PAIN MANAGEMENT, NEUROMODULATION AND ULTRASOUND EVENTS

9-10 May 2025 - 3rd Spine, MSK Ultrasound & Interventional Pain Conference, London, UK

QUICK LINKS

To register to attend the London meeting, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for the London meeting, CLICK HERE

To view the updated meeting programme, CLICK HERE

THE THIRD Spine, MSK Ultrasound & Interventional Pain Conference will take place at the Dorchester Library, Royal College of Physicians, Science Gallery & King's College London Anatomy Department, Guy's Hospital Campus, London, UK on 9-10 May 2025. A faculty of experts will join us to teach at the meeting with expert lectures, hands-on live model scanning and a hands-on cadaver workshop.

WIP ENDORSEMENT

We are delighted that the meeting is endorsed by the World Institute of Pain (WIP) and approved as a preparatory course/workshop for certified interventional pain sonologist, CIPS exam.

2025 CONFERENCE FACULTY INCLUDES

Dr. Raja Reddy MD FRCA FFPMRCA FIPP CIPS

Consultant: Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, Medway NHS Trust

Faculty Tutor, Advanced Pain Medicine Training Programme

Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University

Dr Pranab Kumar FRCA FFPMRCA FRCPC FIPP CIPS
Consultant: Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine
University of Toronto, Canada

Dr Amar Salti

President, World Society of Pain Clinicians
Consultant Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine
Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr Tolga Ergönenç

Advisory Board Member, NYSORA LRA and Pain
Co-Founder, Middle East Pain Academy
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & ICM

Akyazı Hospital, Turkey

Dr Victor Silva FIPP CIPS
Pain Management Department, Hospital Zambrano Hellion
Tecnologico de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico

Dr Gustavo Fabregat, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Valencia General University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

Dr Christ Declerck MD FIPP CIPS

Consultant in Pain Medicine

Medical Director, Izegem, Belgium

Dr Ismael Atchia MD FRCP
Consultant Rheumatologist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, Newcastle, UK

Dr Ann-Katrin Fritz FRCA FFPMRCA FIPP CIPS
Consultant: Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine

Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals, UK

Dr Andrzej Krol
Committee Chair, ESRA European Pain Diploma

Chair, ESRA Pain Cadaver Workshops
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia

St George's University Hospital, London, UK

Prof Ananthram Shetty MS MRCS FRCS
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Spire Alexandra Hospital, Kent, UK

Dr Edward Williams MRCS MRCGP MFSEM
General Practitioner & MSK Sonographer,

Ascot Medical Centre, Windsor, UK

Dr Hadi Bedran
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
St George's University Hospital, London, UK

Dr Ramy Mottaleb
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Stanmore, UK

Dr Mahesh Palanisamy

Consultant Interventional Pain Specialist

Chronic Pain Section Lead, Niagara Health

St Catharines

Ontario, Canada

Dr Anand Murugesan FIPP CIPS

Pain Management Specialist

Apollo Hospitals

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

India

Dr Graham Simpson
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Management
Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
Exeter, UK

Dr Stephen Thompson

Consultant: Sports, Exercise & MsK Medicine

Kent Institute of Medicine & Surgery

Maidstone, Kent, UK

Mr Imran Rafiq MS MRCS FRCS

Consultant Spinal Surgeon

Medway Maritime Hospital

Gillingham, Kent, UK

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

*An application for European CME points has been submitted to European Accreditation Council for CME (EACCME).

*An application for CPD Points is being submitted to the Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK

MEETING PROGRAMME

To view the updated meeting programme, CLICK HERE

CONFERENCE VENUE 09.05.25

Dorchester Library

Royal College of Physicians

11 St Andrews Pl

London

NW1 4LE

United Kingdom

*The venue is situated 5 minutes from Regent’s Park Station and Great Portland Street Station.

WORKSHOP VENUE 10.05.25

Science Gallery & Department of Anatomy
King's College London
Guy's Hospital Campus
Great Maze Pond

London SE1 9GU, UK

*A short walk from London Bridge Overground and Underground Train Stations.

