UTCSP Sponsored/Affiliated Conferences/Lectures/Symposiums/Seminars

UTCSP Sponsored Lectures/Conferences/Symposia

1999

Dr. Michael Salter — “Molecular Pain Research: Implications for Pain Drug Therapies” MUPPUT — October 13, 1999
Dr. Patrick McGrath — “Psychological treatment of pain in children” — Nov. 12, 1999
Dr. Allan Basbaum — “The neurochemistry of acute and persistent pain” — Nov. 12, 1999
Dr. Larry Librach and Cynthia Struthers — “Cancer Pain Education: What Works” — MUPPUT December 15, 1999

2000

Dr. Ronald Dubner — “Unraveling the Puzzle of Persistent Pain” — February 2, 2000
Dr. Lucy Gagliese and Lisa Hamilton — “Pain and Aging” — MUPPUT - February 16, 2000
Inter-Urban Association of Ontario Conference — March 24, 2000
Paediatric Pain Day — Hospital for Sick Children — March 31, 2000
Dr. John Edmeads, Dr. Marek Gawel, Dr. Barry Sessle, Dr. Johnathan Dostrovsky — “Headache: Clinical Perspectives and Basic Science” — MUPPUT April 12, 2000
Dr. Siegfried Mense — “Neuroplastic Changes in Spinal Chord Induced by Peripheral Myositis: the Role of NO” — June 6, 2000
Dr. Bonnie Stevens — “Neonatal Pain” — MUPPUT - June 7, 2000 Dr. Beverly Orser and Dr. Peter Pennefather — “Anaesthesia and Analgesia: Perspectives from Clinical and Basic Science” — MUPPUT - September 20, 2000
Dr. Greg Ross — “Antiallodynic Actions of Neurotophin Antagonists” — October 17, 2000
Dr. Bjiorn Meyerson — “Pain — Friend and Foe” — November 17, 2000
Neuropathic Pain Workshop — November 17-18, 2000
Dr. Herman Handwerker — “Novel classes of nociceptors in human skin — implications for the pathophysiology of pain” — November 20, 2000
Dr. Angela Mailis — “Non-dermatomal Somatosensory Deficits and Pain: Clinical and fMRI Findings — MUPPUT - November 22, 2000
2000 Posluns Lecture Series - Dr. Alan Purdy - November 28 — 30, 2000:

“Acute Migraine 2000: Where Are We and Where Are We Going”
“Diagnosis and Evaluation of Headache”
“Case Discussion”
“The Pathophysiology of Migraine — A Clinician’s View”
“Two Patients with Challenging Headache Disorders”

Great Lakes G Protein Coupled Receptor Conference -London, Ontario — October 20-22, 2000

2001

Dr. Allan Gordon and Dr. Mary Jane Esplen — “Neurological and Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pelvic Region Pain” — MUPPUT - January 17, 2001
Dr. Gary Lewin — “Identifying Molecules in Peripheral and Central Nociception” — Mar. 1, 2001
UTCSP Pain Day 2001 - March 21, 2001

Dr. Mike Salter, Director, UTCSP — Opening Remarks
Dr. Ursula Wesselmann - “Chronic pelvic pain — from difficult clinical problem to the development of an animal model”
Dr. Judy Watt-Watson - “Interventions in Pain Management”
Dr. Alan Gordon — “Research directions at the Wasser Pain Management Clinic”
Dr. James L. Henry — “Antisense oligonucleotide knockdown of NK-1 receptors in the study of pain mechanisms”
Dr. Judy Watt-Watson — “Pain IPE Week — March 18-22, 2002”
Dr. Karen Davis — “fMRI of pain and attention: an update”
Dr. Angela Mailis — “Pain research activities at the Comprehensive Pain Program at the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network”
Dr. Jonathan Dostrovsky — “The thalamus and central pain”
Dr. Lucia Gagliese — “Pain in the elderly”
Dr. Alex Jadad — “eHealth innovation: implications for pain relief research and education”
Dr. Weiyang Lu — “Modulation of visceral pain by the vagal afferent system”

