Blaustein Pain Grand Rounds

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Featured Lectures Donlin M. Long Award Recipients

Donlin M. Long Leadership Award 2026 | Dr. Yun Guan

Donlin M. Long Leadership Award 2024 | James N. Campbell

Grand Rounds Schedule

Date	Lecturer	Presentation
9/04/2026	No conference
9/11/2026	No conference
9/18/2026	Yenisel Cruz Almeida, Ph.D. University of Florida	TBD
9/25/2026	Fenan Rassu, Ph.D. JHU	"Who Gets Evidence-Based Pain Care? Socioeconomic Disparities from Population to Clinic."
10/02/2026	Yian Chen, M.D. University of Colorado David Corpman, M.D. University of Washington	"AI and Pain"
10/09/2026	Alicia Heady, Ph.D. Yale	TBD
10/16/2026	Karen Seal, M.D. University of California at San Fransico	"The wHOPE Trial for Chronic Pain Management: Implications for Clinical Practice and Systems Change"
10/23/2026	TBD	TBD
10/30/2026	Kevin Tracey, M.D. President & CEO Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research	TBD
11/06/2026	Cheryl Stucky, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin	"Skin in the Game: Keratinocytes as Unexpected Players in Neuropathic Pain"
11/13/2026	TBD	TBD
11/20/2026	Michael Gold, M.D. University of Pittsburgh	TBD
11/27/2026	No conference
12/04/2026	TBD	TBD
12/11/2026	Francesca Beaudoin, M.D., Ph.D., Brown University	TBD
12/18/2026	No conference
12/26/2026	No conference

Past Presentations

- Lecturer: (1/5) No Conference
- Lecturer: (1/12) Puneet Mishra, M.D., Vanderbilt University
  Presentation: “Interventional Approaches to Tackle Chronic Knee Pain"
- Lecturer: (1/19) [Canceled]
- Lecturer: (1/26) Shirvalkar, Prasad, M.D., Ph.D., USCF
  Presentation: “Tracking and Treating Chronic Pain with Personalized Brain Biomarkers”
- Lecturer: (2/2) Xiang Yang, Ph.D., U Mass Chang Medical School
  Presentation: “Go with the flow, shear stress mechanosensing in external and internal senses”
- Lecturer: (2/9) Harrison Elder, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Leveraging the Entourage Effect to Open THC’s Therapeutic Window: How understudied constituents of cannabis could hold the key to unlocking the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids”
- Lecturer: (2/16) Jack Craven, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Workers Compensation and Litigation in Chronic Pain"
- Lecturer: (2/16) Leili Shahgholi, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Exploring the advantages and disadvantages of employing artificial intelligence in pain management, focusing on its impact on both patients and physicians”
- Lecturer: (2/23) Frederick W. Luthardt, Jr., JHU Compliance
  Presentation: “Decentralized Clinical Trials: Advantages and Challenges”
- Lecturer: (3/1) Mark Johnson, Ph.D., Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
  Presentation: “From Mechanism to Metaphor: Unmasking and Rethinking the Persistence of Pain”
- Lecturer: (3/8) Jennifer Gewandter, M.D., University of Rochester Medical Center
  Presentation: “Chronic pain clinical trials: Balancing theory and practice”
- Lecturer: (3/15) Lei Gao, MBBS , Harvard University
  Presentation: “The Role of Sleep and Pain in Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders”
- Lecturer: (3/22) M.E. Sebai, M.D., JHU "The Associating Between Pain and Smoking, Public Health and Clinical Implications"
- Lecturer: (3/22) Warren Reuland, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “The Transition From Acute to Chronic Pain: Molecular Mechanisms and Possible Strategies for Prevention"
- Lecturer: (3/29) No Conference
- Lecturer: (4/5) [Canceled]
- Lecturer: (4/12) Michael S. Gold, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Gold’s Lab
  Presentation: “Mechanisms of Trigeminal Neuralgia”
- Lecturer: (4/19) Geum Yeon Sim, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Vertebral augmentation and subsequent adjacent vertebral fractures”
- Lecturer: (4/19) Mohamed Ehab Ramadan, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “IV lidocaine infusion: Recent evidence in chronic pain management"
- Lecturer: (4/26) [Canceled]
- Lecturer: (5/3) Maia Szalavitz, Neuroscience journalist at The New York Times and award winning author
  Presentation: "Opioids, Pain and Harm Reduction"
- Lecturer: (5/10) Owen McManus, Ph.D., Quiver Bio Sciences, Inc.
  Presentation: “Development of therapeutics for chronic pain using all-optical electrophysiology”
- Lecturer: (5/17) Asbjorn Mohr Drewes, M.D., Ph.D., Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
  Presentation: “Pain Management of Pancreatic Diseases"
- Lecturer: (5/31) Long-Jun Wu, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
  Presentation: “Neuroimmune Interaction: Focusing on Microglia in Pain"
- Lecturer: (6/7) Kris Chesky, Ph.D, JHU, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Peabody Institute,
  Presentation: “Occupational Health in the Music Discipline”
- Lecturer: (6/14) Shravani Durbhakula, M.D., Vanderbilt University
  Presentation: "Building Your Own Personal Brand”
- Lecturer: (6/21) Jason McDougall, M.D., Dalhousie University
  Presentation: “How Age, Sex, and Injury Contribute to Arthritis Pain”
- Lecturer: (9/6) No Conference
- Lecturer: (9/13) Melanie Racine, Ph.D., University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  Presentation: “Chronic pain and suicide risk: How to prevent and intervene”
- Lecturer: (9/20) Zoltan Kender, Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, Germany
  Presentation: “Sensory phenotypes reflect the natural course of diabetic polyneuropathy independent of pain mechanisms”
- Lecturer: (9/27) Barbara I. Namer, M.D., University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
  Presentation: “Itch versus pain signaling in humans"
- Lecturer: (10/4) Theodore Price, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas
  Presentation: "Mechanisms of neuropathic pain: Insights from human dorsal root ganglion studies”
- Lecturer: (10/11) Hongzhen Hu, Ph.D., Washington University
  Presentation: “Chemical and Mechanosensory Neuroimmunology at Barrier Surfaces”
- Lecturer: (10/18) Mollie Meffert, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Direct and Cell-type Selective Assessment of miRNA Targets in the Nervous System”
- Lecturer: (10/25) Ahmet Hoke, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Update on Programmed Axon degeneration Pathway: a therapeutic target for painful neuropathies”
- Lecturer: (11/1) Zachary T. Campbell, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
  Presentation: “Translational control of mRNA in pain"
- Lecturer: (11/8) Aakanksha Jain, Ph.D., Boston’s Children Hospital
  Presentation: “The Neuroimmune Interactome of Inflammatory Pain”
- Lecturer: (11/15) Angelika Lampert, M.D., RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  Presentation: “Sensory neuron classification by Patch Seq.”