For a map of Guy's Hospital Campus, CLICK HERE

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration Fee (until 07.04.25): £650.00 (GBP)

Registration Fee (from 07.04.25): £750.00 (GBP)

(Including attendance of full scientific programme as well as tea/coffee and lunch catering breaks for duration of the meeting. No accommodation is included in the registration fee)

*To pay the registration fee for the London meeting, CLICK HERE

ONLINE REGISTRATION

To register to attend the London Conference, CLICK HERE

29-30 May 2025 - Aberdeen Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop

QUICK LINKS

To register online for the workshop in Aberdeen, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for Consultant Level Doctors via card, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for UK Trainee level/Junior Doctors via card, CLICK HERE

To view the programme brochure for the workshop, CLICK HERE

THE NEXT Aberdeen Interventional Pain Workshop will take place on 29-30 May 2025 at the Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

An expert faculty will teach on the two day intensive course with lectures, live surgery demonstrations, hands-on cadaver training (X-ray & Ultrasound guided procedures) and question and answer sessions.

For further information, email: ciaranwazir@gmail.com

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

An application will be submitted European Accreditation Council for CME

*The workshop has been approved for 10 CPD Points by Royal College of Anaesthetist, London, UK

WORKSHOP CHAIRMEN

Dr Saravana Kanakarajan
Course Director, Aberdeen Workshop
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK

Dr Ravi Nagaraja

Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen

Scotland, UK

INVITED WORKSHOP FACULTY

Dr Neal Evans
Special Interest: X-Guided RF Ablation Procedures
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Aylesbury, Bucks, UK

Dr Andrzej Krol

Special Interest: USG RF Ablation Procedures

Committee Chair, ESRA European Diploma of Pain Medicine

ESRA USG Pain Cadaver Courses (London & Europe)

Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
St George's University Hospital
London, UK

Dr Hirachand Mutagi

Consultant Pain Physician & Anaesthetist

University Hospital of Birmingham

Birmingham, UK

Dr Robert Rapcan FIPP

Special Interest: Endoscopic Facet Joint & SI Joint Denervation Procedures,

Basivertebral Nerve Ablation

Examiner, World Institute of Pain

Medical EuroPainClinics

Czech Republic & Slovakia

Dr Manojit Sinha

Chair, Interventional SIG, British Pain Society

Clinical Lead Pain Management
Consultant in Pain Medicine
King's College Hospital
London, UK

Dr Marius Ambrock
Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery

Klinikum Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg. Germany

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

Overview of Day One: Lectures & Live Surgery

Workshop Venue: Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill House, Ashgrove Road West, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK

Anatomy and nerve supply for facet and SI joints
Lumbar facet joint denervation (Live Surgery—Video link)
Sacroiliac Joint RF (Live Surgery—Video link)
Evidence and Complications of RF procedurest
Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
Cryoanalgesia/Cryoablation
Ultrasound guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (lecture and demo)

Overview of Day Two: Hands-on Stations (X-ray & Ultrasound)

Workshop Venue: Wet room, Department of Anatomy, Third Floor, Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD

Station 1: X-ray guided Diagnostic Blocks (cadaver)
Station 2: X-ray guided Lumbar Facet Joint Denervation (cadaver)
Station 3: X-ray guided Sacroiliac Joint Denervation (cadaver)

Station 4: X-ray guided Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (cadaver)

Station 5: Ultrasound guided Cryoablation/Cryoanalgesia for Low Back Pain (cadaver)

Station 6: Ultrasound Guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (live model)

Freestyle Stations: Ask the Experts

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

To view the programme brochure for the workshop, CLICK HERE

REGISTRATION FEES

Early Bird Reg Fees (Until 06.04.25):

£750 (Consultant Level Doctors)

£600 (UK Trainees/Junior doctors)

To pay the registration fee for Consultant Level Doctors via card, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for UK trainee level/junior doctors via card, CLICK HERE

ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

To register for the Aberdeen Workshop, CLICK HERE

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION

Aberdeen has excellent travel links. By air, Aberdeen is well connected by British Airways, Eastern airways, Flybe, BMI, KLM and Air France to majority of the airports in UK and mainland Europe. The venue is 6 miles from the airport. There are 6 major roads to Aberdeen. A90 serves as the main arterial route connecting Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen is on the main UK rail network and has frequent direct services to major cities such as Edinburgh Glasgow and London including Caledonian sleeper service

25-27 September 2025 - London Pain Forum and Melius Klinieken, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

QUICK LINKS

To view the symposium programme, CLICK HERE

To register to attend Eindhoven, CLICK HERE

To pay the early bird registration fee via card, CLICK HERE

JOIN US IN EINDHOVEN on 25-27 September 2025 for the 3rd International Pain Symposium with London Pain Forum and Melius Klinieken.

