Total Credits: 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
Exploring options for patients with chronic pain beyond oral opiates. Topics to include interventional injections, implantable devices, use of adjuvant therapies, and botulinum toxins for treatment of chronic pain issues.
Learning Objectives:
1. How the primary care physician can identify patients for referral to the right specialist.
2. Understanding the California Medical Board Prescribing Guidelines.
3. Understanding new Federal guidelines.
4. Why pain management before surgery? And WHEN!
Disclosures: Medtronic (Consultant)
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Dr. Jacqueline Weisbein is a board-certified, fellowship-trained Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine specializing in Pain Management. She graduated from Nova Southeastern University of College of Osteopathic Medicine. She then completed her residency at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Then, she went on to complete an interventional pain fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University where she co-authored an article that has been widely accepted as one of the most important articles regarding management of intrathecal drug delivery systems. She is dually board certified in pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Dr. Weisbein has a profound dedication to improving patients’ quality of life utilizing comprehensive care plans. She is a leader in the field of interventional pain medicine with particular interests in neuropathic pain syndromes, sports injuries, and implantable devices. Currently, she serves as the Chair of Women in Neuromodulation, a division of the North American Neuromodulation Society. She has been involved in numerous research studies and has authored book chapters on pain management. She currently lives and practices in Napa, California.