Mass General Brigham, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine;
Department of Neurology; Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Harvard Medical School & Harvard School of Dental Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry & Medical School
Participating Faculty from Tufts University
Interdisciplinary Pain
& Headache Rounds
2024-2025
Wednesdays
8:00-9:00 AM EST
Online Webcast (Zoom)
HMS Beagle, Darwin’s Voyage by Robert Taylor Pritchett
Key Links
Our Website:
painandheadacherounds.com
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JEHD-XKCTSGqaofsrAtk5g?amp_device_id=c49ce23e-ed8d-4d01-885d-f0e1b9c0d46c&_device_id=c49ce23e-ed8d-4d01-885d-f0e1b9c0d46c#/registration
Co-Directors
David Alexander Keith, DMD, BDS
Visiting Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, MGH; Corresponding Member of the Faculty, HSDM
Hsinlin Thomas Cheng, MD, PhD
Director, Headache & Neuropathic Pain Unit, Department of Neurology, Mass General Brigham
Roxanne Bavarian, DMD, DMSc
Director, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Mass General Brigham, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Dentistry
Michael E. Schatman, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, Department of Population Health - Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Donavon Khosrow Aroni, DMD, MS
Assistant Professor, Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine, Diagnostic Sciences
Ronald J. Kulich, PhD
Mass General Brigham, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Christopher Robinson, MD, PhD
Physician-Scientist, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham
Matthew G. Fortino, PsyD
Research Coordinator, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Administrative Contacts:
admin@painandheadacherounds.com
Kieran Taylor
dtkieran355@gmail.com
(518) 366-7115
Ronald J. Kulich, PhD
rkulich@mgh.harvard.edu
(617) 418-0512
The Interdisciplinary Pain and Headache Rounds is designed to encourage academic exploration across a wide range of topics. We invite clinicians, scientists, students, and patients who seek knowledge through interactive seminars and forums which inspire collaboration, reflection, and discourse.
Our primary goals focus on providing evidence-based content, while understanding the importance of exploring empirical support for novel avenues of patient care.
These programs are a complimentary year-long lecture series focusing on pain and headaches, but also covering a wide range of topics relevant for healthcare providers, researchers, public policy specialists, patients, and other important stakeholders. We have a proud history, dating back over 20 years with the eventual merging of two programs presented at the historic Ether Dome of Massachusetts General Hospital. With the virtual format over the last 5 years, we’ve moved to reach 78 countries and territories, providing better access for clinicians and patients who represent underserved communities. The Interdisciplinary Pain and Headache Rounds Lectures are presented as part of the Educational Core of the NIH-NIDCR TMD IMPACT Collaborative: Mass General Brigham, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
Pre-registration is now required for each session to gain access to the Zoom webinar link. Click the registration link below to register for the entire series. Please be sure to check your confirmation email for the secondary Zoom registration link as well. This is a registration for the Zoom presentation. If you are seeking CME/CE credit, you will receive information about credit close to the time of the program.
For information on how to register for the series, please email admin@painandheadacherounds.com.
Organizing/Advisory Committee*
*Additional members pending
Medical and Psychology
- Jafar Bakhshaie MD, PhD - Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham
- Carol Warfield, MD - Harvard School of Medicine; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital
- Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH, MBA - Dept. of Neurology and Harvard Medical
School, Mass General Brigham
- Kelly Wawrzyniak, PsyD - Clinical Psychologist, Psychology Outreach & Grant Development
- Joe Scherrer - Hertz Fellow, The Fee Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public Policy, Business, & Patient Advocacy
- Donna Sultan, President & Chief Executive Officer, KEO International
- Julia Buckley, Patient advocate, journalist and author of the book Heal Me
- Karen Stocker, LPN
- Catherine Beal, Patient advocate
Dentistry
- Alex F. DaSilva, DDS, DMedSc - University of Michigan
- R. Bruce Donoff, DMD, MD - Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard
University
- Robert Nersasian, DMD - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Mass General Brigham
- Michael A. Scialabba, DDS - VP of Clinical Affairs, 42 North Dental
- Elizabeth Hatfield, DDS - Director, Clinical Case Series, University of Michigan
- Nicole Holland, DDS, MS - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
- Patricia Guerrera, DDS
- Nikhilesh Chandra Roy, DMD
Fellowship/Training Representative
- Tamunodiyepriye Ngo, Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Clinical Research, Controlled Substance Risk Mitigation Project
Administrative Support
Donnelle Milley, CDA
Coordinator
Kieran Taylor
Senior Consultant
2024-2025 Program
