Columbia University Presenting Advances In Integrative Pain Medicine

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESENTING ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE PAIN MEDICINE

WHAT:

Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons will bring together

the finest researchers and clinicians in the

field of pain medicine to discuss cutting-edge conventional and complementary/alternative

medicine approaches to

pain. This two-day Continuing Medical Education symposium for physicians,

nurses, and other clinicians will present

the latest research and clinical information on areas of pain management,

including pharmacotherapy, acupuncture,

massage, chiropractic, and mind-body medicine. It also will address

pain treatment in children and cancer patients,

the bioethics of pain management, and newly understood mechanisms of pain

– important issues in light of the

2001 mandate for hospitals to improve pain assessment and treatment.

WHEN &

Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20, 2002

WHERE:

Hammer Health Sciences Center

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

701 West 168th Street, Room 401, New York City

WHO:

Course Directors

James N. Dillard, M.D., D.C., C.Ac., Assistant Clinical Professor, Department

of Rehabilitation Medicine

Fredi Kronenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Physiology, Department

of Rehabilitation Medicine and

Director, Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative

Medicine

Several Columbia University faculty and guest faculty will deliver presentations.

HIGHLIGHTS: Pharmacotherapy

for Pain, April 19, 9 a.m.

Russell K. Portenoy, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Albert Einstein College

of Medicine; Chairman,

Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center,

New York, New York

Dr. Portenoy will discuss recent advances in the use of analgesic drugs,

including the non-opioid analgesics,

the adjuvant analgesics, and the opioid analgesics.

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Pain, April 19, 3 p.m.

Brian Berman, M.D., Professor of Family Medicine; Director, Complementary

Medicine Program, University

of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Berman will address the growing body of scientific literature that

examines the efficacy, safety, and

mechanism of action of acupuncture for pain-related problems, and the potential

for traditional Chinese

medicine to enhance pain management when integrated with conventional care.

Interdisciplinary Approach to Pediatric Pain, April 20, 3:45 p.m.

Kenneth S. Gorfinkle, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,

Columbia University

Dr. Gorfinkle will discuss the challenges facing conventionally trained

health care providers when the families

they treat seek to augment medical care with alternative approaches.

He also will explore potential directions

for research.

Bioethics of Pain Management, April 20, 4:30 p.m.

Ruth L. Fischbach, Ph.D., M.P.E., Professor of Bioethics, Department of

Psychiatry, Columbia University; Director, Center for Bioethics

FOR A COMPLETE AGENDA, PLEASE CALL (212) 305-3900.

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