\ SPPM Virtual 8th Annual Meeting MMG: Faculty Disclosures

SPPM Virtual 8th Annual Meeting
April 23 - 25, 2021

Faculty Disclosures

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Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn , NY

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 5: Open Pectus Deformity Repair and Postoperative Pain Control - What are my options?

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Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Bio

Rita Agarwal MD is a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, at Stanford, Past President and a founding member of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, Past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and former member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors. She is a member of the ABA Pediatric Anesthesiology Committee and an ABA Basic Exam Question Editor, AAP Committee on Substance Use Prevention, the AAP Clinical Guideline Taskforce on Opioid Prescription, and the American Medical Association Taskforce on Substance Use Prevention and Pain Medicine. Her passion is for education, appropriate pain management and advocacy for safer dental anesthesia, opioid stewardship, and substance use prevention. Her other academic interests include neuroanesthesia, mentorship, sponsorship, diversity and women’s issues in medicine and faculty development

Saturday, April 24, 2021

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome/Program Overview/SPPM Board Inauguration
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session I: KEYNOTE

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Professor
Saint Jude Child Res Hosp
Memphis, TN

Bio

As a pediatric pain specialist and pediatric anesthesiologist, Dr. Anghelescu built and led the Pain Management Service at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. a pediatric oncology academic institution in Memphis, TN, from 1999 to 2022, and made substantial contributions to clinical research in pediatric pain management, as reflected by over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and to the education of generations of pediatric oncologists and pediatric palliative care clinicians. Currently, Dr. Anghelescu is a pediatric pain consultant for the Palliative Care Program and the Global Pediatric Medicine Department at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, with focus on adapting the concepts of pediatric pain management to limited resource settings around the world and striving to ensure equitable access to pain treatment for all children.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 2: Ketamine Infusions for Pediatric Pain Management - Clinical Decision Algorithm and Implementation in the Pediatric Pain Service Setting

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University of Chicago Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Bio

Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD, Professor of anesthesia and critical care, is the program director for the multidisciplinary pain medicine fellowship and the section chief of pain management services at the University of Chicago Medicine. She completed a surgical internship at the University of Iowa and an anesthesia residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Following a pain medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, she joined the faculty at the University of Chicago. She is an accomplished national and international educator, author of numerous textbook chapters and scientific papers, and a member of many professional organizations and scientific committees that review the academic curriculum for various pain medicine meetings. As program director of pain medicine at the University of Chicago, Dr. Anitescu created novel educational experiences for the curriculum by organizing and hosting interdisciplinary and multi-institutional meetings. Among them are the annual Chicago Pain Summit, the bi-annual Regional Collaborative Case Pain Medicine Conference, and multi-disciplinary rounds. The aim is to give pain fellows access to the practices at other institutions, to exchange ideas, or to present scholarly work or clinically challenging cases. As a Chair of the Association of Pain Medicine program directors, Dr. Anitescu’s efforts were directed to the pain medicine match and to the development of educational materials for pain fellows nationwide. Dr. Anitescu focuses research on improving the quality of life of patients with acute, chronic, or cancer pain through multi-modal, multi-faceted interventions. She is also the President-Elect of the Association of Subspecialty Program Directors in the Association of Academic Anesthesiologists. Personal Statement: Since my appointment in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, I have been conducting several research projects, educating myself and mentoring residents, fellows, and medical students to become clinical scholars. My scholarly activity was primarily focused on completing various book chapters as well as various research projects. In terms of my research, my current focus is on a prospective study on regional anesthesia and orthopedic surgery as well as use of ketamine in improving clinical outcomes; in addition, I am interested in identifying relation between psychiatric co-morbidities and chronic pain conditions as well as use of various techniques and interventional pain procedures.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Improving Pain in Hospitalized Children with Multidisciplinary Care Plans: Identifying Barriers and Finding Solutions Across Specialties, Disciplines, Services and Institutional Organizations

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 1: Pain in the Aftermath of Violent Trauma - A Tale from a Rough Neighborhood

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

Bio

As a Pediatric Oncologist, Palliative Care Physician, and Phase I and End– of– Life Care Clinical Investigator at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, I am intimately aware of the distress experienced by children with advanced cancer and the ethical and end– of– life/bereavement issues surrounding their disease progression. I currently serve as the Chief of the Division of Quality of Life and Palliative Care at St. Jude, as well as the Medical Director of our Quality of Life for All (QoLA) Service – the St. Jude Palliative Care Team. I also serve as the Director of our large Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program. My research interests include ethical considerations surrounding enrollment in Phase I clinical trials, AYA palliative oncology care, end– of– life decision making, integrating palliative care into the ongoing care of children with cancer as well as patient– reported outcomes and pain and symptom control in the context of pediatric oncology care. I have received significant extramural funding for my research and I have participated in dozens of studies related to pediatric palliative care and have authored >150 academic works on palliative care subjects within the context of pediatric oncology. In sum, I am a recognized international expert and leader in the field of Pediatric Palliative Oncology.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 3: Methadone - What is old is New Again - Role in Pediatric Pain Management - Applications in Pediatric Oncology

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Licensed Clinical Psychologist
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Bio