Dr. Ze’ev Seltzer - "Neurogenetics of pain: from animal models to chronic pain in humans" - April 26, 2001
Dr. Ian Meng — “Contribution of the amygdala to cannabinoid analgesia — May 3, 2001
Dr. David Andrew — “Spinal chord mechanisms of itch and pain: modality-selective spinothalamic lamina 1 neurons” — May 28, 2001
Dr. Usula Wesselmann “Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Confusing Symptoms and Puzzling Pathology - Thursday, June 28, 2001
Dr. Ursula Wesselmann - “New Treatment Strategies for Chronic Pelvic Pain: Clinical Data and a Novel Animal Model” - Thursday, June 28, 2001
Dr. Ursula Wesselmann - “Chronic Visceral Pain: The Role of the Neurologist” — June 29, 2001
Dr. Gary Lewin - “Molecular complexes that determine sensory modality” - June 25, 2001
Great Lakes G Protein Coupled Receptor Conference - Bromont, Quebec - Oct. 26-28, 2001
Dr. Martin Koltzenberg — “The Role of Nociceptors in Chronic Pain” — Nov. 20, 2001
Dr. Mary Lynch - The Jeffrey Posluns Lecture 2001 - “Cannabinoids in the management of pain: where are we now and where are we going” — December 5, 2001

2002

Dr. Thuan Dao - “Pain and Gender” — MUPPUT - February 28, 2002
Dr. Alex Jadad - “E-Health: Implications for Pain Management and Research — MUPPUT - April 25, 2002
Dr. Peter Keir and Dr. Anne Moore - “Repetitive Strain Injury” — MUPPUT - May 16, 2002
Dr. Dean Tripp — “Catastrophizing and Acute Posteropative Pain in Athletes” — June 28, 2002
Dr. Min Zhuo — “Synaptic and genetic analyses of mechanisms for persistent pain and memory:from synapse to behavior” — July 24, 2002
Great Lakes G Protein Coupled Receptor Conference -Ann Arbor, Michigan — Oct. 18-20, 2002
Dr. Anna Taddio — “Exploring the relationship between acute procedural pain and subsequent pain” — MUPPUT - October 25, 2002
Dr. Brian Cooper — “Nociceptor Subspecialization in the Dorsal Root Ganglion: E Pluribus 9” — November 13, 2002

2003

Dr. Ze’ev Seltzer — “Is Chronic Pain A Somatosensory Epilipsy?” — MUPPUT - February 27, 2003 Pain Summer School — Pain M2C and PICH — Millcroft Inn - May 19-21, 2003
Dr. Manon Choinière - Jeffrey Posluns Lecture 2003 — “Inadequate Pain Treatment: A Silent Epidemic”— May 21, 2003
Pain Plasticity Symposium — Toronto - May 22, 2003
Dr. Geoffrey Burnstock — “Latest Developments in Purinergic Transmission” — Sept. 30, 2003.
Great Lakes G Protein Coupled Receptor Conference - Honey Harbor, Ont. — Oct. 17-19, 2003
Dr. Miriam Grushka and Dr. Barry Sessle — “Insights into the mechanism, diagnosis and treatment of Burning Mouth Syndrome” — MUPPUT - October 23, 2003
UTCSP Pain Day 2003 — December 10, 2003

Dr. David Lam — “Peripheral glutamate receptor mechanisms in tempormandibular joint and muscle pain”
Judith Hunter — “Phantom limb pain”
Andrea Furlan — “A critical appraisal of the traditional taxonomy of study design”
Min Zhuo — “The cingulate cortex and pain”
Bonnie Stevens — “The management of pain in infants and children with neurological and cognitive impairments”
Jackie Bender — “Improving communication during the management of cancer pain: what do patients want to know?”
Makoto Tsuda — “An ionotropic ATP receptor expressed in spinal microglia contributes to tactile allodynia after nerve injury”

Dr. Mike Salter - "Microglia - a novel player in neuropathic pain" and Dr. Peter Watson — "Neuropathic Pain: Pharmacotherapy" — MUPPUT - December 18, 2003

2004

Dr. Marvin Schwart - “The use of Botox for the treatment of myofascial neck pain”and Angela Mailis — “Posttraumatic painful torticollis: What is it and how is it related to cervical dystonia?” — MUPPUT - February 19, 2004
Dr. Karen Berkley - "Mechanisms of Pelvic Pain in Females" — March 11, 2004
Dr. Larry Biggin — “Computerized Thermal Imaging” MUPPUT— April 22, 2004
Prof. Lars Arendt-Nielsen — “Pain Assessment: Clinical and Experimental Applications” — April 30, 2004
Advanced Pain Research Methodologies School: Understanding Pain Mechanisms PM2C and London (UK) Pain Consortium — Madrid Spain, June 19-23, 2004
Dr. Koicha Iwata — “Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Pain” — August 25, 2004
Great Lakes G Protein Coupled Receptor Conference - Bromont, Quebec —Nov 5-7, 2004
Dr. Andrew Moore — “Evidence-based Medicine in Pain Assessment and Management” — September 30, 2004
Pain & the Patient Symposium — November 3, 2004

