✨ Honoring Indigenous Veterans. Let’s celebrate their service and show our gratitude! 🙌 #IndigenousVeterans #ProudTradition #NPAW2024 ✨ Hommage aux vétérans autochtones. Célébrons leur service et montrons notre gratitude ! 🙌 #IndigenousVeterans #ProudTradition #NPAW2024

Our second presenter of the day is Dr. Maxwell Slepian. Dr. Slepian provided an overview on his work looking at experimental and clinical uses of non-invasive brain stimulation, with a focus on transcranial direct current stimulation. #NPAW2024

Our next presenter joins us virtually, from Montreal! Dr. Serge Marchand discusses the role of endogenous pain mechanisms in pain and treatments. #NPAW2024

Arnav Agarwal talking about clinical practice guidelines' historic GOBSAT model GOBSAT = good old boys sitting around a table Time to end this model for good. #NPAW2024 National Pain Centre

Another virtual presentation from Arnav Agarwal. Arnav discussed an international clinical practice guideline for spinal decompression with or without fusion surgery for chronic pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis. #NPAW2024

Wrapping up the morning's session is Stevie Foglia, discussing predicting the risk of chronic post-surgical pain using neurophysiology and machine learning. #NPAW2024

Correction: NOW we're have the last presentation of the morning session, with Dr. Harsha Shanthanna, looking at photo-biomodulation for the management of pain after c-section. Dr. Shanthanna discusses a review of literature and provides trial updates. #NPAW2024

Starting off our afternoon sessions is Jiyeon Park. Jiyeon is teaching us about advanced controlled transcranial magnetic stimulation to modulate neural plasticity and alleviate pain in diabetic neuropathy. #NPAW2024

What are the comparative benefits and harms of perioperative interventions to prevent chronic pain after musculoskeletal surgery? Dr. Behnam Sadeghirad shares insight found through a network meta-analysis of randomized trials, at the MDG IPRC Annual Pain Symposium. #NPAW2024

Ragahava Neelapala discusses exploring pain phenotypes in individuals with early knee osteoarthritis at the MGD IPRC Annual Pain Symposium. #NPAW2024

Have you experienced fatigue in the last three months? Pain? Confusion? You may be living with long COVID. Dr. Dena Zeraatkar helps us learn about long COVID and the results of her living systematic review of interventions for the management of long COVID. #NPAW2024

That's a wrap on our 2024 Annual Pain Symposium! Thank you to all our speakers and attendees, and to McMaster University's University Club for serving as our venue. What a great day and such interesting, insightful work. #NPAW2024

This Remembrance Day, the CPCoE joins Canadians in reflecting on the immense sacrifices of our nation’s heroes. We remember those who bravely served and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom, as well as those who returned home forever changed. veteranschronicpain.ca/posts/honourin…

Check out the latest publication from the NPC: Interventions for the management of long covid (post-covid condition): living systematic review bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Are you a Canadian living with #ChronicPain? Do you have experience tapering opioids? We're looking for perspectives from people with #LivedExperience. If you are interested, please contact [email protected] or call 647-972-8011.

New Publication: Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain in Children: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39899301/

Congratulations to Dr. Andrea J. Darzi MD, MPH, PhD on her new position as Assistant Director of National Pain Centre. npc.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/dr-andrea-darz…

Join us June 25 at the RBG Rock Garden for #MDGAnnualResearchDay! Hear from innovators in clinical & health research, including: Paul Moayyedi Mike McGillion & Jason Busse Ali Ashkar Mike Noseworthy Akil Siva Open to clinicians, researchers & trainees. #HealthInnovation

Kicking off our 2025 Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care Annual Research Day. Mike Noseworthy kicked off the sessions with a presentation on personalized pain assessment using brain imaging.