Watch for the upcoming brochure in your mail! Sponsored & Jointly Offered By www.ClevelandPainConference.com May 10-11, 2018 Location: Embassy Suites 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd. N Independence, OH 44131 Pain Management & the Opioid Crisis: Balancing Quality & Patient Safety U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Northeast Ohio VA Healthcare System Pain Management & the Opioid Crisis: Balancing Quality & Patient Safety. May 10-11, 2018 Program Highlight Plenary Lectures: • Studying Opioid Impact – Natural Experiments in Healthcare • Opioids for Chronic Non-Malignant Pain: The Evidence Opioids for Chronic Non-Malignant Pain: • CDC Guidelines: Review and Interpretation • Legacy Patients: Are My Patients Addicted • Opioids and Psychiatric Disorders Risk Mitigation and Opioid Use: • Risk Stratification & Opioid Risk Assessment Tools • Urine Drug Test-How to Interpret • Medication Assisted Treatment and Harm Reduction • Update on Non-Opioid Adjuvant Analgesics • Medical Marijuana in Chronic Pain-Review of Evidence Management of Chronic Low Back Pain: • Review of American College of Physicians Guidelines • Interventional Procedures for Low Back Pain: Review of Evidence • Surgical Management: When to Refer for Spine Surgery • Neuromodulation for Failed Back Syndrome Psychological and Behavioral Aspects of Pain: • The Biopsychosocial Model for Chronic Pain • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain • How to Engage your Patient: Motivational Interviewing • Holistic and Intergrative Pain Modalities This is a high yield CME activity for primary care providers, pain management specialists, and nurses, utilizing didactic lectures and Q/A sessions. Pain Medicine Service Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC 10701 East Blvd Mail Stop: 3A-148 Cleveland, OH 44106 Please place stamp here