- Lecturer: (11/22) Yun Guan, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Harnessing natural bioceuticals derived from human birth tissues as an innovative pain therapy”
- Lecturer: (11/29) No Conference
- Lecturer: (12/6) Gregory Scherrer, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
  Presentation: "Neural circuits and therapeutics for pain unpleasantness and its cognitive modulation"
- Lecturer: (12/13) Gerald Limerick, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: What’s Old, What’s New, What’s Hot”
- Lecturer: (12/20) No Conference
- Lecturer: (12/27) No Conference
- Lecturer: (1/6) Frederick W. Luthardt, Jr. D.Be., MA, JHU
  Presentation: “The New JHU IND/IDE Policy: What’s Different and What’s the Same for Pain Researchers”
- Lecturer: (1/13) Michael Caterina, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Probing and perturbing processes producing pathological pain”
- Lecturer: (1/20) Soomi Lee, Ph.D., University of South Florida
  Presentation: “Pain in Adulthood and Its Associations with Sleep and Modifiable Lifestyle Factors"
- Lecturer: (1/27) Anping Xie, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Patient Engagement in Perioperative Pain Management: A Human Factors Engineering Approach”
- Lecturer: (2/3) Luda Diatchenko, M.D., Ph.D., McGill University
  Presentation: “Immune profiling and blood transcriptomics analysis to study the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia”
- Lecturer: (2/10) William Schmidt, Ph.D., SBC Global
  Presentation: “Profile of Three Drugs that Could Change the Profile of Pain Medicine"
- Lecturer: (2/17) Mazen Zein, M.D., Clinical Pain Fellow, JHU
  Presentation: “The management and treatment of spasticity"
- Lecturer: (2/17) Tariq AlFarra, D.O., Clinical Pain Fellow, JHU
  Presentation: “The Sacroiliac Joint: An Under-Recognized Mystery"
- Lecturer: (2/24) Jeffrey Reich, M.D., CEO & Founder, Sparian Biosciences
  Presentation: "Arylepoxamides, A New Class of Potent And Safe Analgesics?"
- Lecturer: (3/3) Robert Edwards, M.D., Brigham & Women’s Hospital
  Presentation: “Personalized Pain Medicine: Current Status and Future Directions”
- Lecturer: (3/10) David Seminowicz, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
  Presentation: “A Novel Cortical Biomarker Signature for Predicting Pain Sensitivity”
- Lecturer: (3/17) Karen P. Davis, Ph.D., FCAHS, FRSC, University of Toronto, Canada
  Presentation: “Considering peak alpha frequency as a potential biomarker of chronic neuropathic pain with some sex specificity”
- Lecturer: (3/24) Dennis Nguyen, M.D., Clinical Pain Fellow, JHU
  Presentation: "A deep dive into when, where and why we use steroids in our injectate"
- Lecturer: (3/24) Taran Jolly, M.D. Clinical Pain Fellow, JHU
  Presentation: “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Chronic Pain”
- Lecturer: (3/31) Eellan Sivanesan, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Neuromodulation for Peripheral Disease"
- Lecturer: (4/7) No Conference
- Lecturer: (4/14) James N. Campbell, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “What’s New in the Field of Pain”
- Lecturer: (4/21) Panelist 1: Vivianne L. Tawfik, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University
  Presentation: CRPS Panel Discussion: "Imaging pain in CRPS, phenotypes/classification"
- Lecturer: (4/21) Panelist 2: Frank Birklein, M.D., Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
  Presentation: CRPS Panel Discussion: "Autoimmune contributions in CRPS"
- Lecturer: (4/21) Panelist 3: Eellan Sivanesan, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: CRPS Panel Discussion: "Recent developments in the treatment of CRPS: Neuromodulation: spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation"
- Lecturer: (4/28) Aparna Jindal, M.D., Clinical Pain Fellow, JHU
  Presentation: "Anticoagulation guidelines for interventional spine procedures”
- Lecturer: (4/28) Christelle Samen, M.D., Clinical Pain Fellow, JHU
  Presentation: "Sympathetic blockade: a paradigm shift in the treatment of CRPS?"
- Lecturer: (5/5) Tina Doshi, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Neurodiagnostic Biomarkers of Central Sensitization in Chronic Pain"
- Lecturer: (5/12) Michael Smith, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Insomnia and sleep biomarkers in chronic pain”
- Lecturer: (5/19) Matthias Ringkamp, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Primate Nociceptors and Itch Sensation"
- Lecturer: (5/26) No Conference
- Lecturer: (6/2) Asaf Keller, Ph.D., University of Maryland
  Presentation: "CGRP Causes More Than Headaches”
- Lecturer: (6/9) Kelly Knopp, Ph.D., Eli Lilly Company
  Presentation: “Addressing the Challenges of Analgesic Drug Development May Require Revising the Problem Statements”
- Lecturer: (6/16) Mark P. Jensen, Ph.D., University of Washington
  Presentation: “The Effects and Mechanisms of Psychological Treatments for Pain Management”
- Lecturer: (6/23) Andrew Todd, Ph.D., University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
  Presentation: "Neuronal circuits for pain and itch in the spinal dorsal horn"
- Lecturer: (9/1) No Conference
- Lecturer: (9/8) Yun Guan, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Targeting GPCRs on Primary Sensory Neurons for Effective and Safe Pain Control”
- Lecturer: (9/15) Anna Woodbury, M.D., MSCR, C.Ac, Emory University
  Presentation: “Do Your Ears Hang Low? Auricular Neuromodulation for Pain and Co-Morbid Symptoms"
- Lecturer: (9/22) Michael Jankowski, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital
  Presentation: "Neuroimmune communication in pediatric pain”
- Lecturer: (9/29) Lynn Webster, M.D., Center for U.S. Policy
  Presentation: “Opioids 2023: Guidelines and Myths In Treating Chronic Pain”
- Lecturer: (10/6) David Seminowicz, Ph.D., Western University, Toronto
  Presentation: “A Novel Cortical Biomarker Signature for Predicting Pain Sensitivity”
- Lecturer: (10/13) Sami Tuffaha, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Contemporary surgical approaches to treat and prevent painful neuromas”
- Lecturer: (10/20) Eric Wang, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “From 'Versus' to 'And': Connecting the Management of Acute and Chronic Pain through a Mechanistic Perspective”
- Lecturer: (10/20) Yian Chen, M.D., University of Washington
  Presentation: "Bridging the Divide: A 'Chronic Pain' Perspective on Perioperative Pain Care"
- Lecturer: (10/27) Patrick Myers, B.S., M.B.A., JHU
  Presentation: “VPL Thalamus Responses to Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in Naive and Spinal Nerve Injured Rats”
- Lecturer: (11/3) Nicole Hemmenway, Ph.D., CEO, US Pain Foundation
  Presentation: “Perspectives on Patient Advocacy, Discussion with Nicole Hemmenway, CEO, US Pain Foundation”
- Lecturer: (11/10) Joao P. De Aquino, M.D., Yale University
  Presentation: “Developing Novel Therapeutics to Relieve Pain Among Persons with Opioid Use Disorder: A Translational Approach”
- Lecturer: (11/17) Thomas Smith, M.D. FACP FASCO FAAHPM, JHU
  Presentation: “Neuromodulation with Scrambler Therapy”
- Lecturer: (11/24) No Conference
- Lecturer: (12/1) Scientific Advisory Board Panel Discussion, JHU
  Presentation: “Tips on How To Write A Blaustein Grant”
- Lecturer: (12/8) Panelist 1: Beth Darnal, Ph.D., Stanford University
  Presentation: Panel Discussion: “Empowered Relief”
- Lecturer: (12/8) Panelist 2: Yoni Ashar, Ph.D., University of Colorado
  Presentation: Panel Discussion: “Pain Reprocessing Theory”
- Lecturer: (12/8) Panelist 3: Mark Lumley, Ph.D., Wayne State University
  Presentation: Panel Discussion: “Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy"
- Lecturer: (12/15) Beth Hogans, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: "De Finibus Dolorum: The Promise of Large-Scale Analytics Applied to Clinical Pain Data"
- Lecturer: (12/22) No Conference
- Lecturer: (12/29) No Conference
- Lecturer: (1/7) Shenandoah Robinson, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Mechanisms of Chronic Pain in Cerebral Palsy"
- Lecturer: (1/14) Fred Luthardt, Director, Compliance JHU
  Presentation: "Investigational New Drug (IND) Clinical Trials: An Introduction to FDA Requirements for Sponsor-Investigators"
- Lecturer: (1/21) Andre Machado, M.D., Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute
  Presentation: "Modulation of the Affective Sphere of Pain"
- Lecturer: (1/28) Rolf Detlef Treede, M.D., Ph.D., Heidelberg University, Germany
  Presentation: "Chronic Pain Diagnoses in ICD 11. Potential Implications for Clinical Practice and Research in Pain Medicine"
- Lecturer: (2/4) Qin Zheng, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Synchronized cluster firing, a distinct form of sensory neuron activation, drives spontaneous pain"
- Lecturer: (2/11) Alban Latremoliere, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Brief Awakenings as a Proxy for Paroxysmal Pain After Nerve Injury"
- Lecturer: (2/18) Rebecca Freeland, M.D., Pain Fellow, JHU & Olga Komargodski, M.D., Pain Fellow, JHU
  Presentation: "Weight Loss Interventions for the Chronic Pain Patient" & "Approaching Obesity with a Chronic Pain Patient"
- Lecturer: (2/25) Sarah Allgood, Ph.D., RN, JHU
  Presentation: "Cystic Fibrosis – What We know, What We’re Learning, and Future Research"
- Lecturer: (3/4) David Julius, Ph.D., UCSF
  Presentation: "A Conversation with Dr. David Julius..."
