OHSU Pain Day

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
11:30 am to 5 pm
Vey Conference Center 11th floor,
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital

Who:
Clinicians and Scientists interested in acute and chronic PAIN

Why:
Share recent findings or an overview of your pain-related research

What:
Basic and clinical science

Come to OHSU PAIN Day to learn about the latest trends in pain research and treatment. PAIN Day will feature internationally recognized pain experts, and provide clinical updates for nurses, dentists, physicians and other providers who deal with pain in their practices. 

Pain researchers—share your work and learn about your colleagues' latest findings at the poster session.

Schedule

11:45 am – 12 pm
Posters go up
(poster area)

Introduction, breadth and depth of pain research and pain management efforts as OHSU, the Pain Awareness and Investigation Network
(Auditorium)

12:15 – 1 pm
From the bench to the bedside: Why do so many promising drugs fail?
Stephen Arneric, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Eli Lilly
(Auditorium)

1:15 – 2:30 pm, Workshops 

Managing Pain in Challenging Populations (breakout)

• Managing pain in people with dementia. Lois Miller, PhD, RN, FAAN.
• Pain management in pediatric populations.  Anna C. Wilson, PhD
• Acute pain management in the opioid tolerant patient.  Tim Brennan, MD, PhD.

Facial Pain (breakout)

• Pain pathways from the cornea to the brain:  neurochemistry and central targets.  Sue Aicher, PhD.
• Inflammation-neurotrophin interplay: a new consideration for mechanisms of trigeminal pain.
• Agnieszka Balkowiec, MD, PhD.
• Non-surgical management of temporomandibular pain.
  Julie Ann Smith, DDS, MD.

• A discussion, with Bretty Stacey, MD, Erik Fromme, MD, and
• Jennifer Wagner, LPN, ASN, BS, Director of Clinical Research at Pain Research of Oregon, Executive Director of the Western Pain Society

2:30 – 3:45 pm
Poster Session and Refreshments
(Poster area)

3:45  – 4 pm
Pain Awareness Award: 
Jennifer Wagner, LPN, ASN, BS, Executive Director, Western Pain Society

4 – 5 pm
Mechanisms for Postoperative Pain
Tim Brennan, MD/PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa 

5 – 6 pm
Poster presenters: please join us for refreshments at the PAIN Day networking and social hour

Sponsors and Support

Sponsored by the OHSU Schools of Nursing and Dentistry, Offices of the Provost and Vice-President for Research, Knight Cancer Institute, and OCTRI. 

Support provided by the Office of Technology Transfer and Business Development and by the OHSU Brain Institute.