International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS)

SPECIAL REGISTRATION RATES AVAILABLE BEFORE FRIDAY, 4 APRIL 2025. Save on your registration for the European Congress in Brussels and hands-on training at either the Lumbar or the Advanced Cervical Bio-Skills Labs in nearby Melle, Belgium. IPSISmed.org/Labs

Concomitant epidural and anterior spinal artery contrast spread during the lumbar Transforaminal ESI: https://buff.ly/3ORJvVw

Bolster your fluoroscopically-guided interventional skills with training on only the specific procedures that you choose in the Comprehensive Bio-Skills Lab. Or, add a new modality to your skill set, and learn techniques for treating non-spinal pain in the Ultrasound Bio-Skills Lab. IPSISmed.org/Labs

In this session in Belgium, Congress Planning Committee member and International Division Vice Chair, Javier De Andrés Ares, MD, PhD, head of the Pain Unit at Hospital Universitario La Paz-Madrid and co-director at Clínica del Dolor Hospital Santa Elena-Madrid, will moderate talks on cervicogenic headache and neuropathic orofacial pain. IPSISmed.org/Belgium

IPSIS prepared and submitted a statement, supported by 33 other societies representing physicians who treat chronic pain, in response to a recent clinical practice guideline and systematic review/network meta-analysis published in The BMJ. https://lnkd.in/gMmGCfpq

Thanks to Chris Radlicz, DO; Evan Berlin, MD for preparing this IPSIS member-exclusive summary and assessment of a real-world evaluation of BVNA that shows that pain, physical function, and mental function significantly improves in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic type 1 and type 2 changes. https://lnkd.in/g-KpD2sF

In Belgium, IPSIS instructor and member of the International Division, Education Development Committee, and European Congress Program Committee, Serdar Kesikburun, MD, professor of PM&R at the University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Medical School, will discuss denervation of hips and shoulders compared to knees and moderate talks on the innervation of peripheral joints, genicular nerve ablation, and orthobiologics. IPSISmed.org/Belgium

Find the facts about whether swabbing newly opened vial tops is necessary. https://lnkd.in/g6FhspKv Thanks to authors Clark C. Smith, MD, MPH; Jaymin Patel, MD; George Christolias, MD; Mathew Paluck, DO; Reza Ehsanian, MD, PhD; and David Levi, MD.

Thanks to the IPSIS Board presenters and attendees at last weekend's IPSIS Winter Seminar in Tempe. Save the date for the next one - February 26-28, 2026 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. IPSISmed.org/Labs

Explore necks, shoulders, ribs, hips, and knees on cadavers and live models, with individualized instruction. IPSISmed.org/Labs