- Lecturer: (3/11) Jeon Sang Min, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Skin Function and Anatomy Following Partial Denervation"
- Lecturer: (3/18) Nicole Hemmenway, Ph.D., CEO, US Pain Foundation
  Presentation: "An Interview with Nicole Hemmenway, a Patient and CEO of US Pain Foundation"
- Lecturer: (3/25) Martin Schmeltz, M.D., Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, Germany
  Presentation: "Characteristics of spontaneously active nociceptors and assessment of clinical pain: concepts beyond sensory thresholds"
- Lecturer: (4/1) Kenneth Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
  Presentation: "You Are What You Eat: The Role of Essential PUFAs in Pain"
- Lecturer: (4/22) Daniel Clauw, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan
  Presentation: "The Risk and Benefits of Using Cannabinoids to Treat Chronic Pain"
- Lecturer: (4/29) Annie Wang, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Chronic Pain."
- Lecturer: (5/6) Lintao Qu, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc., Pain NUS, JHU
  Presentation: "Does TRIPC3 Signal Itch or Pain, Or Both?"
- Lecturer: (5/13) Eric Wang, M.D., Anesthesia & CC Medicine, JHU
  Presentation: "Scrambler Therapy: Questions Raised and Future Directions"
- Lecturer: (5/20) Sheera Lerman Zohar, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Pain and Sleep Disturbances in Burn Survivors"
- Lecturer: (6/3) Andrew Rice, M.D. FRCP, FRCA, FFPMRCA. FFPMCAI, Imperial College, London, England
  Presentation: “Cannabinoid Analgesia: What Is The Evidence For Benefit And Harm?”
- Lecturer: (6/10) Nickolas Ryba, Ph.D., NIH
  Presentation: “Transcriptomic analysis reveals both similarities and differences between somatosensory neurons in humans and mice”
- Lecturer: (6/17) Oleg Turkot, M.D., Clinical Pain Fellow, JHU & Jay Karri, M.D., MPH, Clinical Pain Fellow, JHU
  Presentation: "International Program Building in Light of Modern Events" & “Spinal Cord Injury After Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections”
- Lecturer: (6/24) Robyn J. Crook, Ph.D., B.Sc., San Francisco State University
  Presentation: “A Comparative Perspective on the Evolution and Function of Pain”
- Lecturer: (9/9) Annie Hsu, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: [Canceled]
- Lecturer: (9/16) Steven P. Cohen, M.D.
  Presentation: “The role of facet procedures in the management of chronic spinal pain”
- Lecturer: (9/23) Risheng Xu, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Molecular mechanisms underlying trigeminal neuralgia”
- Lecturer: (9/30) Kimberly Ostrow, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Defining the Molecular Mechanisms of Pain in Schwannomatosis”
- Lecturer: (10/7) Glenn Treisman, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Interstitial Medicine: the role of psychiatry in the complex interactions between mental disorders and medical conditions”
- Lecturer: (10/14) Haider F. Warraich , M.D., Harvard
  Presentation: “The Song of Our Scars”
- Lecturer: (10/21) Lars Arendt-Nielsen, M.D., Ph.D., Aalborg University, Denmark
  Presentation: “Mechanistic, Translational Human Pain Research”
- Lecturer: (10/28) Christopher Gilligan, M.D., MBA, Harvard
  Presentation: “Restorative Neurostimulation for Refractory, Disabling Chronic Low Back Pain”
- Lecturer: (11/4) Anne Yacoub, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Updates in Migraine Treatment"
- Lecturer: (11/11) James N. Campbell, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Three Twentieth Century Pioneers of Pain Research: James Hardy, Sir Thomas Lewis, and Henry Beecher”
- Lecturer: (11/18) Traci J. Speed, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: “POT in PPP: Prevalence and Outcomes of Cannabis Use in the Personalized Pain Program”
- Lecturer: (12/2) Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Tmem100 is a regulator of TRPA1-TRPV1 complex and contributes to persistent pain”
- Lecturer: (12/9) Frederick Sieber, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: “Kidney function and opioid dosing in the older surgical population”
- Lecturer: (12/9) Lauren Jantzie, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: “NOW(s) and the Future: The Need for Neurorepair in Prenatal Opioid Exposure”
- Lecturer: (12/16) Peter Goadsby, MBBS, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., FRACP, FRCP, Wellcome Trust King's Clinical Research Facility, England
  Presentation: “Migraine: New Understanding and Therapeutic Progress”
- Lecturer: (1/8) James Campbell, M.D. & J. Haythornthwaite, M.D.
  Presentation: "Interview w/ Dr. James Campbell"
- Lecturer: (1/15) Frederick Luthardt, Director, Compliance Monitoring Program
  Presentation: "Human Subjects Research at Johns Hopkins during the COVID 19 Pandemic: Challenges, Solutions, and Resources"
- Lecturer: (1/22) Imanuel Lerman, M.D., Ph.D., UCSD
  Presentation: "Probing Inflammation and Pain in PTSD"
- Lecturer: (1/29) Allan Basbaum, M.D., Ph.D., UCSF
  Presentation: "An Interview w/ Dr. Allan Basbaum"
- Lecturer: (2/5) Vivek Sindhi, M.D., MBA & Gerald Limerick, M.D.
  Presentation: "Spinal Cord Stimulation Waveforms" & "Deep Brain Stimulation for the Management of Intractable Chronic Pain"
- Lecturer: (2/12) Man Kyo Chung, M.D., Ph.D., UMD
  Presentation: "Role of nociceptors for the maintenance of neuropathic pain: Lessons from topical capsaicin"
- Lecturer: (2/19) Saadet Inan, M.D., Temple University
  Presentation: "Chemokine receptor antagonists enhance the antinociceptive potency of morphine but not morphine's respiratory depressive effects."
- Lecturer: (2/26) Clifford Woolf, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School/ Boston Children's Hospital
  Presentation: "An Interview w/ Dr. Clifford J. Woolf, Professor, Neurology and Neurobiology,Harvard Medical School, Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children’s Hospital"
- Lecturer: (3/5) Nadine Attal, M.D., University Versailles Saint Quentin, France
  Presentation: "Recent Global Updates Tailored Approach to Neuropathic Pain"
- Lecturer: (3/12) James Eisenach, Wake Forest University
  Presentation: "The Role of the Peripheral Nervous System in the Progression of Acute to Chronic Pain"
- Lecturer: (3/19) M. Imad Damaj, M.D., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
  Presentation: "TranslationalStudies of Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Alpha in Animal Models of Chemotherapy-InducedPeripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)"
- Lecturer: (3/26) Christine Lim, M.D.
  Presentation: "Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Disparities in Pain Medicine"
- Lecturer: (4/9) Lisa Mangus, M.D.
  Presentation: "Studies of HIV-associated Sensory Neuropathy in SIV/Macaque Models: A Review and Update"
- Lecturer: (4/16) Steven Cohen, M.D.
  Presentation: "Selecting patients for facet blocks and optimizing radiofrequency denervation outcomes"
- Lecturer: (4/23) Brent Earls, M.D.
  Presentation: "Novel Opioids: Difelikefalin (NKTR-181)"
- Lecturer: (4/30) Francis Keefe, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University
  Presentation: "A Discussion with Francis Keefe, M.D., Ph.D."
- Lecturer: (5/7) Ohannes K. Melemedjian, M.D., University of Maryland
  Presentation: "Anaplerosis - A mechanism for pain resolution"
- Lecturer: (5/14) Darius Rastegar, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: "Buprenorphine and Pain"
- Lecturer: (5/21) Daniela Salvemini, M.D., Ph.D., St. Louis University
  Presentation: "Targeting adenosine receptors for neuropathic pain past, present and future"
- Lecturer: (6/4) Chung Jung Mun, M.D. & Christine Beauchene, M.D.
  Presentation: "Variability is more than just 'noise': Investigation of intra-individual pain variability" & "Simulations of closed-loop peripheral nerve stimulation"
- Lecturer: (6/11) Ann Berger, MSN, M.D., Chief, Pain & Palliative Care Service, NIH
  Presentation: "National Institutes of Health: Healing Experience of all life Stressors"
- Lecturer: (6/18) Qiufu Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard University
  Presentation: "Somatotopic organization in driving the vagal-adrenal anti-inflammatory axis by acupuncture"
- Lecturer: (6/25) Sarah E Ross, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
  Presentation: "The Neural Circuits of Itch and Pain"
- Lecturer: (7/16) Parag Patil, M.D., University of Michigan
  Presentation: "Back to the Future: Ablative Neurosurgery and Deep Brain Stimulation for Pain"
- Lecturer: (7/23) Yan Liu, Ph.D.
  Presentation: "Role of microRNAs in rheumatoid arthritis pain"
- Lecturer: (9/10) Stephanie Vanterpool, M.D., MBA, University of Tennessee
  Presentation: "Focus on Function - The link between Function, Health, and Targeted Pain Treatment"
- Lecturer: (9/17) Distinguished Panelists: P. Patil, U. of Michigan; A. Belzberg, JHU; H. Nauta, U of Louisville
  Presentation: "Neurosurgical Procedures for Pain: Going Beyond Spinal Cord Stimulation"
- Lecturer: (9/24) Abdus-Saboor, M.D., Columbia University
  Presentation: "Towards mechanisms of pain and pleasure in mice"
- Lecturer: (10/1) James Campbell, M.D., Professor Emeritus, JHU
  Presentation: "Evolution of Pain"
- Lecturer: (10/8) Daniel Claux, M.D., University of Michigan
  Presentation: "Nociplastic Pain: Implications for Practice"
- Lecturer: (10/15)John D. Loeser, M.D., University of Washington
  Presentation: "An Interview w/ John D. Loeser, Professor Emeritus, Neurological Surgery, Washington University"
- Lecturer: (10/22) Joseph Mankowski, DVM, Ph.D., DACVP, JHU & Jonathan Oakley, Ph.D., Voxeleron
  Presentation: "Deep Learning-Based Analysis of Macaque Corneal Sub-Basal Nerve Fibers in In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Images"
- Lecturer: (10/29) Richard North, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: "What's New in Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation"
- Lecturer: (11/5) Chloe Alexandre, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Effects of Perioperative Sleep Quality on Postoperative Pain"
- Lecturer: (11/12) Robert Kerns, Professor Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychology, Yale University
  Presentation: "An Interview With Dr. Robert Kerns"
- Lecturer: (11/19) Victoria Abraira, Ph.D., Rutgers University
  Presentation: "Does this hurt? New Discoveries in How Our Brain Scales the Pain Experience."
- Lecturer: (12/3) Ernest Kopecky, Ph.D., Collegium Pharma
  Presentation: "Opioids - An Emerging Iatrogenic Crisis, Potential Solutions, and Improving Clinical Studies."
- Lecturer: (1/10) Claudia Campbell, M.D. JHU
  Presentation: Central Sensitization vs. Somatosensory Amplication: What, Why, Where and How
- Lecturer: (1/17) Fred Luthardt, Compliance JHU
  Presentation: The Evolution of Institutional Review Boards: Challenges and Responsibilities for Clinical Investigators
- Lecturer: (1/24) Stephen Waxman, Ph.D. Yale University
  Presentation: Huxley’s Science Fiction: From Na Channels to Pain Genes, Pain Resilience Genes, and Genomically-Guided
- Lecturer: (1/31) Takashi Tsukamoto, Ph.D. JHU
  Presentation: Development of Mas-related G protein-coupled receptors-X1 (MRGPRX1) agonists for the treatment of neuropathic pain
- Lecturer: (2/7) J. Shah, M.D. JHU & H. Majeed, M.D. JHU
  Presentation: Development and Treatment of Chronic Pain in the Parturient & Pain and Psychiatry
- Lecturer: (2/14) Christopher Carroll, M.D. JHU
  Presentation: Talk about what you (can) know: A lot of opinions on about an approach to opioids, pain and addiction
- Lecturer: (2/21) M-Irfan Suleman, M.D. JHU
  Presentation: Beyond Opioids; Management of Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents
- Lecturer: (2/28) Kelly Dunn, M.D. JHU
  Presentation: The Promises and Pitfalls of Opioid-Sparing Studies
- Lecturer: (3/6) Mary Lynn McPherson UMD
  Presentation: The Dirty Dozen of Deprescribing
- Lecturer: (3/13) George Hobelmann, M.D. UMD
  Presentation: The History and Current State of Addiction Treatment
  [Canceled due to COVID-19]
- Lecturer: (3/20) James Campbell, M.D.
  Presentation: A Fireside Chat w/ Dr. James Campbell Hosted by J. Haythornthwaite
  [Canceled due to COVID-19]
- Lecturer: (3/27) Cameron Kluth, M.D.