The Patient Advisory Group of the Wasser Pain Management Centre - “Why it is important to treat my pain”
Roman Jovey — “Using opiates for chronic pain”
Douglas Gourlay - “Managing pain and addiction”
Mark Ware — “Does cannabis work for chronic pain?”
Allan Gordon - “What is neuropathic pain?”
Ted Robinson - “Cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic pain”

UTCSP Pain Day 2004 — December 7, 2004

Jindong Xu — “Regulation of NMDA receptors by c-terminal Src kinase (cks)”
Victor Cheng — “The GABAergic Tonic Current is Sensitive to Modulation by Gabapentin”
Rebecca Pillai Riddell — “New Directions in Infant Pain”
Larry Librach — “Competencies in Pain: Possibilities for National Curriculum Change”
Ze’ev Seltzer — “Identification of a Janus gene having two bad faces: breast cancer and chronic pain”
Patricia Orr-Kavanagh — “The Use of Pain Research by Nurses for the Management of Acute Pediatric Pain”
Shana Ko — “Evidence for the role of CalMKIV in opioid tolerance but not dependence”

2005

Mini-symposium on Pain — June 17, 2005

Luis Garcia Larrea — “Modulation of acute pain perception by changing emotional context: Is it the sensation or what we recall of it?”
Chun Kwan — “Abnormal rectal physiology, psychophysics and forebrain activity in individuals with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)?”
Long-Jun Wu — “Forebrain NMDA NR2B receptors in synaptic potentiation and persistent Pain”
David Lam — “Neural mechanisms of joint and muscle pain: A possible role for peripheral glutamate receptor mechanisms”
Xuejun Liu — “A critical role of tyrosine kinase Src in pain sensitization”
Ruslan Dorfman — “Genes for pain in a limb that is lost”
Yatam Blech-Hermoni — “A conserved gene for chronic pain in rodents”
Ulf Baumgartner — “Laser evoked potentials — basics and clinical applications”

The Psychosocial Impact of Pain on the Individual and Family — November 3, 2005

Judy Watt-Watson — “Going Home with Pain After Surgery: The Silent Epidemic”
Allan Gordon and Minerva Cook — “The Pain Makes Me Want to End My Life”
Alex Jadad — “Supportive and End of Life Care in the Age of the Internet: Towards a High-tech High-touch World”
Patrick McGrath — David Fear Memorial Lecture: “Technology’s role in decreasing the impact on the child and family”

UTCSP Pain Day 2005 — December 15, 2005

Keri Taylor — “Can tactile and pain-related fMRI activation be identified reliably in individual subjects across repeated sessions: Exploration of threshold- and non-threshold-dependent methods”
Mike McGillion — “A psychoeducation trial for people with chronic stable angina”
Nicole Carmichael — “Botox and sumatriptan — can they be used to reduce inflammation?”
Mike Salter — “The emerging role of microglia in neuropathic pain”
Lucy Gagliese — “Age-related patterns in cancer pain”
Kujumon Vadakkan — “A behavioral model of neuropathic pain induced by ligation of the common peroneal nerve in mouse”
Shihong Zhang — “Behavioural and electrophysiological evidence for the analgesic efficacy of Ralfinamide — a novel Nav 1.8 channel blocker

2006

Dr. Mike Salter — “Spinal Mechanisms Underlying Neuropathic Pain” and Dr. Angela Mailis - Ethno-Cultural Issues in Pain — MUPPUT - April 20, 2006  Synapses, Memory, Drug Addiction, Pain - August 21-23, 2006 Toronto
Pain and the Older Person Symposium — November 9, 2006 - Gillian Hawker - “Pain in Older Adults with Osteoarthritis - Debra Weiner - “What Causes Disability in Older Adults with Chronic  - Lucia Gagliese - “Cancer pain, aging and end-of-life care - C. Peter Watson - “Postherpetic Neuralgia in Older People” - Rachel Weisz and Allan Gordon - “Living with Neuropathic Pain”
Dr. Min Zhuo — “Genetic and synaptic mechanisms for chronic pain and fear” — MUPPUT - November 23, 2006
UTCSP Pain Day 2006 — December 12, 2006

