Main Congress
2 May 2025, Friday
Time | Garnet 214-217 | ||||
0800 – 1700 | Registration | ||||
0830 – 0900 | Plenary 1A – International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Global Year 2025 Lecture Andrew Rice Chair: Ong Say Yang | ||||
0900 – 0930 | Plenary 1B – Prof Cynthia Goh Lecture – Pain Education & Training, Where Do We Go From Here? Mary Cardosa Chair: Prit Anand Singh | ||||
0930 – 1000 | Plenary 1C – OPEN Consortium Michael Nicholas Chair: Poonam Pal | ||||
1000 – 1030 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||||
Garnet 214-217 | Garnet 212 & 213 | Garnet 218-219 | |||
Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |||
1030 – 1200 | Symposium 1A – Headaches & Facial Pains, Tell Me About It! Chairs: Phyu Phyu Lay | Devi Ariani Sudibyo | Symposium 1B – Pain in the Older Adults Chairs: Desmond Teo | Zubaidah Jamil Osman | Symposium 1C – New Frontiers in Low Back Pain Management Chairs: Wee Tze Chao | Ho Kok Yuen | ||
Overview of Headaches Tha Tha Oo | Epidemiology, Impact and Barriers to Pain Management in Older Adults Fiona Blyth | Vertebrogenic Pain – Myth or Fact? Manojit Sinha | |||
Latest in Migraine Treatment (Including CGRP Blockers) Samer Narouze | Analgesics & Polypharmacy in the Older Adults Thanarat Suansanae | Discogenic Pain – Diagnosis & Treatment Marvin Thepsoparn | |||
Interventions for Headaches Nicholas Chua | Challenges of Managing Pain in Dementia/Delirium Bharathi Balasundram | Exercise, Exercise, Exercise – Role of Rehab in Spinal Pain Gunawan Kurniadi | |||
Orofacial Pain Tan Hee Hon | Postherpetic Neuralgia – Prevention Better than Cure? Iswandi Erwin | When Not to Operate for Low Back Pain Ozlan Izma Muhamed Kamil | |||
Life Longevity Living Urairat Siriwatvejakul | |||||
1200 – 1230 |
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1230 – 1300 | Lunch, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||||
1300 – 1430 | Symposium 1D – Cancer Pain Chairs: Noreen Chan | Khin Thin Mu | Symposium 1E – Nociplastic Pain Chairs: Ong Say Yang | Andi M. Takdir Musba | Symposium 1F – Integrative Therapies for Pain Management Chairs: Urairat Siriwatvejakul | Jessica Yu | ||
Epidemiology, Impact & Barriers to Pain Management in Cancer Sara Ho | Nociplastic Pain- Applications & Controversies Andrew Rice | Unconventional Pain Management, Perspectives of TCM Huang Fang | |||
Opioid Use & Rotation Sasikaan Nimmaanrat | Nociplastic Orofacial pains- Diagnosis & management aspects Peter Svensson | Yoga & Chronic Low Back Pain – Evidence & Practical Implications Ganesh Mohan | |||
Evidence for Interventions in Cancer Pain Ahmad Afifi Mohd Arshad | Fibromyalgia – What’s New? Faisal Parlindungan | Acupuncture for Chronic Pain – Evidence & Practice Desmond Teo | |||
Cancer Survivors – How About My Other Pains? Edmund Neo | Whiplash Injury Steven Setiono | Can Nutrition Help My Chronic Pain? Herdiani Sulistyo Putri | |||
1430 – 1500 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||||
1500 – 1630 | Symposium 1G – Implantable Therapies for Pain Chairs: Nicholas Chua | Nantthasorn Zinboonyahgoon | Symposium 1H – What’s New in Pain Medicine? Chairs: Carolyn Balakrishnan | Devi Ariani Sudibyo | Symposium 1I – Research & Clinical Practice Chairs: Angela Yeo | Elsa Villagomezza | ||
SCS for Neuropathic Pain Nivan Loganathan | Gut Microbiome & Chronic Pain Athmaja Thottungal | Challenges of Pain Research: Patients, Priorities, Progress Sng Ban Leong | |||
Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Small Doses, Big Impact Ho Kok Yuen | Chemical Neurolysis for Major Joint Pain Tony Ng | Top 5 Pain Papers That Have Changed Practice Narinder Pal Singh | |||
Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Wan Kai Rui | Artificial Intelligence & VR/AR in Pain Practice Yacine Hadjiat | Placebo and Nocebo Responses in Pain Medicine Margaretha Barbara Breebaart | |||
Peripheral Neuromodulation for Pain Management Joysree Subramaniam | Green & Sustainable Pain Practice Prit Anand Singh | Mastering Skills for The Pain Practitioner – Deliberate Practice Mah Chou Liang | |||
1630 – 1700 | Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||||
1800 – 2000 | Opening Ceremony |
3 May 2025, Saturday
Time | Garnet 212-213 | ||
0730 – 1800 | Registration | ||
0745 – 0830 | Early Career Network Event – what Exams To Do – FIPP/CIPS/EDPM Ho Kok Yuen | Athmaja Thottungal | ALL Chapter Presidents |
Time | Garnet 214-217 | Garnet 218- 219 |
0830 – 0900 | Plenary 2A: Pain in the Lifespan Fiona Blyth Chair: Ong Say Yang | RA Lecture: Quality Assurance in Regional Anaesthesia Philippe Macaire |
0900 – 0930 | Plenary 2B – Radiofrequency Ablation of Hip & Knee – What’s New, Tips and Tricks for Success Philip Peng Chair: Prit Anand Singh | Live Scanning Demo Athmaja Thottungal Chairs: Terence Quek | Lee Shu Ying |
0930 – 1000 | Plenary 2C: Revolutionising Pain Management: Precision Medicine in Healthcare Practice Jo Nijs Chair: Poonam Pal | Live Scanning Demo Philippe Macaire Chairs: Terence Quek | Lee Shu Ying |
1000 – 1030 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||||
Garnet 214 -217 | Garnet 212 & 213 | Garnet 218- 219 | |||
Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | |||
1030 – 1200 | Symposium 2A: Interventional Pain Management Chairs: Philip Peng | Zheng Zhong Xi Q&A Panel: Sanjeeva Gupta | Sadiq Bhayani | Symposium 2B: Moving from Fear to Empowerment Chairs: Poonam Pal | Jessica Yu MC: Ketrisha Loh | Symposium 2C: Acute Pain, Regional Anaesthesia & POCUS – New Advances Chairs: Annie Wong | Elsa Villagomezza | ||
A Run-through of Fluoroscopy Based Neuraxial Procedures Sanjeeva Gupta | How Important is Understanding in Moving from Fear to Empowerment? Lorimer Moseley | Consensus Guidelines on Perioperative Acute Pain Management Suwimon Tangwiwat | |||
A Run-through of US-guided MSK Procedures Sadiq Bhayani | Unleash the power of Subconscious Mind for Pain Control Tan Siok Bee | Hip Fracture Pathways – How to Get the Best Outcomes Siow Wei Shyan | |||
Infections & Interventions- Available Guidelines & How to Use Them Emmanuell Villano | Pain as Whole Person Experience – A Clinical Reasoning Approach Lester E. Jones | Transitional Pain Service Amit Verma | |||
A Case study: From Fear to Empowerment John Tan | Perioperative – POCUS: Why, When & How – Top to Toe Divesh Arora | ||||
1200 – 1245 |
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1245 – 1300 | Lunch, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||||
1300 – 1430 | Symposium 2D – Collaborations in Paediatric Pain Chairs: Angela Yeo | Lucy Davies | Symposium 2E – Panel Discussion What Does Patient Centred Care Look Like? Current Understanding & Challenges Chair: Poonam Pal MC: Ketrisha Loh | Symposium 2F – All Hands On Deck – How Do I Manage Acute Surgical Pain Management Chairs: Ashutosh Joshi | Sasikaan Nimmaanrat | ||
Essential Pain Management in Pediatrics – An ASEAN Collaboration Herdiani Sulistyo Putri |
| What Blocks for My ERAS Patients: Total Knee Arthroplasty, Total Hip Arthroplasty, Spine Surgery ONG Say Yang What Blocks for My ERAS Patients: Mastectomy, Open Abdominal Surgery Madonna Damayanthie Datu | |||