  Presentation: The Pain Physician Repository
  [Canceled due to COVID-19]
- Lecturer: (4/3) Luana Colloca, UMD
  Presentation: Placebo effects in chronic pain patients
  [Canceled due to COVID-19]
- Lecturer: (4/17) Pain Fellow: Cameron Kluth, M.D. JHU
  Presentation: The Pain Physician Repository
  [Canceled due to COVID-19]
- Lecturer: (4/24) A. Goel, M.D. & O. Megafu, M.D.
  Presentation: Ketamine: Miracle Drug or Latest Fad? & Rethinking treatment Strategies, Algorithms and Protocols in the era of neuromodulation, opioid crisis and rising healthcare spending
  [Canceled due to COVID-19]
- Lecturer: (5/8) Cameron Kluth, M.D.
  Presentation: The Pain Physician Repository
- Lecturer: (5/15) Ted Kaptchuk, M.D., Harvard
  Presentation: Placebo Effects in Chronic Pain
- Lecturer: (5/29) Luana Colloca, M.D., UMD
  Presentation: Placebo-induced pain modulation – Behavioral, psychological and biological phenotypes
- Lecturer: (6/5) Gary Brenner, Ph.D., Harvard
  Presentation: Schwannoma: Gene Therapy and Mechanisms of Tumor Pain (or… In Hominum Verita
- Lecturer: (6/12) James Campbell, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: The Role of the Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 in Pain [Rescheduled]
- Lecturer: (6/19) Cindy Steinberg, Ph.D., US Pain Foundation
  Presentation: Inadequate Pain Care in the US: The Experience, The Causes & Improvement Through Policy Change
- Lecturer: (6/26) James Campbell, Ph.D., JHU & Diane Meske, Ph.D. Director, Clinical Development Centrexion Therapeutics
  Presentation: The Role of the Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 in Pain
- Lecturer: (7/10) Philip Conaghan, M.D., Ph.D., University of Leeds, UK
  Presentation: Osteoarthritis Therapies – will there ever be anything new?
- Lecturer: (7/17) Andrew Furman, Graduate Research Assistant
  UMD
  Presentation: Peak Alpha Frequency: Discovery and Validation of a Pain Sensitivity Biomarker
- Lecturer: (9/11) Prasad Shrivalkar, M.D., Ph.D., University of California San Francisco
  Presentation: "Pain in the Brain: Decoding neural signals of chronic pain towards personalized therapy."
- Lecturer: (9/18) Nathaniel Katz, M.D., M.S., WCG Analgesic Solutions/Tufts University
  Presentation: "Are Clinical Trials Reliable?"
- Lecturer: (9/25) Eric Strain, M.D., Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Moving Beyond Traditional Outcome Measures in Substance Use Disorder Clinical Trials"
- Lecturer: (10/2) B. Duncan Lascellas, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
  Presentation: "Pain Research: Translational Scientists New Best Friends, and What They Tell Us"
- Lecturer: (10/9) Johannes Thrul, Ph.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Using smartphone surveys to track cannabis and opioid use among patients with chronic pain"
- Lecturer: (10/16) Tina Doshi, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Diagnostic Challenges in Craniofacial Pain"
- Lecturer: (10/23) Joshua Sharfstein, M.D.
  Presentation: "The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19: The Epidemic in the Pandemic"
- Lecturer: (10/30) Gordon Smith, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
  Presentation: "Therapeutic Development for Idiopathic Peripheral Neuropathy"
- Lecturer: (11/6) Jianguo Gu, M.D., Ph.D., University of Alabama-Birmingham
  Presentation: "Trigeminal neuropathic pain with cold hypersensitivity: ion channel dysfunctions and therapeutics implications"
- Lecturer: (11/13) George Hobelmann, M.D., Ashley Addiction Treatment Centers
  Presentation: "The History and Current State of Addiction Treatment"
- Lecturer: (12/4) Long-Jun Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
  Presentation: "Microglia-neuron interaction in chronic pain"
- Lecturer: (12/11) Shravani Durbhakala, M.D., JHU
  Presentation: "Pain Education"
- Lecturer: (12/18) Timothy Deer, M.D., Centers for Pain Relief of the Virginias
  Presentation: "The Quest to Reduce the Failed Back Surgery Syndrome"
- Lecturer: (1/4) Frederick W. Luthardt, DBE, MA, Compliance
  Presentation: Introduction to IRB and Its Operation
- Lecturer: (1/11) James Campbell, M.D.
  Presentation: The Evolution of Sentience
- Lecturer: (1/18) Jay Pasricha, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Partners in Crime: TGF beta and CGRP- convergent factors in peripheral sensitization
- Lecturer: (1/25) Wolfgang Liedtke, M.D.
  Presentation: TRPV4 medicated inflammation, pain and pruiritus from a translational medical perspective
- Lecturer: (2/1) Teresa Tang, M.D. & Andrew Kelner, M.D.
  Presentation: Burn another joint: a review of Radiofrequency Ablation for Peripheral Joint Pain
- Lecturer: (2/8) Luana Colloca, M.D.
  Presentation: Epidemics of opioids and natural placebo-induced release of opioids
- Lecturer: (2/15) Weiran Chen
  Presentation: Development of an Immortalized Human DRG Neuronal Cell Line (HC-1) to Model Diabetic and Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathies
- Lecturer: (2/22) Richard Skolasky, M.D.
  Presentation: Optimizing treatment sequencing for patients with chronic, non-specific low back pain: A research protocol
- Lecturer: (3/1) Jianguo Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: State of the art, challenges, and opportunities for pain medicine
- Lecturer: (3/8) Mark Hochberg, M.D.
  Presentation: New Treatments for Osteoarthritis
- Lecturer: (3/15) David Yarnitsky, M.D.
  Presentation: Pain modulation, from lab to clinic
- Lecturer: (3/22) Daniel Sova M.D.
  Presentation: Back Pain in Adolescents
- Lecturer: (3/22) Napoleon Roux, M.D.
  Presentation: Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain, An Intervention Pain Perspective
- Lecturer: (3/29) Akhil Chhatre, M.D.
  Presentation: Spine Rehabilitation
- Lecturer: (4/5) Feng Tao, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Dopamine and Pain
- Lecturer: (4/12) Patrick Finan, M.D.
  Presentation: Is Cannabis Analgesic? A Review of the Current Evidence from Studies of Clinical and Experimental Pain
- Lecturer: (4/26) Bryan Marascalchi, M.D.
  Presentation: Using wearable technology to measure change in functional capacity following interventional pain procedures
- Lecturer: (5/3) Richard Traub, M.D.
  Presentation: Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions: What Can Animal Models Tell Us?
- Lecturer: (5/10) Christina Chambers, M.D.
  Presentation: From evidence to influence: Dissemination and implementation of scientific knowledge for improved pain research and management
- Lecturer: (5/17) Catherine Bushnell, M.D. NIH
  Presentation: Endogenous opiods in chronic pain and pleasant touch
- Lecturer: (5/24) Roger Fillingam, M.D.
  Presentation: Where vs. Why It Hurts: Central Contributions to Regional Pain Conditions
- Lecturer: (5/31) Coordinator: Matthias Ringkamp, M.D.
  Panelists: Drs. James Campbell, A. Hoke and M. Caterina
  Presentation: Pain Research and Treatment: current status and future perspectives
- Lecturer: (6/7) Srinivasa Raja, M.D.