Jennifer Stinson - “Construct Validity and Responsiveness of the e-Ouch Electronic Pain Diary for Adolescents with Arthritis”
Javeria Hashmi — “Temporal dynamics of heat pain evoked sensation”
Xuejun Liu - "Pimary afferents and TRPV1: more than just sensory function"
Joel Katz — “Postoperative analgesic and opioid sparing effects of low-dose ketamine”
Karen Davis — “Functional MRI of pain is not the whole story — what can we learn from structural MRI?”
Hance Clarke — “The use of Gabapentin in acute pain and rehabilitation
Limor Avivi-Arber — “Motor Cortex Neuroplasticity Associated with Extraction of the Rat Mandibular Incisor”

2007

Pain and the Older Person National Speaker Series — May—November, 2007

Speakers: Dr. Lucy Gagliese, Dr. Allan Gordon, Dr. David Lussier, Dr. Mary Lynch, Dr. Patricia Morley-Forster, Dr. John Clark, Dr. Roger Schick

Dr. Jeffrey Mogil — “Pain Genetics and Sex” — March 21, 2007
Dr. Lucy Gagliese and Dr. Allan Gordon — “Pain Management and the Older Person” — April 25, 2007
Dr. Dwight Moulin — “Evidence-based Guidelines for the Management of NeP” — May 10, 2007
Dr. Alain Woda — “Is burning mouth syndrome a degenerative neuronal disease that is induced by changes in endogenous steroid?” — May 30, 2007
Dr. Geoff Burnstock — “Purinergic Signalling: past, present and future” — June 1, 2007
Dr. Allan Gordon — “Putting Neuropathic Pain on the Podium” — October 30, 2007
UTCSP Pain Day 2007 — December 6, 2007

Simon Beggs - “Lamina I output changes following nerve injury and microglial stimulation
Tricia Kavanagh - “Appreciative Inquiry: An Interactive Organizational Intervention to - Translate Acute Pain Management Research into Pediatric Nursing Practice”
Herta Flor - “Fibromyalgia: learning, brain plasticity and treatment implications”
Allan Gordon — “Management of Central Neuropathic Pain”
Tina Elahipanah — “Mapping a gene for neuropathic pain in the Pain1 QTL”
Janet Yamada — “Process Evaluation of Evidence Based Practice, Identification and - Change (EPIC) Intervention to Improve Neonatal Pain Practice”
Judy Watt-Watson — “Pain management after cardiac surgery”

2008

Lars Arendt-Nielsen — “Translational Pain Research: From Animals to Patients” — April 11, 2008
Great Lakes G Protein-Coupled Receptor Conference — Bromont, Quebec - October 16-18, 2008
UTCSP Pain Day 2008 — December 11, 2008

Pavel Cherkas — “Orofacial Pain Mechanisms: Role of Purinergic Receptors in Trigeminal Central Sensitization”
Lynn Gauthier — “Acceptance of pain: a study in patients with advanced cancer”.
Fernando Cervero — “Neuroplasticity and pain: the theory of the evidence”
Thuan Dao — “An overview of orofacial neuropathic pain”
Chun Kwan — “Changes in blood spinal cord barrier permeability following peripheral nerve injury”
Udi Blankstein — “Structural MR imaging of gray matter in Irritable Bowel Syndrome”
Colin McCartney — “Pain after Surgery: still crazy after all these years!”

2009

UTCSP Inter-Hospital Bi-Monthly Pain Rounds

Dr. Philip Pein — “Pudendal Neuralgia and Dr. Allan Gordon — “Vulvar Pain and Botulinum Toxin Type A” — February 12, 2009
Dr. Angela Mails — April 16, 2009

UTCSP Pain Day 2009 — December 11, 2009

Maria Brunello - “The thermal grill illusion from different body regions”
Tim Salomons - "Perceived controllability modulates the neural and affective response to pain"
Barry Sessle - “Chronic Pain: Issues and Initiatives”
Gary Bennett - "Mitotoxicity as the cause of chemotherapy-evoked painful peripheral neuropathy"
Monica Parry - "Can peer support affect the pain experience of individuals after cardiac surgery?”
Rob Bonin - “δGABA-A receptors regulate the excitability of spinal neurons and nociception”
Bonnie Stevens — “Understanding Translation In Knowledge Translation In Pain In Children”

2011

UTCSP Trainee Welcome Event — September 27, 2011 Short talks by: Bonnie Stevens, Colin McCarthy, Mike Slater
“Doing Right: Pain & Ethics — Parts I & II — October 27 & November 24, 2011  - Larry Librach, Hanna Kaufman, Barbara Russell,