Dr. Benki is an assistant clinical professor and the lead pediatric psychologist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Center for Pediatric Pain Medicine, Palliative Care, and Integrative Medicine. She is part of a comprehensive multidisciplinary team treating youth across the spectrum of pain management and palliative care. She is particularly interested in prevention and treatment addressing the intersection of chronic pain and trauma. She has specialty training in trauma-informed care and trauma-specific services for pediatric traumatic stress, PTSD, and traumatic grief. Dr. Benki regularly provides education and training to UCSF staff, medical students, residents and fellows on trauma-informed care in pediatrics.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

10:45 AM - 11:10 AM
The Relationship Between Pediatric Traumatic Stress and Chronic Pain: Implications for Clinic Practice

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Professor
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Bio

Dr. Charles Berde is Senior Associate and Sara Page Mayo Chair in Pediatric Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Research interests and ongoing collaborations involve clinical trials and outcome studies of treatment of acute pain, chronic pain and cancer pain in children, developing novel local anesthetics from bench through clinical trials, effects of general anesthetics on the developing brain, understanding disorders of altered pain sensitivity, and novel spinal therapeutics for pediatric neurologic diseases.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care

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Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Bio

Ardin practices pediatric pain management at Stanford Children's Hospital and has a special interest in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion work as it pertains to medical care, with a focus on Autism, Gender Minority Identities, and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders, their interplay, and their influence on pediatric chronic pain conditions. Ardin's ultimate goal is to illuminate and scientifically discredit the stigma associated with each of these identities & diagnoses as well as to further the access of pain management to include all individuals of underrepresented minority identities.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

2:05 PM - 2:25 PM
Evidence Based Interventional Procedures for Management of neuPain in Children

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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Bio

Dr. Amber Borucki is an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist whose focus is chronic pain management in children and adolescents/young adults and reducing or managing pain from chronic conditions or pain that occurs after surgery. Dr. Borucki completed her medical degree at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. She attended anesthesia residency at the University of Chicago. She completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital as well as a combined adult/pediatric pain medicine fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Borucki worked for one year in private practice in anesthesiology in Reno, Nevada. Dr. Borucki then began her 5-year tenure at UCSF as a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist and was the Director of the Pediatric Anesthesia Service at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. She is now a pediatric pain physician and anesthesiologist at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. She is the Education Director for Pediatric Pain Medicine. Notable accomplishments at UCSF include developing and co-chairing the UCSF Benioff Transbay Pediatric Pain Management Committee, serving on the Bridge to One Bay project to standardize pain care across all UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital locations, and assisting ChildKind designation (a prestigious designation for a hospital indicating that it prioritizes pediatric pain care). Dr. Borucki is a member of the medical advisory council for the Make a Wish Bay Area chapter. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) and also will be the program director for the upcoming 12th annual SPPM meeting. Dr. Borucki has also served on several committees through the American Society of Anesthesiologists and California Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Borucki served as an editorial board member for Paediatric and Neonatal Pain.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

1:45 PM - 2:05 PM
What We Know and What We Don't Know About Neuropathic Pain

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 6: Understanding the Role of Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment (IIPT) for Pediatric Patients with Chronic Pain

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Assistant Professor
Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University
Montreal, QC

Bio

Dr. Sabrina Carrié, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, completed her Anesthesia Residency at McGill University. She further specialized in pediatric anesthesia at the Children’s Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh and in pediatric chronic pain at Boston Children’s Hospital. Currently, she serves as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist and Chronic Pain Physician at the Montreal Children's Hospital, also taking on the role of Fellowship Coordinator for the Pediatric Chronic Pain Fellowship. Dr. Carrié remains dedicated to providing compassionate care and fostering education in the field.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care

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Hilton Head
Madison, WI

Bio

Timothy Casias grew up in Colorado and went to the Colorado School of Mines for a degree in Engineering, followed by an MD at the University of Colorado. He did a residency in pediatrics at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, followed by a residency in anesthesia at the University of Colorado. He did two fellowships in Seattle, one in pediatric anesthesia and the other in pediatric pain. He currently is the Medical Director for Pediatric Chronic Pain at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, WI.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
PRO/CON Debate: The Battle for Wisconsin : To PCA or NOT to PCA

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Doctor of Physical Therapy
Stanford Medicine
Stanford, CA

Bio

Dr. Kim Clarno, PT, DPT is a physical therapist with specialty practices in orthopedics and pediatric pain management. She is a Diplomate Professional in Lifestyle Medicine, certified by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Clarno has a clinical interest in rehabilitation for athletes of all ages, considering pain and behavior change along with traditional measures to enable successful return to sport. Dr. Clarno has worked with athletes individually and as part of a multidisciplinary pain management team, She has served as a faculty mentor in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency program. During her free time, Dr. Clarno enjoys being outdoors in the beautiful SF Bay Area, and she can be found on Strava as Kim ClarnoDPT.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

2:45 PM - 3:05 PM
Treating Persistent Pain with Lifestyle Medicine

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Associate Professor
Children's National Medical Center & George Washington University
Washington, DC

