Pain and the older person

le 9 novembre 2006 » University of Toronto, 89 Chestnut Street Residence, Lakeview Room, Toronto

Admission for this event is free of charge. All are welcome to attend. Please RSVP by November 3 to Nancy Mitchell at nancy.mitchell@utoronto.ca or by phone at: 416-979-4762.

Program:

7:30 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

Moderator: Lucia Gagliese PhD,

8:00 a.m. – Opening Remarks

8:15 a.m. – “Pain in Older Adults with Osteoarthritis” – Gillian Hawker, MD, Director, Canadian Osteoarthritis Research Program (CORP); F.M. Hill Chair in Academic Women’s Medicine; Women’s College Hospital and University of Toronto

9:00 a.m. - "What Causes Disability in Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain?"–Debra Weiner, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry & Anesthesiology; Director, Older Adult Pain Management Program, University of Pittsburgh

9:45 a.m. – Coffee Break

Moderator: Michael W. Salter, MD, PhD, Director, UTCSP

10:00 a.m. – “Cancer pain, aging and end-of-life care” – Lucia Gagliese, CIHR New Investigator, York University, University Health Network and University of Toronto

10:45 a.m. – “Postherpetic Neuralgia in Older People” – C. Peter Watson, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

11:30 p.m. – “Living with Neuropathic Pain” – Rachel Weisz and Allan Gordon, MD, Director, Wasser Pain Management Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital

11:45 p.m. – Panel discussion and questions

12:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks

12:15 p.m. - Lunch

This event is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck Frosst Canada