  Presentation: A Fireside Discussion with Dr. Srinivasa Raja with Moderator, James Campbell
- Lecturer: (6/14) Dr. Sharon Hertz, Director, FDA
  Presentation: Analgesic Drug Development and the Opioid Crisis
- Lecturer: (9/6) Isaac Chiu, M.D.
  Presentation: Neuro-immune interactions in pain and bacterial infections
- Lecturer: (9/13) Mandy David, PA-C
  Presentation: Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Converting Adults with Sickle Cell Disease from Full Agonist Opioids to Buprenorphine
- Lecturer: (9/20) Keela Ann Herr, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Quality Pain Care for Older Adults; Current Status and Future Directions
- Lecturer: (9/27) Srinivasa Raja, M.D.
  Presentation: Central Sensitization: Concept to Clinical Practice
- Lecturer: (10/4) Kimberly Ostrow, M.D.
  Presentation: The Secretomes of Painful Versus Non-painful Human Schwannomatosis Tumor Cells Deferentially Influence Sensory Neuron Gene Expression and Sensitivity
- Lecturer: (10/11) Maureen Mealy, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Scrambler therapy is a safe and feasible intervention that improves neuropathic pain in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder; a phase II randomized controlled trial
- Lecturer: (10/18) Aaron DiAntonio, M.D.
  Presentation: The SARM1 Axon Degeneration Pathway: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities
- Lecturer: (10/25) Linta Qu, M.D.
  Presentation: Neuronal FcyRI mediates acute and chronic joint pain
- Lecturer: (11/1) Joel Greenspan, M.D.
  Presentation: The Impact of Multiple Chronic Pain Conditions: Observations from the OPPERA Study
- Lecturer: (11/8) Christopher Oakley, M.D.
  Presentation: What's New in the World of Pediatric Headache
- Lecturer: (11/15) Patrick Dougherty, M.D.
  Presentation: Treatment Targets for Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Clues From Studies on Ectopic Spontaneous Activity
- Lecturer: (12/6) Kenneth Ren, M.D.
  Presentation: Behind Pain Transiency, Persistency and Chronicity
- Lecturer: (12/13) Frank Porreca, M.D.
  Presentation: Dysregulation of descending modulation in stress-related functional pain disorders
- Lecturer: (1/5) Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Novel Mechanisms of Itch
- Lecturer: (1/12) Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Mechanisms of Opioid Activity in Cancer and Sickle Cell Pain
- Lecturer: (1/19) Greg Elmer. Ph.D.
  Presentation: Exploring Common Neurobiology in Trauma, Pain, Opioids and Depression.
- Lecturer: (1/26) Coordinator: Srinivasa Raja, M.D.
  Panelists: Mark Bicket, M.D., James Campbell, M.D., Paul Christo, M.D., Suzanne Nesbit, PharmD., Traci Speed, MD., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Panel Discussion: Where Are We in the Opioid Crisis?
- Lecturer: (2/2) Post-Doctoral Fellows; Colleen LaVinka, Ph.D., Shaness Grenald, Ph.D., Sangmin Jeon, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Research Paper Presentations
- Lecturer: (2/9) Alban Latromoliere, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Sleep Disturbances Caused by Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Lecturer: (2/16) JHU T32 Fellows: Bethany Reminiuk, Ph.D., Janelle Letzen, Ph.D., Kristin Weaver, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Current Pain Research Paper Presentations
- Lecturer: (2/23) Man-kyo Chung, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Fight Fire with Fire: Mechanisms of Killing Pain with Pepper
- Lecturer: (3/9) Shaoyong Yu, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Visceral Sensation and Nociception
- Lecturer: (3/16) Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Ph.D. and James Campbell, M.D.
  Presentation: Conversations with Dr. Jennifer Haythornthwaite
- Lecturer: (3/23) Tamara King. Ph.D.
  Presentation: Mechanisms Driving Chronic Pain
- Lecturer: (4/6) Roy Levitt, M.D.
  Presentation: Genetics of Susceptibility to Chronic Pain
- Lecturer: (4/13) Andrei Srdulla, M.D.
  Presentation: Investigating the Neural Circuits of Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Lecturer: (4/20) Ahmet Hoke, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Nav 1.7 Effect on Neuropathic Pain
- Lecturer: (4/27) Marco Martel, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Determinants of Opioid Craving in Patients with Chronic Pain Prescribed Opioid Therapy
- Lecturer: (5/4) Brian Kim, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Neuroimmune Regulation of Chronic Itch
- Lecturer: (5/11) Ryu Komatsu, M.D. and Hira Richter, M.D.
  Presentation: Recovery after Nulliparous Birth Analysis and Prediction of Pain, Analgesia and Recovery Function and Post Stroke Pain: Therapeutic Options
- Lecturer: (5/18) Jeffrey Mogil, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Pain in Mice and Man: Ironic Adventures in Translation
- Lecturer: (6/1) Nigel Knox, M.D. and Yian Chen, M.D.
  Presentation: Herpes Zoster Presentation: More of the Same? and The Pharmacological Intervention and Surgical Managment of Coccydynia
- Lecturer: (6/15) Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Pain Discussion with Medical Students
- Lecturer: (9/7) Eellan Sivanesan, M.D.
  Presentation: Spinal Cord Stimulation: Clinical and Preclinical Perspectives
- Lecturer: (9/21) Dermot Maher, M.D.
  Presentation: Opioid Induced Suppression of Immune System Relevant to Anti-tumor Activity
- Lecturer: (9/28) Bengt Linderoth, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: The Gate Concept and 50 Years of Spinal Cord Stimulation; What do the new stimulation algorisms offer?
- Lecturer: (10/5) Hongszhen Hu, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Cutaneous Mechanism of Itch Signaling
- Lecturer: (10/12) Beth Hogans, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: A Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education
- Lecturer: (10/19) Tina Doshi, M.D.
  Presentation: Novel Biomarkers and Pain Phenotyping in Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Lecturer: (10/26) Mike Costigan, M.D.
  Presentation: Genomics in Neuropathic Pain
- Lecturer: (11/9) Don Nixdorf, D.D.S.
  Presentation: Predicting Severe Pain Following Root Canal Treatment
- Lecturer: (11/16) Matthias Ringkamp, M.D.
  Presentation: Joint U.Md / JHU Pain Seminar
- Lecturer: (11/30) University of Maryland
  Presentation: 4th Annual CACPR Symposium
- Lecturer: (12/7) Jennifer Rabbitts, M.D.
  Presentation: Mechanisms of Transition from Acute to Chronic Postsurgical Pain in Adolescents
- Lecturer: (12/14) Kiran Bali, M.D.
  Presentation: Non-coding RNA-mediated Mechanisms and Their Future Perspectives in Chronic Pain
- Lecturer: (1/6) Joel Greenspan, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Chronic Orofacial Pain in America: Insights from the OPPERA Study
- Lecturer: (1/20) Yuanxiang Tao, M.D.
  Presentation: Epigenic Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain
- Lecturer: (1/27) Anthony Schwartz, D.D.S.
  Presentation: Trigeminal Neuropathies from the Dentist's Clinical Perspective
- Lecturer: (2/3) James N. Campbell, M.D.
  Presentation: What's on the Horizon for Intrathecal Drug Development for Pain?
- Lecturer: (2/10) Asaf Keller, Ph.D.
