American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine November 2017 - 2

Table of Contents
President's Message _______________________________3
Editorial - In Nabil's Corner __________________________5
16th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting at Disney's Yacht and
Beach Club Resorts: Leading With Quality _______________8
2018 World Congress of Regional Anesthesia and Pain
Medicine _______________________________________10
A Brief History of the World Congress of Regional
Anaesthesia _____________________________________13
Problem-Based Learning Discussion (PBLD):
Postoperative Pain Management in Patients Undergoing
Shoulder Arthroscopy _____________________________16
2016 Winner of the ASRA Chronic Pain Grant:
Effectiveness of OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) in
Pediatric Patients Experiencing Migraines:
A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo Crossover
Study in the Pediatric Pain Population _________________25
Urine Drug Screens for Opioid Maintenance:
Is It That Simple? _________________________________28
A Review of Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit __31
A Novel, Clinic-Based Approach to Address Patients
with Complex Back Pain in a Veterans Administration
Hospital: The Back Pain Home _______________________36
Head and Neck Regional Anesthesia Techniques_________38
Ketamine Infusion on Regular Wards: A Myth or Reality? __45
Neuraxial Analgesia for Cardiac Surgery _______________47
Examining Advanced Modalities for Thoracic Epidural
Catheter Placement _______________________________51
Pediatric Regional Anesthesia and Chronic
Postoperative Pain ________________________________54
To the Editor _____________________________________56

Editor
Nabil M. Elkassabany, MD, MSCE
Newsletter Committee
Kristopher Schroeder, MD (Regional Anesthesia Lead)
Magda Anitescu, MD, PhD (Pain Medicine Lead)
Rany Abdallah, MD
Jaime Baratta, MD
Floria Chae, MD
Melanie Donnelly, MPH, MD
Dalia Elmofty, MD
Brian Harrington, MD
Lynn Kohan, MD
Sarah Madison, MD
Resident Section
Chad Parvus-Teichmann, MD
Foreign Corresponding
Jose de Andres, MD, PhD, FIPP, EDRA
Michael Barrington, MBBS, FANZCA, PhD
Officers
President: Asokumar Buvanendran, MD
President-Elect: Eugene R. Viscusi, MD
Treasurer: Samer Narouze, MD, PhD
Past-President: Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD
Executive Director: Angie Stengel, MS, CAE
Board of Directors
Steven P. Cohen, MD
Edward R. Mariano, MD, MAS
Colin McCartney, MBChB, FRCA, FRCPC
Stavros Memtsoudis, MD
Anahi Perlas, MD, FRCPC
David Provenzano, MD
Brian Sites, MD
Founding Fathers
L. Donald Bridenbaugh, MD
Harold Carron, MD (Deceased)
Jordan Katz, MD (Deceased)
P. Prithvi Raj, MD (Deceased)
Alon P. Winnie, MD (Deceased)

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