Bio

Robert Scott Dingeman, MD, MEd, FAAP, FASA is an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. His areas of clinical expertise are pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric regional anesthesiology and pediatric pain management. Dr. Dingeman received his undergraduate degree in psychobiology from Occidental College in Los Angeles. He returned to his home state of Michigan where he earned his M.D. from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing and Grand Rapids. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, and subsequently finished his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Dingeman has a strong interest in medical education and is the former program director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is currently finishing his Master of Education in the Health Professions at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Dr. Dingeman’s clinical research has focused on the use of regional anesthesiology techniques to reduce opioid consumption in children undergoing surgery. His recent research interests focus on using these same techniques to improve the quality of life in children living with life-threatening illnesses. Among his many professional activities, Dr. Dingeman serves on the board of directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, and he was the program chair for the society’s 2018 annual meeting. He is an active member of a number of professional organizations including the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and the International Association for the Study of Pain’s Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood. Dr. Dingeman also serves on an international multidisciplinary consortium of experts who are creating global guidelines for supportive care in childhood oncology.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care

Saturday, April 24, 2021

10:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Session II: Intriguing Trigger - The Complex World of Headaches

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Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Chicago Medicine/Comer Children's Hospital

Bio

Dr. Tina Drossos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at The University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Drossos received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology; Institute of Psychology. Dr. Drossos completed her clinical internship training at The Children’s Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis and then went on to do a post-doctoral fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital (currently Lurie Children’s Hospital) in Chicago with an emphasis in pediatric consultation/liaison. Dr. Drossos is a clinical and health psychologist by training. She is well trained in all aspects of cognitive behavioral therapy and the emotional intelligence and emotional regulation concepts that underline that type of therapeutic work. Currently, she directs multiple psychosocial assessment and intervention programs within various subspecialty clinics in hematology-oncology and endocrinology. Dr. Drossos also works with the multi-disciplinary child and adolescent consultation/liaison service providing comprehensive assessments of psychiatric concerns in medically ill patients along with psychotherapy and supportive services, if applicable, for patients who are hospitalized long-term in the Comer Children’s Hospital. Additionally, she tries to follow these patients who need ongoing therapy on an outpatient basis to provide strategies in assisting them with issues such as: coping with chronic medical illness, adherence and pain management. In addition, Dr. Drossos directs a clinic aimed at providing pre-surgical biopsychosocial assessments for patients with Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome. These patients often involve a pain management component. In addition, Dr. Drossos works very actively in the general outpatient clinical C&A program providing psychological therapy services to patients presenting with a wide variety of psychiatric disorders including mood and anxiety disorders and behavior disorders.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Improving Pain in Hospitalized Children with Multidisciplinary Care Plans: Identifying Barriers and Finding Solutions Across Specialties, Disciplines, Services and Institutional Organizations

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Children's Hospital Colorado
Denver, CO

Bio

Assistant professor, University of Colorado Department of Anesthesiology Medical Director, Chronic Pain Service, Childrens's Hospital Colorado

Sunday, April 25, 2021

1:50 PM - 2:05 PM
Cryoablation for Post-operative Pain

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University College London
London, England

Bio

Maria Fitzgerald studies the developmental physiology and neurobiology of pain circuits in the brain and spinal cord. Her work has had a major impact on our understanding of how pain perception emerges in early life and how early pain experience can shape pain sensitivity for life. Maria studied Physiological Sciences at Oxford and trained in pain physiology and neuroscience with Patrick Wall FRS at UCL, who taught her to love science and to never be afraid of asking questions. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2000 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016, as a world leader in the science of pain, whose work has had a major impact on the treatment of pain in infants. Her research has shown that while basic nociception is functional at birth, the systems in the brain that determine pain perception develop later and are vulnerable to stress and trauma in early life. Her research has changed clinical perception by showing that pain in infancy requires appropriate measurement and treatment which should be tailored to the developmental stage of the child. Maria is currently Professor of Developmental Neurobiology at University College London.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

10:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Keynote Lecture: Whose pain is it anyway? Exploring the neurobiological basis of paediatric pain

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 PM
Special Round Table: Small Group Discussion with Pediatric Pain Thought Leader Dr. Maria Fitzgerald

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Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
UPMC Children's Hopsital of Pittsburgh

Bio

Dr. Garcia is a Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine physician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a member of the Multi-disciplinary Chronic Pain Team and the Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Team. She cares for children who have difficulties functioning in their environment, whether it is from chronic pain or another medical condition. Her practice consists of non-operative management of pain, including medication management, rehabilitation management, splints/orthotics, and the utilization of acupuncture to help with chronic pain.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
You have to Move it, Move it- Pain Management on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit for the Trauma Patient

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

Bio

Robert Gibler, MA is an O'Grady Resident in Psychology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. He conducts research in pediatric chronic pain populations, with an emphasis on elucidating relationships among pain, anxiety, and daily functioning. His current research projects are focused on anxiety and school functioning among adolescents with chronic pain.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Explaining the Unexplainable: The Art of Educating Families about Chronic Pain

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Associate Professor Anesthesia & Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's Hosp & Med Ctr
Cincinnati, OH

Bio

Ken Goldschneider is Professor or Clinical Anesthesia and Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the founding Director of the Pain Managment Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Many years ago, he postulated that Charlie Brown had functional abdominal pain. And so he now joins his most able colleagues to present this workshop on the Assessment, Conceptualization and Treatment abdominal pain. Good grief!

