PAIN MANAGEMENT, NEUROMODULATION AND ULTRASOUND EVENTS

15-16 October 2026 - 18th Hands-on 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 15-16 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 has been submitted to European Accreditation Council for CME

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

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 Andrzej Krol

Dr Sherdil Nath

2026 COURSE VENUE

Postgraduate Education and Conference Centre

City Hospital

Hucknall Road

Nottingham

NG5 1PB

United Kingdom

*Registration desk opens at 08.30hrs on 15 October 2026 and closes at 17.00hrs on 16 October 2026

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration Fee: £1050.00 (Before 01.07.26)

Regular Registration Fee: £1200.00 (From 01.07.26)

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

ONLINE REGISTRATION

13-15 November 2026 - Neuromodulation Pain Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland

QUICK LINKS

To register online for the Congress in Edinburgh, CLICK HERE

To view a PDF of the meeting flyer, CLICK HERE

To download a PDF of the Congress Registration Form, CLICK HERE

JOIN US EDINBURGH for the next NSUKI Annual Scientific Meeting on 13-15 November 2026 at Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The meeting will be a joint congress with the Nordic Neuromodulation Society. Registration now open!

Watch this space for further updates about the neuromodulation pain congress. For further info contact, ciaranwazir@gmail.com or ciaranwazir@painandneuromodulationlondon.com

CONGRESS TOPICS

Innovations and AI

National Neuromodulation Registry outcomes

MRI conditionality

Neurophysiology

Ethnical and language barriers

Debates

Oral poster competition

29 Jan - 1 Feb - 3rd International Regenerative Medicine USG Course, Bangalore, India

QUICK LINKS

To register and pay the early bird course fee for Bangalore, CLICK HERE

To view a PDF of the course flyer, CLICK HERE

To submit an abstract for free oral or printed poster presentations, CLICK HERE

JOIN US in Bangalore, India for the 3rd International Regenerative Medicine USG Course on 29 January - 1 February 2027. The meeting will include expert lectures, live model workshops and hands-on cadaver workshops at the Ramaiah Advanced Learning Center.

An application for European CME Accreditation will once again be submitted for the workshop which is also recognised in USA and Canada.

For further information contact, ciaranwazir@londonpainforum.co.uk

COURSE FACULTY INCLUDE

Dr Alain Elbaz, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Physician, Houston, Texas, USA

Prof Ashish Shetty, President, Royal Society of Medicine (Pain Medicine), Senior Fellow, London Pain Forum, Consultant in Pain Medicine, University College London Hospital & Cleveland Clinic London, UK

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

COURSE TOPICS

Principles of musculoskeletal examination
Why Regenerative Medicine?
Principles of Prolotherapy
PRP injection of the treatment of localised neuropathic pain
Regenerative medicine for shoulder pathologies
Elbow tendinopathies and wrist pathologies
Bone marrow concentrate vs lipoaspirate stem cell injections. Pros and cons.
Knee arthritis, meniscal tears, tendon and ligament pathology
Cervical and thoracic spine interventions
Regenerative medicine for hip joint, labral and tendon pathologies
Foot and Ankle pathologies
What makes good PRP? Principles of Classification
Dilemmas we face with PRP, stem cells and other treatments. Pros and cons.
Intra-osseous injections of PRP/ stem cells
Stem cells - comparing bone marrow concentrate and lipoaspirate. Pros and cons of each.
Regenerative Medicine in Health Systems: Bridging Innovation and Implementation
Ultrasound Demonstrations & Hands-on Live Model Workshops
Ultrasound Demonstrations & Hands-on Cadaver Workshops
Free Oral & Poster Presentations

STRUCTURES TO BE TAUGHT

Hip: intra-articular, iliofemoral lig, femoral nerve, iliopsoas tendon insertion, psoas bursa, greater trochanter structures, PENG block.

Shoulder: intra-articular, biceps tendon, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, ACJ

Knee: Intra-articular (3 approaches), MCL, LCL, Patellar tendon, Popliteus tendon, Gastrocs and Hamstrings

Ankle: Intra-articular for tibio-talar and subtalar, Post tibialis tendon, peroneal tendons, Achilles, plantar fascia

Elbow: common extensor and flexpr origins, MCL, LCL, bicepes insertion Wrist: Intra-articular, CMC, de quervains

Cervical Spine: Facet joints from both posterior and side views, Nerve root blocks,

Thoracic Spine: Costovertebral joints and ligaments, facet joints

Special for orthopaedics /advanced groups

Shoulder: Inferior and superior glenohumeral ligaments

Hip: Iliofemoral and pubofemoral ligaments

Knee Intra-osseous injections

Special for pain physicians:

A focus will be placed on identifying nerves so as to treat entrapment neuropathies with PRP at each station.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Interested in presenting your own work in Bangalore in for the form of free oral presentations or printed poster presentations? To view abstract submission guidelines, CLICK HERE

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

*An Application for up to 18 CME 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

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration Fee: 750 euros

(*Registration includes full access to scientific programme, tea/coffee and lunch catering breaks. No accommodation is included in the registration fee)

ONLINE REGISTRATION

To register and pay the early bird course fee for Bangalore, CLICK HERE

(*Registration includes full access to scientific programme, tea/coffee and lunch catering breaks)

27-28 May 2027 - Aberdeen Interventional Pain Management Cadaver Workshop, Aberdeen, Scotland

QUICK LINKS

To register for the next Aberdeen Workshop, CLICK HERE

THE NEXT Aberdeen Interventional Pain Management Workshop will take place on 27-28 May 2027 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 CPD Credits will be submitted to Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK

An application for up to 12 CME credits will be submitted European Accreditation Council for CME.

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

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)

ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

To register for 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