Reducing Risks and Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures

Dr. Pope is a leader in clinical research and innovation. He is involved with clinical trials encompassing many treatment strategies, including cellular therapy and regenerative medicine, medical devices to treat pain and wellness strategies. He is also focused on furthering education in the field of pain medicine. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journals and spoken at numerous national and international conferences. He has served as the principal investigator for numerous national and international studies, started and clinical research organization, and helped numerous practices begin their research departments. When not helping his patients improve their quality of life, Dr. Pope enjoys spending time with his three children and writing. Timothy R. Deer is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He lectures at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is a past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation, president of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on several other boards and committees.

Section I: Neurostimulation

1 Complications of Spinal Cord Stimulation 2 Complications of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: Open Technique, Percutaneous Technique, and Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation 3 Complications of Cranial Nerve Stimulation 4 Avoidance, Recognition, and Treatment of Complications in Cranial Neuromodulation for Pain

Section II: Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems

5 Complications of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems

Section III: Discogenic Pain Procedures

6 Complications of Therapeutic Minimally Invasive Intradiscal Procedures

7 Complications related to radiofrequency procedures for the treatment of chronic pain

8 Complications of Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery

9 Complications of nucleus replacement and motion-sparing technologies

10 Complications of Spinal Injections and Surgery for Disc Herniation

Section IV: Injections

11 Radiation Safety and Complications of fluoroscopy, ultrasonography, computed tomography

12 Complications Associated with Head and Neck Blocks, Upper Extremity Blocks, Lower Extremity Blocks and Differential Diagnostic Blocks

13 Complications of Epidural Injections

14 Complications of Facet Joint Injections and Medial Branch Blocks

15 Complications of Radiofrequency Rhizotomy for Facet Syndrome

16 Complications of Sacroiliac Joint Injection and Lateral Branch Blocks including Water-Cooled Rhizotomy

17 Complications of Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

18 Complications of Intra-articular Joint injections and Musculoskeletal Injections