September 11, 2024 | Freakonomics: The Economics of Physician Behavior and the Physician Workforce, Medical Malpractice, the Economics of Healthcare Productivity and the Economics of Medical Innovation Anupam Jena, MD, PhD - Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School - Professor of Medicine and Associate Physician in the Department of Medicine at Mass General Brigham |
September 18, 2024 | Migraine and/or Cluster Headache: Basic Science, Mechanism of Action, and Novel Therapeutics Peter Goadsby, MD, PhD - Director of the National Institute for Health Research - Wellcome Trust King’s Clinical Research Facility (CRF) - Professor of Neurology at King's College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IPPN) |
September 25, 2024 | Nociplastic Pain: Evaluating Nondrug Therapies to Treat Chronic Pain Daniel J. Clauw, MD - Professor of Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), and Psychiatry; Director, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan Medical School - PI of Multiple Pain, TMD, and Clinical Translational Science Training Grants |
October 2, 2024 | Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies - Impact on our Most Vulnerable Citizens Jonathan Stea, PhD, R. Psych - Clinical Psychologist, Alberta Health Services, Dr. Stea Clinical Psychological Services - Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Department of Psychology |
October 9, 2024 | Untangling the Relationship Between Acute and Chronic Dental Pain Jennifer Gibbs, DDS, PhD Associate Professor & Director of the Division of Endodontics in Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine |
October 16, 2024 | Virtual Reality in Headache and Back Pain Christopher Robinson, MD, PhD Physician-Scientist, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham Robert Jason Yong, MD, MBA - Chair and Medical Director of the Pain Management Center at Mass General Brigham - Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD (Discussant) - Immediate Former Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Provost, and Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport |
October 23, 2024 | The NIH HEAL Initiative and its Potential to Advance Treatment of Persons Suffering from Pain Walter Koroshetz, MD Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) |
November 6, 2024 | Sleep, Pain & Headache Alberto Herrero Babiloni, DDS, MS PhD Candidate; Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University; Hospital Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, CEAMS Linda Sangalli, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine-Illinois |
November 7, 2024 Ether Dome, Bullfinch Building (4th Floor) Massachusetts General Hospital 6-8pm ET | TMD Impact: Michigan-Boston Collaborative & Networking Event Hybrid (in-person and virtual) Collaborators from Mass General Brigham, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry Email Dr. Fernando Guastaldi (fguastaldi@mgh.harvard.edu) for registration details |
November 8, 2024 Harvard School of Dental Medicine REB Auditorium and Lobby 8am-3pm ET | TMD Impact: Michigan-Boston Collaborative & Networking Event Hybrid (in-person and virtual) Collaborators from Mass General Brigham, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry Email Dr. Fernando Guastaldi (fguastaldi@mgh.harvard.edu) for registration details |
November 13, 2024 | The Pediatric Pain Manual for War Zones Paul Reavley, MD - Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - Co-Chair, Pediatric Blast Injury Partnership |
November 20, 2024 | Patient Selection for Minimally-Invasive Spine Treatments Timothy Deer, MD - Founder, President and CEO, Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias - Chairman, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience - Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine |
November 27, 2024 | Psychosocial Factors Impacting Chronic Pain Samantha Meints, PhD - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School - Pain Psychologist & Clinical Researcher, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Mass General Brigham |
December 4, 2024 | Physician Finances & Wellbeing: FICO Analysis of 4,000 Physicians & Debt Management for Physicians Zwade Marshall, MD Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Regenerative Spine & Pain Specialists, P.C. Wael Saasouh, MD (Discussant) - Regional Director of Research, NorthStar Anesthesia - Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University - Clinical Associate Professor, Michigan State University |
December 11, 2024 | Hurt and Pain: Literature and the Suffering Body Susannah B. Mintz, PhD Professor of English, Skidmore College - M.F.A., Columbia University - Ph.D., Rice University |
December 18, 2024 | Psychedelics for Headaches and Pain Management Emanuelle Schindler, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine - Medical Director, Headache Center of Excellence Trent Emerick, MD, MBA - Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Associate Chief of Chronic Pain Division Program Director, UPMC Pain Medicine Fellowship |
January 8, 2025 | Public Policy and Accessing Pain and Headache Care Christopher Gilligan, MD, MBA - Chief Medical Officer, Chief Quality Officer & Senior Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Amitabh Gulati, MD (Discussant) - Director of Chronic Pain, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College |
