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THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL Conference on Interventional Pain Medicine & Neuromodulation in Central Europe took place in the medieval city of Torun, Poland on 18 & 19 June 2015.
Following the successes of the conferences in Wroclaw 2011, Sopot 2012 and Warsaw 2013, we chose the birthplace of the great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus for the next meeting in the centre of Europe.
The Polish Neuromodulation Society, the Interventional Section of the Polish Association for the Study of Pain and the London Pain Forum once again joined forces to organise an expert programme of lectures and discussions with a leading international faculty.
We also organised the 8th Hands-on Cadaver Workshop on Pain Intervention, Neuromodulation & Ultrasound after the Torun Conference on Saturday, 20 June 2015 at the Medical University of Gdansk. For further information on the workshop, visit the 2015 WORKSHOP WEBSITE
For any further details about meetings in Poland, contact: ciaranwazir@gmail.com
CONFERENCE FACULTY
Prof Jose de Andres
President, European Society of Regional Anaesthesia
& Pain Therapy (ESRA)
Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Management Centre
Chairman, Dept of Anesthesiology & Critical Care
General University Hospital
Valencia
Spain
Dr Chris Wells
President, European Pain Federation (EFIC)
Founder Member, NeuPSIG
President, European Pain Federation (EFIC)
Founder Member, NeuPSIG
Consultant in Pain Medicine
Pain Matters
Liverpool, UK
Prof Jan Dobrogowski
President, Polish Association for the Study of Pain
Department of Research and Treatment of Pain
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Jagiellonian University Medical College
Kraków, Poland
Prof Jerzy B Gajewski
Professor of Urology & Pharmacology
Special Interest: Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Pain/Urinary Incontinence
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
Dr Przemyslaw Strulak
Chairman, Private Pain Practice
Special Interest: Minimally Invasive Interventions/
Ultrasound Guided Cryotherapy
Graz, Austria
Dr Piotr Buczkowski
Board Member, Foundation for the Promotion of Pain Medicine
Past-President, Interventional Section of PTBB
Founding Member, Polish Neuromodulation Society
Consultant Pain Specialist & Anaesthetist
Royal Derby Hospital, Derbyshire, UK
Swissmed Hospital, Gdańsk, Poland
Dr Magdalena Kocot-Kepska
Secretary of Polish Association for the Study of Pain
Department of Research & Treatment of Pain
Jagiellonian University, Medical College
Krakow, Poland
Dr Anna Przeklasa-Muszynska
Department of Research & Treatment of Pain
Jagiellonian University, Medical College
Krakow, Poland
Dr Witold Libionka
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Special Interest: Neuromodulation
Nicolaus Copernicus Pomeranian Centre for Traumatology
Gdansk, Poland
Dr Pawel Sokal
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Special Interest: Neuromodulation (SCS, PNS, SNRS, MCS)
Department of Neurosurgery
Military Clinical Hospital
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Dr Ganesan Baranidharan
Secretary, Neuromodulation Society UK & Ireland
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthetics
Specialist Interest: Interventional Pain Management/Neuromodulation
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr Robert Rapcan
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
Special Interest: Interventional Pain Management/Neuromodulation
EuroPainClinics
Prague, Czech Republic
Bratislava & Bardejov, Slovakia
Dr Ashish Gulve
Treasurer, Neuromodulation Society UK & Ireland
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Management
The James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough , United Kingdom
Dr Malgorzata Kolodziej
Medical Director, Neurosurgical Clinic
Special Interest: Neuromodulation
University Hospital Giessen and Marburg
Giessen, Germany
Dr Wojciech Nierodzinski
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Special Interest: Interventional Pain Treatment/ Neuromodulation
General District Hospital
Bialystok, Poland
Dr Grzegorz Kiwic