2012

UTCSP Pain Day 2012 — February 28, 2012

Dr. Ze’ev Seltzer: “Pain phenomics and genomics”
Massieh Moayedi: "Structural abnormalities in temporomandibular disorders"
Dr. Joel Katz: “Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization: A Common Factor underlying Measures of Pain-Related Anxiety”
Mona Sawhney: “Individualized pain education intervention versus usual care following inguinal hernia repair surgery”
Dr. Min Zhuo: “Targeting cortical plasticity for the treatment of chronic pain”
Mike Hildebrand: “Functional coupling between BDNF and NMDA receptors in spinal cord lamina I neurons following peripheral nerve injury
Mary-Ellen Hogan: “"Vapocoolants for pain reduction in children and adults undergoing venipuncture or venous cannulation"
Aaron Kucyi: "Right and left temporoparietal junctions exhibit different structural connectivity profiles"
Sheila O’Keefe-Mccarthy: “Content Validity of the Toronto Pain Management Inventory-Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Version”
Dr. Jeff Mogil: “Social Modulation of and by Pain in the Laboratory Mouse.”
Dr. Tina Petrelli
Dr. Michael McGillion: “Nonischemic Chest Pain Following Successful PCI at a Regional Referral Centre in Southern Ontario”
Dr. Hance Clarke: "The perioperative use of Gabapentin and Pregabalin: beyond opioid consumption and acute pain."

