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Advances in Chronic Pain Management

21 - 22 Jan 2010
London

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DAY 1 – Thursday 21st January

08.00-08.55 Registration and refreshments
08.55-09.00 Welcome and introduction
09.00-09.40 Keynote address: current status and future of pain medicine
Dr Joan Hester
Consultant in Pain Medicine
King’s College Hospital, London
09.40-10.05 Neurological basis of pain
Professor Anthony Dickenson
Professor of Neuropharmacology
University College London
10.05-10.30 Pain imaging: mapping pain in the brain
Dr Katja Wiech
Post-doctoral Scientist
FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford
10.30-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.15 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
11.15-11.40 Psychosocial aspects of chronic pain and cognitive behavioural approaches to management
Dr Lance McCracken
Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Director, Centre for Pain Services,
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath
11.40-12.05 Effectiveness of opioids, anti-depressants and anti-convulsants for chronic pain
Dr Cathy Stannard
Consultant in Pain Medicine
Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
12.05-12.30 Improving access to pain services in the UK
Dr Beverly Collett
Consultant in Pain Management & Assistant Director of the Pain Management Service, University Hospitals Leicester
12.30-12.45 Discussion
12.45-13.45 Lunch
13.45-14.10 The patient perspective on chronic pain management
Nia Taylor
Chair, Patient Liaison Committee
British Pain Society
14.10-14.35 Rehabilitation and prevention of disability in chronic pain sufferers
Professor Chris Main
Professor of Clinical Psychology (Pain Management)
Keele University
14.35-15.00 Fibromyalgia: causes, diagnosis and current therapies
Dr Kim Lawson
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology
Sheffield Hallam University
15.00-15.15 Discussion
15.15-15.40 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
15.40-16.05 Chronic pain following spinal cord injury
Dr Jonathan Berman
Consultant in Chronic Pain Management
Royal National Orthopaedics Hospital, Stanmore
16.05-16.30 Prevention and treatment of chronic pain after surgery
Professor Ian Power
Professor of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management
University of Edinburgh
16.30-16.55 Management of pain in palliative care
Dr Fiona Hicks
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
16.55-17.10 Discussion and close of day one

DAY 2 – Friday 22nd January

08.30-09.00 Registration and refreshments
09.00-09.25 Aetiology and prevalence of neuropathic pain
Dr Chris Wells
Consultant Anaesthetist and Pain Specialist
Pain Research Institute, Liverpool
09.25-09.50 Management of painful diabetic neuropathy
Dr Magdi Hanna
Director of the Pain Relief Research Unit
King’s College London
09.50-10.15 Assessment and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia
Professor Joanna Zakrzewska
Consultant, Honorary Professor and Facial Pain Lead
Eastman Dental Hospital, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London
10.15-10.30 Discussion
10.30-10.50 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
10.50-11.45 Panel discussion: impact of the NICE guidelines for lower back interventions
Professor Martin Underwood,GP and Chair of the NICE Guidelines Development Group
& Professor Charles Greenough,Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, South Tees NHS Trust
& Dr Chris Wells,Consultant Anaesthetist and Pain Specialist, BUPA North Cheshire Hospital
& Dr Vivek Mehta,Consultant in Pain Medicine, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
11.45-12.10 The role of radiofrequency interventions
Dr Vivek Mehta
Consultant in Pain Medicine
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
12.10-12.35 Pain in cancer: chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
Dr Paul Farquar-Smith
Consultant in Pain, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care
Royal Marsden Hospital, London
12.35-13.00 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for cancer pain
Professor Mark Johnson
Professor of Pain and Analgesia
Leeds Metropolitan University
13.00-13.15 Discussion
13.15-14.05 Lunch and exhibition viewing
14.05-14.30 New therapies in breakthrough pain
Dr Remigiusz Lecybyl
Locum Consultant in Pain Management
King’s College London
14.30-14.55 Progress in the understanding of migraines: implications for treatment
Professor Jean Schoenen
Professor in Neuroanatomy
University of Liege, Belgium
14.55-15.10 Discussion
15.10-15.30 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
15.30-15.55 Emerging pharmacotherapies for chronic pain
Dr Gary McCleane
Consultant in Pain Management
Rampark Pain Centre, Lurgan
15.55-16.20 Current and novel neurosurgical approaches
Mr Paul Eldridge
Consultant Neurosurgeon & Clinical Director of Neurosurgery, Critical Care, Anaesthesia and Pain Services
The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Trust, Liverpool
16.20-16.45 Measuring the response to pain therapies
Dr Gnanie Panch
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, London
16.45-17.00 Discussion, closing remarks and evaluations
17.00 Close of conference

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