Pain Management and Opioid Safety in the MHS
Military-connected patients report high incidence of chronic pain.  The MHS Stepped Care Model seeks to provide our patients with the most effective pain management guided by CPGs while avoiding chronic pain, reducing opioid use, and minimizing complications for the minority of patients that do require opioids.  What are the keys to implementing this model?

Moderator:
LTC Joseph R. Yancey, DHA J-3 – Army-Baylor Administrative Resident

Presenters:
COL Richard C. Niemtzow,  USAF, MC (ret), MD, PhD, MPH, FS Director, US Air Force Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

COL Chester (Trip) Buckenmaier III, MC, USA (ret), MD Director, Defense & Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management (DVCIPM), Professor Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University

MAJ Laura Tilley, ER Physician at Fort Belvoir 

LTC Sharon L. Rosser, DScPA, PA-C Army Comprehensive Pain Management Program Manager

Descriptions and learning objectives can be found on the speakers tab

Presenters may be subject to substitution or addition

Agenda:
0800 - Registration, Coffee, Networking
0830 - LTC Rosser - Stepped Care Model Update
0845 - Dr. Buckenmaier - Pain Management and Informatics
0915 - BREAK
0930 - Dr. Niemtzow - Integration of Medical Acupuncture into the  Clinic: Magic or Medicine?
1000 - MAJ Tilley - Opioid Safety
1030 - BREAK
1045 - Panel Discussion - Q&A
1130 - Networking

​Location: USO Warrior and Family Center at Ft Belvoir (Parking and USO electronic sign in documents available at bottom of this page, base access information availale on the "location" tab.) 

Date: Friday May 4

Time: 8am-12 Noon

MRCEE - Member Recruitment & Continuing Education Event 

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