UTCSP-AFFILIATED SEMINARS/LECTURES

Wasser Pain Management Centre — Education Rounds

Dr. Jon Hunter/Dr. Robert Maunder — “Research study on attachment disorder and pain” — December 8, 1999
Marilyn Deachman - “Pain and the Community Perspective” - January 12, 2000
Judy LaPrade — “Pelvic Physiotherapy” — January 26, 200
Suzanne Singh — “Tricyclics and Opioid use in Pregnancy and Lactation” — Feb. 23, 200
Dr. Larry Picard — “Low Back Pain as a Chronic Pain Problem” — April 12, 200
Dr. David Evans — “Role of Cannabis in Pain” - April 26, 200
Mary Jane Esplen — “Psychosocial Aspects of Pelvic Pain” — May 24, 200
Dr. Patricia Morley-Forster — “Pre-emptive Analgesia” — May 31, 200
Bruce McTavish — “Botox” — June 7, 200
Dr. Madgy Hassounda — “Pelvic Neuromodulation” — June 14, 200
Dr. Jackie Gardner Nix — “Opioids in Chronic Non-Malignant Pain” — June 21, 200
Dr. Stephen Brown — “Palliative Pain Management for the Pediatric Patient” — June 28, 200
Dr. Gil Faclier — “Treatment of Neck/Back Pain by Facet Nerve Denervation”— July 12, 200
Dr. Adam Chen — “How is this Baby Doing?” — July 26, 200
Dr. Howard Glazer — “Pelvic Pain and Surface Electromyography” - August 09, 200
Dr. D. Moulin —“Neuropathic Pain- An Evidenced Approach to Management”—Aug. 23,200
Dr. Duan — “Qigong” - August 30, 200
Dr. David Berens — “Buffalo MRI” - September 13, 200
Dr. Patricia Morley Forster — “Complex Regional Pain Syndrome” - September 27, 200
St. John’s Rehab — “Back on Track Program“ - October 11, 200
Dr. Baker and Dr. Levinsky — “Case Presentations” - Ocober 25, 200
Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix and Dr. Douglas Gourlay — “Opioid Guidelines” (pt 1) —Nov. 8, 200
Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix and Dr. Douglas Gourlay — “Opioid Guidelines” (pt 2)—Nov. 15,200
Donna Bielewski and Akari Sano — “The role of Physiotherapy in the Wasser Pain Management Centre” - November 22, 200
Dr. Allan Purdy — “Case Discussions” - November 29, 200
Dr. Murray Asch — ”Pelvic Congestion” - December 13, 200
Dr. Douglas Gourlay “Methadone and Urine Drug Screening” — January 17, 200
Dr. J. McLaughlin — Case Presentation; Dr. Philip Peng — February 7, 200
Dr. Bonnie Stevens/Sharyn Gibbons — February 21, 200
Linda Turney Phillips — “Biofeedback and EEG biofeedback in pain” — February 28, 200
Dr. Allan Gordon — “Vulvar Pain: The patient's Perspective” — April 4, 200
Dr. Stephen Rao, from Pharmacia - new injectable Cox-2, Parecoxib, for management of acute pain. — April 11, 200
Marilyn Galonski - “The Use of Hypnotherapy” — April 25, 200
Dr. Angela Mailis - case discussion on CRPS — May 2, 200
Kim Renton — “Botox” — September 12, 200
Sandra Kendall, Zahava Rosenberg and Jason Weshler — “Medicine in your PALM: A PDA Workshop” — September 26, 200
Dr. Connie D’Astolfo - “The Role of Chropractic in Pain Management” — October 24, 200
Dr. John Zarb — “Characterization and Analysis of a Chronic Pain Population at the Wasser Pain Management Centre” — October 31, 200
Greg Lee, Janssen-Ortho - “An Overview of Duragesic” - November 14, 200
Dr. Allan Gordon - “Issues in Pain Management in Canada” - November 21, 200
Dr. Robert Chen - “Changing Cortical Excitability with Magnetic Stimulation: Potential Application to Pain” - November 28, 200
Caroline Pukall — “Pain Measurement in Sexual Pain Disorders” — January 23, 200
Helen Mayberg — “The Neurology of Depression: A Functional Neuroimaging Perspective” — March 6, 2002
Douglas Gourlay — “Regulations around Methadone in Pain and Chemical Dependency” — March 20, 2002
Claudine Hattab-Blum — “The Role of Physical Modalities in the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain” - March 27, 2002
Dr. Thuan Dao — “Gender Differences in Pain” — April 3 200
Dr. Andrew Moncarz — “Botulinum Toxin in the Treatment of Head and Neck Myalgia” — April 17, 200
Dr. Scott Reuben — “Preemptive and Post Surgical Management of Pain” — April 24, 200
Dr. John Edmeads — “Pathophysiology of Migraine” — May 1, 200
Michael McGillion — “Developing a Psychoeducation Program for People with Chronic Angina Pain — May 22, 200
Ivan Luxemberg — “How to write a medical report and other issues — May 29, 200
Dr. Clair Bombardier — “Understanding Pain: Research Contributions to Legal and Political Challenges” — September 18, 200
Dr. Colin McCartney, Akari Sono and Donna Biewlewski — “The Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Patient with Chronic Pain” — October 16, 200
Dr. Philip Peng — “Current Understanding of Chronic Pain — A Physician’s Perspective” — November 20, 200
Lou Cascarole — “The Cultivation and Practice of Mindfulness Medication: A Mind Body Intervention” — February 5, 200
Dr. Larry Picard — “Headache Treatment Based on Current Guidelines” — February 11, 200
Dr. Ralph Kern — “What’s new in the treatment of diabetic neuropathic pain” — February 12, 200
Giselle Iskander — “Drug Interactions with Pain Medications” — February 26, 200
Dr. Melinda Gooderham - “The Use of Botulinum toxin A for Vulvar Vestibulits Syndrome (VVS)” — March 5, 200
Dr. David Evans — Case Discussions — March 19, 200
Dr. Jerald Bain - "Low Testosterone with Chronic Opioid Use” — May 7, 200
Dr. Gary Rollman - "What is hypervigilence? Some reflections on FM, TMD, sensitization, coping, women and the internet." — May 14, 200
Lorraine Kalia — “Pain in Multiple Sclerosis” — May 28, 200
Dr. Robert Filler - "Telehealth (Telemedicine): New Technology to improve access and healthcare delivery" — June 4, 200
Dr. Paul Tumber - CRPS-I and me: An anesthesiologists perspective" — July 30, 200
Dr. Elkin Castano — “Facial Pain: Non-conventional treatments including Methadone” - September 17, 2003
Dr. Allan Gordon — “Botox for migraine prophylaxis” — September 23, 200
Dr. Ted Robinson — “Cognitive Behavioural Group Programs for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain” — September 24, 200
Dr. David Mock — “TMJ Dysfunction and Headache” — October 7, 200
Lilian Iskander — “Acupuncture and Multiple Sclerosis” — October 15, 200