  Presentation: The Parabrachial Complex: A Nexus of Ascending and Descending Pain Systems
- Lecturer: (2/17) Sridevi Sarma, Ph.D. and Yun Guan, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Neuromodulation: Computer Model and Biological
- Lecturer: (2/24) James Ficke, M.D.
  Presentation: Post-traumatic Pain in Foot and Ankle
- Lecturer: (3/3) Scheffer Tseng, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Platform Technology Based on HC-HA/PTX3 to Promote Regenerative Healing: Science Pointing to a Cure for Pain
- Lecturer: (3/10) Tina Doshi, M.D.
  Presentation: Immune Therapies for Neuropathic Pain
- Lecturer: (3/24) Chris D'adamo, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Integrative Medicine and Pain Management: Evidence and Practical Applications
- Lecturer: (3/31) Bethany Remeniuk, Ph.D.
  Presentation: The Effects of Sleep Disturbance on Mesolimbic Reward System Function During Positive Affective Analgesia and Pain Offset
- Lecturer: (4/7) Michael Smith, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Toward Mechanisms of Sleep Disruption Hyperalgesia
- Lecturer: (4/21) Noah Godwin, M.D. and Indy Wilinson, M.D.
  Presentation: Stem Cell Therapy for Pain and Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection
- Lecturer: (4/28) Claudia Campbell, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Risk Factors for Chronic Postsurgical Pain
- Lecturer: (5/5) Bengt Linderoth, M.D.
  Presentation: Spinal Stimulation for Pain: From the Gate-Control Concept and Beyond
- Lecturer: (5/12) Judy Turner, M.D.
  Presentation: Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Chronic Pain: Recent Innovations, New Insights, and Future Directions
- Lecturer: (5/19) Julius Birnbaum, M.D.
  Presentation: Neuropathic Pain in Sjogren's Syndrome and other Rheumatic Syndromes
- Lecturer: (6/2) Mark Bicket, M.D.
  Presentation: The Over-supply of Prescription Opioids After Surgery
- Lecturer: (6/9) Joseph Stauffer, D.O., M.B.A.
  Presentation: Uremic Pruritis, Post-op Pain and Osteoarthritis
- Lecturer: (6/16) Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Ph..D.
  Presentation: Ethics Panel with Medical Students
- Lecturer: (6/23) Janelle Snoddy, M.D. and Youmna DiStefano, M.D.
  Presentation: Goal-directed Therapy with Intrathecal Baclofen and in Spinal Cord Injury: Current Fundamentals and Future Developments
- Lecturer: (9/15) James N. Campbell, M.D.
  Presentation: Painful Osteoarthritis
- Lecturer: (9/22) Shenandoah Robinson, M.D.
  Presentation: Cerebral Palsy and Chronic Pain
- Lecturer: (9/29) Daniel Sciubba, M.D.
  Presentation: Are We Helping Decrease Pain in our Patients with Spine Surgery?
- Lecturer: (10/6) Jenna Goesling, Ph.D.
  Presentation: The Opioid Epidemic: From the Perspective of the Chronic Pain Patient
- Lecturer: (10/13) Chris Veasley, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Chronic Pain & the Urgent Need to Advance Policy, Research and Treatment
- Lecturer: (10/20) Neil Ford (Ph.D. candidate)
  Presentation: The Dynamic Influence of Cationic Leak Conductance on Spino-Parabrachial Neuron Output and Pain During Early Life
- Lecturer: (10/27) Diane Hoffmann, J.D.
  Presentation: Legal and Ethical Challenges in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
- Lecturer: (11/3) Melanie Noel, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Remembering the Pain of Childhood: Development, Impact, and Intervention
- Lecturer: (11/10) Vitaly Napado W, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Using Neuroimaging to Assess Mechanisms of Action for Acupuncture Analgesia: From Somatosensation to Therapeutic
- Lecturer: (12/1) Travis Rieder, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Ethics in Pain Management during America’s Opioid Crisis
- Lecturer: (12/8) Rebecca Seal, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Neural Circuits Coding for Persistent Forms of Pain
- Lecturer: (12/15) Fadel Zeidan, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness-based Analgesia
- Lecturer: (1/8) Ken Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Fat in the Fire:The Role of Oxidized Lipids as TRPV1 Agonists
- Lecturer: (1/29) Fred Luthardt, M.A.
  Presentation: The IRB and Human Subjects Research: An Orientation for Pain Researchers
- Lecturer: (2/5) Mark Hughes, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Helper or Healer or Both: Responding to Requests for PAS/PAD/AID
- Lecturer: (2/12) Gene Fridman, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Spinal Direct Current Stimulation: A Novel Approach for Neuropathic Pain Inhibition
- Lecturer: (2/19) James N. Campbell, M.D.
  Presentation: Foot Pain: An Underappreciated Model of Neuropathic Pain
- Lecturer: (2/26) Myron Yaster, M.D
  Presentation: Non-Medical Use of Prescription Opioids: An Epidemic Spawned by Us
- Lecturer: (3/11) Susruta Majumdar, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Novel Pharmacology of a Plant-derived Opioid: Analgesia Without the Anticipated Adverse Effect
- Lecturer: (3/18) Nichole Emerson
  Presentation: The Brain and Body: Investigating Neural and Physical Correlates of Inter-individual Differences in Pain Sensitivity
- Lecturer: (4/8) Sandy Christiansen, M.D. and Tina Doshi, M.D.
  Presentation: Acupuncture and Complementary Medicine
- Lecturer: (4/15) Gil Yosipovitch, M.D.
  Presentation: The Misery of Chronic Itch and the Joy of Scratch
- Lecturer: (4/22) Senna Ajit, Ph.D.
  Presentation:Circulating miRNAs as Signaling Molecules and Biomarkers for Pain
- Lecturer: (4/29) Richard Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Presentation: Pain Status in Veterans vs. Non-Veterans
- Lecturer: (5/6) Tony Yaksh, M.D.
  Presentation: Botulinum Toxins: Uptake, Transport and Pain Processing
- Lecturer: (5/13) Robert Lehn, M.D. and Zafeer Baber, M.D.
  Presentation: New Technology for Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Lecturer: (5/20) Fletcher White, Ph.D.
  Presentation: The Role of Neuronal Toll-like Receptor 4 in Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia (OIH) and Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)
- Lecturer: (6/13) Michael Clark, M.D.
  Presentation: Chronic Pain and Psychiatry
- Lecturer: (6/10) Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Pain: An Interactive Discussion with Medical Students
- Lecturer: (9/9) Mike Caterina, M.D., Ph.D.; Jim Campbell, M.D.; Tina Doshi, M.D.; Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D. and Fengquan Zhou, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Panel Discussion: Relating Nerve Injury, Nerve Regeneration and Neuropathic Pain
- Lecturer: (9/15) Bradley Taylor, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Compensatory Opiate and NPY Receptor Mechanisms Silence Chronic Pain within a Latent State of Remission and Dependence
- Lecturer: (9/23) Frederick Luthardt, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Study Monitoring: Maximizing Oversight to Minimize Oversights
- Lecturer: (9/30) Suzanne Nesbit, Pharm.D. and Roberta Norris, B.S.N.
  Presentation: Development and Implementation of a Neuroscience Pain Resource Team
- Lecturer: (10/7) Robert Bonakdar, M.D.
  Presentation: Transforming Pain Care: The Role of Integrative Medicine
- Lecturer: (10/14) Shaness Grenald, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Synergistic Interaction between Opioids and Cannabinoids for Pain Relief
- Lecturer: (10/21) Zhonghui Guan, Ph.D.
