39th Annual Meeting

On behalf of the meeting participants, the meeting organizers have reserved sleeping rooms at the Westin at the significantly discounted rate of $269 per night (+ state and local taxes.) To ensure availability please reserve your room as soon as possible by calling Reservations at (888) 627-8180 and mention Southern Pain Society or use the link on the Southern Pain Society website. Or register online.

The room block is January 29 – 31, 2026. If you wish to come early or stay later, the same rate will apply for 3 days before and after the conference, if the hotel has space. Please reserve by January 2ndto take advantage of the rate.

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Call for Abstracts and Case Studies

Southern Pain Society Annual Meeting

January 30 – February 1, 2026

1. We will welcome abstracts on patient evaluation, risk stratification, outcomes of   interventional treatments, psychosocial factors in pain, pain education, research, case studies, etc.
2. Abstracts will be accepted from professionals including learners.
3. Abstracts will also be accepted from industry, but the primary author must be a non-industry clinician.
4. The abstract text must be limited to 350 words.
5. The abstract must contain the following headers: Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion, Key Words (limit 5) and Summary.
6. Case Studies should have the following headers:  Abstract, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion and Conclusion.  
7. The author(s) must have, and state, a working hypothesis to be tested, provide information to advance the science/practice with data obtained, with rare exceptions, from more than an ‘n’ of 1, provide an interpretation of results that support or refute the working hypothesis and/or existing knowledge and 2-3 key references on the topic addressed.
8. The full name, address and institution of the primary author must be included.   If you are a learner, please indicate your status (i.e. undergrad, graduate student, resident, etc.).
9. No figures or tables should be included in the abstract.
10. The abstract must be original work not previously published.
11. The abstract deadline is December 19, 2025
12. All submitters will be notified by January 9, 2026
13. Approval of an abstract constitutes the commitment to prepare a poster, and at least one author to be present. 
14. There is no cost for presenting a poster but the presenter must register, and pay the appropriate registration fee.  The poster session is scheduled on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 5pm
15. The approved abstracts will be printed in the syllabus. 
16. Awards may be offered to non – industry poster presenters.

     TEMPLATE FOR AN ABSTRACT

Full name, address and institution of the primary author

If you are a learner, indicate your status

Add others that participated in the development

• Objective:
• Methods:
• Results:
• Conclusion
• Key Words (max 5)
• Summary
• References (as you wish)

 TEMPLATE FOR A CASE STUDY

 Full name, address and institution of the primary author

If you are a learner, indicate your status

Add others that participated in the development

•  Abstract:
• Introduction:
• Case report:
• Discussion:
• Conclusion
• References (as you wish)

Please send your document as an email attachment in an 8 ½ x 11 Word document, Times New Roman, font size 10 to:   

info@southernpainsociety.org