13-15 June 2008 - Destination Avignon!!!

Our 3rd International Travelling Pain Symposium visited the picturesque French city of Avignon on 13-15 June 2008. We had some great workshops and lectures and two fantastic venues for the scientific programme including the spectacular Popes' Palace (Palais des Papes). Thanks to all the faculty and a great group of participants from the UK, Europe and as far afield as Singapore!











Palais des Papes: Venue for the 3rd Travelling Symposium





















FACULTY


Professor Narinder Rawal
Specialist in Post-Operative Pain
Secretary General of ESRA
Orebro University Hospital
Sweden




Professor Maarten van Kleef
Interventional Pain Specialist
Head of Anesthesiology Department
University Hospital of Maastricht
Netherlands



Dr Jonathan Richardson
Interventional Pain Specialist
Past Chair, BPS Interventional SIG
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Bradford, UK




Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy
Interventional Pain Specialist
Head of Pain Management Centre
Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital
London, UK



Dr Sam Chong
Specialist in Neuropathic Pain
Neurology Department
King's College Hospital
London, UK



Mr J Richard Smith
Consultant in Gynaecological Surgery
Imperial College Hospitals
London, UK



Dr Andy Nicolaou
Consultant in Pain Management
St George's Hospital
London, UK


Workshops on the Train:

• Ultrasound for Pain Management (Dr T Smith/Dr A Krol)
  

• External Neuromodulation (Dr S Kothari/CNS K Sanderson)



• Safest approach for lumbar facet joint denervation (Dr A Al-Kaisy)

• Pre-implant Neuromodulation Programme (CNS K Sanderson)

• Doctor-Patient Communication in the Cancer Setting: the use of pictorial models (Mr R Smith)
  

Lectures in Avignon:

• Welcome from the French Pain Society (Dr P Volckmann)



• The Perfect Spine: Effective Minimally Invasive Interventions (Dr J Richardson)

• Extending Regional Techniques at Home (Prof N Rawal)

• Assessment for the Pain Trainee in the UK (Dr A Nicolaou)
  



• Evidence Based Spinal Cord Stimulation (Prof M Van Kleef)
  

• Investigation and Management of Pelvic Pain: Surgical Perspective (Mr R Smith)

• Investigation and Management of Pelvic Pain: Neuromodulation Perspective (Dr A Al-Kaisy)

• Advances in Pharmacotherapy of Neuropathic Pain (Dr S Chong)

* 12 CPD points awarded by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK















Symposium Dinner at the Pope's Palace, Avignon 2008




Main Sponsors:




















Other Sponsors:


PAJUNK UK


PROMED


UCI Health Care