PROGRAM AGENDA

Friday Pre-Conference     Friday Main     Saturday Main     Saturday NP/PA       Sunday Main    

 

Pre-Conference Workshops Agenda

 

7:30 AM - 11:00 AM ULTRASOUND WORKSHOP Maged Mina, MD  - Chair
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Didactic Lecture Maged Mina, MD
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
(9:00 AM - 9:30 AM- Break)
Rotating Hands-On Workshop with 30-Minute Break  
Station 1 Ultrasound guided Axial Lumbar spine procedures (Lumbar/Thoracic medial branch blocks and facet injections) Grant Chen, MD & Maged Mina, MD
Station 2 Ultrasound guided peripheral nerves blocks  for Acute / Chronic pain (Greater occipital, intercostal, and suprascapular nerve blocks) Mathew McClure, MD &  Saba Javed, MD
Station 3 Ultrasound guided procedures for cervicogenic pain ( Cervical medial branches and Cervical sympathetic chain blocks (SGB) Max Eckmann, MD & Gulshan Doulatram, MD
7:30 AM - 11:00 AM TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP Miles Day, MD and Shiraz Yazdani, MD - Co-Chairs
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Social Media: Promoting Yourself on Instagram and Other Platforms Brian Bruel, MD 
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Reimagining Pain Management with AI: Opportunities and Risks of Large Language Models Anand Rao, PhD, MBA
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Break  
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AI and Dictation: How Large Language Models Can Help Physicians Save Time Eddie L. Patton Jr., MD, MBA, MS
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  Artificial Intelligence: It's Not Hype Leon Anijar, MD
7:30 AM - 11:00 AM ADDICTION WORKSHOP Michael Sprintz, DO, DFASAM - Chair
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Alcohol's Effect on Acute and Chronic Pain Corey Waller, MD, DFASAM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Agonists on Pain & Addiction Emanual Husu, MD
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Break  
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Use of Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation to Reduce Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms Denise Wilkes, MD, PhD
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain and/or OUD Sudheer Potru, DO, FASA, FASAM

 

 

Friday Main Conference, October 24, 2025
Location/Time Topic Moderators / Speakers
7:00 AM
Registration Open  
10:30am  Exhibit Hall Open - Passport to Prizes  
11:00 AM Welcome and Introductions                   Lakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD
  Business and Regulation of Pain Management  Moderated by Marte Martinez, MD
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM What is Happening With Pain Reimbursement at the Federal Level Allen Dennis, MD & Max Eckmann, MD
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Meeting the NEW TMB Regulatory Requirements C.M. Schade, MD, PhD 
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Panel Discussion  
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Symposia  Non-CME  
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Dessert and Coffee Break- Passport to Prizes  
  Compliance and Monitoring Moderated by Lakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Tapering/Deprescribing: Who and How? Michael Sprintz, DO
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM UDT: Frequency and Interpretation Miles Day, MD
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Panel Discussion All speakers
  Heavner Basic Science Lecture Moderated by Mitch Engle, MD, PhD
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Mechanisms of Acute to Chronic Pain Transition Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD, FAPTA
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Break - Passport to Prizes  
  Pharmacology Moderated by Stephanie Jones, MD
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM Suzetrigine: A Novel Non-Opioid Analgesic Dani Solanki, MD
4:50 PM - 5:10 PM ASRA Steroid Guidelines Updates Max Eckmann, MD
5:10 PM - 5:30 PM Low Dose Naltrexone Chaitanya Konda, DO
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Panel Discussion All speakers
6:00pm - 6:30 Tribute to Dr. Racz  Miles Day, MD, Larry Driver, MD &
C.M. Schade, MD, PhD
6:30pm - 7:15pm Reception in Exhibit Hall  

 

Saturday Main Agenda, October 24, 2025
Time Topic Moderators / Speakers
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast Symposia Non-CME  
 7:00 AM Registration & Exhibit Hall Open - Passport to Prizes  
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions                   Lakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD
     
  Neuromodulation Mechanisms and Wave Forms
New programing algorithms and outcomes
Moderated by Miles Day, MD
8:30 AM - 8:55 AM Peripheral Nerve Stimulators: The Swiss Army Knife for Chronic Pain Grant Chen, MD
8:55 AM - 9:20 AM Clinical Outcomes Update in Spinal Cord Stimulation Carlos Viesca, MD
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM Panel Discussion  
     
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Break - Passport to Prizes  
     
  Cannabis Panel  
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Cannabis in Your Clinic: A Primary Concern Matthew C  Poling, MD
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Cannabis, Opioids, and Public Health Implications
Ken Finn, MD
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion  
     
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Fellows Case Study Presentations (CME)  
     
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Dessert and Coffee Break - Passport to Prizes  
     
  Minimally Invasive Procedures Panel  Moderated by Saba Javed, MD
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Complications Related to Minimally Invasive Procedures in Pain Medicine Chris Peccora, MD
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM SI Fusions (AMA CPT Committee)  Ashley Bailey Classen, MD
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Panel Discussion  
     
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM FINAL BREAK - Passport to PRIZES  
 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Presentation of Texas Pain Society's Lifetime Achievement Award & Presentation of Schade Hill Public Policy Pain Champion Award

TPS Board Awards, Membership Roundtable & Elections
Exhibit Hall Prize Giveaways (
must be present to win)

 
  Hassenbusch Lecture  
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Cancer Pain Care in 2025: Tales of Turtles and Rabbits Larry Driver, MD
     
  Bridging Perspectives in Rheumatological and Pediatric Pain Conditions Moderated by Shiraz Yazdani, MD
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Rheumatologic Updates for the Pain Physician

Kemly Mary Philip, MD, PhD, MBE

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM Current and future interventions for chronic pediatric pain Maged Mina, MD
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM Panel Discussion  
 5:45 PM  Adjourn  

 

Saturday NP/PA Agenda
Time Topic Moderators / Speakers
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions Kelley Pennell, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Rules and Regs Kelley Pennell, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Documentation Case Studies Kelley Pennell, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM QA  
     
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Morning Break - Passport to Prizes  
     
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Partial Agonist, Full Potential: Buprenorphine in Pain Management Kaycee Frederick, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Deprescribing Opioid and Its Alternatives Sharon Quigley, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM QA  
     
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Fellows Case Presentations (CME)  
     
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Dessert and Coffee Break - Passport to Prizes  
     
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Cannabis Use in Pain Patients: Evidence Updates Ken Finn, MD
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Addiction Medicine Dr. Koyyalagnunta
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM QA  
     
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM FINAL BREAK - Passport to PRIZES  
     
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Spine Care: Diagnostic Imaging, Lab Interpretation, and Treatment Approaches
Sixtus Atabong, PAC MPAS
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM QA  

 


Sunday Agenda, October 26, 2025

 

Time Topic Moderators / Speakers
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast   
8:30 AM   Welcome and Introduction Lakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD
  Regulatory Updates Moderated by Allen Dennis, MD
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Healthcare Policy & Advocacy: How to Get Involved and Mobilize Early on in Your Career Allen Dennis, MD & Bao Vinh, MD
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Regulatory Changes for Pain Medicine: How Are You Preparing? Marte Martinez, MD
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Panel Discussion  
     
   PMP & AI Updates in Medicine Moderated by Marte Martinez, MD
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM AI in Health Care: Planning, Policies, and Procedures Shannon Vogel
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Innovations in Prescription Monitoring Programs (PMPs)​ Jacob Cooper, Bamboo Health
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Q&A  
12:15 PM Closing Comments and Adjournment Lakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD