Description
Cervicogenic: Overlooked /Revisited Strategies Beyond the Occipital Nerve Block Meredith Barad MD (Moderator)
•Practical Approach to Neck Pain - Narayan Kissoon MD
•Cervicogenic Headache – Samer Narouze MD
Contributors
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Narayan R. Kissoon, MD
Narayan R. Kissoon, M.D. is an assistant professor with a dual appointment in Neurology and Anesthesia that is board certified in Neurology, Pain Medicine, and Headache. His clinical practice primarily involves interventional pain management, but with a special focus in interventional management of craniofacial pain and neuromodulation. He studies the mechanisms of action and clinical outcomes in treatments for headache and chronic pain. This research includes clinical trials investigating the efficacy of minimally invasive percutaneous interventions and the impact of pain treatments on nervous system function. Dr. Kissoon also investigates the abnormal function and structural causes of pain disorders. As part of his research, he reviews the clinical features that predict successful treatment outcomes.
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Samer N. Narouze, MD PhD
Dr. Narouze chairs the Center for Pain Medicine at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He is a professor of Surgery at NOMED, clinical professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at OUCOM, and a clinical professor of Neurological Surgery at OSU. He is considered an expert consultant in Headaches and Pain Medicine and has served as an editor and medical reviewer in several Headache and Pain Medicine journals. Dr. Narouze is board certified in pain medicine, neurology headache medicine, interventional pain management, as well as anesthesiology. He founded the American Interventional Headache Society in 2015 and he is the president-elect for American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and serves in many committees for AAPM and other national and international headache and pain organizations.
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Meredith Barad, MD
Meredith Barad, MD grew up in Denver, Colorado. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin summa cum laude in 1998 and graduated from Stanford University Medical School in 2003. She completed her internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California and then went on to a neurology residency at Stanford University. After residency, Dr Barad was the first neurologist to be admitted to the pain fellowship at Stanford. She is board certified in headache and pain, and co-directs the Facial Pain program at Stanford. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia (Pain Management) and Neurology & Neurological Sciences as well as the Associate Division Chief of Education and Program Director for the Pain Fellowship. Dr Barad is the chair of the headache and facial pain special interest group for the American Academy of Pain Medicine, on the board of the American Interventional Headache Society, a director-at-large of the American Pain Program Directors, and on the Editorial Board of Pain Medicine.