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Explaining the Unexplainable: The Art of Educating Families about Chronic Pain

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Knoxville, TN

Bio

Dr. Hall is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science and Director of Assessment at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, followed by a PGY-2 Academia and Pediatric Pharmacy Residency at UTHSC College of Pharmacy and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. Dr. Hall has several years of experience as a clinical pharmacist focused in pediatric onco-critical care at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Dr. Hall is Board Certified as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist and Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist. Dr. Hall has authored several peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, poster presentations, and delivered invited professional presentations at the local and national levels focused in her practice area; most recently, these have included publications and presentations regarding the use of methadone in the pediatric oncology population.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 3: Methadone - What is old is New Again - Role in Pediatric Pain Management - Applications in Pediatric Oncology

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Professor, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Bio

Stephen Robert Hays, MS, MD, FAAP (he/they) joined the faculty of the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry as Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Pediatrics in Feb 2024. They also serve as Director of Pediatric Pain Medicine at University of Rochester Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital. A native of Syracuse, NY and Presidential Scholar, Dr. Hays earned simultaneous B.S. / M.S. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry summa cum laude with Distinction in the Major from Yale University, New Haven, CT where they were elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. They earned their M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD where they remained for Internship & Residency in Pediatrics, Residency in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, and Fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesia & Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Hays is Board-Certified in Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, and Pediatric Anesthesiology. Dr. Hays was appointed Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN in 1999, and was promoted to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics in 2006. They developed the Vanderbilt Pediatric Pain Service and subsequently the Vanderbilt Pediatric Pain Clinic, and for many years served as Director of Pediatric Pain Services at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (MCJCHV). Dr. Hays received a 2004-2005 Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, as well as the 2011 Sandidge Pediatric Pain Management Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Pediatric Pain Management at MCJCHV. Dr. Hays moved to the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA as Clinical Professor of Anesthesia & Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Pain Services at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in 2019. They served for several years as Vice-Chair for Faculty Affairs & Development in the Department of Anesthesia of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Dr. Hays is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and a member of the AAP including its Sections on Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine (SOAPM), Critical Care Medicine, and Hospice & Palliative Medicine (SOHPM). They serve on the AAP SOHPM Membership & Internal Communications Work Group, and have served on the AAP SOAPM Executive Committee. They are a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), and have served on the ASA Committees on Pediatric Anesthesiology and Hospice & Palliative Medicine. A Full Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), they serve on the ABA Standardized Oral Exam and Objective Standardized Clinical Examination Committees, and as the ABA representative to the American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Advisory Committee. Dr. Hays is a member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), and currently Vice President of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM), a section of SPA, having previously served on the SPPM Board of Directors and then as SPPM Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. Hays' clinical practice focuses on perioperative care of children of all ages, with particular interests in pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric pain management, and pediatric palliative care. Their clinical time is divided among the pediatric operating room, the inpatient pediatric pain & palliative care services, and various pediatric outpatient clinics. Their research interests have included industry-funded pharmaceutical licensing studies of analgesic agents in children, as well as multi-institutional studies of potential pediatric anesthetic neurotoxicity. Dr. Hays regularly presents at local, regional, and national meetings, and has been a named author on numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, textbook chapters, and online enduring educational content. Dr. Hays and their wife Deborah have two adult sons.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Session VI: HOT Topics/SNAP Talks

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University of Chicago Medicine/Comer Children's Hospital

Bio

Dr. Hoehn is a pediatric intensivist who manages children with both acute and chronic pain, in addition to practicing hospice and palliative care. She runs the Supportive Care program, which integrates complementary medicine techniques and biofeedback in with traditional pain management. In addition, she co runs the ethics consultation service at the University of Chicago MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Improving Pain in Hospitalized Children with Multidisciplinary Care Plans: Identifying Barriers and Finding Solutions Across Specialties, Disciplines, Services and Institutional Organizations

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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI

Bio

Ashlee obtained her medical degree at Wayne State University. She completed residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2015 and followed this with the completion of a Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2016. After fellowship, Ashlee stayed on as faculty at the U. In 2017, she was appointed to the position of Director of Pediatric Regional Anesthesia, and in 2023, Ashlee became the Director of the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine program for the University of Michigan. Her clinical and research interests include pediatric regional anesthesia and pain medicine as well as pediatric postoperative care and outcomes. Ashlee resides in Dexter, MI with her husband and their three children (Alex 8, Austin 6, and Abbie 6) and Maine Coon cat (Hank). Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, drinking a good cup of coffee or a nice glass of wine, gardening, and diving into a good historical fiction novel.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

1:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Session III: Neuropathic Pain and Associated Challenges

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Children's Medical Center, Dallas
Wauwatosa, Wi

Bio

Pediatric Anesthesiology Pain Management

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 4: Dr, Can You Help My Son? Use of Propofol for Treatment of Refractory Migraines in Children and Adolescents

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Associate Professor
The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Bio

