Annual Mee)ng & Scien)fic Sessions Final Agenda
Embassy Suites Nashville South Cool Springs, Nashville TN
Thursday September 18, 2025
Registra:on /Exhibi:on Move-in opens at 5:00 PM
Annual Board of Directors Mee:ng – 5:00-7:00 PM in Azalea Room
President’s Welcome Recep2on 7:00-8:30 PM Supported by United Surgical Partners Interna:onal (USPI)– All invited in the Iris Room.
Friday September 19, 2025
7:30 AM Registra:on and Exhibits Open (Breakfast provided)
Session One – Know the Rules, Know the Laws, and Know your Rights as a Physician and APP Prac2cing Pain Management in Tennessee – Moderator Michael Wilkinson MD
7:55 AM Welcome from the President Michael Wilkinson MD
8:00 AM. Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council Update – W. Clay Jackson MD, DIPTH
8:30 AM Tennessee Update – What you Need to Know Now - Yarnell Bea[y, Esq., General Counsel to Tennessee Medical Associa:on
9:00 AM Federal Update – What you Need to Know Now - Lou Manzo Esq. and Ma[hew Massey Esq., Former DOJ Prosecutors in the Opioid Prescribing in Appalachia and CARES Act pandemic fraud conspiracy.
9:45 AM Tennessee Guidelines as Amended in 2024. Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq., General Counsel to the Tennessee Pain Society
10:15 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:45 AM Updates on Coding and Billing for Pain– Amy Turner RN BSN MMHC CPC CHC CHIAP
11:15 AM. Flash talk Hot Topic: Pallia:ve Care – W. Clay Jackson MD, DIPTH
11:30 AM Flash talk Hot Topic: Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy – Erin Connors Kelly PhD
12:00 PM. Trea:ng Veterans in an Age of Rapidly Evolving Pain Management– Jacob Mills MD
12:30 -1:30 PM Lunch with the Board of Directors – All Exhibitors and A0endees Invited
– Annual Business Mee:ng Update with Problem Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) Poster Presenta:on by Cody Cox. (Lunch Provided, No CME provided, NOT CMS Reportable)
Session Two Tennessee Mandatory Prescriber Educa2on-Moderator: Amanda Toye MD
1:30 PM The APPs Role in Pa:ent Selec:on – Heather Jackson PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
2:00 PM Ini:a:ng, Monitoring, and Weaning Opioids – Taylor Butler PharmD
2:30 PM Special Guest Lecturer Opioid Use Disorder – What is it and How do we Treat it – Eugene Viscusi MD– Past-President, American Society or Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
3:15 PM The Deadly Cost of Insurance Denials – Shravani Durbhakula MD MPH MBA
3:45 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors
Session Three -Interven2onal Pain Management Presented by the Tennessee Society of Interven2onal Pain Physicians– Moderator: Graf Hilgenhurst MD
4:15 PM – The Role of the APP in an Interven:onal Pain Prac:ce – Ashley Prichard PA-C
4:45 PM Updates in Spinal Cord S:mula:on – Jeremy Walker MD
5:15 PM - Special Guest Lecturer - Advances in Peripheral Nerve S:mula:on- Christopher Gilmore MD
5:45 PM – In Response to the Bri:sh Medical Journal’s Interven:onal Pain Guidelines 2025–Daniel Larach MD
6:15 PM – 7:15 PM Networking Recep:on with Exhibitors in the Exhibit Hall Dinner on Own
Saturday September 20, 2025
7:00 AM - Registra:on Opens
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Gold Corporate Member Showcase with Collegium Pharmaceu2cals: Responsible Pain Management: Opioid Therapies for Pa2ents with Severe and Persistent Pain with Jennifer Stanislaus MD (Breakfast Provided, No CME Provided, breakfast is CMS reportable)
Session Four – Mul2disciplinary Pain Care from Head to Toe: A Case Based Panel Discussion. Moderator: Damon Dozier MD
Panel One: Kelly Jackson DNP, MSN, AGACNP-BC, David Arehart MD, John Schneider MD, Tigran Kesayan MD , Tyler Ball MD, and Robert Devereaux PhD
8:30 AM – Treatment Op:ons for Headache
9:00 AM - Treatment Op:ons for Neck Pain
Panel Two: Ankush Jain DO, Joseph DiChiara DO, Tyler Ball MD, Taylor Butler PharmD and Robert Devereaux PhD
9:30 AM - Treatment Op:ons for Back Pain
10:00 AM - Treatment Op:ons for Lower Extremity Pain
10:30 AM – Networking Break with Exhibitors.
Session Five – Hot Topics Plenaries Moderator: T. ScoY Baker MD
11:00 AM – Advances in Stellate Ganglion Blocks and Indica:ons – Bryan Marascalchi MD
11:30 AM – Special Guest Lecturer - AI in Your Prac:ce – Yian Chen MD
12:00 AM AI Scribe – How I use it in my Prac:ce – Tanya Marie Marton, PhD
12:30 PM - AI and Health Insurance Audits in your Prac:ce – Lawrence Kobak DPM Esq
1:00 PM. – How can AI help in Pain Management Operations – Raj Kanyaboina
1:15 PM – Discussion Q&A
1:30-2:30 PM - Corporate Member Showcase with Axsome: SYMBRAVO: A Mul2-Mechanis2c Approach for the Acute Treatment of Migraine with Christopher Rhyne MD, Emory Univeristy, Atlanta, GA (Lunch Provided, No CME Provided, Lunch is not CMS reportable provided by Society)
Session Six – Flash Talks (15-minute rapid fire topics). Moderator: ReY Blake MD
2:30 PM - Cancer Pain Symptom Management - Emily Kobin MD
2:45 PM – Cancer Pain Interven:ons – Amanda Toye MD
3:00 PM - The Psychology of Pain – Mis:e Germek PhD
3:15 PM - Treatment Options for Facial Pain -Tigran Kesayan MD
3:30 PM Panel Discussion Q& A
3:45 PM. Special Guest Lecturer - Non-Opioid Analgesics on the Bench and at the Bedside With – Mark Bicket MD PhD, University of Michigan
4:15 PM Closing Remarks and Thank You from 2025-2027 President Damon Dozier MD