Starts:

Monday, September 19th
8:30am-12:00pm EDT

Category:

Refresher Course

Tracks:

Neuropathic Pain

Room

601 A

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Assessment, Mechanism-Based Pharmacological and Interventional Treatment for Neuropathic Pain (NP)

• Dr. Nadine Attal will discuss the IASP Definition of NP, Diagnosis of NP using history (including NP questionnaires), physical examination, and laboratory testing, and the therapeutic Assessment of NP • Dr. Jijun Xu will then discuss the current understanding of Molecular Pathophysiology and Mechanism of NP and the phenotype mechanism-based Pharmacological Therapies for NP • Finally, Dr. Jianguo Cheng will discuss the state-of-the-art in Interventional and Neuromodulatory (Spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation) Therapies for NP

Presentations

Time
8:30am EDT–12:00pm EDT

Definition, Diagnosis, and Assessment of Neuropathic Pain

Tracks: Neuropathic Pain
Categories: Refresher Course
Presented By: Professor Nadine Attal

My teaching course will cover the IASP definition of NP, detection and diagnosis of NP using history, NP questionnaires, physical examination, and laboratory testing, assessment of neuropathic pain with specific questionnaires and quantitative sensory testing, and their clinical relevance for therapeutic management.

8:30am EDT–12:00pm EDT

Interventional and Neuromodulatory Therapies for NP

Tracks: Neuropathic Pain
Categories: Refresher Course
Presented By: Professor Jianguo Cheng

Dr. Cheng will review state-of-the-art of neuropathic pain management with a special focus on the science and evidence of interventional and neuromodulatory approaches.

8:30am EDT–12:00pm EDT

Neuropathic Pain Pathophysiology and Mechanism-based Pharmacological Therapies

Tracks: Neuropathic Pain
Categories: Refresher Course
Presented By: Dr. Jijun Xu

To describe and differentiate the mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain
To formulate mechanism-based pharmacological therapies for neuropathic pain

Presenters

Dr. Jijun Xu

Assistant Professor
Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University

Professor Nadine Attal

Head of the pain clinic of Ambroise Paré hospital
University UVSQ Paris Saclay

Professor Jianguo Cheng

Professor and Director
Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University