Dr. Jim Cairns — “A review of Methadone deaths in Ontario — October 29, 200
Dr. David Eltin — “Preventing Pain Related Disability” — November 19, 200
Noel Wright — “Acupuncture Physiatrics — January 28, 200
Dr. Gaylene Pron and Joan Marsmen — “Lessens learned from a group workshop format for women with dyspareunia” — April 28, 200
Dr. Kerry Bowman — June 2, 200
Dr. Peter Moran — “The Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain by the Psychiatrist: A Biopsychosocial Approach” — June 23, 200
Lillian Iskander — Results of the Multiple Sclerosis and Chronic Pain Questionnaire — July 8, 200
Dr. Peter Moran — “The Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain by the Psychiatrist: A Biopsycholosical Approach” — September 29, 200
Lynn Marshall — “Environmental Health and the Chronic Pain Patient- is there a Relationship?” — October 6, 200
Mary Ellen Salenieks — “Telehealth” — March 30, 200
Allan Gordon — “Cannabinoids and Neuropathic Pain of MS” — October 12, 200
Steve Passick — “Substance abuse issues in pain management” — December 8, 200
Joan Dunn — “Pain and Spirituality” — February 1, 200
Dr. Howard Owens — “Report from the Front: Emergency Services Status Report” — March 8, 200
Dr. Selina Chowdhury — “Building a case for a chronic pain consultation service in an acute care hospital” — March 29, 200
Dr. Allan Gordon — “Pain in the Pelvis: The 5 Pillars at Work” — June 14, 200
Dr. Larry Picard — “Ziconotide for the Treatment of Pain” — July 12, 200
Dr. Larry Picard — “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Migraine” — October 11, 200
Karen Robinson — “Managing Fibromyalgia and Depression” — November 15, 200
Dr. Larry Picard — “Back Pain — Insights from Imaging Studies” — January 17, 200
Dr. David Backstein - "Physician as Educator: Some Tips for Interactive Teaching — February 22, 200
Dr. Albert Kirshen - "One palliative docs' approach to pain." — March 7, 200
Dr. Sujith Dandina — “Failed Back Surgery Syndrome” — March 14, 200
Dr. Stuart Tepper — “Migraine Headaches” — March 28, 200
Dr. Gillian Einstein — “Female Genital Cutting: Are there Neurological Consequences?” — April 25, 200
Dr. Dwight Moulin - “Evidence-based guidelines for the management of neuropathic pain — comparing efficacy from RCTs with effectiveness from observational studies”- May 10, 200
Dr. Nina Mathews — “Diagnosing and treating migraines early” — May 30, 300
Dr. Larry Picard — “Fibromyalgia: A syndrome of Chronic Widespread Pain” — September 12, 200
Dr. John Pereira — “Neurogenesis and Pain: Clinical Implications” — October 23, 200
Dr. Daniel Richard Wynn — “Current Understanding in Central Neuropathic Pain: Transition to Treatment” — April 30, 200
Dr. Mark Clark — “The Demographics of Wasser Pain Management Centre Migraine Headache Patients” — May 8, 200
Dr. Geoff MacDonald — “Hurt Feelings Really Hurt: Evidence for Overlap Between Social and Physical Pain” — May 21, 200
Dr. Pam Squire — “What is New in Neuropathic Pain: an interactive discussion” — June 5, 200
Cathy Fournier — “The role of massage therapy in managing chronic pelvic pain” — August, 27, 200
Dr. Michael Cohen — “Acuball Therapy Empowers Patients to Relieve their own Myfascial Pain 100% Naturally” — October 30, 200
Dr. Davor Cepo, Chiropractor, Active Release Techniques Provider and Medical Acupuncturist - November 27, 200
Dr. David Evans — “Chronic Pain and Disability” — January 15, 200
Dr. Mateusz Zurowski — “Two behavioural therapy paradigms for chronic pain” — January 22, 200
Dr. Allan Gordon — “ADDOP: The Five Pillars of Pain Management” — February 19, 200
Dr. Harvey Moldofsky — “Current Advances in the Understanding and Management of Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome” — April 30, 200
Dr. Satnam Nijjar — “Entry Demographics of Migraine Patients Referred to a Tertiary Pain Clinic” — June 18, 200
Dr. Carlo Ammendolia — “What we don’t know about Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis” — July 2, 200
Dr. Ruth Defrin — “Central Pain Following Traumatic Spinal Cord and Brain Injury” — July 30, 200
Alf Kwinter — “Proving the Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia Case at Trial” — August 27, 200
Dr. Charles Argoff — “Mind/Body Connection” — September 16, 200
Dr. Chin-Wern Chan — “Failed Back Surgery Syndrome” — June 3, 201
Mr. Bob Forbes — “Is There Utility in Addressing “Learning Styles” When Preparing and/or Presenting CHE Programs?” — August 19, 201
Dr. Allan Gordon — “Pharmacotherapy for urogential pain” — September 23, 201
Dr. L.M. Picard — “Pain & Gender” — November 25, 201
Dr. Bonnie Stevens — “A Multidimensional Knowledge Translation Strategy to Enhance Pain Practices in Paediatric Hospitals in Canada” — December 2, 201
Dr. Philip Peng and Dr. Stephen Chan — “Tai Chi for patients with chronic health issues” — December 9, 201
Dr. Ted Robinson — “Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in Chronic Pain” Management — January 13, 201
Dr. Catherin Bushnell — “Altered Central Nervous System Processing in Chronic Back Pain, Fibromyalgia and Other Chronic Pain Disorders” — June 9, 201
Dr. Vera Bril — “Evidence-based Guideline for Treatment of PDN — June 16, 201
Dr. Chin Wern Chan — “Neuromodulation in Pain Management” — September 8, 201
Dr. Ammer Gilani — “Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain” — September 29, 201
Dr. Bruce David Nicholson — “Optimizing Patient Outcomes in Chronic Non-cancer Pain” — October 26, 201
Dr. Cory Toth — “Neuropathic Pain: Is it a Disease?” — November 3, 201
Mark Brewer & Peter Norris — “Reiki: A complimentary therapy that assists in the healing process” — November 10, 201
Dr. Allan Purdy — “Migraine & Different Types of Pains Associated With It” — November 17, 201
Dr. Ramin Safakish — “Diagnosis & treatment options for Chronic Back Pain with main focus on Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA)O of median branch” — February 2, 201
Dr. Agnes Reicher — “Not all vulvar pain is vulvodynia” — April 12, 201
Dr. Ernest R. Michel — “Grief, Mourning and Bereavement in Pallliative Medicine — May 3, 201

