Chronic pain is a real part of many of our patients’ lives. Chronic pain can have significant and far-reaching implications for the provision of treatment and in the treatment planning process. Please join Lake Superior QIN on Dec. 4 when Dr. R. Corey Waller, M.D., consultant with Health Management Associates shares with us his clinical perspective on chronic pain. Dr. Waller will discuss the basic biology of chronic pain, provide examples of how non-pharmacological treatment of chronic pain can benefit patients and share with us the role of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain. 1.0 continuing education credit is available for nurses and social workers who attend this webinar.
Objectives
- Understand the biology of chronic pain
- List the non-pharmacological treatments available for the treatment of chronic pain
- Explain the role of opioids in the management of chronic pain
Audience
Nurses, social workers and other healthcare providers who work with patients in clinics.
Speaker
R. Corey Waller M.D., M.S., FACEP, DFASAM, is an addiction, pain and emergency medicine specialist now a principal consultant at health management and chair of the legislative advocacy committee for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). In these roles he is directly responsible for consultation regarding addiction treatment, ecosystem development and education as well as all Washington, D.C. related matters for ASAM. In his immediate past role of senior medical director for education and policy at the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, he was responsible for developing and maintaining all training and in-person technical assistance delivered by the National Center. This covered addiction, pain and behavioral health treatment system development, payment model implementation and healthcare policy. Before joining the National Center, he worked for the Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is a fully integrated health system with 12 hospitals and over 1000 employed physicians. He was the medical director of the Spectrum Health Medical Group Center for Integrative Medicine, the medical staff chief of pain medicine to the Spectrum Health Hospital System, the president of the Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine as well as substance use disorder medical director at Lakeshore Regional Partners. Dr. Waller has also worked extensively with local, state and federal law enforcement on the issues of controlled substance diversion and interdiction. Dr. Waller earned a Master’s of Science in Biology with a neuro-molecular focus at Southwest Texas State University and earned his Medical Degree at the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio. Dr. Waller completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and is board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine.
Participate
Register
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- Click “Register” on the left.
- Enter the information as prompted.
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- Visit the registration and join page.
- Click “Join” (located to the right of the event title).
- Enter your name and email address as prompted.
- Enter the password: pain
- The automatic system set-up should start at this point. If a dialogue box appears, click run. Please note, the automatic system set-up does take a few minutes to complete.
Call In
- Dial in to the teleconference: 866-861-7910
Continuing Education
Nurses and social workers are eligible to earn 1.0 continuing education credit upon completion of this webinar. View the continuing education info sheet for more information.
Contact
For questions, contact Mark Loush, 248-465-1375, mloush@mpro.org.