29-30 May 2025 - Aberdeen Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop

 



QUICK LINKS

To register online for the workshop in Aberdeen, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for Consultant level doctors via card, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for Fellows/Trainees via card, CLICK HERE

To view the programme brochure for the workshop, CLICK HERE


THE NEXT Aberdeen Interventional Pain Workshop will take place on 29-30 May 2025 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 (X-ray & Ultrasound guided procedures) and question and answer sessions.

For further information, email: ciaranwazir@gmail.com



CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION


The Aberdeen Interventional Pain Workshop has been approved for 10 CPD Points by Royal College of Anaesthetist, London, UK

The Aberdeen Interventional Pain Workshop has been approved for 11.5 CME by  EACCME (European Accreditation Council for CME).



WORKSHOP FACULTY


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 Robert Rapcan FIPP
Special Interest: Endoscopic Facet Joint & SI Joint Denervation Procedures, 
Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
Examiner, World Institute of Pain
Medical EuroPainClinics
Czech Republic & Slovakia




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: Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill House, Ashgrove Road West, 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 procedurest
  • 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: Wet room, Department of Anatomy, Third Floor, Suttie Centre, 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: Ultrasound guided Cryoablation/Cryoanalgesia for Low Back Pain (cadaver)
Station 6: Ultrasound Guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (live model)
Freestyle Stations: Ask the Experts


WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

To view the programme brochure for the workshop, CLICK HERE



ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

To register for the Aberdeen Workshop, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for Consultant level doctors via card, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for Fellows/Trainees via card, CLICK HERE


TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
 

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

25-27 September 2025 - London Pain Forum and Melius Klinieken, Eindhoven, The Netherlands









QUICK LINKS

To view the symposium programme, CLICK HERE

To register to attend Eindhoven, CLICK HERE

To pay the early bird registration fee via card, CLICK HERE


JOIN US IN EINDHOVEN on 25-27  September 2025 for the 3rd International Pain Symposium with London Pain Forum and Melius Klinieken. 

The international symposium will include sessions on Headache & Facial Pain, (Un)common pain problems and widespread pain, as well as ultrasound guided pain procedures with a hands-on live model workshop planned. Leading experts will be joining us once again in Eindhoven to teach.

An application for CME Credits will be submitted to European Accreditation Council for CME.

Watch this space for updates on Eindhoven. For further information, email: ciaranwazir@gmail.com


SYMPOSIUM FACULTY INCLUDE














Dr C.W.J. (Kenneth) van Tilburg FIPP
Scientific Director
Senior Fellow, London Pain Forum
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




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















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














Ms Linda Kollenburg
INS Young Neuromodulators Committee Member
& International Women in Neuromodulation (IWIN) Committee member
Researcher Neurosurgery & Medical Honours Student
Department of Neurosurgery
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, The Netherlands















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



Dr Remko Liebregts FIPP CIPS
Consultant Anesthesiologist & Pain Specialist
Department of Anesthesiology,
Amsterdam University Medical
Center on location VUmc,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands












Dr Robert Rapcan FIPP
Special Interest: Endoscopic Facet Joint & SI Joint Denervation Procedures, 
Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
Examiner, World Institute of Pain
Medical EuroPainClinics
Czech Republic & Slovakia














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















Prof Ashish Shetty
President, Pain Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Lead Consultant in Pain Management
The Pain Management Centre
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
University College London Hospitals
25 Cleveland St, London, UK














Dr Eugène Quant
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Erasmus University Medical Center
Rotterdam
The Netherlands















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
















Prof Shafaq Sikandar
Professor of Sensory Neurophysiology
Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology 
William Harvey Research Institute
Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
Charterhouse Square, London, UK















Dr Michal But
Board Member, Interventional Section,
Polish Association for the Study of Pain
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Regional Hospital
Koszalin, Poland













Dr Tatiana Bravo FIPP, CIPS
Head of the Pain Management Department
Hospital Primavera
Aracaju – Sergipe
Brazil


SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

To view the symposium programme, CLICK HERE


REGISTRATION FEES


Early Bird Registration - Full Symposium & Workshop: €895

Early Bird Registration - One Day: €495

To pay the early bird registration fee for the Full Symposium & Workshop 25-27 , CLICK HERE







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

2-3 October 2025- 17th Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop, Nottingham, UK











QUICK LINKS

To register to attend the workshop, CLICK HERE

For a PDF of the Workshop Brochure & Registration Form, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee via card, CLICK HERE




JOIN US IN NOTTINGHAM for the 17th Hands-on Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop on 2-3 October 2025 with expert lectures and 2 days of hands-on cadaver training (X-ray & Ultrasound guided procedures). 

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. 5 X-ray workshop stations and 3 ultrasound workshop stations are planned per day.

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


CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

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

*An application for CPD Points will be submitted to Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK


COURSE CHAIRMAN



Dr Dalvina Hanu-Cernat FIPP
Course Director, 16th 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

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

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 RF
Hip RF

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 Ganesan Baranidharan
Dr Hadi Bedran
Dr Arun Bhaskar
Dr Surabhi Choudhari
Dr Mohamed Dorgham
Dr Teodor Goroszeniuk
Dr Vladimir Gorelov
Dr Thomas Haag
Dr Tony Hammond
Dr Dalvina Hanu-Cernat
Dr Sandeep Kapur
Dr Hira Mutagi
Dr Arasu Rayen
Dr Raja Reddy


2025 COURSE VENUE

Postgraduate Education and Conference Centre
City Hospital
Hucknall Road
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
United Kingdom

*Registration desk opens at 08.30hrs on 2nd October 2025 and closes at 17.00hrs on 3rd October 2025.  