Dr. Deepa Kattail is a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain physician at The Hospital for Sick Children and associate professor at the University of Toronto. She is an active member of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine where she is currently an executive board member and chair of the communications committee. Dr. Kattail is involved in various organizations advocating for improvements in pain care at the national and provincial levels in Canada, as pediatric co-chair of the Ontario Chronic Pain network, affiliated with Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, member of the National Advisory Committee for Pain Canada and an inaugural board director of a newly launched non-profit, Pain Ontario. She was honoured as a 2023 fellow of The May Day Pain & Society fellowship.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Session VII: The Great Debate
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Session VIII: Advocacy

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Associate Professor
Emory University Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Bio

Dr. Jamie Kitzman is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She is also a board-certified Medical Acupuncture and a member of the Inpatient Pain Services at Egleston. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine. She is an active member of their Editorial Board, Education Committee, and Advocacy Committee. Her advocacy efforts focus on increasing awareness of non-pharmacologic methods of pain management and the prevention of adolescent opioid misuse. Her research interest includes the use of non-pharmacologic tools in the perioperative period, in chronic pain management, and in the prevention/treatment of opioid use disorders. When she is not busy running around in the OR, Preop Clinic, or Acupuncture clinic, she a proud mother, chasing around her young twins.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

3:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Session IV: Poster Awards/Presentations

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Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Bio

Anjali Koka, MD is an pediatric anesthesiologist and pediatric pain medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Clinically, she specializes in pediatric pain management, pain interventions, regional analgesia and perioperative pain management. She manages in-and outpatients with pediatric chronic pain conditions. She is the program director for the Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship at BCH and directs the inpatient pain treatment service.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care

Sunday, April 25, 2021

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Session VI: HOT Topics/SNAP Talks

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Associate Professor/Pediatric Psychologist
University of Washington School of Medicine/Seattle Children's Research Institute/Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA

Bio

Dr. Emily Law is an associate professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a pediatric psychologist in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She provides clinical services in the multidisciplinary headache clinic at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She received a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in 2010 and completed her pre-doctoral internship in pediatric psychology at UCLA Medical Center. She completed her post-doctoral training in pediatric pain research at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Her NIH-funded research focuses on evaluating family psychosocial risk in youth with chronic headache and developing and testing behavioral interventions for youth with chronic pain and comorbid conditions such as poor sleep. She is Guest Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology Special Issue on Innovative Research in Pediatric Headache (submission deadline: May 1, 2021).

Saturday, April 24, 2021

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
Comorbidities in Pediatric Headache

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Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Bio

Dr Lazar is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Anne and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago where she serves as a co-director of resident education for pediatric anesthesia and is actively involved in creating and running educational workshops and new curricula. She is also a member of the regional anesthesia and pain management service and co-leads the Spinal Anesthesia Program. Her interests are regional anesthesia and pain management, thoracic anesthesia and education.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Improving Pain in Hospitalized Children with Multidisciplinary Care Plans: Identifying Barriers and Finding Solutions Across Specialties, Disciplines, Services and Institutional Organizations

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 1: Pain in the Aftermath of Violent Trauma - A Tale from a Rough Neighborhood

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Asst Professor
Nemours Children's Health - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Bio

Galaxy Li is a pediatric anesthesiologist and chief of pain medicine at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville. His clinical and research interests span from pediatric acute to chronic pain to environmental sustainability in medicine. As a graduate of the University of North Carolina, he acquired his bachelor’s degrees with honors distinction in chemistry and piano performance. Li earned his medical degree at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and completed a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He continued his training with two fellowships – pediatric anesthesiology with Emory University at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and pain medicine with Harvard Medical School at Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Li is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with subspecialty certifications in pediatric anesthesiology and pain medicine. He serves on faculty at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, on the board of directors for the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine, on the board of directors for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Improvement Network, and as editor of SPPM Newsletter.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

1:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Session III: Neuropathic Pain and Associated Challenges

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Senior Associate in Periopertive Anesthesia and Pain Medicine,
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Bio

Senior Associate in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Children's Hospital Boston Associate Professor of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics Harvard Medical School

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop

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Physiotherapist, Adjunct Faculty
University of Nevada Los Vegas

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Adriaan earned his undergraduate, master’s degree and PhD in physiotherapy from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an adjunct faculty member at St. Ambrose University and the University of Nevada Las Vegas, teaching pain science. Adriaan has taught throughout the US and internationally for 25 years at numerous national and international manual therapy, pain science and medical conferences. He has authored and co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles related to spinal disorders and pain science. Adriaan completed his Ph.D. on pain neuroscience education and is the Director of the Therapeutic Neuroscience Research Group – an independent collaborative initiative studying pain neuroscience. Adriaan is a senior faculty, pain science director and vice-president of faculty experience for Evidence in Motion.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Explaining the Unexplainable: The Art of Educating Families about Chronic Pain

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Associate Professor
Cohen Children's Medical Center
New York, NY

Bio

Melissa Masaracchia, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health and Program Director for the Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She obtained her medical degree at New York Medical College in 2011, completed residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 2015 and went on to complete fellowship training both in adult regional anesthesia and acute pain management and in pediatric anesthesiology in 2016 and 2018, respectively. She serves on the editorial board for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Question of the Week Program.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM
Considerations for Regional Anesthesia in the Pediatric Patient with Extremity Trauma

