Scientific Information

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Scientific Program

To debate and learn with professionals from around the world about advanced interventional pain procedures, chronic pain, and neuromodulation.

Scientific Program

Invited Faculty

Vittorio Guardamagna

Clinical Lead Of Palliative Care And Pain Unit, Milan, Italy

Vito Torrano

Head of Anesthesiology Activities (Italy)

Vincenzo Raieli

Medical Director Unit Of Childhood Neuropsychiatry Arnas Civico Hospital, Palermo, Italy

Valerio De Santis

Head Surgery Unit, Giglio Foundation, Cefalù, Italy

Tommaso Angileri

Radiologist, Villa Santa Teresa, Palermo, Italy | Palermo

Sudhir Diwan

Executive Director, Manhattan Spine And Pain Medicine, NY,USA

Stefano Tamburin

Researcher, Ssd Med-26/ Neurology Department of Neurological Sciences and Movement Verona, Italy

Silvio Crinò

Clinical Lead , Villa Delle Ginestre | Palermo, Italy

Silvia Natoli

Director Master Pain Therapy Rome University Tor. Vergata, Italy

Sebastiano Mercadante

Director Of Anesthesia And Pain Therapy La Maddalena Oncology Clinic, Palermo, Italy

Sean Li

Pain Physician Premier Pain Centers, Shrewsbury, Nj, USA

Sara Caliò

Head of the Operating Unit at Messina Hospital (Italy).

Santi Maurizio Raineri

Director of the Specialization School "Anaesthesia and Polyclinic Resuscitation "P.Giaccone" Palermo, Italy

Peter Staats

Chief Medical Officer Of National Spine & Pain Centers, National Spine & Pain Centers, USA

Pasquale Enea

Clinical Lead Of Pain Unit A.R.N.A.S Civico, Palermo, Italy

Pasquale De Negri

Clinical Lead Of Anesthesiology And Intensive Care Caserta, Italy

Nicola Salvo

Clinical Lead Of Pain Therapy, Villa Sofia, Palermo, Italy

Miles Day

Traweek-Racz Endowed Professor Pain Research M.D. Pain Center | Grace Clinic, Pain Medicine Fellowship Director, Texas, Usa

Massimo Innamorato

Director of the Operative Unit of Analgesic Therapy, Ravenna (Italy)

Marilina Schembari

Medical Director U.O.C. Pediatric Anestesia and Reanimation Ospedali Civili-Brescia, Italy

Marco Cascella

Supportive Therapies. Department of Medicine and Surgery | Salerno University, Italy

Marcello Romano

Director of the Department of Medicine - National Hospital "Garibaldi", Catania, Italy

Luigi Manfrè

Director Of The Functional Unit Of Minimally Invasive Spinal Intervention, Mediterranean Oncological Catania, Italy

Luigi Basile

Clinical Lead UOC Neuro-surgery | S. Elia Hospital, Caltanissetta, Italy | Caltanissetta

Leo Kapural

M.D., Ph.D. Is A Pain Physician At The Carolinas Pain Institute And Center For Clinical Research, Florida, USA

Joseph Palumbo

Specialist in Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Therapy (Italy)

Giuliano Lo Bianco

Clinical Lead Of Analgesia And Percutaneous Surgery Giglio Foundation, Cefalù, Italy

Giovanni Tringali

Neuro-surgery Chief Arnas Civico Hospital, Palermo, Italy

Giovanni Misseri

San Raffaele G. Giglio Institute Cefalu Foundation | HSR

Gianluca Russo

head of the pain therapy department at Lodi Hospital (Italy)

Gaetano Terranova

Anesthesiologist and Pain Physician Gaetano Pini, Milano, Italy

Filippo Drago

Ordinary Professor Of Pharmacology, Catania, Italy

Filippo Brighina

Associated Professor of Neurology | Palermo University

Felice Occhigrossi

Medical Director Uosd "Antalgic Therapy" San Giovann Hospitali, Roma, Italy

Fabrizio Perna

Ircss - Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute - Rizzoli Department Sicily

Fabrizio Micheli

Director of Intensive Therapy Department, Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Piacenza, Italy