Panel Discussion – Building a Paediatric Pain Service Aye Mya Min Aye Sahatsa Mandee Farah Khalid | Predicting Persistent Post Operative Pain – Is It Possible? Nantthasorn Zinboonyahgoon | ||||
Procedural Pain – What Healthcare Providers & Parents Can Do Farah Khalid | Biopsychosocial Issues with Managing Acute Post Surgical Pain Myint Thaung | ||||
5 Papers That Changed My Practice Sanjay Bajaj | |||||
1430 – 1500 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||||
1500 – 1630 | Symposium 2G – How to Make Things Work! Chairs: Prit Anand Singh | Phyu Phyu Lay | Symposium 2H – Emerging Trends in Pain Management Chair: Yang Su-Yin | Poonam Pal MC: Ho Yang | Symposium 2I – Pro-Con Sessions in Acute Pain, Regional Anaesthesia & POCUS Chairs: Joselo Macachor | Maria Elena | ||
How to Optimise Patient Outcomes with Words! Quyen Van Than | When Environment Meets Genetics: Epigenetics to Foster Precision Pain Medicine Jo Nijs | Block the Open Tibia/ Fibula Fracture ORIF PRO: Uma Shridhar Iyer | CON: Jacklyn Yek | |||
Medicolegal Aspects in Pain Medicine Melvin See | Pain Self Management – Building Capacities in ASEAN Countries Zubaidah Jamil Osman | POCUS is All Hocus POCUS PRO: Amjad Maniar| CON: Jeetinder Kaur Makkar | |||
At The Crossroads of Dependency & Pain Lui Yit Shiang | Towards Better Chronic Pain Outcomes: The Evolving Role of Physiotherapists Preeshaa Adithan | Erector Spinae Plane Block – The Days are Numbered PRO: Ashokka Balakrishnan | CON: Roneil M Nogoy | |||
Hypnotic Intervention: A Feasible Approach for Emotional and Psychological Peri-surgical Care Shawn Lee Ji Kwan | Clinical Hypnosis As A Safe, Easy, and Effective Pain Management Approach Mark P. Jensen | ||||
Pain as 5th Vital Signs (P5VS) and Chronic Pain Management in the Primary Healthcare Setting in Malaysia Rima Marhayu Abdul Rashid | |||||
1630 – 1800 | Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | ||||
1800 – 2000 | Faculty Dinner |
4 May 2025, Sunday
Time | Garnet 214-217 | |
0730 – 1230 | Registration | |
0830 – 0900 | Plenary 3A – Australian Pain Society President Lecture – painACT: Building Capacity for The Silver Generation Bernadette Smith Chair: Ong Say Yang | |
0900 – 0930 | Plenary 3B – Management of Pain: Evolving Role of Nursing Practice Paulin Koh Chair: Jessica Yu | |
0930 – 1000 | Plenary 3C – South Asian Regional Pain Society Lecture G. P. Dureja Chair: Andrew Rice | |
1000 – 1030 | Awards and Closing Ceremony Best Poster and Infographics Presentation | |
1030 – 1100 | Coffee/Tea break, Exhibition, Posters & Infographics Viewing | |
Garnet 214-217 | Garnet 212 & 213 | |
Track 1 | Track 2 | |
1100 – 1230 | Symposium 3A: Osteoarthritis – Balancing Injectables & Conservative Care Chairs: Prit Anand Singh | Poonam Pal | Andi M. Takdir Musba | Symposium 3B: Looking Into The Future Chairs: Yang Su-Yin | Maria Elena |
Injectables for Major Joint Osteoarthritis – Steroids, Hyaluronic Acid, Platelet Rich Plasma Philip Peng | When Drugs Don’t Work – The Scientific Basis Behind Everything Else Aimee Flor A. Barrion | |
Evidence for Radiofrequency Sadiq Bhayani | The Advancement of Precision In Pain Treatment Mark P. Jensen | |
“Not Uncommon” Complications in Pain Interventions Ong Say Yang | Measuring PROMs- Utility & Looking Forward Diana Chan | |
Primary Care Management of Osteoarthritis Ben Darlow | Power of Metaphors in Pain Practice Sanjeeva Gupta | |
Burnout Among Pain Physicians Nattha Saisavoey |
DISCLAIMER: The programme is subject to change. Accurate at time of publishing.
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