Diagnosing and Treating Chronic Pain:  The Multidisciplinary Approach

Monday, July 19, 2004

Four Points by Sheraton Hyannis Resort, Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Executive Summary

Patients with chronic pain cannot be successfully treated and returned to work unless and until their condition is accurately diagnosed. In this course, attendees will learn how to correctly diagnose and treat patients with chronic pain through an evidenced based, multidisciplinary approach. The significant cost savings associated with the correct diagnosis and effective treatment of patients with chronic pain will be demonstrated.

Workshop Objectives

In this intensive one-day seminar attendees will learn:

• Multidisciplinary medical diagnostic and treatment techniques and the importance of evidenced based medicine.

• The advantages and disadvantages of neuro-pharmacology in treating chronic pain patients

• How to identify correct diagnoses versus incorrect diagnoses and thus prevent unnecessary treatment and costs.

• How to recognize true versus misdiagnosed lumbar and cervical strain, RSD and fibromyalgia, and the appropriate treatment measures to take in each case.

• The huge potential for cost savings for misdiagnosed lumbar and cervical strain, RSD (CRPS I), and fibromyalgia cases.

• How to distinguish between malingerers and chronic pain patients that have true organic pathology.

• The true cost impact of the failure to accurately diagnosis and correctly treat a claimant with chronic pain.

Distinguished Faculty

Nelson Hendler, MD, MS, graduated Princeton University, in 1966, and received an MD and an MS in neurophysiology from University of Maryland School of Medicine. He did his residency in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a full time faculty member, serving as assistant director of the Chronic Pain Treatment Center, and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He started Mensana Clinic in 1978, which focuses on the multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain patients. Mensana Clinic receives 75% of its patients from 44 states and 8 foreign countries, and was listed in Business Week as one of the 8 best pain treatment centers in the United States. He had published 3 books, 31 medical textbook chapters, and 51 articles in peer reviewed medical journals. He is Clinical Director of Mensana Clinic, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Physiology at University of Maryland, School of Dental Surgery. He was made an honorary member of the Israeli Pain Society, received the Dorfman Award for an article in the journal Psychosomatics, and the Janet Travell Award for Clinical Excellence from the American Academy of Pain Management. He has served as a member of the board of directors of a publicly held bank and insurance company.

Tuition

The $295 tuition includes continental breakfast, breaks, lunch with faculty, a seminar manual with Reference Material, and a unique, interactive learning experience from an international speaker and recipient of the distinguished Janet Travell Award for Excellence in the field of Chronic Pain. Janet Travell was a leading pioneer in the field and personal physician to two presidents of the USA.

Continuing Education Information

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Schedule

Monday, July 19, 2004