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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2026
8:00-10:00 AM Session 1: Neuromodulation 1 | Moderator: Howard Rosner, MD
| 8:00-8:30 AM Neuromodulation and Habituation Steps to Mitigate – Mayank Gupta, MD |
| 8:30-9:00 AM Meeting the Challenges of Cancer Pain Management with Intrathecal Therapy – Lawrence Poree, MD, PhD, MPH |
| 9:00-9:30 AM Chemonucleolysis for Lumbar Disc Herniation: History and Current State of the Technology – David Copenhaver, MD, MPH |
| 9:30-10:00 AM Panel and Q&A |
10:00-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM-12:30 PM Session 2: Neuromodulation 2 | Moderator: Standiford Helm, MD
| 10:30-10:50 AM Neuromodulation for Chronic Abdominal Discomfort Syndrome – Mayank Gupta, MD |
| 10:50-11:20 AM Peripheral Nerve Stimulation – Abdullah Mohamad Qatu, MD |
| 11:20-11:50 AM Restorative Neuromodulation – Treating Back Pain with Peripheral Nerve Stimulation – Joseph Liao, MD |
| 11:50 AM-12:20 PM Spinal Cord Stimulation: Novel Waveforms – Michael Leong, MD |
| 12:20-12:30 PM Panel and Q&A |
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch Symposium (This session is not part of the CME program.)
1:30-3:00 PM Session 3: Minimally Invasive Therapy 1 | Moderator: Linda Rever, MD
| 1:30-2:00 PM Sacroiliac Joint Fusion – Posterior, Lateral, and Posterolateral Approaches – Joseph Liao, MD |
| 2:00-2:30 PM Chronic Pain Management: A Neurosurgeon’s Perspective – Konstantin Slavin, MD |
| 2:30-3:00 PM Regulation of Afferent Sodium Channel Expression: Analgesia and Disease Modification – Tony Yaksh, PhD |
3:00-3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30-6:00 PM Session 4: Minimally Invasive Therapy 2 | Moderator: Eric Grigsby, MD
| 3:30-4:00 PM TBD – Lee Snook, MD |
| 4:00-4:30 PM Intralaminar Lumbar Decompression – Michael Leong, MD |
| 4:30-5:00 PM TBD – Einar Ottestad, MD |
| 5:00-5:30 PM Intrathecal Pumps – Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD |
| 5:30-6:00 PM Panel and Q&A |
6:00-7:00 PM WELCOME RECEPTION
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2026
8:00-10:00 AM Session 5: Regenerative Medicine 1 | Moderator: Annu Navani, MD
| 8:00-8:30 AM Advances in Regenerative Medicine and Longevity – Annu Navani, MD |
| 8:30-9:00 AM Regenerative Therapies for Peripheral Nerve Injuries – George Chang Chien, DO |
| 9:00-9:30 AM Ethics and Regulations for Regenerative Medicine – Shelly Jordan, MD |
| 9:30-10:00 AM Panel and Q&A |
10:00-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Session 6: AI in Healthcare | Moderator: Vanila Singh, MD, MACM
| 10:30-11:00 AM Artificial Intelligence for Interventional Pain – Barrett Larson, MD |
| 11:00-11:20 AM Treat ‘em When You Meet ‘em: How to Save 1 Million Lives during the Opioid Crisis – Paul Lynch, MD, and Terin Champion |
| 11:20-11:40 AM A Better Approach to RCM for Pain Management – Paul Lynch, MD, and Terin Champion |
| 11:40-12:00 PM Open discussion |
12:00-12:30 PM GENERAL STAFF MEETING: RECOGNITION AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch Symposium (This session is not part of the CME program.)
1:30-3:00 PM Session 7: Business Practice in Pain Medicine | Moderator: Abdullah Mohamad Qatu, MD
| 1:30-2:10 PM Pain Medicine Business Dynamics: A Practice Profit Primer for New Graduates – Manoj Jagtiani, DO, and Armen Haroutunian, MD |
| 2:10-2:30 PM From Fellowship to Private Practice – Things I Wish Somebody Told Me… – Jason Cohen, MD |
| 2:30-3:00 PM Fireside Chat – Panel and Q&A – Manoj Jagtiani, DO, Jason Cohen, MD, Abdullah Mohamad Qatu, MD, Joseph Liao, MD, and Armen Haroutunian, MD |
3:00-3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30-6:00 PM Session 8: Education and Research | Moderator: Lee Snook, MD
| 3:00-3:30 PM The Pharmacology for Chronic Pain – Andrea Trescot, MD |
| 3:30-4:00 PM Innovation: How to go from concept to market – Amol Soin, MD |
| 4:00-4:30 PM CSF Leaks – Ian Carroll, MD, MS |
| 4:30-5:00 PM Fireside chat: Medicare and Pain Medicine – Vanila Singh, MD, MACM and Shari Ling, MD |
| 5:00-5:30 PM Abstract Presentations BEST OF MEETING TOP 3 |
| 5:30-6:00 PM Panel and Q&A |
7:00-8:30 PM FACULTY DINNER (by invitation only)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2026
8:00-10:00 AM Session 9: Regenerative Medicine 2 | Moderator: Kartic Rajput, MD
| 8:00-8:30 AM Regenerative Protein Arrays – Joe Cabaret, MD |
| 8:30-9:00 AM Regenerative Medicine in Pain Practice – Ripu Arora, MD |
| 9:00-9:30 AM Spine Imaging Pearls – Richard Latchaw, MD |
| 9:30-10:00 AM Radiologic Guidance for MSK/Orthobiologics – Sheri Albers, DO |
10:00-10:30 AM Coffee Break
Please note: Speakers and/or topics are subject to change.