Cadaver Course: Pain Lab (Foundational)
Details
- Date
- Thursday, January 21, 2027
- Time
- 6:00 AM – 3:50 PM
- Session type
- Pre-Conference Session
- Track
- Fellow
- Schedule
- See this day
About
Designed for Pain Fellows, the Foundational Pain Lab combines expert-led instruction with hands-on cadaver training focused on core interventional pain and neuromodulation techniques. Participants gain practical experience across technologies including spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, targeted drug delivery, radiofrequency and basivertebral nerve ablation, and balloon kyphoplasty.
Participation is limited to applicants who were selected in advance. Applications are now closed, and all available spots have been filled.
Presenters
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Dr. Hunt is an associate professor and the Vice Chair of Quality in the Department of Pain Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida. She is board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. Her practice consists of medical and interventional pain management, with particular clinical and research interests in neuromodulation, complex neuropathic pain including brachial plexus injury and spinal cord injury. She serves on the Board of Directors of NANS as a director-at-large, serves on the Guidelines Committee, co-chairs this meeting's Abstract Review Committee, and is director of the fellows' course.
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Jay Karri, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine · Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Jay Karri Karri is an Assistant Professor and Interventional Pain Medicine physician in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Anesthesiology at University of Maryland School of Medicine. He specializes in non-surgical treatments for various chronic pain conditions. He has particular clinical interests in neuromodulation therapies that reduce pain and functional limitations caused by a wide range of musculoskeletal and peripheral nerve conditions.
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Kiran V. Patel MD is an Interventional Pain Management physician board certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology. Dr. Patel is the Director of Pain Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and Founder/CEO of the NYC Neuromodulation Center of Excellence. She is the ACGME Pain Medicine Fellowship program at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell.
Dr. Patel is currently the Vice President of NANS and has been on the NANS Board of Directors for the past 6 years. Dr. Patel has co-chaired the NANS Cadaver workshop for the past several years and is currently chair of the NANS Certificate in SCS sub-committee. Dr. Patel is a Director at Large for The International Neuromodulation Society.
Dr. Patel completed her Anesthesiology residency and Interventional Pain Medicine fellowship at Columbia University.
Dr. Patel is a founding member of Women in Neuromodulation as well as Women Innovators in Pain Medicine. Dr. Patel is currently Vice President of WIPM.
Dr. Patel conducts original clinical research and is the Co-Principal Investigator of the RESTORE trial She serves as the Deputy Editor of Pain Practice and as Section Editor of the forthcoming sixth edition of Bonica’s Management of Pain.