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.

Registration Fees - Register by Thursday, December 12 for Our Best Rate!
Physician Members - $1,195
Fellows, Residents, and Medical Student Members - $595
Allied Health Professionals - $895
Non-member Physicians - $1,895

Register early and save. Winter Seminar rates increase by $200 on December 12, 2024 and January 23, 2025.
Registration rates are listed in USD.

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.

Enjoy Tempe, Arizona during the thick of baseball’s spring training, and have the opportunity to take in games from any of the 15 major league teams that make up the Cactus League — enjoying sun-splashed afternoons at the ballpark when much of the rest of the country will still be scraping ice off their windshields.

Hotel
The Westin Tempe
11 E 7th Street
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Discounted Room Rate of $279.00. Click here for reservations. 
Hotel Cut-off date is Thursday, February 6, 2025 and is subject to availability.

Please note, a $28 destination fee appears after you "check availability" but this destination fee is not required for our group. An optional discounted destination fee of $22 can be selected upon check in. The hotel representative will explain the benefits of this option.

Transportation
If flying, the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) is the closest airport.

Joshua Rittenberg, MD, President
Stanford University
Emeryville, California

Alison Stout, DO, Vice President
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

David J. "D.J." Kennedy, MD, Past President
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Vinil Shah, MD, Secretary
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Zachary L. McCormick, MD, Treasurer
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

David M. Sibell, MD, Education Division Chair
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Christine El Yahchouchi, MD, International Division Chair
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Patricia Zheng, MD, Research Division Chair
University of California
San Francisco, California

Byron J. Schneider, MD, Standards Division Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Benoy Benny, MD, Fundraising Committee Chair
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, Texas

Scott Naftulin, DO, Membership Committee Chair
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Michael B. Furman, MD, Member-at-Large
OSS Health
York, Pennsylvania

Lisa Huynh, MD, Member-at-Large
Stanford University
Stanford, California

D. Scott Kreiner, MD, Member-at-Large
Barrow Brain and Spine
Phoenix, Arizona

Richard Derby, MD, Founding Member
Comprehensive Spine Diagnostics Medical Group
Daly City, California

Alexandra Fogarty, MD, Early Career Physician
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri

Milan P. Stojanovic, MD, IPM Editor-in-Chief
VA Boston Heathcare System
Boston, Massachusetts

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 11 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 11 CME credits, of which 11 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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Target Audience
This live activity has been designed for physicians who perform spine intervention procedures.

For exhibit and sponsorship opportunities, please review the IPSIS 2025 Winter Seminar Exhibitor Prospectus. Contact Katie Baldock, IPSIS Meeting Coordinator, at kbaldock@ipsismed.org or 630-203-2254 for questions, or to secure your participation today.

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.

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.