CALSIPP 2027 Program Agenda

08:00 AM – 10:05 AM | Session 1: Neuromodulation
Moderator: Howard Rosner, MD

• 08:00 AM – 08:25 AM: Joseph Liao, MD – Restorative Neuromodulation: What We Know Now
• 08:25 AM – 08:50 AM: Michael Leong, MD – Spinal Cord Stimulation Updates
• 08:50 AM – 09:15 AM: Mayank Gupta, MD – Neuromodulation and Habituation: Strategies to Improve Outcomes
• 09:15 AM – 09:40 AM: Lawrence Poree, MD, PhD, MPH – Realizing the Promise of Closed-loop ECAP-controlled SCS
• 09:40 AM – 10:05 AM: Abdullah Mohamad Qatu, MD –  Managing and Recognizing Neuromodulation Complications and/or Explantation Considerations

10:05 AM – 10:30 AM | Morning Break & Exhibits

10:30 AM – 12:35 PM | Session 2: Opioids & Alternative Pharmacology
Moderator: Kartic Rajput, MD, PhD

• 10:30 AM – 10:55 AM: Kartic Rajput, MD, PhD – The Opioid Pendulum: Evolving Role of Opioids in IPM 
• 10:55 AM – 11:20 AM: Navid Alem, MD – Updates in Best Practice: Perioperative Opioid Management
• 11:20 AM – 11:45 AM: Richard E. Harris, PhD – Ibogaine for Opioid Addiction: Mechanisms and Efficacy
• 11:45 AM – 12:10 PM: Shalini Shah, MD, MBA – Cannabis and Pain: What Do We Know?
• 12:10 PM – 12:35 PM: Tony L. Yaksh, PhD – Pivotal Advances in the Neuraxial Delivery of Pain Therapeutics

12:35 PM – 01:00 PM | General Staff Meeting: Recognition and Call for Nominations

01:00 PM – 02:00 PM | Legally Mine Lunch Symposium (This session is not part of the CME program.)

02:00 PM – 04:00 PM | Session 3: AI in Healthcare & Education
Moderator: Douglas Beall, MD

• 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM: Raj Navani, MS – AI Advances in Pain Medicine: What Every Physician Must Know
• 02:30 PM – 03:00 PM: Vanila Singh, MD, MACM – AI and Pain Medicine: Where is the Impact in Drug Discovery?
• 03:00 PM – 03:30 PM: Douglas Beall, MD – AI and Imaging Biomarkers for Investigating Low Back Pain
• 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM: ePoster Awards & Top 3 Abstract Presentations

04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Afternoon Break & Exhibits

04:30 PM – 06:30 PM | Session 4: Business Practice in Pain Medicine & Fellows Session
Moderator: Shalini Shah, MD, MBA

• 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM: Lee T. Snook, Jr., MD – Business Practice in Medicine: Legislative Updates
• 05:00 PM – 05:30 PM: Thomas J. Wierzbowski – Risk Management in Pain Practice
• 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM: Fellows Discussion Panel: Navigating Early Career, Medico-Legal Risks & Practice Economics (Panel Moderator: Shalini Shah, MD, MBA, Panelists: Armen Haroutunian, MD, Abdullah Mohamad Qatu, MD, TBD)

06:30 PM – 08:30 PM | WELCOME RECEPTION

08:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Session 5: Minimally Invasive Therapies
Moderator: Linda Rever, MD

• 08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Douglas Beall, MD – The Cutting Edge of Vertebral Augmentation & Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
• 08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Joseph Liao, MD – Updates in Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
• 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Sheri L. Albers, DO – Spine Imaging
• 09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Lee T. Snook, Jr., MD – Minimally Invasive Therapy: Medico-Legal Aspects of Most Common Procedures

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Morning Break & Exhibits

10:30 AM – 12:35 PM | Session 6: Regenerative Medicine & Longevity
Moderator: Ripu Arora, MD, MBA

• 10:30 AM – 10:55 AM: Ripu Arora, MD, MBA – Role of Regenerative Medicine in Pain Practice
• 10:55 AM – 11:20 AM: Joseph Cabaret, MD – Regeneration Without Cells: The Future of Bioactive Therapeutics
• 11:20 AM – 11:45 AM: Annu Navani, MD – Precision Longevity Medicine: Translating Data Into Better Outcomes 
• 11:45 AM – 12:10 PM: George C. Chang Chien, DO – Maximizing Longevity of Joint Health: Updates on Regenerative Osteoarthritis Management
• 12:10 PM – 12:35 PM: Sheldon Jordan, MD – Pain Medicine Merging Into Integrated Functional Care

12:35 PM – 01:30 PM | Lunch

01:30 PM – 03:30 PM | Session 7: Pain Physiology & Complex Syndromes (Education)
Moderator: Vanila Singh, MD, MACM

• 01:30 PM – 02:00 PM: Tony L. Yaksh, PhD – Beyond Injury and Inflammation: The Nociplastic Pain State
• 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM: Vanila Singh, MD, MACM – Clinical Persistent Pain Pathway: Prevention of Acute to Chronic Pain
• 02:30 PM – 03:00 PM: Michael Leong, MD – Rethinking CRPS: Updated Guidelines and Modern Management
• 03:00 PM – 03:30 PM: Sheri L. Albers, DO – Knee and Shoulder Imaging

03:30 PM – 04:00 PM | Afternoon Break & Exhibits

04:00 PM – 06:05 PM | Session 8: Advanced Diagnostics & Emerging Therapeutics
Moderator: Sheldon Jordan, MD

• 04:00 PM – 04:25 PM: Amol Soin, MD – Emerging Therapeutics in Interventional Pain: From Pharma to Devices 
• 04:25 PM – 04:50 PM: Navneet Boddu, MD – Orthobiologics Basic Science: PRP, BMC, and Autologous Biologics
• 04:50 PM – 05:15 PM: Douglas Beall, MD – Cellular and Regenerative Treatments for Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease
• 05:15 PM – 05:40 PM: Sheldon Jordan, MD – Sarcopenia: Powering Aging Muscles
• 05:40 PM – 06:05 PM: Mayank Gupta, MD – Chronic Abdominal Discomfort Syndrome, Diagnosis, and Treatment Algorithm

06:30 PM – 08:30 PM | Faculty Dinner (by invitation only)