Dr. Lisa Sanders, Inspiration for House, M.D., to Deliver Keynote Address at PAINWeek 2010

MONTCLAIR, N.J., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Lisa Sanders will deliver the keynote address at PAINWeek® 2010. Dr. Sanders' monthly Diagnosis column in The New York Times Magazine was an inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D. Dr. Sanders, an internist on the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine, is the show's technical advisor. A former CBS News producer, and an author, she has recently written a new book published by Broadway, Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis.

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PAINWeek is also pleased to announce that the American Pain Foundation and the American Chronic Pain Association have joined 14 other pain-related professional and patient advocacy organizations who are affiliated with the national conference. With over 1,100 healthcare professionals attending in 2009, PAINWeek 2010 promises to be one of the most well-attended annual pain conferences in the country, offering more than 100 hours of CE/CME activities.  

PAINWeek offers a diverse curriculum and multidisciplinary faculty who will present courses in the following areas: addiction, complementary & alternative medicine, geriatrics, health coaching, hypnosis, medical/legal, narcoterrorism, neurology, pain & chemical dependency, palliative care, pediatrics, pharmacology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, primary care, regional pain syndromes, and rheumatology.

The mix of plenary and breakout sessions at PAINWeek provides clinical and practice management strategies for practitioners in the primary care setting, and all clinicians and professionals who treat pain may benefit, including physicians, nursing professionals, physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists, podiatrists, hypnotists, acupuncturists, and others.

A call for abstracts has been announced with a deadline of June 28 for online submissions.

The national conference will feature commercially supported events such as satellite symposia, special-interest sessions, and scientific assemblies tailored specifically to the wide variety of frontline clinicians who treat pain. The meeting, which takes place during Pain Awareness Month, provides knowledge and tools for frontline practitioners who treat patients in pain.

Organizations and corporations interested in partnership or sponsorship opportunities for PAINWeek 2010 and media interested in more detailed information are asked to contact Redza Ibrahim at [email protected] or to visit www.painweek.org.

Clinicians may register now for only $279 online at www.painweek.org, or by calling (877) PAINWeek (877-724-6933) using code PWPR511; this offer expires on May 31, 2010. The PAINWeek full program conference fee will increase to $499 after June 1. Conference hotel room rates are $135 per night plus tax.  All PAINWeek room rates are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Rates are not guaranteed on nights that are outside of meeting check-in, September 7, and check-out, September 12. Day pass registration is also available.

Managed by Aventine Co., PAINWeek is annually convened at the Red Rock Casino, Resort, and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada during September (Pain Awareness Month). The 2010 conference takes place September 8-11 and will offer over 100 hours of continuing medical education activities sponsored by Global Education Group. PAINWeek is intended for frontline clinicians treating pain.

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