DURING LAB ROTATIONS, EXPERT INSTRUCTORS WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN GROUPS OF 6 ATTENDEES ON:

• Needlecraft
• Lumbar Injection Techniques
  • Interlaminar Epidurals
    
  • L1-5 Subpedicular Transforaminal Epidurals
    
  • Medial Branch Blocks
    
  • S1 Transforaminal Epidurals
    
  • Sacroiliac Joint Interventions

EXPLORE ASPECTS OF PROPER C-ARM UTILIZATION, INCLUDING:

• Fluoroscopic Anatomy in True Anteroposterior, Lateral, and Oblique Positions
• Fluoroscopic Positioning for Cervical Procedures
• Parallax Error
• Radiation Safety
  

LECTURES AND BREAKOUTS:

• Case Presentations
  
• Complications and Management
  

PRE-COURSE ONLINE MODULES:

• Anatomy, Technique, and the Evidence Base
  • Interlaminar Epidural Injections
  • Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections (Supraneural)
  • Medial Branch Blocks
  • S1 Transforaminal Epidural Injections
  • Sacroiliac Joint Injections
• Lumbar Anatomy
• Needlecraft
• Principles of Fluoroscopy and Radiation Safety
• Steroid Preparations for Transforaminal Epidural Injections: Safety and Efficacy

This course will incorporate the use of one synthetic model to optimize the visualization of the spine.

When you register for this lab you also unlock access to the Lumbar Core Curriculum streaming video lecture modules. An integral part of the program, they must be successfully completed prior to attempting the hands-on portions of the lab—enhancing the rigor of your learning experience.

Upon successful completion of the online modules, 5.25 hours of CME credit will be issued on the IPSIS online learning platform, separate from the 12.25 CME credits earned at the live course.

IPSIS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ACCME accreditation seeks to ensure that education is relevant to clinicians’ needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness, and independent of commercial influence.

Who May Attend

• Registration is open to International Pain and Spine Intervention Society members who are board-certified or in the examination process for certification in: Anesthesiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, or Orthopedic Surgery.
  
  
• Members who are not board-certified or eligible for certification in these specialties must have either completed or be currently enrolled in a pain fellowship accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Pain, or NASS-recognized Pain, Spine/MSK Fellowship Program, and begin education with IPSIS with the Lumbar Bio-Skills Lab.
  
  
• Physicians who are not board certified or in the examination process for certification in the following specialties: Anesthesiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, or Radiology, AND have not completed an ACGME Pain or NASS-recognized Pain, Spine, or Spine/MSK Fellowship Program, click here to review the Bio-Skills Lab Attendee Protocol.
  
  
• Physicians residing outside of the United States and Canada who are interested in diagnostic and/or therapeutic pain intervention procedures.

Attendee Preparation
Three weeks prior to your attendance, you will be granted exclusive online access to IPSIS’s Guidelines-based lecture modules for this course. These online lecture video modules are an integral part of the program and must be successfully completed prior to attempting the hands-on portions of the lab—enhancing the rigor of your learning experience. CME credit for these online activities will be awarded separately for each completed module, and apart from credit earned via the live on-site lectures and through hands-on lab learning.

You can expect an email from the Society at least one week before the course. This message will contain educational and logistical information that we encourage you to review prior to attending. Upon completion of the course, you will also receive access to the final versions of the lectures that were presented.

Everyone attending our courses should be familiar with the IPSIS Practice Guidelines—the comprehensive compendium on evidence-based spine intervention. A print-only publication available by mail-order, the book includes detailed, illustrated depictions of needle placement and injectate flow patterns for cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral procedures.

Special Registration Rate Before Saturday, 18 January 2025

Tier I International Members - $2,495
After Friday 17 January 2025 - $2,645
After Friday 14 February 2025 - $2,795

Tier II International Members - $1,949
After Friday 17 January 2025 - $2,099
After Friday 14 February 2025 - $2,249

North American Members - $3,995
After Friday 17 January 2025 - $4,195
After Friday 14 February 2025 - $4,395

Cancellation Policy
The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society requires cancellation at least 21 days prior to the course to receive a refund less a $150 administrative fee. Cancellation less than 21 days prior will result in forfeiture of all fees. IPSIS reserves the right to cancel this event due to circumstances beyond its control. The Society assumes no financial obligation to registrants for possible costs incurred.

