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9-11 April 2026 - 4th International Pain Symposium & Ultrasound Workshop, Eindhoven










QUCK LINKS

To register to attend Eindhoven, CLICK HERE


JOIN US IN EINDHOVEN on 9-11 April 2026 for the 4th International Pain Symposium on "Advances in Neuromodulation and Role of Frequency" and Ultrasound Interventional Pain Procedures Workshop.

The symposium will include sessions on neuromodulation with a focus on pain management from leading international colleagues and will be followed by an advanced ultrasound guided interventional procedures workshop with expert lectures and 7 hands-on workshop stations.

Watch this space for updates on Eindhoven. For further information, email: ciaranwazir@londonpainforum.co.uk


CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION


*An application for European CME Credits will be submitted once again to European Accreditation Council for CME

SYMPOSIUM FACULTY INCLUDE














Dr Emre Almac FIPP CIPS
Consultant Anesthesiologist & Pain Specialist
Alrijne Ziekenhuis
Leiden, The Netherlands















Dr Ganesan Baranidharan
Dean, Faculty of Pain Medicine, RCoA
Past-President, NSUKI
Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds, UK













Dr Danielle Mazetto Cadide
Consultant Pain Specialist & Anaesthetist
Albert Einstein Hospital
São Paulo
Brazil













Dr Ashish Gulve
INS Regional Director-at-Large for Europe, 
Canada, and Africa
Past-President, NSUKI
Consultant in Pain Medicine
The James Cook University Hospital,
Middlesbrough, UK















Dr Luis Garcia-Larrea
President, European Pain Federation
Head, Central Integration of Pain, Centre for Neuroscience of Lyon
University Hospital Pain Center (CETD)
Hôpital Neurologique
Lyon, France















Dr Jan Willem Kallewaard FIPP
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Rijnstate Pain Center
Arnhem
The Netherlands














Ms Linda Kollenburg
PhD candidate in Neuromodulation
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
INS Young Neuromodulators Committee Member
& International Women in Neuromodulation (IWIN) Committee member















Dr Erkan Kurt
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Functional Neurosurgery Unit
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
The Netherlands














Prof Manjit Matharu
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Lead, Headache Group
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
University College London Hospitals,
London, UK













Dr Ilona Obara
Senior Lecturer
School of Pharmacy
The Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University
King George VI Building
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK














Dr Wafa Rezvani CIPS
Consultant Anesthesiologist & Pain Specialist
Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive-care and Pain Medicine
St.Antonius Hospital
Utrecht/Nieuwegein
The Netherlands














Mr Suresh Sudula
Special Interest: USG Spinal Injections, MSK Interventions
& Regenerative Medicine
Consultant Physiotherapist in MSK Ultrasound & MSK Medicine
Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent, UK
Krida Clinic, Harley Street, London, UK




Dr Simon J. Thomson
Past-President, International Neuromodulation Society
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Neuromodulation
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals
Cambridge University Hospitals
United Kingdom













Dr Andrea Trescot, FIPP, CIPS
Past-President, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)
Editor/Senior Author, Peripheral Nerve Entrapments - Clinical Diagnosis & Management
Chief Medical Officer, Physician Partners of America
Chief Medical Officer, Curonix
Florida, USA




Prof Jean-Pierre van Buyten 
Chairman, Multidisciplinary Pain Department 
VITAZ Hospitals, Sint-Niklaas
Consultant Pain Management
TRAINM Neuro Rehabilitation Center, Antwerp 
Belgium
















Dr C.W.J. (Kenneth) van Tilburg FIPP
Scientific Director
Consultant in Pain Medicine
Judicial Expert Civil / Criminal Law
ADRZ / Erasmus MC, Goes / Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Melius Klinieken, Eindhoven, The Netherlands




Dr Teodor Goroszeniuk
President, London Pain Forum
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
Interventional Pain Management & Neuromodulation Practice
Cromwell Hospital
London, UK



PRESENT YOUR OWN WORK

If you would like to present your own work in Eindhoven in the form of free oral presentation or printed poster presentation, for further information contact: ciaranwazir@londonpainforum.co.uk


