- Highly-regarded Johns Hopkins Medicine and Tawam experts address participants on a vast-range of topics related to the conference theme: Balancing Benefits and Risk in Pain Medicine
- Conference highlights Tawam’s commitment to building on its leading reputation as a centre of excellence for management of pain symptoms

Tawam Hospital, in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine, today opened itsSecond International Pain Management Conference. Held under the theme ‘Balancing Benefits and Risk in Pain Medicine’, the two day event is being held at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, and is hosted bythe Anesthesia and Pain Management Department at Tawam. The conference opened with a series of comprehensive lectures,interactive discussionsand workshops onthe delicate balance of benefit and risk in different modalities of pain medicine. Afternoon discourse was dominated by the latest developments and research in treating cancer pain, including a lecture on the UAE experienceof cancer pain treatment specifically.

Dr. Rasha Jabri,Conference Chairperson and Chief of Pain Medicine at Tawam Hospital said “Pain has a profound impact on a patient’s quality of life and is the most dominant cause of patient suffering. As such caring for patients in pain is an essential function of medical and nursing practice. In the fast-changing world of pain medicine, this conference is a unique opportunityfor healthcare professionals in the region to hear from Johns Hopkins’ global experts in the pain medicine field. The conference will assist participants in applying the latest advances related to pain management and will equip them with the capacity to deliver world-class pain medicine, which ultimately balances both the risks and benefits of the different many different modalities of pain management”.

The second and final day of the conference will include lectures, discussions and workshops on the following topics: Acute Pain Medicine;Morphine Is Not The Best Pain Killer; Outcomes and Regional Analgesia;Multimodal Analgesia: Evidence Based Practice; Ketamine and PregabalineIn Acute Pain;Peripheral Nerve Catheters For Postoperative Pain Management ; Chronic Post surgical Pain ; When Acute Pain Become Chronic; Thoracic Para-vertebral& Stellate Ganglion Blocks ;Spinal Cord Stimulation As A Treatment Modality For Neuropathic Pain;Pain in a Neuro-disabled Child: Adding Insult to Injury; Multidisciplinary Rehab For Chronic Pain and Complimentary Medicine and its Role In Chronic Pain.

Dr. Ali Abdulkarim Al Obaidli, Chief Officer, Clinical Affairs Division at SEHA, said “This conference is designed to address the needs of patients throughout SEHA facilities, by helping our healthcare professionals to implement the latest and most innovative strategies in the ever-advancing field of pain medicine”.

Tawam Hospital’s Pain Medicine Clinic is one of the region’s best qualified clinics,treating referral patients suffering from acute and chronic pain symptoms. Aiming to maximize the control of chronic pain whilst minimizing any associated disability or distress, the clinic offers state-of-the-art pain management by a dedicated team of physicians and staff. Available treatment options at the Tawam Hospital Pain Medicine Clinic include interventional pain management, acupuncture, physiotherapy, psychiatry and medication.Tawam Hospital is part of the SEHA HealthSystem and is owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), which is responsible for the curative activities of all the public hospitals and clinics in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
 

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