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Professor of Anesthesiology
McGovern Medical School UT Houston Health Science Center
Houston, TX

Bio

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Special interests in pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric pain management, and pediatric difficult airway

Saturday, April 24, 2021

10:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Session II: Intriguing Trigger - The Complex World of Headaches

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Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Bio

Constance L. Monitto, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her clinical work centers on the anesthetic management of pediatric patients experiencing illnesses of varying levels of severity, as well as perioperative pediatric acute pain management. Her research has evaluated institutional and national pediatric pain management practices, methods to minimize opioid-related side effects, monitoring paradigms to help identify opioid-related respiratory depression, and postoperative opioid prescribing in the setting of the ongoing opioid epidemic. She has also participated in translational studies examining the impact of genetic and behavioral factors on inter-individual differences in opioid analgesic responsiveness, adverse effects, and pain perception.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

3:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Session IV: Poster Awards/Presentations

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Assistant Professor
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis TN

Bio

Dr. Morgan is a pediatric anesthesiologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. His professional effort is divided between conventional anesthesia administration, attending to the pain service, and educational/research pursuits. He currently serves in the role of Director of medical student/resident/fellow education within the division. His clinical passions include the integration of regional anesthesia/interventional pain management techniques into palliative care and the end-of-life setting, and helping patients achieve their goal of minimizing the need for sedation/anesthesia for non- or minimally stimulating procedures (ie. imaging modalities, lumbar punctures). His research interests include the impact of opioids and anesthetics on cancer outcomes and chemotherapy efficacy, the need for stress dose steroids in patients with adrenal insufficiency undergoing anesthesia for imaging modalities, as well as the role of epidural blood patches in cancer patients.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 2: Ketamine Infusions for Pediatric Pain Management - Clinical Decision Algorithm and Implementation in the Pediatric Pain Service Setting

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Director, Child Life & Family Education
University of Chicago Medicine/Comer Children's Hospital

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Improving Pain in Hospitalized Children with Multidisciplinary Care Plans: Identifying Barriers and Finding Solutions Across Specialties, Disciplines, Services and Institutional Organizations

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Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Washington, Seattle Children's Research Institute
Seattle, WA

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Dr. Tonya Palermo is a pediatric psychologist and Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at University of Washington with adjunct appointments in Pediatrics and Psychiatry. She holds the Hughes M. and Katherine Blake Endowed Professorship in Health Psychology. Dr. Palermo serves as Associate Director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. She directs the Pediatric Pain & Sleep Innovations Lab that aims to improve the lives of children with pain and their families. Her long-standing NIH funded research investigates behavioral, psychosocial and family factors that affect pain experiences, and development and evaluation of innovative psychological treatments that can be delivered at low cost. Currently, Dr. Palermo serves as Associate Editor for PAIN, Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Pediatric Psychology and as Chair, Scientific Program Committee for the IASP Pain in Childhood SIG 2022 meeting (International Symposium on Pediatric Pain) in Auckland. Dr. Palermo has developed and evaluated several internet and mobile applications to deliver cognitive-behavioral interventions for chronic pain to children and adolescents and has published two books on cognitive-behavioral therapy. Find out more about her research here: https://www.seattlechildrens.org/research/centers-programs/child-health-behavior-and-development/labs/pediatric-pain-and-sleep-innovations-lab/

Sunday, April 25, 2021

2:35 PM - 2:50 PM
Applying Digital Health Interventions for Pediatric Chronic Pain

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Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Improving Pain in Hospitalized Children with Multidisciplinary Care Plans: Identifying Barriers and Finding Solutions Across Specialties, Disciplines, Services and Institutional Organizations

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Assistant professor
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Bio

Stacy Peterson is an Assistant Professor at Children's Wisconsin where she practices pediatric anesthesia as well as acute and chronic pain. She is actively involved in medical student, resident and fellow education with a special interest in resident remediation as and serves a the chair for Residency and Pain Fellow Clinical competency committees.  She looks forward to growing involvement in pediatric pain at both a local level as well as nationally. 

Saturday, April 24, 2021

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM
Non-invasive Treatment in Pediatric Headache - Old and New Therapies

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Instructor in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care

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Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Bio

My passion for working with at risk youth and adolescents has remained constant throughout my professional growth, and I continue to focus on ways to improve care for the young adolescent and young adult populations related to chronic pain. My professional efforts center on using a multidisciplinary approach to manage chronic pediatric pain. My specific interests include cancer related, perioperative planning and functional abdominal pain, in children with an incorporation of interventional techniques. As medical liaison to the Comfort Ability Program (CAP) I am collaborating with our pain psychologists to develop specialized programs targeted at the abdominal pain and cancer pain related populations. In 2020, in collaboration with Dana Faber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) Orthopedics departments to work to develop the Clinic of Oncological Pain Excellence (COPE) program, which prioritizes a multidiscipline approach for manage acute and chronic pain management within the solid tumor population. My research interests are focused on the value of interventional that improve on the management of chronic pain. Specific to the oncology population I am interested in identifying interventions that can be incorporated before during and after cancer treatment that will have a long-term positive impact on pain control and outcomes.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care

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Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
UNC Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Bio