Lab Location
Amsterdam Skills Centre
Tafelbergweg 47, Amsterdam

Hotel
Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam
Damrak 1-5
1012 LG Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Transportation
Upon arrival at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), please arrange your own ground transportation to the hotel. NS ProRail (the Dutch Railways) operates a train from the airport to Amsterdam central station. Trains run every 10 minutes from platforms 1 and 2 in the main arrival plaza. Ticket machines are located near the platforms at Schiphol Plaza.

The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society thanks our volunteer instructors.
IPSIS instructors are extensively vetted via written and hands-on exams. IPSIS also invests in instructor in-person lab training and provides continuous feedback.

Course Director
Michael T. McCann, MD
Texas, U.S.A.

Instructors
Namita Arora, MD
Stamford, United Kingdom

Ajeeth N. Baburajan, MD
Ashford, United Kingdom

Guy Buchanan, MBBS
East Melbourne, Australia

Avraam Ploumis, MD, PhD
Ioannina, Greece

John Tanner, MBBS
Sussex, United Kingdom

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Analyze the imaging depiction of the relevant anatomy;
• Relate patient history and physical exam findings with imaging to achieve a likely diagnosis of the spinal pathology causing the patient’s pain or dysfunction;
• Describe the literature support for the efficacy of the procedures;
• Identify the risks and benefits of each procedure, as well as assessment, prevention, and treatment of potential complications;
• Apply technically correct performance of the spinal procedures using safe fluoroscopic guidance with minimal tissue injury or discomfort.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)
The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity offers up to 12.25 CME credits, of which 12.25 credits contribute the patient safety CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ (MOCA^®) program, known as MOCA 2.0 ^®. Please consult the ABA website, theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

The American Medical Association has determined that physicians not licensed in the US to participate in this CME activity are eligible for  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

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The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society advises participants to continue to obtain proctoring, mentoring, and additional experience prior to treating patients.

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Target Audience
This live activity has been designed for physicians who perform spine intervention procedures.

The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society strongly advises that members are proficient in the lumbar spine before progressing to cervical techniques and other advanced interventional procedures. 

Disclosure Policy
IPSIS plans and implements educational activities in accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Criteria and Standards for Integrity and Independence to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. As an ACCME-accredited provider, the Society’s disclosure policy requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies. Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The ACCME requires disclosure of financial relationships with ineligible companies in any amount occurring within the past 24 months.

Members of the Education Division review all disclosures during the planning process and prior to presentation, and have a process of mitigation that, if not satisfied, results in the removal of the planner or speaker. The intent of this policy is not to prevent individuals with relevant relationships with ineligible companies or other interests from involvement in CME activities, but to ensure that the Society’s CME activities promote quality and safety, are effective in improving medical practice, are based on valid content, and are independent from commercial interests and free of commercial bias. Disclosure information will be made available to all participants at this meeting. Speakers are also required to disclose this information to the participants verbally and on the introductory slide at the beginning of each presentation.

FDA Disclosure
If a device or drug requiring FDA approval is identified as an important component of a presentation, the author must indicate the FDA status of that device or drug as Approved, Investigational, or Not Approved for distribution within the United States. The FDA has stated it is the responsibility of the physician to determine the FDA status of each drug or device he or she wishes to use in clinical practice and to use these products in compliance with applicable law.

Commercial Support Disclosure
The Society fully complies with all ACCME requirements for commercial support and maintains a separation of promotion from education. The content or format of IPSIS CME activities, or its related materials, promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest. The International Pain & Spine Intervention Society is a non-profit medical society. Revenues from this and all courses are used for future research and educational endeavors.

In-Kind Commercial Support
Disposable supplies provided by Avanos Medical

Course Materials Copyright
Materials presented at this course have been made available by the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society for educational purposes only. No distribution or reproductions of any kind, including audio and video recordings, may be made of the presentations. We reserve all rights to such material.

IPSIS does not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment including, but not limited to: inappropriate comments on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, gender identity, or gender expression; the display of inappropriate or sexual images in public spaces; deliberate intimidation, stalking, or following; harassing photography or recordings; sustained disruption of presentations or other events; inappropriate physical contact or unwelcome sexual attention.

All attendees, speakers, sponsors, staff, and volunteers at Society activities are required to agree to uphold this code of conduct during the event, in activity-related social events at on-site or off-site locations, and in related online communities and social media.

To report a violation of our Code of Conduct, please click here.

Reports will be investigated, and appropriate action will be taken.