Wasser Pain Management Centre — Headache Rounds

Dr. Gilani — Case Discussions — March 11, 2003
Dr. J. Gladstone — March 25, 2003
Dr. Larry Picard — “Chronic Daily Headache” — August 26, 2003
Dr. Ralph Kern - “Migraine with aura: a distinct condition?” -September 9, 2003
Dr. Ammar Gilani - "Cluster Headache" — October 21, 2003
Dr. Larry Picard — “Medication Overuse and Headache: A Skeptical View” — Nov. 4, 2003
Dr. Marek Gawel — “Triptan Meta-Analysis” — November 18, 2003
Dr. Gary Shapero — “Cervicogenic Headache” — December 2, 2003
Dr. Philip Peng — “Intracranial Hypotension and Headache” - December 16, 2003
Dr. Gilani - Trigeminal Neuralgia — January 20, 2004
Dr. Allan Gordon — “Methadone and Headache” — February 10, 2004
Dr. Larry Picard — Neurologist — “Triptan Safety” — February 24, 2004
Dr. Ralph Kern - “Migraine and stroke: Cause for concern or coincidence?” — Mar 9, 2004
Ilia Kaploun — “Chronic Prostratitis: Waste Basket of Black Box?” — March 10, 2004
Dr. Val South - "Living with Migraine: The patient's perspective” - April 13, 2004
Dr. Larry Picard — “Post Traumatic Headache” — December 15, 2004
Dr. Gladstone — “CADASIL and migraine with aura” — January 19, 2005
Dr. Larry Picard — “Chronic Headache” — April 13, 2005
Dr. Larry Picard — “Nonprescription Treatment of Headache” — October 26, 2005
Dr. Ralph Kern — “Medication Overuse” — November 23, 2005
Dr. Howard Tenenbaum — “Post-traumatic and Idiopathic TMD: A model of CNS disorder?” — December 14, 2005
Dr. Jonathan Gladstone — “You Can Only Find What You Are Looking For….The Many Faces of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension” — January 25, 2006
Dr. Ralph Kern — “Trigeminal Neuralgia, a bird of many colours” — February 8, 2006
Dr. Allan Gordon — “The Four Pillars of Pain Management” — February 16, 2006
Dr. Marcelo Bigal - A Migraine Update: Diagnosis and Treatment Options" — October 25, 2006
Dr. Zohar Waisman - "Mindfulness Based Pain Reduction: An Experiential Approach" -  February 22, 2007
Dr. Marcelo Bigal — “A Migraine Update: Current Status on Stoke and CVD” — October 17, 2007
Dr. Stewart Tepper — “Advancements in the treatment and management of migraine” — February 6, 2008
Dr. Daniel Wynn - Current Understanding in Centreal Neuropathic Pain: Transition to Treatment” — April 30, 2008

Wasser Pain Management Centre — Neuropathic Pain Rounds

Dr. Allan Gordon — “Neuropathic Pain and MS — January 18, 2007