American Pain Society's 27th Annual Scientific Meeting (May 8 – 10, 2008)
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American Pain Society's 27th Annual Scientific Meeting (May 8 – 10, 2008)

Please click on the sessions within the schedule below to view a listing of the session’s faculty and to access handout materials submitted by the presenters. Please note that to date, APS has not received handout materials from every speaker. We will continue to update the handout links as we receive additional materials. Printed handouts will not be available at the meeting. Please plan to print the handouts you need and bring them with you.

May 8, 2008

Thursday | Friday | Saturday | top

8:00 AM-8:30 AM


99
Keynote Address
Allan Basbaum, PhD

8:30 AM-9:00 AM


100
State of the Society
Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN

9:00 AM-9:30 AM


101
Chronic Pain in Adults: Is It Influenced by Early Life Events?
Gary J. Macfarlane, MD

11:15 AM-12:45 PM


301
Genetic Variations in Susceptibility to Chronic Pain and Pain Processing
Cielito Reyes-Gibby, DrPH

302
Opiate Dosing Guidelines: Outrage or Imperative
Gregory W. Terman

303
Acute Pain In The Emergency Department: Clinical Practice, Research And Development
Peter G. Lacouture, PhD

304
Management of Intractable Pain in Children with Life-Limiting Conditions
Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD

305
The Persistence of Pain: LTP, Central Sensitization, and Pain Memory
Bryan Hains, PhD

306
Traumatic Onset of Chronic Pain
Allen H. Lebovits, PhD

2:45 PM-4:15 PM


307
Risk Factors for Onset and Persistence of Pain
Roger B. Fillingim, PhD

308
Cooling-activated TRP Channels in Physiological and Pathological Cold Sensation
Robert W. Gereau, PhD

309
Methadone: Science, Clinical Use, and Public Policy
Scott A. Strassels, PharmD, PhD

310
Biofeedback: Past, Present and Future
Sean Mackey, MD, PhD

311
Use of e-Health Technologies in the Assessment and Management of Pediatric Pain
Jennifer N. Stinson, RN, PhD, CPNP

312
Evidence-based Medicine for Evaluation and Management of Low Back Pain: Update on Guidelines from the American Pain Society
Steven Stanos, DO

313
Paper Presentations: Molecular and Systems Biology

4:45 PM-6:15 PM


P1
Poster Session I

May 9, 2008

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


314
Effects of Aging and Comorbidity on Pain Processing: Clinical and Pre-Clinical Studies
Lucia Gagliese, PhD

315
Empathy for Pain: Clinical Implications
Raymond Tait, PhD

8:30 AM-12:15 PM


W101
Parental and Socio-cultural Factors in Pediatric Pain: Laboratory-based, Translational, and Clinical Research Perspectives
Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, PhD

W102
Promoting Safe and Effective Chronic Opioid Therapy: An Integration of Scientific Evidence and Practice Considerations
Robert D. Kerns, PhD

W103
Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels and Calcium Channels in Pain Transmission and Therapy
Robert W. Gereau, PhD and Yu-Qing Cao, PhD

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


316
Evidence-Based Pain Management Practices for Older Adults in Multiple Practice Settings: The Challenge of Translation
Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN

317
Lumbar Epidurals for Radicular Low Back Pain. Ongoing Controversy and Conflicting Evidence For and Against Their Use for Radiculpathy. Can They Be Used Effectively in the Daily Practice of Pain Management?
Steven Stanos, DO

2:15 PM-2:45 PM


102
Towards a Molecular Epidemiology of Pain: Recent Gene Association Studies
Mitchell B. Max, MD

2:45 PM-3:15 PM


103
Peripheral Pain Pathways
John N. Wood, PhD, DSc

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


P2
Poster Session II

6:30 PM-8:30 PM


133
The Clinical Translation of TRPV1 Compounds
Todd Vanderah, PhD

May 10, 2008

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9:00 AM-9:30 AM


104
Frederick W.L. Kerr Basic Science Research Lecture: Stopping Pain In Its Tracts
Karin Westlund High, PhD

9:30 AM-10:00 AM


105
William E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Lecture: From Poppies to Pill Popping: Is There a "Middle Way"?
Srinivasa Raja, MD

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


318
Clinical Guideline on Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain: Process and Progress Report
Perry G. Fine, MD

319
How Race and Ethnicity Shape the Experience of Pain across the Lifespan: Findings from Clinical and Experimental Settings
Raymond Tait, PhD

320
Applying Molecular Technologies to Individual Differences in Pain and Analgesia: Merits and Limitations of the Methodologies
William R. Lariviere, PhD

321
Cortical Stimulation for Persistent Pain Syndromes: Novel Strategies
Ricardo A. Cruciani, MD, PhD

322
Peripheral Mechanisms Underlying Muscle Pain
Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD

323
Paper Presentations: Human Disease and Models

1:45 PM-3:15 PM


324
Paper Presentations: Treatment Approaches

325
Hidden Settings for Health Disparities in Pain: Uncovering the Truth and Policy Implications
Barbara A. Hastie, PhD

326
Quantitative Sensory Testing for Pain Research and Clinical Practice
Miroslav Misha Backonja, MD

327
Prescribing Opioids: Legal Aspects
Ricardo A. Cruciani, MD, PhD

328
Incorporating Integrative Medicine in Pain Management
Gary Deng, MD, PhD

329
Pre-clinical Models of Low Back Pain
Laura S. Stone, PhD