COURSE DESCRIPTION

This cutting-edge workshop is a comprehensive hands-on interventional regenerative medicine spine workshop to complement your clinical and surgical treatments. The workshop will provide the fundamentals regarding the various types of regenerative medicine and injection techniques.  Included will be uses of various guidance such as palpation, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy, and information on how Orthobiologic treatments such as PRP, and Cellular MSCs work for the spine, giving you the tools and skills to achieve successful patient outcomes. The emphasis will be on teaching you how to incorporate into your practice.

  • Perform physical examinations and determine a diagnosis for the spine.

  • Understand the current Regulations and FDA Guidance’s regarding Regenerative medicine.

  • Understand the various injectable solutions such as PRP, MSCs, along with other orthobiologics including Prolotherapy.

  • Assess injection solutions and determine most effective treatments situations for the spine.

  • Assess multiple injection techniques for the upper and lower spine.

  • Determine appropriate injection needle placement for several situations using ultrasound for the spine.

  • Determine appropriate injection needle placement for several situations using fluoroscopy for the spine.

  • Perform hands-on diagnostic techniques for the spine.

Using palpation, ultrasound and fluoroscopy, this 1.5 day workshop will encompass five separate labs with breakout teams that will be covering injection education and techniques followed by supervised practice sessions using cadaver specimen. You’ll have access to multiple instructors to deepen your knowledge and learning opportunity.

TARGET AREAS COVERED

Lumbar Spine Ultrasound & Fluoroscopy

  • Facet Joint and Ligament, Medial branch

  • Interspinous/Supraspinous Ligaments

  • Multifidi

  • Iliolumbar Ligament

  • Lumbodorsal Fascia

Sacroiliac Joint/Ligaments Ultrasound & Fluoroscopy

  • SI Joint

  • SI Ligaments

  • Gluteal Muscalature

  • Performis

  • Ischial Bursa/Hamstring

Cervical Spine Ultrasound & Fluoroscopy

  • Cervical Facet Joints /Ligaments

  • Supraspinous/Interspinous Ligaments

  • Paraspinal Musculature

  • Suboccipital Injections

Epidural Injections Ultrasound & Fluoroscopy

  • Caudal

  • Interlaminar

  • Transforaminal

OTHER

  • Thoracic Facet Ligaments

  • Shockwave

  • Platelet Lysate

Schedule

Saturday, October 19 • LUMBAR
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast and Product Theater
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome & Lectures: Anatomy of Spine; Orthobiologics for Spine; and, Alternative Solutions for Epidual Injections
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Hands-on Table Instruction
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break  
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations
  
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch and Product Theater
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Break  
3:15 PM - 5:30 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
6:30 PM Dinner  
     

Sunday, October 20 • CERVICAL/THORACIC SPINE
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast & Q&A
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Welcome and Team Deployment
8:05 AM - 9:30 AM Review and Hands-on Table Instruction
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Break  
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
12:00 PM Close  

TARGET AUDIENCE

Physicians with prior exposure to musculoskeletal ultrasound who want or need hands-on training experience in performing US-guided injections. This is ideal for physicians who want to add this skill set into their practice, expand their repertoire of procedures they can offer, or hammer down the basics of performing US-guided injections.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

Registration is open to physicians who are board-certified or in the examination process for certification in: Anesthesiology, Interventional Pain, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radiology, Neurology, Orthopedics, or Family Practice / Sports Medicine.  Registrants who are not board-certified or eligible for certification in these specialties must have either completed or be currently enrolled in a pain fellowship accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), or be a residency trained MD or DO approved by the educational committee of the AAOM to enroll in this course.

CME

CME information to come.

HOTEL

Lodging has been secured at the Hilton Dallas/Southlake Town Square. Use this link to access the block and negotiated rate. Please note discount rate is available only until August Monday, August 19, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. CST. If you miss this deadline, rooms may be reserved based on availability, and will be charged at prevailing rates. If you’re coming to the workshop, get your registration completed today by clicking HILTON RESERVATION!

TRAINING FACILITY

Special thanks to AAOM member Tejas Ozarkar, MD and his practice for making available their clinic space for this workshop. The clinic address is:

Riordan Medical Institute
801 E SouthLake Blvd
Southlake, TX 76092

AIR TRANSIT INFORMATION

Your destination airport is Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. When making flight arrangements, please allow for your complete participation in the workshop program by arriving on Friday and departing late on Sunday afternoon or in to the evening. 

INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION FEE:

  • Transportation to/from hotel to the workshop facility

  • Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday

  • Lunch on Saturday

  • Dinner on Saturday

  • Complimentary snacks and beverages during your workshop days

  • All PPE, scrubs, lead, and thyroid shields

The workshop is limited to 20 attendees to maintain an optimal instructor to student ratio. Complete your registration before space is gone.

FACULTY

Taught by faculty at the forefront of interventional procedures and research, this Workshop offers attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements related to the orthopedic treatment of the spine from leaders within their respective field. 

  • Tejas Ozarkar, MD

    Program Co-Chai

  • Mike Carlson, DO

    Program Co-Chair

  • Mayo Friedlis, MD

  • Paul Lieber, MD