2018 Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions by NYSPS

The New York State Pain Society Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions is organized by The New York State Pain Society (NYSPS) and will be held during Apr 27 - 29, 2018 at Renaissance Westchester Hotel, West Harrison, New York, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Physicians (MD, DO, DC), PhD, Pharmacists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Physical Therapists, Therapists, and Practice Administrators from pain management, PM&R, anesthesiology, neurology, primary care, psychiatry, psychology, and chiropractic with a professional interest and/or practice in pain management. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Meeting Highlights :
• NY mandatory prescribed education: If you prescribe, you must comply.
• Opioids at the crossroads: CDC Guidelines, Addiction, and Stewardship.
• Non-Opioid options for your pain patients: SCS, Ketamine, Intrathecal, PP, Stemcells and other therapies "From Head to Toe".
• Medical Cannabis Workshop.
• The integrative pain care practice model.
• The great Diabetes - Pain.
• Hands-on 3D simulator workshop
• New this year - Dedicated NP, PA and nurse session.
• New this year - Pain Psychology Session.

Conference Objectives are :
• Identify risk factors associated with the initiation or maintenance of chronic opioid therapy.
• Provide decision-making strategies that consider non-opioid pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies for management of chronic pain.
• Apply evidence-based strategies to clinical practice for managing complex patients with chronic pain
• Employ key diagnostic and treatment techniques for the management of pain.
Address common clinical challenges in the management of acute and chronic pain.
• Evaluate and debate new trends, techniques, therapies, and diagnostic procedures.
• Apply evidence-based strategies to clinical practice for performing behavioral evaluations for chronic pain patients who are candidates for spinal cord stimulation.
• Assemble a valuable network of colleagues active in the field of pain medicine.

Note: the Friday Mandatory Prescriber Education Session applies to all healthcare providers with a DEA license to prescribe in the State of New York.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.