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Track: Main Meeting / Live Streaming

PS-04 - Lifelong Learning and Career Development

Friday, November 14, 2025
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM CT
Location: Lone Star Salon D - E
CE: 1.75

Disclosure(s):
Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify best practices to promote lifelong learning to achieve application of emerging therapies.
  • Discuss needs and opportunities in continuing education regarding skills and self-authoring in the progression toward executive leadership.
  • Recognize key leadership styles, articulate the core principles of effective mentorship, and apply evidence-based strategies to foster professional growth and engagement within their teams.
  • Compare lifelong learning in academia and private practice.
  • Discuss whether board certification and recertification is an adequate opportunity for lifelong learning.

Presentations:

  • 4:15 PM - 4:20 PM CT
    60-Day PNS vs. Standard Interventional Management for Chronic Low Back Pain: RESET RCT 6-Month Results

    Presenting Author: Denise D. Lester, MD, FASAM – Central Virginia VA Health System

    Co-Author: Zachary L. McCormick, MD – University of Utah Health

    Co-Author: Michael J. DePalma, MD – Virginia iSpine Physicians

    Co-Author: Christopher A. Gilmore, MD – Carolinas Pain Institute

    Co-Author: Sean Li, MD, FIPP (he/him/his) – Premier Pain Centers

    Co-Author: Jessica B. Jameson, MD, FASA – Axis Spine Center

    Co-Author: Mehul J. Desai, MD, MPH – International Spine, Pain & Performance Center

    Co-Author: Tristan E. Weaver, MD – The Ohio State University

    Co-Author: Shivanand P. Lad, MD, PhD – Duke University

    Co-Author: Scott J. Davidoff, MD – Main Line Spine

    Co-Author: Drew M. Trainor, DO, MS – The Denver Spine and Pain Institute

    Co-Author: Kasra Amirdelfan, MD – Boomerang Healthcare

    Co-Author: Mitchell P. Engle, MD, PhD – Institute of Precision Pain Medicine

    Co-Author: Timothy R. Deer, MD – The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias

    Co-Author: Thomas S. Lee, MD – LifeBridge Health

    Co-Author: Francesco Vetri, MD, PhD – Millennium Pain Center

    Co-Author: Meenakshi Bindal, MD – Central Virginia VA Health System

    Co-Author: Melissa A. Tornero-Bold, MD, FASA – The Ohio State University

    Co-Author: Morad N. Nasseri, MD – Boomerang Healthcare

    Co-Author: Steven P. Cohen, MD (he/him/his) – Northwestern University

    Submitting Author: William H. Clark, PhD – SPR

    Co-Author: Meredith J. McGee, PhD – SPR

    Co-Author: Joseph W. Boggs, PhD – SPR

  • 4:20 PM - 4:25 PM CT
    Synaptic activity of specific central amygdala neurons is differentially affected by pain and sphingolipid receptor signaling.

    Submitting Author: Regan C. Hines, n/a – Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

    Co-Author: Patrick L. Sheets, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

  • 4:25 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    How to Keep Pace with Emerging Therapies and Implement It in Your Practice?

    Speaker: Jay S. Grider, DO, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky

  • 4:45 PM - 5:05 PM CT
    The Executive Leadership Program for Pain Physicians and Regional Anesthesiologists

    Speaker: Maxim Eckmann, MD (he/him/his) – UT Health San Antonio

  • 5:05 PM - 5:25 PM CT
    ASRA Pain Medicine Physician Mentorship and Leadership Development SIG

    Speaker: Shalini Shah, MD MBA – University of California Irvine

  • 5:25 PM - 5:45 PM CT
    How Does Lifelong Learning Compare in Academic and Private Practice?

    Speaker: Samer Narouze, MD, PhD, MMM – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  • 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM CT
    Billing & Coding Pearls

    Speaker: Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD – Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center