tough Times: Hope or Hype? –
Randy Alvarez, The Wellness Hour – Keynote
9:00 am – 9:30 am BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
9:30 am – 10:20 am SESSION CHAIR | Sudhir Diwan, MD
9:30 am – 9:35 am Session Introduction – Sudhir Diwan, MD, President, ASIPP®
9:35 am – 9:43 am Women in IPM – Helen Blake, MD – President-Elect, Society of Women
Innovators in Pain Management
9:43 am – 9:51 am ASIPP® and Texas Pain Society Collaboration –
Brian Bruel, MD, President, Texas Pain Society
9:51 am – 10:00 am Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers
Amol Soin, MD – President, SIPMS
10:00 am – 10:10 am The Past and Present of ASIPP®’s Role in IPM – Sudhir Diwan, MD – President, ASIPP®
10:10 am – 10:20 am Looking Forward to the Future: Building on the Present
Harold Cordner, MD - President-Elect
AM2020 Meeting Schedule
10:20 am – 12:00 pm Raj-Racz Distinguished Lecture Series
SESSION CHAIR | Aaron Calodney, MD
10:20 am – 10:30 am Introduction to Raj-Racz Distinguished Lecture Series – Aaron Calodney, MD
10:30 am – 11:15 am Excellence in IPM: Overcoming Obstacles, Opportunities, and Strategies
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD – Keynote
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Advances and Excellence in Neuromodulation: Opportunities in New Health
Care Millennium – Konstantin Slavin, MD, PhD – Keynote
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH –Presentation Sponsored by Medtronic (non-CME)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm SESSION CHAIR | Sudhir Diwan, MD
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Managing Difficult Patients in the Era of Social Media – Devi Nampiaparampil, MD
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Managing Physician Burnout – Jodie Thompson, RN, ARM, CPHRM
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm ABIPP: Why Another Board Certification? Hope and Hype – Andrea Trescot, MD
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm The History and Future of ASIPP – Gabor Racz, MD and Amol Soin, MD
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Supplements and Hormone Therapy for Chronic Pain – Matt Andry, MD
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
A. NEUROMODULATION
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Visceral Pain and SCS
Panel Chair: Jonathan Carlson, MD
Panel: Mayank Gupta, MD; Robert Bolash, MD; Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Choosing the Optimal Device
Panel Chair: Konstantin Slavin, MD
Panel: Jonathan Carlson, MD; Tim Deer; MD; Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Intrathecal Infusion: Choosing Optimal Drugs
Panel Chair: Tim Deer, MD
Panel: Robert Bolash, MD; Amol Soin, MD; Mahendra Sanapati, MD
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Escalating Utilization of Neuromodulation Techniques
Panel Chair: Amol Soin, MD
Panel: Jonathan Carlson, MD; Tim Deer, MD; Mayank Gupta, MD
B. REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm The Relevance of FDA Regulations for Regenerative Medicine
Panel Chair: Steve Aydin, DO
Panel: Joseph Cabaret, MD; Sheldon Jordan, MD; Annu Navani, MD
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm MSCs for Spinal Pain
Panel Chair: Sudhir Diwan, MD
Panel: Sheri Albers, DO; Sairam Atluri, MD; Sheldon Jordan, MD; Aaron Calodney, MD
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Who Should be Performing Regenerative Medicine?
Panel Chair: Annu Navani, MD
Panel: Sairam Atluri, MD; Joseph Cabaret, MD; Sheldon Jordan, MD
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Non-Approved Biologics: Controversies and Consequences
Panel Chair: Sheldon Jordan, MD
Panel: Sheri Albers, DO; Sairam Atluri, MD; Steve Aydin, DO
C. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MANAGEMENT
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Considerations of Opioid Use and Abuse
Panel Chair: Andrea Trescot, MD
Panel: Hans Hansen, MD; Sanford Silverman, MD; Christopher Gharibo, MD
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Abuse Deterrent Technologies
Panel Chair: Christopher Gharibo, MD
Panel: Harold Cordner, MD; Hans Hansen, MD; Sanford Silverman, MD
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Dealing with Difficult Patients
Panel Chair: Hans Hansen, MD
Panel: Christopher Gharibo, MD; Devi Nampiaparampil MD; Andrea Trescot, MD
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Opioid Prescribing: Protecting Your Practice and Patients
Panel Chair: Sanford Silverman, MD
Panel: Hans Hansen, MD, Vanila Singh, MD; Harold Cordner, MD
D. BILLING, CODING, AND COMPLIANCE
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Surviving an Audit
Panel Chair: Vicki Myckowiak, Esq
Panel: Judi Blaszczyk, RN, CPC; Scott Grubman, JD; Amy Turner, RN, CPC
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Incident to Services
Panel Chair: Vicki Myckowiak, Esq
Panel: Judi Blaszczyk, RN, CPC; Amy Turner, RN, CPC; David Vaughn, Esq, CPC
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Modifier 25
Panel Chair: David Vaughn, Esq, CPC
Panel: Judi Blaszczyk, RN, CPC; Vicki Myckowiak, Esq; Amy Turner, RN, CPC
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Handling Denials
Panel Chair: Scott Grubman, Esq
Panel: Judi Blaszczyk, RN, CPC; Vicki Myckowiak, Esq; David Vaughn, Esq, CPC
E. LUMBAR ENDOSCOPIC DECOMPRESSION
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Starting an Endoscopic Decompression Practice
Panel Chair: Jason Capra, MD
Panel: Craig Flinders, MD; Vivek Mahendru, MD; Kent Remley, MD
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Managing Your Complications
Panel Chair: Sukdeb Datta, MD
Panel: Jason Capra, MD; Kent Remley, MD; Doug Spiel, MD
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm New Horizons in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Panel Chair: Baher Yanni, MD
Panel: Vivek Mahendru, MD; Jason Capra, MD; Doug Spiel, MD
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Endoscopic Spine Surgery in the Elderly
Panel Chair: Kent Remley, MD
Panel: Craig Flinders, MD; Doug Spiel, MD; Sukdeb Datta, MD
THURSDAY EXHIBIT HALL HOURS
6:30 am – 8:30 am
10:00 am – 11:30 am
3:00 pm – 6:30 pm
MEET AND GREET
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
ASIPP/SIPMS BOARD MEETING
DINNER
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm