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THE NEXT Aberdeen Interventional Pain Workshop on Low Back Pain will take place on 29-30 May 2025 at the Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
An expert faculty will teach on the two day intensive course with lectures, live surgery demonstrations, hands-on cadaver training (X-ray & Ultrasound guided procedures) and question and answer sessions. The scientific committee are delighted to include once again on the programme procedures such as Lumbar Facet Joint/Sacroiliac Joint Diagnostic Blocks, Lumbar Facet Joint /SI Joint Radiofrequency Denervation, Cryoablation/cryonalgesia procedures and basivertebral nerve ablation.
WORKSHOP FACULTY INCLUDE
Dr Saravana Kanakarajan
Course Director, Aberdeen Workshop
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK
Dr Ravi Nagaraja
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK
Dr Naomi Scott
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine
Regional Advisor of Pain Management (North of Scotland)
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK
Dr Andrzej Krol
Committee Chair, ESRA European Diploma of Pain Medicine
ESRA USG Pain Cadaver Courses (London & Europe)
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia
St George's University Hospital
London, UK
Dr Neal Evans
Special Interest: X-Guided RF Ablation Procedures
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Aylesbury, Bucks, UK
Dr Manojit Sinha
Consultant in Pain Medicine
& Clinical Lead
King's College Hospital
London, UK
Dr Hirachand Mutagi
Consultant Pain Physician & Anaesthetist
University Hospital of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
Dr Marius Ambrock
Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery
Klinikum Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg. Germany
Overview of Day One (29.05.25): Lectures, Anatomy & Live Surgery
Anatomy and nerve supply for facet and SI joints
Lumbar facet joint denervation (Live Surgery—Video link)
Sacroiliac Joint RF (Live Surgery—Video link)
Evidence and Complications of RF procedures
Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
Cryoanalgesia/Cryoablation
Ultrasound guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (lecture and demo)
Overview of Day Two (30.05.25): Hands-on Stations (X-ray & Ultrasound)
Station 1: X-ray guided Diagnostic Blocks
Station 2: X-ray guided Lumbar RF Denervation (cadaver)
Station 3: X-ray guided Sacroiliac Joint Denervation(cadaver)
Station 4: X-ray guided Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (cadaver)
Station 5: X-ray guided Cryoabalation/Cryoanalgesia (cadaver)
Station 6: Ultrasound guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (live model)
Freestyle Stations- Ask the Experts
WORKSHOP TIMETABLE
Venue: Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill House, Ashgrove Road West, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, United Kingdom
Day One (29.05.25): 09.00- 17.00hrs
Day Two (30.05.25): 09.00 - 17.00hrs
TRAVEL
Aberdeen has excellent travel links. By air, Aberdeen is well connected by British Airways, Eastern airways, Flybe, BMI, KLM and Air France to majority of the airports in UK and mainland Europe. The venue is 6 miles from the airport. There are 6 major roads to Aberdeen. A90 serves as the main arterial route connecting Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen is on the main UK rail network and has frequent direct services to major cities such as Edinburgh Glasgow and London including Caledonian sleeper services.
