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NPF Special Programs:
The New Understanding of Pain - PowerPoints and audio recordings and video now available
| Program Date: |
October 23, 2008 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM
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| Location: |
The American Public Health Association
800 I (“eye”) Street NW, Washington 20001 |
 This is seminar took an in-depth look at critical topics around chronic pain, especially as it affects the elderly, the military, and cancer patients. In collaboration with the American Public Health Association, this daylong event featured experts from around the country on treatment, problems of specific populations, and legislative issues. Underwritten in part by a grant from Pri-Cara, the program also looked at federal and state regulations.
Agenda
Speaker Bios, PowerPoints, and other resources
Agenda: The New Understanding of Pain A program in collaboration with The American Public Health Association Supported by PriCara TM & the NPF Program Fund * Thursday October 23, 2008 | 9:00 - 9:15 | Introductions & Welcome Bob Meyers, Linda Streitfeld, NPF Representative, APHA | | 9:15 - 10:00 | An Overview of Pain Issues Larry Driver, M.D - Associate Professor and Medical Director, Pain Management Center, University of Texas (chairman, Texas Pain Summit) | | 10:15 - 10:30 | Pain from the Consumer's Perspective Will Rowe (Audio, PowerPoint, and Reporter's Guide Available) - Chief Executive Officer, American Pain Foundation | | 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | | 10:45 - 12:30 | Pain and Specific Populations Military Col. Chester Buckenmaier lll (Audio Available) - Chief Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management Initiative (ARAPMI) Walter Reed Army Center Cancer Rebecca Kirch (Audio and PowerPoint Available) - Associate Director of Policy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network The Elderly (A Clinician's perspective) Ann Berger, MD (Audio and PowerPoint Available), Chief, Pain and Palliative Care, National Institutes of Health | | 12:30 - 1:00 | Lunch | | 1:00 - 2:30 | The Science Behind the New Understanding of Pain Raymond Dionne, DDS, Ph.D. (Audio Available) , Scientific Director of the Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH | | 2:40 - 3:45 | Opioid Pain Management: Patient Evaluation, Addiction, Physical Dependence, and Federal Regulations Howard Heit, MD (PowerPoint Available) , Clinical practice; Georgetown Medical School | | 4:00 - 5:15 | Pain Policy How state laws govern health care practice Aaron Gilson, Carbone Center, University of Wisconsin Living with today's pain policy Jennifer Bolen, J.D. - President, J. Bolen Group, LLC |
The New Understanding of Pain - PowerPoints and audio recordings and video now available - Related Resources
Dr. Larry Driver - - An Overview of Pain Issues (Video available)
Will Rowe - - Pain from the Consumer's Perspective (Audio, PowerPoint, and Reporter's Guide available)
Dr. Chester Buckenmaier III - - Pain in the Military (Audio available)
Rebecca Kirch - - Cancer Pain (Audio and PowerPoint available)
Dr. Ann Berger - - Pain in the Elderly (Audio and PowerPoint available)
Dr. Raymond Dionne - - The Science of Pain (Audio available)
Dr. Howard Heit - - Pain Management (PowerPoint and Video available)
Aaron M. Gilson - - How State Laws Govern Health Care Practice (PowerPoint Available)
Jennifer Bolen - - Living with today's pain policy
Program Report
The New Understanding of Pain Transcript
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