9-10 May 2025 - 3rd London Spine, MSK Ultrasound & Interventional Pain Conference, London, UK











QUICK LINKS

To register to attend the London meeting, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for the London meeting, CLICK HERE

To view the meeting programme, CLICK HERE


THE THIRD London Spine, MSK Ultrasound & Interventional Pain Conference will take place at the Dorchester Library, Royal College of Physicians and King's College London Anatomy Department, Guy's Hospital Campus, London, UK on 9-10 May 2025. A faculty of experts will join us to teach at the meeting with expert lectures, hands-on live model scanning and a hands-on cadaver workshop.


WIP ENDORSEMENT


We are delighted that the meeting is endorsed by the World Institute of Pain (WIP) and approved as a preparatory course/workshop for certified interventional pain sonologist, CIPS exam.


CONFERENCE CHAIR


Dr. Raja Reddy MD FRCA FFPMRCA FIPP CIPS
Consultant: Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, Medway NHS Trust
Faculty Tutor, Advanced Pain Medicine Training Programme
Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University


CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

*An application for European CME points will be submitted to European Accreditation Council for CME (EACCME). 

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


MEETING PROGRAMME

To view the meeting programme, CLICK HERE



CONFERENCE VENUE 09.05.25















Dorchester Library
Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Pl
London 
NW1 4LE
United Kingdom

*The venue is situated 5 minutes from Regent’s Park Station and Great Portland Street Station.


WORKSHOP VENUE 10.05.25


Science Gallery & Department of Anatomy
King's College London

Guy's Hospital Campus
Great Maze Pond
London SE1 9GU, UK

*A short walk from London Bridge Overground and Underground Train Stations.
For a map of Guy's Hospital Campus, CLICK HERE



REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration Fee (9-10 May 2025): £650.00 (GBP)

(Including attendance of full scientific programme as well as tea/coffee and lunch catering breaks for duration of the meeting. No accommodation is included in the registration fee)

*To pay the registration fee for the London meeting, CLICK HERE


ONLINE REGISTRATION

To register to attend the London Conference, CLICK HERE


HOTEL ACCOMMODATION CLOSE TO CONFERENCE VENUE


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

 



QUICK LINKS

To register 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 UK Trainee level/Junior Doctors via card, 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


An application will be submitted European Accreditation Council for CME and Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK


WORKSHOP CHAIRMEN


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






INVITED WORKSHOP FACULTY




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 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 procedures
  • Endoscopic RF of Facets and SI joint
  • 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: 
X-ray guided Endoscopic Facet Joint & SI Joint Denervation (cadaver)
Station 6: Ultrasound guided Cryoablation/Cryoanalgesia for Low Back Pain (cadaver)
Station 7: Ultrasound Guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (live model)
Open session—candidates can attend any station of their choice


WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

To be updated


REGISTRATION FEES


Early Bird Reg Fees:  

£750 (Consultant Level Doctors)

£600 (UK Trainees/Junior doctors)


To pay the registration fee for Consultant Level Doctors via card, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for UK trainee level/junior doctors via card, CLICK HERE


ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

To register for the Aberdeen Workshop, 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 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 next International Pain Symposium and Hands-on Ultrasound in Pain Medicine Workshop with London Pain Forum and Melius Klinieken. 

The international symposium will cover Headache & Facial Pain Treatment and Advances in Interventional Pain Management and Neuromodulation followed by a 2 day ultrasound live model scanning workshop. Leading experts will be joining us once again in Eindhoven to teach.

An application for CME Credits will once again 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
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




REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration Fee 25-27 Sept 2025: 850 euros

*To pay the early bird registration fee via card, 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

29-30 May 2025 - Aberdeen Interventional Pain Workshop - Low Back Pain




QUICK LINKS

To register 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 UK Trainee level/Junior Doctors via card, 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


An application will be submitted European Accreditation Council for CME and Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK


WORKSHOP CHAIRMEN


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






INVITED WORKSHOP FACULTY




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 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 procedures
  • Endoscopic RF of Facets and SI joint
  • 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: 
X-ray guided Endoscopic Facet Joint & SI Joint Denervation (cadaver)
Station 6: Ultrasound guided Cryoablation/Cryoanalgesia for Low Back Pain (cadaver)
Station 7: Ultrasound Guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (live model)
Open session—candidates can attend any station of their choice


WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

To be updated


REGISTRATION FEES


Early Bird Reg Fees:  

£750 (Consultant Level Doctors)

£600 (UK Trainees/Junior doctors)


To pay the registration fee for Consultant Level Doctors via card, CLICK HERE

To pay the registration fee for UK trainee level/junior doctors via card, CLICK HERE


ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

To register for the Aberdeen Workshop, 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 services.