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration Fee: £1050.00 (GBP)

To pay the registration fee via card, CLICK HERE



REGISTER YOUR INTEREST


To register to attend the workshop, CLICK HERE


18-23 January 2026 - 12th Advances in Pain Medicine Winter Symposium, French Alps

 








QUICK LINKS

To register your interest in the next Winter Symposium on 18-23 January 2026, CLICK HERE

The London Pain Forum's ELEVENTH Advances in Pain Medicine Winter Symposium took place on 12-17 January 2025 in Tignes Le Lac, high in the French Alps.  A six day programme of lectures, discussions and workshops in a perfect location. The official language of the international meeting was English. For more info contact: ciaranwazir@gmail.com


CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

*The 11th Advances in Pain Medicine Winter Symposium has been been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for 18.5 European CME credits.


2025 TIGNES FACULTY INCLUDED




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







Dr Arun Bhaskar
Immediate Past-President, British Pain Society
UK Section Chair, World Institute of Pain
Council Member, London Pain Forum
Pain Management Centre
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, UK





Dr Andrzej Krol
Committee Chair, ESRA European Diploma of Pain Medicine
Council Member, London Pain Forum
Director, ESRA USG Pain Courses (London & Europe)
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
St George's University NHS Hospital
London, UK







Dr Ganesan Baranidharan
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Pain Medicine, RCoA
Past-President, Neuromodulation Society of the UK & Ireland
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds, UK








Prof Ashish Shetty
President, Pain Medicine Section
Royal Society of Medicine
Hon. Associate Professor, UCL
Consultant Lead in Pain Medicine
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
Univ. College London Hospitals
London, UK





Dr Yakov Perper
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
Astoria Pain Management Private Clinic
Astoria
New York, USA








Dr Anastassia Gontsarova
Consultant Neuroradiologist
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, UK












Dr Nicholas Padfield
Emeritus Consultant Pain Medicine
Guys and St Thomas Hospital
London, UK








Dr Mike W Platt
Medical Director, Curaleaf Clinic
Previous Senior Consultant in Pain Medicine
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Charing Cross Hospital
London, UK






Dr Dmitry Kruglov
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
University College London Hospitals
London, UK






Dr Charles Oliveira
Co-ordinator and Professor
Postgraduate Course, Pain & Ultrasound, Spinpain College
Member of Board of Examiners, 
World Institute of Pain (2011-2015)
Sao Paulo, Brazil






Dr Simon J Dolin
Consultant in Pain Medicine
Nuffield Hospital, Chichester
BMI Goring Hall Hospital, Worthing
West Sussex, UK






Dr YeJeong Kim DeGeer
Co Director/ Clinic Director
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (UWA)/
Bachelor of Science (USYD) 
Foot & Ankle Experts Health Clinic
Hamilton, Queensland, Australia







Dr Earl J. Kilbride
Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon
Austin Orthopedic Institute
Austin, Texas
USA









Dr Neal Evans
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Aylesbury, Bucks, UK







Dr Igor Filipovski
Founder & President
International Society for
Ultrasound Guided Cryoneurolysis
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Copenhagen Cryo Center
Copenhagen, Denmark






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









Dr Juan Carlos Andreani
Director of Surgical Neuro-Rehabilitation
Fundacion CENIT
Caba, Argentina








Mr Jonathan Compson
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
King’s College Hospital
London, UK



2025 SYMPOSIUM TOPICS INCLUDED


Ultrasound in Pain Management

Update on Imaging in Interventional Pain Management

Review of Interventional Pain Practice

Advances in Neuromodulation

Management of Post-Amputation Pain

Cannabinoids in Pain Management

Functional Neurological Disorder

Medico-legal Perspectives of Chronic Pain

Free Oral Presentations

Poster Presentations


2025 SESSION TIMES

Venue: Picasso Seminar Room, Hotel Les Suites du Montana, Village Montana, 441 Rue des Almes, 73320 Tignes, France

Sunday 12.01.25 - 18.00-20.00hrs

Monday 13.01.25 - 08.30-10.00hrs & 17.30-20.00hrs

Tuesday 14.01.25 - 08.30-10.00hrs & 17.30-20.00hrs

Wednesday 15.01.25 - 17.30-20.00hrs

Thursday 16.01.25 -  08.00-10.00hrs

Friday 17.01.25 - 08.00-10.00hrs & 17 30-19.30hrs





SYMPOSIUM ACCOMMODATION



HOTEL VILLAGE MONTANA
Les Almes
73320 Tignes
FRANCE


Located in the heart of Tignes le Lac and the Espace Killy area, the 4 star Hotel Village Montana combines the charm and comfort of a mountain hotel with the elegance of a typical Savoyarde-style chalet.



GETTING TO TIGNES


It is the responsibility of participants to make their own way to Tignes but please find some options below:





Train (London to Bourg St Maurice)

It will be possible to book via Eurostar indirect trains to Bourg St Maurice from London St Pancras International with a change of trains in Paris.  From Bourg St Maurice it takes approximately 45-60min via coach transfer to reach the symposium hotel, Village Montana, in Tignes Le Lac. To book train tickets with Eurostar, CLICK HERE


Airports

Geneva
Lyon
Chambery
Grenoble & St Etienne

Some Airlines

Easyjet
Ryanair
BA
Swiss

Coach/Car Transfer Times

Lyon - 240km
Coach: 4 hr. - Car: 3 hr.
Geneva - 180km
Coach: 4 hr. - Car: 3 hr.
Chambery - 145km
Coach: 2 hr. 30 min

To book coach transfers between Geneva Airport and Tignes le Lac or Bourg Saint Maurice and Tignes Le Lac, check out the following options: 





WINTER SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION

To register your interest in the next Winter Symposium in 2026, CLICK HERE