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Pain Medicine Lectures are held every Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.  Exceptions will be noted in the weekly notification.

Speaker:  John Freeman, DO

Topic:   Fellowship Update: 2018 Spinal Procedures, Do They Work?

Objective:

• Summarize the role of injection therapy in pain management

• Identify your role and responsibility in using data to drive injection recommendations

• Illustrate factors that contribute to “success or failure”

• Recognize “Best Practices” in recommending spinal procedures

FACULTY DISCLOSURE:

Dr. Freeman-None, Dr. Wie-None and Deborah Torres, RSS-None

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