The international symposium will include sessions on Headache & Facial Pain, (Un)common pain problems and widespread pain, as well as ultrasound guided pain procedures with a hands-on live model workshop planned. Leading experts will be joining us once again in Eindhoven to teach.

An application for CME Credits will be submitted to European Accreditation Council for CME.

Watch this space for updates on Eindhoven. For further information, email: ciaranwazir@gmail.com

SYMPOSIUM FACULTY INCLUDE

Dr C.W.J. (Kenneth) van Tilburg FIPP

Scientific Director

Senior Fellow, London Pain Forum

Consultant in Pain Medicine

Judicial Expert Civil / Criminal Law

ADRZ / Erasmus MC, Goes / Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Melius Klinieken, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Dr Teodor Goroszeniuk

President, London Pain Forum

Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
Interventional Pain Management & Neuromodulation Practice, Cromwell Hospital
London, UK

Prof Jean-Pierre van Buyten

Chairman, Multidisciplinary Pain Department

VITAZ Hospitals, Sint-Niklaas

Consultant Pain Management

TRAINM Neuro Rehabilitation Center, Antwerp

Belgium

Dr Erkan Kurt
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Functional Neurosurgery Unit
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
The Netherlands

Ms Linda Kollenburg

INS Young Neuromodulators Committee Member

& International Women in Neuromodulation (IWIN) Committee member

Researcher Neurosurgery & Medical Honours Student

Department of Neurosurgery

Radboud University Medical Center

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Dr Danielle Mazetto Cadide
Consultant Pain Specialist & Anaesthetist
Albert Einstein Hospital
São Paulo
Brazil

Dr Remko Liebregts FIPP CIPS

Consultant Anesthesiologist & Pain Specialist

Department of Anesthesiology,
Amsterdam University Medical
Center on location VUmc,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dr Robert Rapcan FIPP

Special Interest: Endoscopic Facet Joint & SI Joint Denervation Procedures,

Basivertebral Nerve Ablation

Examiner, World Institute of Pain

Medical EuroPainClinics

Czech Republic & Slovakia

Dr Wafa Rezvani CIPS

Consultant Anesthesiologist & Pain Specialist

Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive-care and Pain Medicine

St.Antonius Hospital

Utrecht/Nieuwegein

The Netherlands

Prof Ashish Shetty

President, Pain Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Lead Consultant in Pain Management
The Pain Management Centre
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
University College London Hospitals
25 Cleveland St, London, UK

Dr Eugène Quant

Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist

Erasmus University Medical Center

Rotterdam

The Netherlands

Prof Manjit Matharu

Professor of Neurology
Clinical Lead, Headache Group
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
University College London Hospitals,
London, UK

Prof Shafaq Sikandar
Professor of Sensory Neurophysiology
Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology

William Harvey Research Institute
Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry

Queen Mary University of London

Charterhouse Square, London, UK

Dr Michal But

Board Member, Interventional Section,

Polish Association for the Study of Pain
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Regional Hospital
Koszalin, Poland

Dr Tatiana Bravo FIPP, CIPS

Head of the Pain Management Department

Hospital Primavera

Aracaju – Sergipe

Brazil

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

To view the symposium programme, CLICK HERE

REGISTRATION FEES

Early Bird Registration - Full Symposium & Workshop: €895

Early Bird Registration - One Day: €495

To pay the early bird registration fee for the Full Symposium & Workshop 25-27 , CLICK HERE