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Special Interest: Percutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation
Neurosurgery Department
Jastrzebie-Zdroj
Poland
Dr Jan Rykowski
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Special Interest: Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Pain Clinic, University Hospital Orebro, Sweden
Private Clinic, Warsaw, Poland
Dr Agnieszka Marcinowska-Kaliszczak
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Instructor, International Spine Intervention Society
Chairman, Pain Clinic Rugpoli
Krakow, Poland
Prof Roberto Arcioni
Assistant Professor
Department of Pain Management & Anaesthesia
Sant'Andrea Hospital
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Rome, Italy
Pain Matters
Liverpool, UK
Prof Jan Dobrogowski
President, Polish Association for the Study of Pain
Department of Research and Treatment of Pain
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Jagiellonian University Medical College
Kraków, Poland
Prof Jerzy B Gajewski
Professor of Urology & Pharmacology
Special Interest: Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Pain/Urinary Incontinence
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
Dr Przemyslaw Strulak
Chairman, Private Pain Practice
Special Interest: Minimally Invasive Interventions/
Ultrasound Guided Cryotherapy
Graz, Austria
Dr Piotr Buczkowski
Board Member, Foundation for the Promotion of Pain Medicine
Past-President, Interventional Section of PTBB
Founding Member, Polish Neuromodulation Society
Consultant Pain Specialist & Anaesthetist
Royal Derby Hospital, Derbyshire, UK
Swissmed Hospital, Gdańsk, Poland
Dr Magdalena Kocot-Kepska
Secretary of Polish Association for the Study of Pain
Department of Research & Treatment of Pain
Jagiellonian University, Medical College
Krakow, Poland
Dr Anna Przeklasa-Muszynska
Department of Research & Treatment of Pain
Jagiellonian University, Medical College
Krakow, Poland
Dr Witold Libionka
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Special Interest: Neuromodulation
Nicolaus Copernicus Pomeranian Centre for Traumatology
Gdansk, Poland
Dr Pawel Sokal
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Special Interest: Neuromodulation (SCS, PNS, SNRS, MCS)
Department of Neurosurgery
Military Clinical Hospital
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Dr Ganesan Baranidharan
Secretary, Neuromodulation Society UK & Ireland
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthetics
Specialist Interest: Interventional Pain Management/Neuromodulation
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr Robert Rapcan
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
Special Interest: Interventional Pain Management/Neuromodulation
EuroPainClinics
Prague, Czech Republic
Bratislava & Bardejov, Slovakia
Dr Ashish Gulve
Treasurer, Neuromodulation Society UK & Ireland
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Management
The James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough , United Kingdom
Dr Malgorzata Kolodziej
Medical Director, Neurosurgical Clinic
Special Interest: Neuromodulation
University Hospital Giessen and Marburg
Giessen, Germany
Dr Wojciech Nierodzinski
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Special Interest: Interventional Pain Treatment/ Neuromodulation
General District Hospital
Bialystok, Poland
Dr Grzegorz Kiwic
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Special Interest: Percutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation
Neurosurgery Department
Jastrzebie-Zdroj
Poland
Dr Jan Rykowski
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Special Interest: Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Pain Clinic, University Hospital Orebro, Sweden
Private Clinic, Warsaw, Poland
Dr Agnieszka Marcinowska-Kaliszczak
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Instructor, International Spine Intervention Society
Chairman, Pain Clinic Rugpoli
Krakow, Poland
Prof Roberto Arcioni
Assistant Professor
Department of Pain Management & Anaesthesia
Sant'Andrea Hospital
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Rome, Italy
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Dr Teodor Goroszeniuk
President, London Pain Forum