REGISTRATION FEES

Early Bird Registration Fees

Full Symposium and Ultrasound Workshop 9-11 April 2026: 795 euros

One Day Registration Fee: 525 euros


(including access to full scientific programme, tea/coffee breaks and lunch catering)



SYMPOSIUM VENUE














Melius Klinieken, Eindhoven
Beatrix de Rijkweg 8

5657 EG Eindhoven
Netherlands

RECOMMENDED HOTEL













Pullman Eindhoven Cocagne
Vestdijk 47, 5611 CA Eindhoven
Netherlands


ONLINE REGISTRATION

To register to attend Eindhoven, CLICK HERE

29-30 October 2026- 18th Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop, Nottingham, UK











QUICK LINKS

To register for the Nottingham Workshop 2026,  CLICK HERE

To view a PDF of the preliminary workshop programme, CLICK HERE


JOIN US IN NOTTINGHAM for the 18th Hands-on Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop on 29-30 October 2026 with expert lectures and 2 days of hands-on  training (10 X-ray cadaver stations & 6 Ultrasound live model stations). 

The course will take place once again at the Postgraduate Education and Conference Centre, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom.

The 8 hands-on workshop stations per day will include fresh frozen cadavers at the Nottingham facility. 10 X-ray cadaver workshop stations and 6 ultrasound live model workshop stations are planned.

For further information, email: ciaranwazir@gmail.com or ciaranwazir@londonpainforum.co.uk


CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

An application for CME accreditation will be submitted to European Accreditation Council for CME 


COURSE CHAIRMAN



Dr Dalvina Hanu-Cernat FIPP
Course Director, 18th Interventional Pain Cadaver Workshop
Vice-Chair, WIP Section UK
Senior Fellow, London Pain Forum
Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Birmingham, UK




WORKSHOP TOPICS

X-ray Guided Procedures (cadaver workshops)

Radiofrequency Ablation – lumbar
Nerve Root Blocks – lumbar
Neuromodulation (Spinal Cord  Stimulation/Peripheral Nerve Stimulation)
Genicular / Hip Interventions
Sacroiliac – simplicity/ Pallisade/ intra-articular Interventions
Radiofrequency Ablation – cervical 
Nerve Root Blocks – cervical
Sacroiliac – Cooled Radiofrequency, intra articular Interventions
Racz/ Pelvic interventions
Lumbar sympathetic/splanchnic Interventions
Disc/Lumbar Interventions
Trigeminal/ Sphenopalatine/Stellate Ganglion Interventions
Freestyle lumbar facets Radiofrequency Ablation
Freestyle cervical Radiofrequency Ablation
Freestyle cervical Nerve Root Blocks/stellate

Ultrasound Guided Procedures (live model workshops)

Thoracic medial branch/facet joint block 
Cervical medial branch block
Cervical selective nerve root block 
Cervical sympathetic trunk

Hip joint injection 
Trochanteric bursa injection, 
Sub. G-Max, Medius and Minimus Piriformis injection 

Knee joint injection 
Distal ITB peritendon injection 
Tibiotalar joint injection 
Subtalar joint injection 
First MTP injection (foot)
Navicular 

Lumbar medial branch/facet joint block 
Lumbar selective nerve root block 
Caudal epidural injection 
Sacroiliac joint injection
Genicular nerves

SAB injection
AC joint 
Biceps tendon (peri) 
Glenohumeral Joint  (any approach) 
Elbow joint 
Medial or lateral epicondylosis tendon sheath injection
Suprascapular nerve
Greater occipital nerve
Intercostal nerve
Pudendal nerve 
Ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve
TAP
Saphenous nerve above knee
Tibial nerve at tarsal canal

First MCP joint 
Hand injections
Median nerve at wrist
Ulnar nerve at cubital canal


WORKSHOP FACULTY

Dr Namita Arora
Dr Shyam Balasubramanian
Dr Ganesan Baranidharan
Dr Arun Bhaskar
Dr Piotr Buczkowski
Dr Surabhi Choudhary
Dr Ron Cooper
Dr Mohamed Dorgham
Dr Sanjeeva Gupta
Dr Vladimir Gorelov
Dr Teodor Goroszeniuk
Dr Anthony Hammond
Prof Thomas Haag
Dr Dalvina Hanu-Cernat
Dr Arul James
Dr Sandeep Kapur
Dr Sherdil Nath