SYMPOSIUM VENUE

Melius Klinieken, Eindhoven
Beatrix de Rijkweg 8

5657 EG Eindhoven

Netherlands

RECOMMENDED HOTEL

Pullman Eindhoven Cocagne
Vestdijk 47, 5611 CA Eindhoven
Netherlands

ONLINE REGISTRATION

To register to attend Eindhoven, CLICK HERE

2-3 October 2025- 17th Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop, Nottingham, UK

QUICK LINKS

To register to attend the workshop, CLICK HERE

For a PDF of the Workshop Brochure & Registration Form, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee via card, CLICK HERE

JOIN US IN NOTTINGHAM for the 17th Hands-on Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop on 2-3 October 2025 with expert lectures and 2 days of hands-on cadaver training (X-ray & Ultrasound guided procedures).

The course will take place once again at the Postgraduate Education and Conference Centre, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom.

The 8 hands-on workshop stations per day will include fresh frozen cadavers at the Nottingham facility. 5 X-ray workshop stations and 3 ultrasound workshop stations are planned per day.

For further information, email: ciaranwazir@gmail.com or ciaranwazir@londonpainforum.co.uk

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

*An application for European CME Credits will be submitted once again to European Accreditation Council for CME.

*An application for CPD Points will be submitted to Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK

COURSE CHAIRMAN

Dr Dalvina Hanu-Cernat FIPP

Course Director, 16th Interventional Pain Cadaver Workshop

Vice-Chair, WIP Section UK

Senior Fellow, London Pain Forum

Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Birmingham, UK

WORKSHOP TOPICS

X-ray Guided Procedures

Radiofrequency Ablation – lumbar

Nerve Root Blocks – lumbar

Neuromodulation (Spinal Cord Stimulation/Peripheral Nerve Stimulation)

Genicular / Hip Interventions

Sacroiliac – simplicity/ Pallisade/ intra-articular Interventions

Radiofrequency Ablation – cervical

Nerve Root Blocks – cervical

Sacroiliac – Cooled Radiofrequency, intra articular Interventions

Racz/ Pelvic interventions

Lumbar sympathetic/splanchnic Interventions

Disc/Lumbar Interventions

Trigeminal/ Sphenopalatine/Stellate Ganglion Interventions

Freestyle lumbar facets Radiofrequency Ablation

Freestyle cervical Radiofrequency Ablation

Freestyle cervical Nerve Root Blocks/stellate

Ultrasound Guided Procedures

Thoracic medial branch/facet joint block

Cervical medial branch block

Cervical selective nerve root block

Cervical sympathetic trunk

Hip joint injection

Trochanteric bursa injection,

Sub. G-Max, Medius and Minimus Piriformis injection

Knee joint injection

Distal ITB peritendon injection

Tibiotalar joint injection

Subtalar joint injection

First MTP injection (foot)

Navicular

Lumbar medial branch/facet joint block

Lumbar selective nerve root block

Caudal epidural injection

Sacroiliac joint injection

Genicular RF

Hip RF

SAB injection

AC joint

Biceps tendon (peri)

Glenohumeral Joint (any approach)

Elbow joint

Medial or lateral epicondylosis tendon sheath injection

Suprascapular nerve

Greater occipital nerve

Intercostal nerve

Pudendal nerve

Ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve

TAP

Saphenous nerve above knee

Tibial nerve at tarsal canal

First MCP joint

Hand injections

Median nerve at wrist

Ulnar nerve at cubital canal

WORKSHOP FACULTY

Dr Ganesan Baranidharan
Dr Hadi Bedran
Dr Arun Bhaskar
Dr Surabhi Choudhari
Dr Mohamed Dorgham
Dr Teodor Goroszeniuk
Dr Vladimir Gorelov

Dr Thomas Haag
Dr Tony Hammond
Dr Dalvina Hanu-Cernat
Dr Sandeep Kapur
Dr Hira Mutagi
Dr Arasu Rayen

Dr Raja Reddy

2025 COURSE VENUE

Postgraduate Education and Conference Centre

City Hospital

Hucknall Road

Nottingham

NG5 1PB

United Kingdom

*Registration desk opens at 08.30hrs on 2nd October 2025 and closes at 17.00hrs on 3rd October 2025.