Ezio Amorizzo

Head Pain Terapy | San Paolo Hospital, Rome, Italy | Roma

Emilia Lo Giudice

Medical Director Regional Reference Centre Pain Therapy Enna , Italy

Emanuele Piraccini

Clinical Lead Of Pain Therapy, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna, Italy

Eleonora Galosi

Researcher Innovative Technologies In Skeleton Diseases of the Gold-Skull-Facial Skin District, Sapienza University, Rome

Domenico Restivo

Neurology at the University of Catania (Italy)

Domenico Albano

Diagnostic And Interventional Radiology | Irccs Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy| Milano

Dirk De Ridder

Neurosurgery Professor Dunedin School Of Medicine | Otago University, New Zealand

Danilo Canzio

Pain Therapy Spacialist Clemente Clinical, Trapani, Italy

Cesare Gregoretti

Anesthesia And Intensive Care Professor Policlinico P. Giaccone, Palermo University, Italy

Carola Santi

Asst Del Garda, Manerbio Hospital, Italy

Carmelo Costa

Pain Physician, I.C.C. Humanitas, Catania, Italy

Arun Bhaskar

Mbbs Msc Frca Ffpmrca Fficm Fipp Edpm Consultant In Pain | Medicine, Imperial College | London, UK

Angelo Toscano

Orthopedic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute - Rizzoli Department Sicily, Bagheria, Italy

Andrea Tinnirello

Pain Physician Asst Franciacorta Iseo Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Alfonso Papa

Direttore UOC Terapia del Dolore AO Dei Colli PO Monaldi HUB Regionale

Alaa Abd-Elsayed

Md, Mba, Mph, Cpe, Fasa Medical | DirectorUw Health Pain Services, USA | Wisconsin, USA

Adnan Al-Kaisy

Guy's And St. Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust, London, UK | Londra, Uk

CME Accreditation

The Event will be accredited for
CME
credits for the following categories:

Physicians (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | Internal Medicine | General Medicine | Geriatrics | Haematology | Oncology General Surgery | Orthopedics | Physiatry | Palliative Care | Radiodiagnostics | Radiotherapy)
Nurses
Physiotherapist

TO OBTAIN CREDITS
will be necessary:

Participate in all educational days
Complete the Customer Satisfaction
Complete and pass the CME questionnaire

Poster Abstracts

Guidelines for the preparation and submission of Abstracts

The

MPF Best Abstract Award

, to be assigned within the program of the “Mediterranean Pain Forum” Congress, will reward the best Poster that will deal with one or more scientific categories among those selected:

Interventional pain medicine
Neuromodulation
Pharmacological treatment
Facial Pain
Regenerative Medicines

The final assignment to a category will be made by the Scientific Committee of the Congress.
The recognition intends to reward and enhance the work of all those who contribute to scientific research and clinical practice every day.The award also aims to highlight individual professional development and team work, in contributing to the research and development sector of pain medicine and neuromodulation.

APPLICATION CRITERIA:
Applicant should hold a PhD or equivalent, have carried out independent research and demonstrated evidence of scientific impact through high-quality publications and dissemination activities.

HOW TO APPLY:
Applicants may stand for or be appointed by a supervisor or similar.
If making a nomination, please ensure that the candidate agrees to be nominated and agrees to sit at a plenary conference.
Applications from any country are welcome.

Applications can only be accepted by sending them to the scientific secretariat of the Congress: i.scime@bibagroup.it

PREPARATION
Language: Italian or English
Maximum number of words: 300 (excluding Titles and authors)

Abstract structure:
– Premise
– Scope
– Materials and methods
– Results
– Conclusions

It is possible to send, outside the abstract, 5 bibliographic entries considered the most relevant by the authors.

AUTHORS
Each author may submit only one work, but participate in several works as co-author.
It is possible to send several contributions as first author, but in the case of multiple acceptance, the first author must indicate the name of the co-author who will present the work or give up submitting more than one.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
In case of acceptance of the abstracts, in order to be able to present and/or exhibit them during the Congress “Mediterranean Pain Forum,” it will be necessary to be regularly registered for the Congress.

IMPORTANT DATES
– Abstract submission: until 14 April 2024
– Notification of Abstract acceptance: 22 April 2024
– Each final candidate must be correctly registered for the Congress

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Scientific Program

Invited Faculty

CME Accreditation

Guidelines for the preparation and submission of Abstracts