2026 COURSE VENUE

City Hospital
Hucknall Road
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
United Kingdom

*Registration desk opens at 08.30hrs on 29 October 2026 and closes at 17.00hrs on 30th October 2026  

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration Fee: £1050.00

(including attendance of full scientific programme, tea/coffee and lunch breaks)


ONLINE REGISTRATION

Register for the Nottingham Workshop 2026, CLICK HERE

29-30 November 2026 - PRP/Prolotherapy MSK USG Cadaver Course, Bangalore, India

 














QUICK LINKS

To register your interest in attending the international course in Bangalore, CLICK HERE


COURSE DIRECTOR


Dr Osnat Wende
Consultant Pain Specialist, with focus on Regenerative MSK Medicine
Jerusalem, Israel

 

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION


*An  Application for CME Accreditation will be submitted to European Accreditation Council for CME


COURSE VENUE


Ramaiah Advanced Learning Center, M.S Ramaiah University Building, Gnanagangotri Campus, New BEL Road, M.S.R Nagar, Bangalore (Bengaluru)-560054, India


ONLINE REGISTRATION

To register your interest in attending the international course in Bangalore online, CLICK HERE

28-29 May 2026 - Aberdeen Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop

 



QUICK LINKS

To register your interest in the next Aberdeen Workshop, CLICK HERE


THE NEXT Aberdeen Interventional Pain Management Workshop will take place on 28-29 May 2026 at the Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

An expert faculty will teach on the two day intensive course with lectures, live surgery demonstrations, hands-on cadaver training (5 X-ray stations & 1 Ultrasound guided procedures station) and question and answer sessions.

For further information, email: ciaranwazir@gmail.com



CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION


An application for up to 11.5 European CME credits will be submitted


ABERDEEN WORKSHOP FACULTY INCLUDE



Dr Saravana Kanakarajan
Course Director, Aberdeen Workshop
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK






Dr Ravi Nagaraja
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK







Dr Neal Evans
Special Interest: X-Guided RF Ablation Procedures
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Aylesbury, Bucks, UK





Dr Andrzej Krol
Special Interest: USG RF Ablation Procedures
Committee Chair, ESRA European Diploma of Pain Medicine
ESRA USG Pain Cadaver Courses (London & Europe)
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
St George's University Hospital
London, UK






Dr Naomi Scott

Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine
Regional Advisor of Pain Management (North of Scotland)
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK








Dr Hirachand Mutagi
Consultant Pain Physician & Anaesthetist
University Hospital of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK








Dr Manojit Sinha
Chair, Interventional SIG, British Pain Society
Clinical Lead Pain Management
Consultant in Pain Medicine
King's College Hospital
London, UK







Dr Marius Ambrock
Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery 
Klinikum Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg. Germany








WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

Overview of Day One: Lectures & Live Surgery

Workshop Venue: Conference Room, Level 4, Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Road, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK

  • Anatomy and nerve supply for facet and SI joints
  • Lumbar facet joint denervation (Live Surgery—Video link)
  • Sacroiliac Joint RF (Live Surgery—Video link)
  • Evidence and Complications of RF procedures
  • Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
  • Cryoanalgesia/Cryoablation
  • Ultrasound guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (lecture and demo)

Overview  of Day Two: Hands-on Stations (X-ray & Ultrasound)

Workshop Venue: Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD

Station 1: X-ray guided Diagnostic Blocks (cadaver)
Station 2: X-ray guided Lumbar Facet Joint Denervation (cadaver)
Station 3: X-ray guided Sacroiliac Joint Denervation (cadaver)
Station 4: X-ray guided Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (cadaver)
Station 5: X-ray guided  Cryoablation/Cryoanalgesia for Low Back Pain (cadaver)
Station 6: Ultrasound Guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (live model)


WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON



ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

To register your interest in the next Aberdeen Workshop, CLICK HERE


TRAVEL TO ABERDEEN
 

Aberdeen has excellent travel links. By air, Aberdeen is well connected by British Airways, Eastern airways, Flybe, BMI, KLM and Air France to majority of the airports in UK and mainland Europe. The venue is 6 miles from the airport. There are 6 major roads to Aberdeen. A90 serves as the main arterial route connecting Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen is on the main UK rail network and has frequent direct services to major cities such as Edinburgh Glasgow and London including Caledonian sleeper service

14 Nov 2025 - 4th Evolution of Pulsed RF Symposium, Nice, France



QUICK LINKS

To view a copy of the symposium programme flyer, CLICK HERE

To register for video recordings of the PRF symposium lectures, CLICK HERE



THE 4TH Evolution of Pulsed Radiofrequency Symposium took place at Westminster Hotel, Nice, France on 14th November 2025. The event included a full day of expert lectures and discussions on the latest developments in Pulsed RF treatments for pain management. 

