Comprehensive Pelvic Pain Management: DRG, SCS, PNS, RFA, and Pudendal Nerve Blocks
Details
- Date
- Friday, January 22, 2027
- Time
- 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
- Session type
- Breakfast Session
- Track
- Pain
- Schedule
- See this day
About
Pelvic pain remains a challenging condition requiring a multimodal approach for effective management. This panel will explore the latest advancements in interventional therapies, including Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) stimulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS), Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA), and pudendal nerve blocks. Expert panelists will discuss patient selection, procedural techniques, and outcome optimization for these modalities in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndromes, including pudendal neuralgia, post-surgical pain, interstitial cystitis, and pelvic floor dysfunction. The session will feature clinical insights to illustrate best practices in tailoring interventions to individual patient needs.
Presenters
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Alopi Patel, MD, FASA
Associate Professor
Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Dr. Alopi M. Patel is a double board certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain physician. She attended New Jersey Medical School at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She completed her anesthesiology residency at Mount Sinai West and Morningside in New York City. She did her pain medicine fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital and continued to work within the Mount Sinai Health System from 2018-2023. She transitioned to Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2023 where she is now collaborating across departments to create a Chronic Pelvic Pain Center for all genders. She is also certified in lifestyle medicine and encourages the implementation of lifestyle modifications in the treatment of chronic pain conditions.
Dr. Patel launched a podcast called The Hurt Podcast by The Female Pain Docs which is meant to empower and educate patients regarding their health on topics within anesthesiology, pain medicine and lifestyle medicine. Dr. Patel is actively engaged in clinical research projects and lectures nationally on topics in perioperative and pain medicine. She has won numerous awards for her work in education and advocacy for patients with pelvic pain and women's health conditions.
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Dr. Maricela Schnur is an ACGME fellowship-trained practicing chronic pain physician based out of Ithaca, New York. She earned her bachelor’s degree from NYU and her medical degree from Weill-Cornell Medical College. She also obtained her MBA from the Johnson College of Business at Cornell University in a combined MD-MBA program. After medical school, she traveled to Boston for residency training in anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a graduate of the chronic pain fellowship program at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester Campus, and practiced rural pain medicine for 5+ years in Duluth Minnesota. There she worked a Dyad Leader at her hospital encompassing the interventional pain, neurosurgery, neurology, PMR and neurosurgery divisions. Recently she has transitioned to the System Chief of Pain Medicine at the Guthrie Clinic in northern Pennsylvania/ Upstate New York. Her interests include archery where she competes both locally and nationally and she enjoys spending time with her two children and husband.