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Thursday 23rd July
12.00pm - 3.00pm Exhibitors Move In
1.00pm - 6.30pm
 New Zealand Pain Society Nursing Issues Group Meeting (Miro Room at Distinction Hotel)
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3.30pm - 6.30pm Occupational Therapy Meeting - Doing and Being: Occupational therapy in pain management (Tawa Room at Distinction Hotel)  Click here to view programme
4.00pm - 6.00pm
 Psychologists Meeting (Cards Lounge at Distinction Hotel)
4.30pm - 6.45pm Main conference registration opens
6.00pm - 7.30pm 'Happy Hour' with Trade Exhibitors
  Friday 24th July
7.30am Registration opens
08.30am - 09.00am Powhiri
Opening Address  -  Dr Lorna Fox, NZPS President
09.00am - 10.30am
Keynote Speaker  -  Assoc Prof Michael Nicholas
Director, ADAPT Pain Management Program Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital
Forging Links in Pain Management: major challenges but solutions too
 
10.30am - 11.00am Morning Tea
Concurrent Session 1A:
Introductory Stream
11.00am - 11.45am       Physiology of Pain  -  Kishor Kanji, Middlemore Hospital

11.45am  12.30pm        Pain: From Private Places to Public Domain (the
                                    assessment of chronic pain in a biopsychosocial/nerve
                                    sensitisation paradigm)
                                    -  Mark Cranswick, Waitemata DHB
 
 Concurrent Session 1B
11.00am - 12.30pm       Examples of Whare Oranga Approaches to Pain
                                    Management  
                                    NRW Presentation
                                    Sabre Puna
                                    Approaches to Pain Management                        
                                      -  Mark Ross, Maui Hudson and Te Whare Orango
 
Concurrent Session 1C:
Cancer Pain
11.00am - 12.30pm       Success in Cancer Pain - Part 1
                                     -  Dr Alan Farnell,
                                    Dr Murray Hunt, Julie Burgess, Madeleine Fiddes,
                                     Waikato Hospital
 
12.30pm - 1.30pm
 Lunch
Physiotherapists Meeting (12.45pm - 1.30pm)
Concurrent Session 2A:
Introductory Stream
1.30pm - 2.15pm           Pharmocological Pain Treatments 
                                     -  David Jones, Dunedin Hospital

2.15pm - 3.00pm           Introduction to Interventional Pain Medicine
                                     -  Dr Stephan Neff, Rotorua Pain Specialists Ltd
 
Concurrent Session 2B
1.30pm - 2.00pm          Teamwork in Chronic Pain Management  
                                     -  Bronwyn Thompson, University of Otago, Christchurch
                                    
2.00pm - 2.30pm          Nurse Practioners and Pain Management; Potential
                                     and Practicalities  -  Judy Leader, Mid Central DHB
                                     
2.30pm - 3.00pm          Pain 2.0 - pain management for the future  
                                     -  Bronwyn Thompson, University of Otago, Christchurch
Concurrent Session 2C:
Cancer Pain
1.30pm - 3.00pm           Success in Cancer Pain - Part 2  -  Dr Alan Farnell,
                                     Dr Murray Hunt, Julie Burgess, Madeleine Fiddes,
                                     Waikato Hospital
 
3.00pm - 3.30pm Afternoon Tea
Concurrent Session 3A:
Introductory Stream
3.30pm - 4.15pm         Psychosocial aspects update. Old friends and emerging
                                  influences: Attention, sleep, worry and heart rate
                                  variability.
                                  -  Malcolm Johnson, University of Auckland

4.15pm - 5.00pm          Return to Work - from patient to person
                                   -  Bronwyn Thompson, University of Otago, Christchurch
 
 Concurrent Session 3B
3.30pm - 5.00pm          Basic Hypnosis Workshop  -  Patrick McCarthy
 
Concurrent Session 3C:
Acute Pain
3.30pm - 5.00pm          Cardivascular Side Effects of NSAIDS  
                                    -  Dr Steve Jones, Waikato Hospital
                                   
                                    Rotorua's Experience of Remifentanil Use for Labour
                                     -  Ulrike Buehner, Rotorua Hospital
                                    
                                    Acute Pain Management in Afghanistan  
                                    -  Nigel Bullock, Gisborne Hospital, Tairawhiti District Health
 
5.05pm - 5.35pm
ACC - Quo Vadis  -  Margaret Macky, ACC
 
5.45pm - 7.15pm NZPS Annual General Meeting


  Saturday 25th July
07.15am - 08.00am
Mundipharma Breakfast Session - Opioids in Non-Cancer Pain
-  David Jones, Healthcare Otago
 
08.00am - 09.00am
Keynote Speaker  Prof Michael Chester
Director of the NHS National Refractory Angina Centre, Liverpool
Consumer-centered Care
 
09.00am - 10.00am
Keynote Speaker -  Lorimer Moseley
Senior Research Fellow, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Explaining Pain - Current Concepts and Implications
 
10.00am - 10.30am Morning Tea

 Concurrent Session 4A
10.30am - 12.00pm       Complex/Chronic Pain in Children and Young People  
                                    -  Dr Ross Drake, Amanda McGowan, Sue Pickup, Elaine
                                       McKechnie, Linda Chard and Dr Paul Vroegop,
                                       Starship Children's Hospital
 
Concurrent Session 4B:
Chronic Pain in  
Primary Care
10.30am - 12.00pm       Back Pain - an integrated approach  
                                    -  Chris Hoffman, TBI Health, The Back Institute
                                   
                                    Chronic Pain After Surgery - An ACC Point of View
                                    -  Peter Jansen, ACC
                                   
