Panel Discussion

Presenters

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  Salim Hayek, MD

  Vice Chair for Clinical Research

  Universiy Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center · Cleveland, Ohio

  Dr. Hayek is currently the vice chair of clinical research and Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University and has served as the division chief of Pain Medicine at University Hospitals for 18 years. He obtained a BSc degree in Biology with Distinction at the American University of Beirut in 1987 and MD degree in 1991. Following a residency in Anesthesiology training at Henry Ford Hospital and University Hospitals of Cleveland, he completed a PhD in Cellular Physiology at Case Western Reserve University in 2000 and subsequently obtained fellowship training in Pain Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He remained on staff at that institution until 2006 when he became the chief of the division of Pain Medicine at University Hospitals and the program director for the Pain Medicine fellowship program. His research focuses on neuromodulation applications in pain management and in particular intrathecal drug delivery. He serves on the editorial board of a number of journals and is an executive editor for the journals Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management. He has had a number of service accomplishments including serving as President of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) 2022-2023.

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  Salim Hayek, MD

  Vice Chair for Clinical Research

  Universiy Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center · Cleveland, Ohio

  Dr. Hayek is currently the vice chair of clinical research and Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University and has served as the division chief of Pain Medicine at University Hospitals for 18 years. He obtained a BSc degree in Biology with Distinction at the American University of Beirut in 1987 and MD degree in 1991. Following a residency in Anesthesiology training at Henry Ford Hospital and University Hospitals of Cleveland, he completed a PhD in Cellular Physiology at Case Western Reserve University in 2000 and subsequently obtained fellowship training in Pain Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He remained on staff at that institution until 2006 when he became the chief of the division of Pain Medicine at University Hospitals and the program director for the Pain Medicine fellowship program. His research focuses on neuromodulation applications in pain management and in particular intrathecal drug delivery. He serves on the editorial board of a number of journals and is an executive editor for the journals Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management. He has had a number of service accomplishments including serving as President of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) 2022-2023.

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  Konstantin V. Slavin, MD

  professor

  University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, Illinois

  Konstantin Slavin, MD, FAANS is Professor, Chief of Section and Fellowship Director for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
  Dr. Slavin graduated from medical school in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Soviet Union, completed his neurosurgery residency in Moscow, followed by the second neurosurgery residency at UIC and functional and stereotactic neurosurgery fellowship at OHSU in Portland, Oregon.
  Dr. Slavin is current President of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS), the Past President of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and past Secretary of NANS. For many years, he serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Facial Pain Association, the premier patient organization for those who suffer from trigeminal neuralgia and other facial pain syndromes. In addition, he is on the Board of a non-profit “Neuromodulation Foundation”, the publisher of Wikistim, and for more than a decade was an Executive Committee member of AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain.
  Dr. Slavin is the current editor-in-chief of Progress in Neurological Surgery and an associate editor or editorial board member of Neuromodulation, Neurosurgery, Brain Sciences, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Acta Neurochirurgica and others.

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  Nandan Lad, MD, PhD

  Vice Chair, Innovation

  Duke Health

  Dr. Nandan Lad, MD, PhD is a neurosurgeon, scientist, and entrepreneur serving as Professor and Vice Chair of Innovation at Duke Neurosurgery. He directs the Functional & Restorative Neuromodulation and Duke NeuroInnovations programs, advancing therapies for large unmet clinical needs through research, clinical expertise, and a systematic approach to medical innovation.

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  Dalia Elmofty, MD

  Associate Professor

  University of Chicago · Chicago, Illinois

  Dr. Dalia H. Elmofty is double board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and is an associate professor and the program director of the pain fellowship at the University of Chicago. She is a member of the Annual Meeting Oversight Committee (AMOC) and the chair of the Educational Track Subcommittee on Pain Medicine for the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). She is the chair for the Women in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (WRAPM) Special interest group (SIG), ad hoc member for newsletter committee, and a member of the faculty development committee for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine). She is a member of the scientific planning committee,education committee, and newsletter committee for the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS). She is the president of the Midwest Pain Society (MPS). She has presented at local, regional, and national meetings. She has published several book chapters and manuscripts.

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  Michael D. Staudt, MD, MSc

  Associate Professor

  UH Cleveland Medical Center · Cleveland, Ohio

  Michael D. Staudt, MD MSc is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. He graduated from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, where he also received his Master’s degree in Neurobiology and his Medical Degree. He then continued his neurosurgical residency at London Health Sciences Centre, during which time he completed an enfolded fellowship in Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery at UH Cleveland Medical Center, followed by a post-graduate fellowship at Albany Medical Center.

  He is the Director of Epilepsy Surgery, and the Co-Director of Pain Surgery and Neuromodulation. He holds the George R. and Constance P. Lincoln Endowed Chair in Brain Health. His clinical practice primarily includes the surgical treatment of pain, epilepsy, brain tumors, and movement disorders. He has particular expertise in adult and pediatric neuromodulation.

  Dr. Staudt serves on the Board of Directors for the North American Neuromodulation Society as Secretary, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons as a Member-at-Large, and the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain as a Member-at-Large. He also serves on the AANS/CNS Joint Guidelines Review Committee, and is the Pain Section Guideline Chair.

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  Steven M. Falowski, MD

  Neurosurgeon

  Neurosurgical Associates of Lancaster · Lancaster, Pennsylvania

  Steven M. Falowski MD
  Director Functional Neurosurgery
  Neurosurgical Associates of Lancaster
  Past President-Executive Pain Committee, Congress Neurological Surgeons/American Association Neurological Surgeons
  President Elect- American Society Pain and Neuroscience
  Past Board of Directors, International Neuromodulation Society
  Senior Advisor- Pacific Spine and Pain Society
  Past Senior Advisor, Past Secretary, North American Neuromodulation Society

  Dr. Falowski underwent his neurosurgical residency training at Thomas Jefferson
  University. He completed a functional neurosurgical and epilepsy fellowship at Rush University.

  His major focus in society and industry revolves around education, integration of specialties, research, and practice management. Roles included implementing and directing the resident-fellows section and mentorship program through NANS. He also serves as course director for the International cadaver workshops and for American Society Pain and Neuroscience.

  He won the research award at the PAN Philadelphia Neurosurgical Conference in 2009 for his work dealing with DBS in a depression model and its effect on neuroplasticity. Publications and specialty interest deals with utilizing intra-operative neuromonitoring for the asleep placement of spinal cord stimulators, as well as developing new technologies/stimulation platforms.
  Dr. Falowski has an established track record for establishing a nationally recognized functional neurosurgery program that included a Pain Center, Movement Disorder Center, and neuroscience research division.