  Presentation: How Does Peripheral Nerve Injury Activate Microglia in Spinal Cord?
- Lecturer: (10/28) Donlin Long, M.D.
  Presentation: Symptomatic Tarlov Cysts and Related Cystic Abnormalities of theSpine: A Story of Forgotten Disease, Unsupported Opinion and Ignorance of the Literature
- Lecturer: (11/4) Richard North, M.D.
  Presentation: New Technology in Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Lecturer: (11/11) Frank Bosmans, Ph.D.
  Presentation: A Spider Toxin Implicates Nav 1.1 in Mechanical Pain
- Lecturer: (12/9) Luana Colloca, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Placebo and Nocebo Effects: An Overview of the Psychophysiological Mechanisms
- Lecturer: (1/9) Kelly Dunn, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Comorbid Pain and Opioid Dependence
- Lecturer: (1/16) Shaoqiu He, Ph.D.
  Presentation: MrgC-Mediated Pain Inhibition and Mechanisms
- Lecturer: (1/30) Donlin M. Long, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Low Back Pain: The Problem is Pain, the Most Ignored and Misunderstood
- Lecturer: (2/6) Larry Egbert, M.D.
  Presentation: Definition of Intolerable and Untreatable Pain
- Lecturer: (2/13) Myron Yaster, M.D., Ph.D.and Benjamin Lee, M.D.
  Presentation: What We've Learned from the Pediatric Outpatient Prescription Writer Program: An Ongoing Six Sigma Project
- Lecturer: (2/27) Michael Erdek, M.D.
  Presentation: Intrathecal Analgesia for Chronic Refractory Pain
- Lecturer: (3/6) Bryt Christensen, M.D.
  Presentation: History, Pharmacology and Use of Local Anesthetics and Steroids in the Treatment of Arthritis: Are We Adding to the Problem?
- Lecturer: (3/13) Richard P. Marvel, M.D
  Presentation: Evaluation and Management of Pudendal Neuralgia
- Lecturer: (3/20) Julie Waldfogel, Pharm.D.
  Presentation: Multidisciplinary Pain Treatment in Cancer
- Lecturer: (3/27) Thom Park, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Blind, Naked, and Feeling No Pain: The Unusual Neurobiology of the Naked Mole Rat
- Lecturer: (4/3) Zachary Boomsaad, M.D.
  Presentation: Intractable Cancer Pain: A Novel Approach
- Lecturer: (4/10) Jia Bei Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Opioid Receptor Research
- Lecturer: (4/24) Mary M. Heinricher, Ph.D.
  Presentation: How the Brain Controls Pain: A Circuit Analysis
- Lecturer: (5/8) Qiufu Ma, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Identification of Spinal Circuits, Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain
- Lecturer: (5/29) Colin Rock, M.D. and Mark Bilezikjian, M.D.
  Presentation: Analgesic Evidence in Chronic Pancreatitis and Platelet Rich Plasma
- Lecturer: (6/5) Trinadha Pilla, M.D.
  Presentation: Stem Cell Therapy in Pain Medicine
- Lecturer: (6/12) Donna Hammond, Ph.D.
  Presentation:
- Lecturer: (6/19) Glen Treisman, Ph.D.
  Presentation:
- Lecturer: (9/18) Gilbert Fanciullo, M.D.
  Presentation: Medical Cannabis
- Lecturer: (9/25) Chris Oakley, M.D.
  Presentation: Pediatric Migraine (brought to you by the letter “T”): There is more to treatment than Tylenol and Topamax
- Lecturer: (10/2) Colleen Barry, Ph.D., M.P.P.
  Presentation: Understanding Americans’ Views on Opioid Pain Reliever Abuse
- Lecturer: (10/9) Panelists: James N. Campbell, M.D., Srinivasa Raja, M.D., Steven Cohen, M.D., Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Ph.D. and Donlin Long, M.D.
  Presentation: Panel Discussion: The Use of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain II
- Lecturer: (10/16) Simon Haroutounian, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Developing Mechanism-based Treatment Approaches in Neuropathic Pain: The Roles of Peripheral Sensory Input and Central Nociceptive Processing
- Lecturer: (10/23) Mei-Chuan Ko, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Spinal Ligand-receptor Systems for Regulating Pain and Itch
- Lecturer: (10/30) Chris Winfree, M.D.
  Presentation: High Requency Stimulation
- Lecturer: (11/6) Steve Wegener, Ph.D
  Presentation: Interventions to Prevent Chronic Low Back Pain in High Risk Patients: A multi-site Pragmatic RCT
- Lecturer: (11/13) Kristen Archer, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Cognitive-behavioral based physical therapy (CBPT): Improving Surgical Spine Outcomes
- Lecturer: (11/20) Mike Saulino, M.D.
  Presentation: Intrathecal Therapy
- Lecturer: (12/4) Michael Lim, M.D.
  Presentation: Surgical Treatments for Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Lecturer: (12/11) Steve Bruehl, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Can We Predict Responses to Opioid Analgesics?
- Lecturer: (12/18) J. Greg Hobelmann, M.D.
  Presentation: History of Opioids
- Lecturer: (9/5) Zhigang D. Luo, M.D., Ph.D
  Presentation: Epidural Steroid Injections: a Potent Placebo or Procedure to Prevent Surgery?
- Lecturer: (9/12) Mark Bicket, M.D.
  Presentation: Epidural Steroid Injections: a Potent Placebo or Procedure to Prevent Surgery?
- Lecturer: (9/19) Zhe Li and Pang-Yen, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Positive Allosteric Modulators of Human MrgX1 Receptor Inhibit Chronic Pain
- Lecturer: (9/26) Traci Speed, M.D.
  Presentation: The Psychiatrist's Role in Managing Chronic Pain
- Lecturer: (10/3) Deepika Darbari, M.D.
  Presentation: Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: Emerging Concepts
- Lecturer: (10/10) Darius Rastegar, M.D.
  Presentation: Office-based Buprenorphine: The First Decade
- Lecturer: (10/17) Adam Hirsh, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Using Virtual Human Technologies to Understand and Inform Pain Judgments
- Lecturer: (10/24) Quinn Hogan, M.D.
  Presentation: Neuropathic Pain: Sensory Neuron Calcium and Novel Therapeutic Approaches
- Lecturer: (10/31) B. Duncan Lascelles, B.V.Sc., Ph.D.
  Presentation: Facilitating Tranlsation in Pain Research: Untapped Opportunities Revealed
- Lecturer: (11/7) Richard Skolasky Jr., Sc,D
  Presentation: Functional Recovery in Lumbar Spine Surgery: Understanding Patient Activation and Engagement
- Lecturer: (11/14) Flavia Mancini, Ph.D.
  Presentation: Where Does It Hurt? Spacial Processing of Nociceptive Input
- Lecturer: (12/5) Fei Yang, Ph.D.
  Presentation:
- Lecturer: (12/12) Armen Akopian, Ph.D.
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In MemoriamDonlin Long, Master Neurosurgeon, Pain Treatment Pioneer, and First Head of Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Dept., Dies at 89

Highly regarded for his uncommon skill at performing virtually every kind of neurosurgical procedure, as well as for his enormous impact on pain reduction research and neurological studies, Long was widely considered to be one of the best surgeons of his generation.

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