Oct 30: Research identifying innovative approaches to the treatment and care of patients with chronic pain is being recognized for excellence at the 25th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting, November 5-7, 2026, in Tampa, FL. The studies focus on new techniques as well as pain control and enhanced safety.
“The depth and breadth of the research and clinical findings that will be presented at our fall meeting are a testament to the commitment of our community to finding the best approaches to pain medicine,” said ASRA Pain Medicine President Steven P. Cohen, MD. “We look forward to hearing more from these experts in Tampa.”
Authors of the award-winning abstracts will present from the podium during select sessions at the meeting and will also be recognized at the Excellence in ASRA Pain Medicine Awards & Recognition Session on Saturday, November 7, from 10:45 am-12:15 pm in the H.B. Plant A-E Ballroom at JW Marriott Tampa Water Street.
Best of Meeting Abstract Awards
“Discordance Between Self-Reported and EHR-Documented Substance Use and Chronic Opioid Prescribing,” by Tinsae Admassu, MD, MPH, and Kanishka Rajput, MD; Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Admassu will present this abstract on Saturday, November 7, at 2 pm during Plenary Session PS-10 “Debate.”
“Hyperpolarization-Activated Currents in a Partial Sciatic Nerve Ligation (pSNL) Mouse Model of Chronic Pain,” by Amer Isa, BS, and Joao Carvalho-de-Souza, DVM, PhD; Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. Isa will present this abstract on Saturday, November 7, at 8:05 am during Plenary Session PS-09 “ASRA Pain Medicine Debates.”
“Transforaminal Versus Interlaminar Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection and Progression to Lumbar Surgery,” by Naveed Delrooz, BS, Tarick E. Ahmad, BS, Benjamin Esneault, BS, and Nyla Azam, MD; Albany Medical College. Ahmad will present this abstract on Saturday, November 7, at 2:05 pm during Plenary Session PS-10 “Debate.”
Resident/Fellow Travel Awards
Recipients of the Resident/Fellow Travel Awards receive complimentary meeting registration and a travel stipend to attend the meeting.
“Lower Daily Step Count Precedes Persistent Opioid Use in Opioid-Naive Adults with Chronic Spine Pain: An All of Us Cohort Study,” by Meet Popatbhai Kachhadia, MD, and Juber D Shaikh, MD; FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. Dr. Kachhadia will present this abstract on Thursday, November 5, at 1:30 pm during Plenary Session PS-03 “Making Artificial Intelligence Work For You.”
“Oral Microbiome Alpha Diversity and Chronic Axial Pain with Functional Limitation in U.S. Adults,” by Zackary T. Park, MD, Yuichi Igarashi, MD, Felix A. Zayas Rodriguez, MD, Justin Nguyen, MD, and Kaivalya Deshpande, MD; University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Park will present this abstract on Friday, November 6, at 4:15 pm during Plenary Session PS-08 “Updates in Cancer Pain Management.”
“Reimagining the Pain Medicine Pipeline: A Novel Multidisciplinary Workshop for High School Students,” by Adedeji Adeniyi, MD, Gulseerut Grewal, Milan Patel, Jessie Gong, Sabrina Du, Joy Achuonjei, MD, Dustin Yeung, MD, Vladimir Salomon, MD, and Teeda Pinyavat, MD; University of Washington. Dr. Adeniyi will present this abstract on Saturday, November 7, at 4:15 pm during Plenary Session PS-11 “Creating a Sustainable Future in Pain Medicine.”
Patient Safety Award
The Patient Safety Award recognizes exemplary work in patient safety and was created in the spirit of Alice Romie, an advocate for patient safety who contributed to standardizing medication safety and educating peers about this issue. Alice passed away from breast cancer in May 2021.
The recipient is “Improving Injectate Reproducibility in an Academic Interventional Pain Program: A Quality Improvement Initiative,” by Symonne Martin, MD, Copeland Royce, DO, Oliver De Asis, DO, Loc Lam, DO, Daniel McKee, MD, Munfarid Zaidi, MD, and Alice Ye, MD; Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Martin will present this abstract on Saturday, November 7, at 8 am during Plenary Session PS-09 “ASRA Pain Medicine Debates.”
