Welcome
Part of Training the Next Generation of Neuromodulators: Guidelines, Gaps, and the Road Ahead
Details
- Date
- Saturday, January 23, 2027
- Time
- 10:30 AM – 10:34 AM
- Session type
- Concurrent Session
- Schedule
- See this day
About
Neuromodulation training across Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited programs remains highly variable, with limited procedural standardization and competency assessment. While the ACGME outlines general educational milestones, these requirements often lack procedural specificity for neuromodulation techniques, resulting in variable trainee competency. This session critically evaluates existing ACGME training requirements for spinal cord stimulation (SCS), intrathecal drug delivery (IDDS), peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and compares them with the NANS Education Committee's evidence-based curricula. The session will also discuss future directions, including post-graduate certification pathways, competency verification, and the growing influence of payer expectations on formal neuromodulation training standards.
Presenters
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Rosalynn R. Z. Conic, is a staff physician at Ochsner Health. She completed her pain medicine fellowship at Mayo Clinic Florida, residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and has a background in Preventive Medicine and Clinical Translational Science. Her interests include interventional pain medicine, neuromodulation, medical education, healthcare policy, and artificial intelligence in medicine.
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Casey Grillo, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner
The Spine & Pain Institute of NY · Manhattan, New York
Casey Grillo is a Nurse Practitioner and Lead Advanced Practice Provider at The Spine & Pain Institute of New York, where she has been a member of the pain management team for over 13 years. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seton Hall University and her Master of Science in Nursing from Wagner College.
Casey is actively involved in advancing the field of pain medicine through her roles as faculty and course director for multiple national conferences, including the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience and the New York and New Jersey Pain Medicine Congress. She currently serves as Chair of the NANS APP Planning Committee.
In addition, Casey has made significant scholarly contributions to the field. She is the editor of the textbook Pain Management for the Advanced Practice Provider and the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications. She served as lead author of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Guidelines for Advanced Practice Providers in Interventional Spine and Pain Management Practice, a landmark publication supporting the evolving role of APPs in pain medicine.
Her professional interests include advancing the role of APPs in neuromodulation, leadership, and education, and promoting evidence-based practice in pain management.