Drs. George Chang Chien, Aaron Calodney, Annu Navani, Frederick Weiss, and Arthur Watanabe discuss, in a panel like setting, several aspects of regenerative medicine.  

Renowned pain expert Dr. Richard Rauck discusses how pain education is changing. He emphasizes the importance of physician training in multiple areas, including neuroradiology and psychiatry, then considers the role of device innovation and drug development in pain management. Dr. Rauck finishes with a discussion of the opioid crisis and the role of physicians in reducing the burden of opioid use in pain management.

Dr. Mayank Gupta presents spinal cord stimulation treatment for chronic abdominal pain (CAP) that originates due to various underlying causes. Dr. Gupta discusses the ongoing challenges for pain management physicians and the health care system. He also mentions that abdominal pain is the top reason for emergency room (ER) visits. He further explains that conventional treatments include neuropathic medication (e.g., Gabapentin, Lyrica), nerve blocks, or opioids that have poor efficacy, harmful complications, or potential dependence (e.g., opioid dependence). Dr. Gupta then focuses on evidence that demonstrates the success of treating CAP with traditional spinal cord stimulation.

Dr. Mert Akbas explains how he uses epiduroscopy in his practice, as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic modality. He emphasizes the importance for patient selection to avoid complications. He also gives a few tips he has learned to make the procedure safer and easier that are contradictory to some literature.