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Track: Interactive Session

IS-04 - Advanced Treatments

Thursday, November 13, 2025

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM CT

Location: Lone Star Salon C

CE: 1.5

Moderator(s)

Meredith Barad, MD (she/her/hers)

Clinical Associate Professor/ Program Director
Stanford School of Medicine
Redwood City, California, United States

Faculty(s)

Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD

Vice Chair for Research and Clinical Professor
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Michael Hanes, MD

Physician
Jax Spine & Pain Centers/Centurion Medical Group
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States
Maged Guirguis, MD

System chairman
Ochsner Health , Louisiana, United States

Disclosure(s):

Meredith Barad, MD: No relevant disclosure to display

Michael Hanes, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

Review the pharmacology of Nav1.8 sodium channel blockers and orexin receptor antagonists.
Review supporting evidence for use of these classes of meds.
Examine prescribing information and scenarios in which you may consider prescribing.

Presentations:

3:45 PM - 4:10 PM CT

Neuromodulation
Speaker: Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD – Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
4:10 PM - 4:35 PM CT

Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
Speaker: Michael Hanes, MD – Jax Spine & Pain Centers/Centurion Medical Group
4:35 PM - 5:00 PM CT

Sacroiliac Joint Fusion and Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
Speaker: Maged Guirguis, MD – Ochsner Health