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Track: PA / NP / Nursing Program

PA-01 - Assessment of Pain and Treatment Principles

Saturday, November 15, 2025

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT

Location: Lone Star Salon B

CE: 2.00

Moderator(s)

Victoria Bains, CNS (she/her/hers)

Research Coordinator
University Health Network- Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, United States

Faculty(s)

Tina Doshi, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University

Associate Faculty(s)

Tejinder Singh Swaran Singh, MBBS, MD, DNB (he/him/his)

Clinical Associate Professor, Pain Medicine Fellowship Director
University of Iowa Healthcare
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Kathryn Curtis, PhD C

Clinical Psychologist
University Health Network- Toronto Western Hospital, United States
Arun Gupta, MD

President and Chief Medical Officer
Infini Health
Abeer Alomari, MD,MSc

MD
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Disclosure(s):

Victoria Bains, Masters in Nursing: No financial relationships to disclose

Tina Doshi, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

Identify tools and methods that can be utilized to assess pain intensity and its impact on ones function.
Utilize different ways in which you can assess for pain and its management.
Describe the role of multidisciplinary teams for the management of pain.
Summarize new psychological treatments that impact pain management.

Presentations:

8:00 AM - 8:20 AM CT

Identifying Different Types and Awareness of Diagnostic Criteria for Common Pain Syndromes
Speaker: Tina Doshi, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University
8:20 AM - 8:40 AM CT

Epidural or Facet Procedure or Sacroiliac Joint Injection - How to Chose the Appropriate Procedure for Patients with Back Pain
Associate Faculty: Tejinder Singh Swaran Singh, MBBS, MD, DNB (he/him/his) – University of Iowa Healthcare
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM CT

What's New in Psychological Approaches?
Associate Faculty: Kathryn Curtis, PhD C – University Health Network- Toronto Western Hospital
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM CT

What's New in Physiotherapy Approaches?
Associate Faculty: Arun Gupta, MD – Infini Health
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM CT

Honing Musculoskeletal and Neurological Physical Examination Skills
Associate Faculty: Abeer Alomari, MD,MSc – University of Toronto