January 15, 2025 | Where are we at now? History of OPPERA Prospective Cohort Study of Temporomandibular Disorders Roger Fillingim, PhD Associate Dean Of Planning And Institutional Effectiveness, Distinguished Professor, and Director Of Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence; University of Florida College of Dentistry |
January 22, 2025 | Compassionate Patient Management of Complex Problems of the Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Neil Chen, MD - Chief, Hand & Arm Service and Hand & Arm Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mass General Brigham - Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
January 29, 2025 | Occipital Nerve Blocks and Neuromodulation for Headache Related Disorders Erkan Kurt, MD - Neurosurgeon, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre - Neurosurgeon, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital - The Netherlands |
February 5, 2025 | Translational Research Using Animal Models of Orofacial Pain John Neubert, DDS Professor, Director of Pre-Doctoral Orthodontic Education, University of Florida College of Dentistry |
February 12, 2025 | Chronic Pain Management in the Veterans Administration Milan Stojanovic, MD - Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School - Director, Interventional Pain Medicine, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital - Editor-in-Chief, Interventional Pain Medicine |
February 19, 2025 | New Models for Pain Education Miles Day, MD, DABA, FIPP, DABIPP Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Department of Anesthesiology Christopher Robinson, MD, PhD (Discussant) Physician-Scientist, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham Michael E. Schatman, PhD (Discussant) Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, Department of Population Health - Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine |
February 26, 2025 | New Models for Headache Education Moises Dominguez, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College Matthew Robbins, MD (Discussant) Associate Professor of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College |
March 5, 2025 | Migraines, Updates on Novel Treatments Richard Bruce Lipton, MD - Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (Epidemiology) - Edwin S. Lowe Chair in Neurology - Vice Chair, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology - Director, Montefiore Headache Center |
March 12, 2025 | “The horrors of TMJ: Chronic pain, metal jaws, and futile treatments” Anna Werner National Consumer Investigative Correspondent, CBS News |
March 19, 2025 | Neuralgia Inducing Osteonecrosis and Orofacial Pain- Scam or Pseudoscience? David Keith, BDS, DMD Visiting Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, MGH; Corresponding Member of the Faculty, HSDM |
April 2, 2025 | Silas Weir Mitchel and the “Diary of a Quack”: The Targeting of Vulnerable Patients with Headache and Pain Ronald J. Kulich, PhD Mass General Brigham, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine Harvard Medical School |
April 23, 2025 | Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management: What the Private Sector has to Learn from the VA Jennifer Murphy, PhD - National Director of Pain Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Associate Professor, Morsani School of Medicine, University of South Florida |
April 30, 2025 | Chronic Pain in Veterans Sanjay Sharma, MD - Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine - Staff Physician, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System |
May 7, 2025 | Small Fiber Neuropathy Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD - Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School - Associate in Neurology, Mass General Brigham - Assistant in Pathology (Neuropathology), Mass General Brigham Shruti Handa, DMD (Discussant) - Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine - Orofacial Pain, Mass General Brigham Hsinlin Thomas Cheng, DMD, PA (Discussant) - Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology - Director, Headache and Neuropathic Pain Unit, Department of Neurology, Mass General Brigham |
May 14, 2025 | Pediatric Opioids Prescribing: Current Status and Risk Christopher Worsham, MD, PhD - Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School - Teaching Associate, Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy |
May 28, 2025 | Future Directions for the International Headache Society Mario Peres MD, PhD, FACP - Founder, São Paulo Headache Center - Program Director, Headache Medicine training for the Neurology Residency Program at Albert Einstein Hospital - Senior Researcher and Professor of Postgraduation, Albert Einstein Hospital and São Paulo State University Medical School Psychiatry Institute |
** Additional speaker presentations are in preparation and the schedule is subject to change **
Credit Designation Statements
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (TM)
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMAPRA Category 1 Credit (TM). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dentist
Mass General Brigham is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 1 continuing education credit.
Nursing
Mass General Brigham designates this activity for 1 ANCC contact hour. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychology
1 Continuing Education (CE) credit is awarded.