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Cleveland Clinic 24th Annual Pain Management Symposium 2025 — interventional techniques, neuromodulation and the realities of pain practice
The Cleveland Clinic 24th Annual Pain Management Symposium 2025, released on 15 April 2025, is an interventionalist’s meeting with a conscience about the wider system. Fourteen faculty, led by Cleveland Clinic’s pain team, spend eleven sessions on cervical procedures and steroid guidelines, closed-loop spinal cord stimulation, basivertebral nerve ablation, SI joint fusion, Nav1.8 inhibitors and intradiscal biologics, then turn to private equity, prior authorisation, the state medical board, opioids and cannabis. Two sessions are written specifically for PAs and APRNs.
- 46talks + 4 panels
- 11sessions
- 14faculty
- 2025release
What you’ll be able to do
- Perform cervical spine injections safely and follow steroid and infection-control guidelines
- Match patients to neuromodulation: high-frequency, closed-loop, DRG, peripheral and intrathecal options
- Judge the evidence for SI joint fusion, interspinous spacers, basivertebral ablation and intradiscal biologics
- Weigh PRP and stem cells against their evidence, payment and regulatory hurdles
- Treat CRPS, thoracic outlet syndrome and pain in older adults
- Manage pain alongside opioid misuse and chronic cannabis use in line with CDC guidance
Inside the symposium
Fundamentals and emerging treatments
Sessions 1 and 3 range from ACDF versus disc arthroplasty and AI in pain care to spinal metastasis ablation, novel sodium-channel drugs and minimally invasive fusion, each closing with a faculty panel.
Neuromodulation in two parts
Seven device and target talks in Session 4, then an expert case discussion in Session 5 on pairing the diagnosis with the right technique.
Cleveland Clinic Pain Management Symposium practice issues
Private equity, pre-authorisation documentation, advocacy and medical-board ethics; regenerative medicine regulation; urine drug screening and referral optimisation in the PA/APRN tracks.
Spine, special populations and substances
Vertebrogenic pain, pseudoarthrosis and spinal balance, then CRPS, thoracic outlet and geriatric pain, finishing with opioids, marijuana and current prescribing guidance.
Built for
- Interventional pain physiciansUp-to-date procedural and device evidence from a high-volume centre.
- Anesthesiologists and PM&R specialistsA wide survey of acute and chronic pain advances.
- PAs and APRNs in pain practiceTwo sessions built around their daily work.
- Spine surgeons and practice leadersSurgical crossover topics plus billing and regulatory realities.
Faculty & syllabus
Session 1: The Fundamentals 8 talks
- Richard W. Rosenquist, MD — Percutaneous Cervical Spine Procedures: Guidelines, Technical Aspects and Safety
- David A. Provenzano, MD — Guidelines for Use of Corticosteroids for Chronic Pain Interventions
- Kevin Vorenkamp, MD — Persistent Pain After Joint Replacement Surgery
- David A. Provenzano, MD — Infection Control Guidelines for Chronic Pain Procedures
- William Clifton, MD — ACDF vs. ACDA: What’s the Evidence?
- Maxim Eckmann, MD — Artificial Intelligence and Pain Treatment
- Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD — Closed Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Session Faculty — Panel Discussion
Session 2: Regulatory, Billing and Ethical Challenges in Pain Practice 4 talks
- Damean Freas, DO — Private Equity and Pain Practice: Challenges, Opportunities and Threats
- Kevin Vorenkamp, MD — Optimizing Documentation to Ease Pre-Authorization
- Richard W. Rosenquist, MD — Advocacy in Pain Medicine: At the Table or On the Menu
- Damean Freas, DO — Unethical Behavior as Encountered by the State Medical Board
Session 3: Emerging Pharmacological and Interventional Treatments 7 talks
- Salim Hayek, MD, PhD — Interspinous Spacers
- Sherif Costandi, MD — Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
- Sherif Costandi, MD — Percutaneous Thermal Radiofrequency Ablation of Spinal Metastases
- Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD — Intradiscal Biologics for the Treatment of Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain
- Christy L. Hunt, DO — Nav 1.8 Inhibitors
- Maxim Eckmann, MD — Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
- Session Faculty — Panel Discussion
Session 4: Neuromodulation– Effective Utilization of Targets, Techniques and Devices 7 talks
- David A. Provenzano, MD — High Frequency
- Christy L. Hunt, DO — Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
- Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD — Long Term Outcomes of Closed Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Yashar Eshraghi, MD — Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Patient Selection, Technique and Pitfalls
- Salim Hayek, MD, PhD — Intrathecal Drug Delivery
- Maxim Eckmann, MD — Neuromodulation: Peripheral Stimulation for Low Back Pain
- Sherif Costandi, MD — High Frequency Bioelectric Nerve Block
Session 5: Neuromodulation– Changing Paradigms and Devices 1 talk
- Moderator – Sherif Costandi + MD Multiple Faculty Panelists — Matching the Diagnosis and the Technique/Device for the Best Patient Outcome – A Case Discussion with the Experts
Session 6: PA/APRN Session 1 4 talks
- Salim Hayek, MD, PhD — Evidence Based Approach to Infectious Complications of Neuromodulation Procedures
- Jessica Hill, CNP — Navigating Difficult Patient Interactions in Patients With Chronic Pain
- Alisa Freas, PA-C — Evaluating the Patient With Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Christy Hunt, DO — Topical Capsaicin
Session 7: PRP and Stem Cells: Evidence, Payment and Regulatory Issues 3 talks
- Yashar Eshraghi, MD — Platelet Rich Plasma
- Kevin Vorenkamp, MD — Stem Cells
- Yashar Eshraghi, MD — Regulatory Considerations in Regenerative Medicine
Session 8: Persistent Spinal Pain Syndromes 4 talks
- Sherif Costandi, MD — Vertebrogenic and Discogenic Pain
- Maxim Eckmann, MD — Pseudoarthrosis
- William Clifton, MD — Keeping it Bipedal: Biomechanics of Sagittal and Coronal Balance
- Session Faculty — Panel Discussion
Session 9: PA/APRM Session 2 4 talks
- Alisa Freas, PA-C — Optimizing Interventional Therapy Referrals
- Jessica Hill, CNP — Low Dose Naltrexone for Pain Management
- Damean Freas, DO — Optimum and Appropriate Use of Urine Drug Screening in Clinical Practice
- Alisa Freas, PA-C — Setting Patient Expectations for Interventional Procedures
Session 10: Pain Control in Special Populations 3 talks
- Salim Hayek, MD, PhD — Pain in CRPS
- Sherif Costandi, MD — Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Jessica Hill, CNP — Pain in the Geriatric Population
Session 11: Opioids and Marijuana 5 talks
- Sherif Costandi, MD — Chronic Pain Management in Opioid Misuse Disorders
- Sree Kolli, MD — Acute Pain Management in the Chronic Marijuana User
- Sherif Costandi, MD — Marijuana: Between Fantasies and Realities
- Yashar Eshraghi, MD — Current Opioid Landscape and CDC Prescribing Guidelines
- Session Faculty — Panel Discussion
Before you buy
Do the Cleveland pain symposium videos come with slide decks?
No, this is a video-only package, and running times and total size are not published.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Videos |
|---|---|
| Released | 15 April 2025 |
| Contents | 11 sessions · 46 talks + 4 panels |
| Publisher | Cleveland Clinic |
| Department | Anesthesiology |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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