Dr. Elizabeth Ross is a pediatric anesthesiologist at UNC-Children's Hospital. She is also member of the UNC-Children's Hospital Acute Pediatric Pain and Regional team where she actively treats patients and teaches residents and fellows to do the same. She is actively involved in the department's DEI committee, and serves as a University Ally for all within the UNC medical system. She is passionate about educating future physicians and improving the pediatric patient pain experience.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

10:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Session V: Trauma

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Professor Anesthesia
Children's Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

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Professor anesthesia, Pediatric pain doctor

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop

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UC Irvine Medical Center
Ivine, CA

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Shalini Shah, MD, is an Associate Professor and Vice-Chair for the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care and Enterprise Director of Pain Services for University of California Irvine Health. Dr. Shah completed her residency in anesthesiology from Cornell University and a combined fellowship in adult and pediatric chronic pain at Harvard Medical School. She has been featured in Time Magazine, The Doctors, NBC Nightly News, Business Insider and is a frequent guest on NPR for her research on the use of BOTOX for pediatric migraines and safe pain care options. Dr. Shah currently serves as the Founding Chair, Committee of Pain Medicine at the California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) and is President-Elect, CALSIPP. Dr. Shah is strongly committed to pain advocacy and healthcare regulatory reform both in the state of California and nationally to improve healthcare experiences for patients.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM
Interventional Options for the Treatment of Headaches

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Children's Hospital Colorado
Colorado

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Dr. Marisa Wiktor-Sharkey, DO is a Pain Medicine Specialist in Aurora, CO. Graduated from Michigan State University College Of Osteopathic Medicine. They currently practice at Practice. Dr. Wiktor-Sharkey is board certified in Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome/Program Overview/SPPM Board Inauguration
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Session I: KEYNOTE

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Children's Medical Center - Dallas
Grapevine, TX

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Dr. Spain completed his pain medicine fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and his pediatric anesthesia fellowship at UT Southwestern. He is board certified in anesthesiology, pediatric anesthesiology, pain medicine, addiction medicine, hospice and palliative care, and headache medicine. He is the medical director of the pediatric pain medicine service at Children's Health Dallas and a member of the palliative care team. His research interests include novel treatments to address headaches in the pediatric population. His interests away from medicine include running, learning Spanish, serving in his church, and providing pediatric anesthesia on medical mission trips.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 4: Dr, Can You Help My Son? Use of Propofol for Treatment of Refractory Migraines in Children and Adolescents

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Assistant Professor, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Dayton Children's Hospital
Dayton, OH

Bio

Kristen Spisak received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Notre Dame and her MD from Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed Anesthesiology residency at Northwestern University and her fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Dayton Children’s Hospital where she serves as the Director of Comprehensive Pain Services and the Anesthesia lead for orthopedic and spine surgeries. Her areas of research interest include pediatric regional and neuraxial anesthesia, ERAS protocols, and multimodal pain management.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

10:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Session V: Trauma
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM
Infusions 101: Ketamine and Lidocaine

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Chief of Anesthesia
HCA Florida Palms West Hospital
Palm Beach, FL

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Dr. Tassone is Chief of Anesthesia at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital. She serves as the Chair of the Research Committee for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine and has an interest in integrative medicine and medical acupuncture.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop

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Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Bio

Ban Tsui, MD, MSC, is a Stanford University pediatric and adult anesthesiologist and professor. His research aims to transform regional anesthesia from an "art" to a reliable and reproducible "science" by exploring electrophysiological signal monitoring and integrating it with ultrasound advances. Dr. Tsui is dedicated to mentoring and motivating residents and fellows to incorporate research into their clinical practice. He has received funding from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society and was awarded the Distinguish Service Award by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine in 2022.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM
Clinical Pearls for Trunk Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Trauma Patient

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Instructor in Anaesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Bio

Dr. Cynthia Tung received her medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. She completed her residency training in anesthesiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center, her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and her Medical Acupuncture training at Harvard. She received her Master in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has been practicing pediatric anesthesiology since 2007 and medical acupuncture since 2010.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop

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Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA

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GARY A. WALCO, PhD is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (adjunct Pediatrics and Psychiatry) at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the Director of Pain Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He has conducted multiple studies on pain treatment and assessment in children. Dr. Walco was the founder of the American Pain Society’s first special interest group, focusing on Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, and was the 2003 recipient of the Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief as well as the 2019 Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Walco is a past chair of the Pain Committee for the Children’s Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance and served on the core committee for Palliative Care in the Children’s Oncology Group. He was elected president of the American Pain Society in 2018 and is a past president of the special interest group on Pain in Childhood of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Dr. Walco currently sits on editorial boards for the Journal of Pain, the Clinical Journal of Pain (past associate editor), and did so formerly for Pain, the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, and the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Dr. Walco is a founding member and currently on the Board of Directors for ChildKind International. He has consulted on analgesic trials for children and served on the FDA’s Analgesic and Anesthetic Drug Products Advisory Committee. Dr. Walco is the founder and chair of the Pediatric Research Network for Pain, an international collaborative to conduct pain research in children.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Advocacy for Children's Pain: Not for the Faint of Heart

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Licensed Psychologist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kansas City, KS

