On April 12 and 13, 2024, dozens of pain experts from near and far will converge in Cleveland to share next-level approaches and emerging research aimed at solving the challenges of pain management.
The experts will meet at the Cleveland Pain Symposium, an event set for April 12 and 13, at the Samson Pavilion, the centerpiece of the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic. The event is sponsored by Cleveland Clinic’s Consortium for Pain in collaboration with the Cleveland FES Center and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).
The event is open to the public but is geared for research and clinical practitioners as well as biotech professionals, students, trainees and caregivers working in the field of chronic pain.
The highlight of this event: close to 25 presentations from speakers representing academic and clinical research, government, healthcare, biotech, and the ethics communities, all on hand to share insights, deliver presentations and take part in discussions. Talk topics will include research funding opportunities, emerging tools for chronic pain, ethical considerations, the opioid crisis, and the latest clinical and fundamental research approaches to pain management.
“We are thrilled to host this premier event for the trans-disciplinary pain community,” said Carl Saab, PhD, founder and director of Cleveland Clinic’s Consortium for Pain and an executive committee member of the Cleveland FES Center. “With an outstanding lineup of speakers, this event will provide a first-hand look at the latest advances in personalized pain care and neuromodulation therapies, offering a unique opportunity to engage directly with top experts in the field and to forge multi-institutional collaborations across Cleveland.”
Robert Kirsch, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at CWRU and executive director of the Cleveland FES Center, explained the event takes a comprehensive approach to advancing pain management research: “The Cleveland Pain Symposium will bring together experts from across the pain management and research communities to encourage dialogue and solve challenges of pain management,” Kirsch observed. “It’s an event that will benefit both researchers and practitioners working in the field, and we look forward to welcoming Symposium speakers and attendees to Cleveland.
Also serving on the Symposium steering committee with Drs. Saab and Kirsch are Michael Jenkins, PhD, and Michael Moffitt, PhD, associate professors of biomedical engineering at CWRU and investigators at the Cleveland FES Center