Past-President, Interventional Section, PTBB
Vice-President & Founder, Polish Neuromodulation Society
Special Interests: Peripheral Neuromodulation, SCS for Visceral Pain
Interventional Pain Management
& Neuromodulation Practice
Wimpole Street, London, UK
Vice-President & Founder, Polish Neuromodulation Society
Special Interests: Peripheral Neuromodulation, SCS for Visceral Pain
Interventional Pain Management
& Neuromodulation Practice
Wimpole Street, London, UK
Dr Andrzej Krol
President, Interventional Section, PTBB
Founding Member, Polish Neuromodulation Society
President, Interventional Section, PTBB
Founding Member, Polish Neuromodulation Society
Chairman, RA-UK Ultrasound in Pain Medicine Course (London)
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
St George's Hospital
London, UK
St George's Hospital
London, UK
Dr Wieslaw Lach
Secretary, Polish Neuromodulation Society
Board Member, Interventional Section, PTBB
Szczecin, Poland
E-mail: inspoland@gmail.com
Web: www.neuromodulacja.pl
Mr Ciaran Wazir
Medical Events Director
WME London Ltd, United Kingdom
Polish Neuromodulation Society Member
London Pain Forum Honorary Member
E-mail: ciaranwazir@gmail.com
Web: www.painandneuromodulationlondon.com
Web: www.londonpainforum.co.uk
Ms Ewa Maria Ziółkowska
Foundation for Promotion of Pain Medicine
Gdansk, Poland
www.medycynabolu.com.pl
OUR PARTNERS
POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN
INTERNATIONAL NEUROMODULATION SOCIETY
FOUNDATION FOR PROMOTION OF PAIN MEDICINE
JOURNAL OF OBSERVATIONAL PAIN MEDICINE
CONFERENCE TOPICS
PAIN MANAGEMENT AND INTERVENTIONS
EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN
ACCREDITATION OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (PERSPECTIVES FROM EFIC, WIP, ISIS, ESRA)
INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT IN POLAND
PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY: TRIGEMINAL, SUPRASCAPULAR, INTERCOSTAL
OPIOIDS AND EVIDENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC PERSPECTIVE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: TRIGGER POINTS
BOTULINIUM TOXIN AND PAIN MANAGEMENT
ULTRASOUND GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT
RADIOFREQUENCY DENERVATION TREATMENTS
EPIDURAL LYSIS OF ADHESIONS (RACZ CATHETER)
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PAIN (DEGENERATIVE DISC TREATMENTS INCL. GELSTIX, EPIDUROSCOPIES, PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC DISCECTOMIES, SPINAL FUSIONS)
NON-INVASIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT
TOPICAL TREATMENTS FOR PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN
PAIN MANAGEMENT AND NEUROMODULATION
MANAGEMENT OF UROLOGICAL AND PELVIC PAIN/DYSFUNCTION
PERCUTANEOUS SPINAL CORD STIMULATION IN PAIN MANAGEMENT
ADVANCES IN SPINAL CORD STIMULATION
(HIGH FREQUENCY SCS, DRG STIMULATION, WIRELESS MINI STIMULATORS)
UNUSUAL CASES IN SPINAL CORD STIMULATION
A NEW NON-RECHARGEABLE IPG FOR SPINAL CORD STIMULATION
TIBIAL STIMULATION FOR NEUROPATHIC FOOT PAIN: REPRIEVE STUDY
SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION
EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL NEUROMODULATION FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN
CEFALY FOR MIGRAINE
INTRATHECAL DRUG DELIVERY: PROS AND CONS
SPINAL CORD STIMULATION: PROS AND CONS
DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION: PROS AND CONS
CONFERENCE VENUE
Artus Court (Dwor Artusa)
Rynek Staromiejski 6
Toruń
Poland
CONFERENCE TIMETABLE
DAY ONE: THURSDAY, 18 JUNE 2015, 14.00HRS-19.30HRS
DAY TWO: FRIDAY, 19 JUNE 2015, 08.00HRS-16.00HRS
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
*The conference was awarded 8 CME credits by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)
PRESENTING YOUR WORK
*A number of delegates took part in the free paper session at the conference. For future opportunities to present your work, please contact: ciaranwazir@gmail.com
CONFERENCE DINNER (18.06.15, 20.00HRS)
Karczma SPICHRZ
ul. Mostowa 1
87-100 Toruń
TRAVEL TO TORUN
For travel information, visit: TRAVELLING TO TORUN AND GDANSK PAGE
CONFERENCE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
Hotel Bulwar****
ul. Bulwar Filadelfijski 18, 87-100 Toruń
tel: +48 56 623 94 00