Bio

Dustin Wallace, PhD, is the Director of Behavioral Health for the Rehabilitation for Amplified Pain Syndromes (RAPS) program, an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment program for youth. His research primarily focuses on behavioral and nonpharmacological treatments for chronic pain in young people, biopsychosocial factors that maintain pain and/or contribute to pain-associated impairment, as well as parenting and family functioning for youth affected by medical conditions.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
The Psychology of Chronic Pain: Danger and Stress Systems Conspire to Create Chronicity, and Strategies to Address It

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Professor
University of Connecticut
Farminton, CT

Bio

UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School NYU- Anesthesiology residency Yale School of Medicine- Fellowship in Pediatric anesthesia Faculty at Yale School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology 1996-2010 Faculty at UCI Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Health 2010-2011 Clinical faculty Department of Anesthesiology University of Connecticut 2011-present

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine Workshop

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Assistant Professor
Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado
Children's Hopsital Colorado/University of Colorado

Bio

Dr. Webb completed her anesthesiology residency at the University of Colorado in 2017. She pursued fellowship training at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO) in Pediatric Anesthesiology (2017-2018) and then Pediatric Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine (RAAPM; 2018-2019). Dr. Webb started as faculty CHCO in November 2019. In 2021, she took over as Program Director for the Pediatric RAAPM fellowship at CHCO.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 5: Open Pectus Deformity Repair and Postoperative Pain Control - What are my options?

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Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Children's Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

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Dr. Weisman is the Medical Director and Jane B. Pettit Chair in Pain Management at Children’s Wisconsin and Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Weisman is quadruple board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology. He has served on multiple pain guideline panels which have established pain management standards. In addition, he served on an expert panel for the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine to establish priorities for opioid prescribing. He is the past chair of the American Pain Society Special Interest Group on Pain in Infants, Children and Adolescents. He has served as a founding and Executive Committee member of PRN-Pain (Pediatric Research Network-Pain). He has been honored as a recipient of the Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief, American Pain Society. The Pain and Headache Center at Children’s Wisconsin provides a full range of pain-related services for children, including an intensive pain rehabilitation, the Integrated Healing Program, for children with functional disability due to pain or functional neurologic disorders.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
PRO/CON Debate: The Battle for Wisconsin : To PCA or NOT to PCA

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Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Bio

Since my fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital, I have had a strong interest in pediatric pain medicine as well as pediatric anesthesia, including regional blocks. I did a second fellowship at Boston Children's in Pain Medicine and stayed on the staff there until I was recruited to start the Pediatric Pain Service at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. My work at Mayo has been balanced between operative pediatric anesthesia and pediatric pain. This has led to my involvement in the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, eventually having been president from 2021 to 2023.

Sunday, April 25, 2021

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Session VII: The Great Debate
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Session VIII: Advocacy

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Psychologist
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

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Dr. Sara Williams is a pain psychologist specializing in assessment, treatment, and research of pediatric chronic pain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She is the founder and Clinical Director of the Functional Independence Restoration Program, an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment program for chronic pain rehabilitation. In her academic role as a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Affiliated at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Dr. Williams teaches trainees in psychology and medicine about pain psychology. She is the Co-Director of the fellowship program in Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology and is a co-investigator on multiple NIH funded projects investigating pediatric chronic pain.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Explaining the Unexplainable: The Art of Educating Families about Chronic Pain

Sunday, April 25, 2021

9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
PBLD 6: Understanding the Role of Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment (IIPT) for Pediatric Patients with Chronic Pain

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Medical Director, Pediatric Pain Medicine
Prisma Health
Greenville, SC

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Dr. Windsor is an acute and chronic pediatric pain specialist practicing in Greenville, SC. He completed his training in Pediatric and Pain Management at Boston Children's Hospital. He is board-certified in Pediatrics, Headache Medicine, and Medical Acupuncture. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and adjunct faculty in Anesthesiology and Psychiatry at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. In 2018, he founded the Pediatric Pain program at Prisma Health, serving patients in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

10:45 AM - 11:10 AM
A Bump in the Noggin to a Life Altering Event: A Review of Modern Concussion Management for the Pain Physician

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Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
UCSF
Oakland, CA

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Dr. Rachel Zoffness is a pain psychologist and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine, where she teaches pain education for pediatric residents. She is a 2020-21 Mayday Fellow. Dr. Zoffness serves as pain education faculty at Dartmouth, and conducted a visiting professorship at Stanford University. Dr. Zoffness is the Co-President of the American Association of Pain Psychology, and is the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine's Psychology Liaison. She is the author of The Chronic Pain and Illness Workbook for Teens, the first integrative, evidence-based pain workbook for youth, and The Pain Management Workbook for adults. She writes the Psychology Today pain education column “Pain, Explained,” and consults on the development of integrative pediatric pain programs around the world. She was trained at Brown University, Columbia University, UCSD, SDSU, NYU, and St. Luke's-Mt. Sinai Hospital.

Friday, April 23, 2021

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Explaining the Unexplainable: The Art of Educating Families about Chronic Pain

Sunday, April 25, 2021

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM
COVID and Pediatric Pain: Impact, Resources, & Next Steps

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