#IPI2025

Scientific Program

Time SlotMain Hall
09:00 – 09:20

Opening Ceremony

Jan Van Zundert, President Elect
Serdar Erdine, Chair of WIP Registered Turkish Section
Gül Köknel Talu, President of Turkish Society of Algology
İbrahim Aşık, Co-Chair of Turkish Registered Section

Goals of WIP and FIPP-CIPS exam: Jan Van Zundert

09:20 – 10:50Session I | Advancing Pain Medicine
Moderators: Gül Köknel Talu, İbrahim Aşık
09:20 – 09:40Less is More
Jan Van Zundert
09:40 – 10:00Where does interventional pain procedures fit in the whole frame of pain medicine
Serdar Erdine
10:00 – 10:20Evidence-based Medicine in Pain Management
Arun Bhaskar
10:20 – 10:40Interventional management of atltano-occipital joint pain
Dominic Hegarty
10:40 – 10:50Questions and Answers
10:50 – 11:15Coffee Break
11:15 – 13:30Session II | Back Pain
Moderators: Alp Yentur, Gözde Dağıstan
11:15 – 11:35Alternative Approaches in Challenging Cases of Caudal Neuroplasty
Gözde Dağıstan
11:35 – 11:55

Role of diagnostic blocks in chronic pain management
Gül Köknel Talu

11:55 – 12:15Interventional Oncology – breaking the myths
Ovidiu Palea
12:15 – 12:35TBA
12:35 – 12:50Questions and Answers
12:50 – 13:30

Boston Scientific Industry Symposium
The Power of FAST
Dr.Georgios Matis
Advancing Outcomes with Infinion Pro
Dr.Adnan Al Kaisy

13:30 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 18:45Parallel Session I : Cadaver Workshop
Time SlotMain Hall
09:00 – 10:40Session III | Neuromodulation
Moderators: Arun Bashkar,Mert Akbaş
09:00 – 09:20Current status of Vagus Nerve Stimulation: indications and limits
Peter Staats
09:20 – 09:40

Complications of Neurostimulation

İbrahim Aşık

09:40 – 10:00Recent advance in the Management of Headache and Facial Pain: Caudalis Stimulation
Adnan Al Kaisy
10:00 – 10:20Advancement in neuromodulation personalized threapy
Sean Li
10:20 – 10:40Questions and Answers
10:40 – 11:10Coffee Break
11:10 – 12:50Session IV | Cancer Pain
Moderators: Athina Vadalouca, Pakize Kırdemir
11:10 – 11:30New developments in cancer Pain
Kris Vissers
11:30 – 11:50Plasties
Ricardo Plancarte
11:50 – 12:10Drug delivery systems for non cancer and cancer pain
Athina Vadalouca
12:10 – 12:30Cordotomy
Mert Akbaş
12:30 – 12:50Questions and Answers
12:50 – 13:10

Welcome & Introduction
Serdar Erdine

Introduction to Biowave – The Science & Evidence to date
Dominic Hegarty

Biowave -Practical Applications & Future Directions
Arun Bhaskar
13:10 -14:00Lunch
14:00 – 18:30Parallel Session II : Cadaver Workshop
Time SlotMain Hall
09:00 – 10:40Session V | Bridging Gaps in Pain Medicine
Moderators: Gül Köknel Talu, Burak Erken
09:00 – 09:20Optimal Imaging and Anatomic guide for Basic Spinal Procedures
Milan Stojanovic
09:20 -09:40The future of education in pain medicine
Monique Steegers
09:40 – 10:00

Intraosseous RFA of BVN
Sudhir Diwan

10:00 – 10:20Principles of using cadavers
Osman Coşkun
10:20 – 10:40Questions and Answers
10:40 – 11:10Coffee Break
11:10 – 13:10Session VI | RF & Ultrasound in Pain Management
Moderators: Derya Güner, Christ Declerk
11:10 – 11:30Radiofrequency Denervation of Major Joints: Shoulder & Hip
Tatiana Bravo
11:30 – 11:50Chronic Knee Pain and Radiofrequency Treatment
Thibaut Vanneste
11:50 – 12:10Horizons in Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Pain Management
Derya Güner
12:10 – 12:30Ultrasound vs Fluoroscopy
Javier de Andres
12:30 – 12:50

Cryoablation in pain management 
Eleni Episkopou

12:50 – 13:10

USG & Endoscope
New Approaches in Pain Management
Franck Sitthiuongs

13:10 – 14:15Lunch
14:15 – 18:45Parallel Session III : Cadaver Workshop
Acıbadem University – CASE
FIPP & CIPS EXAMINATION