If you missed the symposium in Nice, it is still possible to register for video recordings of the lectures from the symposium.


CME ACCREDITATION

“The 4th Evolution of Pulsed Radiofrequency Symposium, Nice, France 14/11/2025 - 14/11/2025, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 6.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).”



SYMPOSIUM FACULTY INCLUDE

Prof. dr. Josino Brasil, Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia, Universidade Federal das Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Brazil

dr Ahmed Mohamed Elhalwagy, Consultant of Pain Management, Head of Pain Unit-Sohag University Hospitals- Egypt

dr. Tolga Ergönenç, Consultant Pain & MSK Specialist, Anaesthesiology & ICU, Akyazi Hospital, Turkey

dr. Teodor Goroszeniuk, Symposium Chairman, President, London Pain Forum, 
Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anesthesia, Cromwell Hospital, London, UK

dr. Daniel Jorge, Consultant Pain Specialist, Instituto RegeneM de Medicina Avançada, Brazil

Dr Andrzej Krol, Committee Chair, ESRA Pain Diploma Exam, Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia, St George’s University Hospital, London, UK 

dr. Martina Rekatsina, Consultant in Anesthesia & Pain, Aretaieion Hospital, Greece
     
dr. Olav Rohof, Consultant Pain Specialist, DC Klinieken, Almere, Netherlands
        
dr. Alexandre Teixeira, Consultant Pain Specialist, Private pain practice, Porto, Portugal
             
Prof. dr. Bert van Duijn, Plant electrophysiology, Leiden University, The Netherlands



SYMPOSIUM TOPICS

PRF Atlas: clinical roadmap from pain type to therapy

Comparative study between conventional pulsed radiofrequency and STP

Treating chronic pelvic pain with pulsed radiofrequency of the pudendal nerve

Transcutaneous Pulsed Radiofrequency

Pulsed radiofrequency as an ally to orthobiologicals in the recovery of neurological injuries

Ultrasound Guided PRF in Musculoskeletal Pain: from Sonoanatomy to Application

Pulsed radiofrequency in the treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

PRF-STP Mode: clinical results



SYMPOSIUM VENUE

Westminster Hotel & Spa
27, Promenade des Anglais
06000 Nice
France



ONLINE REGISTTRATION

To register for video recordings of the PRF symposium lectures, CLICK HERE

For further information, email: ciaranwazir@londonpainforum.co.uk

EVENTS CALENDAR 2025/2026

Please find included in this section some meetings of interest for  2026:

PAIN MANAGEMENT EVENTS


18-23 January 2026
LPF 12th Advances in Pain Medicine Winter Symposium
Hotel Village Montana, Tignes Le Lac, French Alps

13-14 March 2026
17th RA-UK ESRA Ultrasound in Pain Medicine Course
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Bloomsbury, Science Gallery & 
KCL Anatomy Dept, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
Course Directors: Dr Andrzej Krol, St George's Hospital & Prof Ash Shetty, UCLH, UK

9-11 April 2026
4th International Pain Symposium "Role of Frequency in Neuromodulation"
& Advanced Ultrasound Guided Pain Procedures Workshop
Leading International Experts including Dr Andrea Trescot, USA
Melius Klinieken, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

24 April 2026
32nd Meeting of the London Pain Forum
The Hurlingham Club, London, UK

28-29 May 2026
Aberdeen Interventional Pain Cadaver Workshop
Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

29-30 October 2026
18th Hands-on Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop
Postgraduate Education Centre, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK

13-15 November 2026
NSUKI ASM Neuromodulation Congress
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

29-30 November 2026
PRP/Prolotherapy MSK USG Cadaver Course
Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre, Bangalore, India