The Westin Hotel
100 Iberville St
New Orleans, LA 70130

Situated on Canal Street and soaring above the Mississippi River, the Westin New Orleans invites you to experience the famous French Quarter. Our hotel in New Orleans’ French Quarter is your ideal perch atop The Shops at Canal Place and only steps away from the boutique shops at Royal Street and eateries at Bourbon Street. Please call (504) 566-7006 and mention the Southern Pain Society, or book online HERE
Check-in/Check-out: Check-in 3:00 p.m. and check-out 12:00 p.m. Early check-in and late check-out requests will be accommodated on request basis and should be directed to the hotel.
| Friday, February 19 | ||
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Registration and Exhibits Open | |
| 1:00 - 1:10 | Welcome | |
| 1:10 - 2:00 | Palliative Care | |
| 2:00 - 2:50 | Peripheral Nerve Simulation | Denise Lester, MD |
| 2:50 - 3:20 | Break / Visit Exhibits | |
| 3:20 - 4:10 | Peptides in Pain | |
| 4:10 - 5:30 | Psychological Cancer Pain Management | Hailey Bulls |
| 5:30 - 6:00 | Business Meeting | |
| Saturday, February 20 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast - Exhibit Hall | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Keynote: Social Determinants of Multidisciplinary Treatment (40 Years of Pain History) | Mac Gallagher, MD |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Perioperative Pain Management | Hance Clarke MD, PhD |
| 9:50 - 10:20 | Break / Visit Exhibits | |
| 10:20 - 11:10 | Role of APP in Pain Clinic | Kimberly Bayless, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP |
| 11:10 - 12:00 | Neuromoducation | Yawar Qadri, MD, PhD |
| 12:05 - 1:15 | Sponsored Lunch Talk | |
| 1:15 - 2:05 | AI in Clinical Medicine | Josh Gunter |
| 2:05 - 2:55 | Dental and Facial Pain in Headache | Marcela Romero-Reyes, DDS, PhD |
| 2:55 - 3:25 | Break/Visit Exhibits | |
| 3:25 - 4:15 | Regenerative Medicine | Chris Robinson |
| 4:15 - 5:05 | Changing Reimbursement Patterns and How to Run a Private Practice | Todd Sitzman |
| 5:00 - 6:00 | Poster Presentations / Reception | |
| Sunday, February 21 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Breakfast - Exhibit Hall | |
| 8:00 - 8:10 | Welcome | |
| 8:10 - 9:00 | Acute Pain Management of the Chronic Pain Patient | Mercy Udoji, MD |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | When and How to Appeal an Insurance Denial | |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Break / Visit Exhibits | |
| 10:10 - 11:00 | Intradiscal Procedures | |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | The IMPOWR-YOU Patient Experience Study: A Community Engaged Approach to Understanding Chronic Pain Care for People Who Use Opioids | |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Closeout |
Coming Soon
Call for Abstracts and Case Studies
Southern Pain Society Annual Meeting
February 19-21, 2027
- We will welcome abstracts on patient evaluation, risk stratification, outcomes of interventional treatments, psychosocial factors in pain, pain education, research, case studies, etc.
- Abstracts will be accepted from professionals including learners.
- Abstracts will also be accepted from industry, but the primary author must be a non-industry clinician.
- The abstract text must be limited to 350 words.
- The abstract must contain the following headers: Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion, Key Words (limit 5) and Summary.
- Case Studies should have the following headers: Abstract, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion and Conclusion.
- 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.
- 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.).
- No figures or tables should be included in the abstract.
- The abstract must be original work not previously published.
- The abstract deadline is January 15, 2027
- All submitters will be notified by January 31, 2027
- Approval of an abstract constitutes the commitment to prepare a poster, and at least one author to be present.
- There is no cost for presenting a poster but the presenter must register. The poster session is scheduled on Saturday, February 20, 2027 at 5pm
- The approved abstracts will be printed in the syllabus.
- 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