                                    Diagnosis and Management of Neuropathic Pain for
                                    GP's
                                    - Dr Stephan Neff, Rotorua Pain Specialists Ltd
 
Concurrent Session 4C
10.30am - 12.00pm       

Bridges and Barriers to Return to Employment for People with Chronic Pain
-  Dr Tipu Aamir, Debbie Bean and Diane Henare, TARPS

Enhancing Effectiveness & Delivery of Chronic Pain Treatments: Moving Toward Inter-disciplinary Team Practice
-  Des Mulvaney, QE Health

Who Reports Chronic Pain in the New Zealand Population?
-  Clare Dominick, Ministry of Health   

Forging Links to Help Keep Injured Shearers (and other workers) at Work
-  Nancy Barlow, ACC

How Does SCS Improve Angina Patients’ QOL?  Can Similarities be Found with the General Pain Population?
-  Jenny Sandom, Otago District Health Board
                                      
12.00pm - 1.00pm
 Lunch      
FFPMANZCA Meeting (12.15pm - 1.00pm)
Concurrent Session 5A:
Interventional Pain Medicine
1.00pm - 2.45pm           Conflicts in Spinal Cord Stimulation  
                                     -  Rick Acland, Burwood Pain Management Centre
                                     
                                     Therapy-refractory CRPS - HBOT, ECT, Ketamine
                                     and Marijuana  
                                     -  Dr Stephan Neff, Rotorua Pain Specialists Ltd
 
 Concurrent Session 5B
1.00pm - 2.45pm           Explaining Pain to Patients in the Real World
                                     -  Lorimer Moseley, Prince of Wales Medical Research
                                     Institute
 
2.45pm - 3.15pm Afternoon Tea
Concurrent Session 6A:
Crisis Prevention and Management
3.15pm - 3.25pm          Could Glial Activation be a Factor in Migraine?
                                    -  Jim Bartley, TARPS

3.25pm - 3.35pm          Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Among Patients  Attending a                                                          Multidisciplinary Tertiary Pain Clinic
                                   -  Jim Bartley, TARPS

3.35pm - 3.45pm          Is Left Vagus Stimulation Useful for Pain Relief?
                                   -  Francis Barny, CHT Nouméa

3.45pm - 3.55pm          The Advantages of the Use of the CT Scanner in the Interventional                                                        Procedures of the Neuropathic Pain
                                    -  Dr Apostol Vaso, Galenus Pain Clinic 

4.00pm - 4.45pm          Assessment and Management of Suicide Risk in
                                    Patients Presenting with Chronic Pain
                                    -  Dr Shailesh Kumar
 
 Concurrent Session 6B
3.15pm - 4.45pm          Practical Applications of Acceptance and Commitment
                                    Therapy Techniques With Persistent Pain
                                     -  Jim Hegarty, Private Practice
 
 Concurrent Sessino 6C
3.15pm - 4.45pm          Training the Brain  -  Lorimer Moseley, Prince of Wales
                                    Medical Research Institute
 
6.00pm Bus leaves Distinction Hotel for transport to conference dinner
7.00pm
Conference Dinner at Skyline Skyrides Redwood Forest Sails
 


Sunday 26th July
7.00am NZPS Executive Breakfast Meeting
08.00am - 09.00am
Keynote Speaker  -  Prof Michael Chester
Director of the NHS National Refractory Angina Centre, Liverpool and Visiting Professor of Cardiology, Nanjing University, PR China
Chest Pain
 
09.00am - 10.00am
Keynote Speaker  -  Lorimer Moseley
Senior Research Fellow, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Current Concepts in CRPS Rehabilitation                                     
 
Concurrent Session 7A 10.05am - 11.05am         Alternative Strategies for Managing Orofacial Pain
                                      -  Jim Bartley, The Auckland Regional Pain Service
Concurrent Session 7B 10.05am - 11.05am         Empowering Psychophysiological Pain Interventions
                                      Using Biofeedback  -  Tom Neser, Pain Management
                                      and Reahabilitation Services
Concurrent Session 7C
 
 10.05am - 11.05am         Manage Your Pain - Part 1
                                         -  Assoc Prof Michael Nicholas, ADAPT Pain                                                                                              Management Program,
                                        Pain Management Research Institute, University of
                                        Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital
11.05am - 11.25am Morning Tea
Concurrent Session 8A:
Challenges of Chronic Chest Pain
11.25am - 12.55pm       Challenges in Managing Angina Pectoris  -  Alan Merry,
                                    University of Auckland and Prof Michael Chester, Liverpool
                                    Hope University
Concurrent Session 8B

11.25am - 12.55pm       Hypnosis for Pain 
                                    -  Dr Bob Large, The Auckland Regional Pain Service
 
 Concurrent Session 8C
11.25am - 12.55pm        Manage Your Pain - Part 2  -  Assoc Prof Michael
                                     Nicholas, ADAPT Pain Management Program, Pain
                                     Management Research Institute, University of Sydney at
                                     Royal North Shore Hospital
 
12.55pm Official Closing and Exhibit Prize Draws


Special Interest Group Meetings (SIG’s)

If you would like to advertise your SIG meeting on this page and arrange for a meeting room at the conference please email Rita Schulz: pain2009@confer.co.nz or call 03 546 6022.

SIG’s meetings held at previous NZ Pain Society ASM’s:
  • Neuromodulation Update Meeting
  • Faculty of Pain Medicine Meeting

Exhibitors        
ACC
AFT Pharmaceuticals
BackOn Track NZ Ltd
Baxter Healthcare
BioDecon
Biomed
InterMed		 Medical Books
Mundipharma
New Zealand Medical & Scientific
Obex Medical Ltd
Pfizer
Pharaceutical Compounding NZ Ltd
QE Health
REM Systems
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